Ohio Lottery to begin Sunday draws in May

I too was surprised when I read that the legislators had voted for Sunday draws back in February, but terminals have been open on Sunday so it was inevitable. The Ohio Lottery website is usually updated within a half hour of the draw so it's much better than it was when we got a busy signal calling their 800 number. The Cleveland TV station scrolls the numbers at the bottom of the screen after the Evening draw but doesn't after the Midday draw.

The Pick-10 Keno style game must have been purposed before they evaluated the sales of Classic Lotto and the April 16th Raffle. They sold less than 400,000 raffle tickets but paid off the same amount of prizes as if they had sold-out all 625,000 tickets.

Pick-3 is still the most popular online game so Sunday draws should increase their profits but adding new games will probably decrease the profits of other current online games.

Rev. Rebecca Tollefson, executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches representing 17 Christian denominations, said it was sad that the lottery was extending drawings to a traditional day of worship.

"It goes against the grain of everything we stand for," she said from Columbus. "It's sad that the lottery folks feel they have to go to Sunday when so many people regard that as a Sabbath day."

....and so many more people feel that Sunday is another day to win.  I'm glad they're going to Sunday drawings... it's about time.  Having a Sunday drawing doesn't affect people going to church... and people going to church doesn't affect my right to gamble any day I choose. 

Does Ohio use real drawings?