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Michigan Lottery replacing terminals statewide
Michigan Lottery replacing terminals statewidePosted: 11/14/2008 10:42:52 AM  Michigan celebrates 36th anniversary of state lottery
As the Michigan Lottery turns 36 this week, about 11,000 lottery machines across Michigan are being replaced with new state-of-the-art terminals.
The new Michigan Lottery terminals are smaller, faster and easier to use, with features including touchpad screens and laser printing instead of keyboards and the usual ticket paper.
About 3,420 retailers statewide already have converted to the new machines.
State's first lottery ticket sold in 1972
The technology upgrade is taking place 36 years after the first lottery ticket was sold in the state.
This week in 1972 the 50-cent green game ticket went on sale. It was the first ticket sold by the Michigan State Lottery.
On May 16, 1972, voters approved a constitutional amendment by a 2-1 margin that enabled the establishment of a state lottery. Public Act 239 was signed into law by Gov. William Milliken on Aug. 1, 1972.
Since its inception, the Michigan State Lottery has earned $37.69 billion.
Last year, the lottery reported $2.3 billion in sales.
The largest jackpot awarded in Michigan State Lottery history was $208 million, won by Port Huron couple Ralph and Mary Stebbins on April 22, 2005.
On May 12, 2000, small-business owners Larry and Nancy Ross of Shelby Township became part of U.S. gaming history when they claimed their share of the then-largest lottery jackpot in North America: the $363 million grand prize in the May 9, 2000 Big Game drawing.
Historic Michigan Winner Stories
The Rosses took their $181.5 million share of the jackpot winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment for approximately $90 million, before taxes. Their winning Big Game "easy pick" ticket was purchased at Mr. K's Party Shoppe in Utica. Source: Lottery Post Staff
MI United States Member #54649 August 8, 2007 50 Posts Offline |
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The new terminal looks appealing. There's a new LCD monitor on the counter wired into the new terminal that faces the customer as they purchase tickets (not sure why the cost, or the need of the monitor). I'm sure with all the new bells and whistles these macines provide, customers are only concerned with the winning ticket.
The tickets themselves are printed on a new type of paper (smoother to the touch), I do like the the text of info that's printed on the ticket, much of the same of course, the printing is crisp, well read, no confusion of printer running out of ink, (at least for now).
Interesting to see how well these new high tech machines operate at crunch time, when Mega Millions Jackpots reach well over 100m.
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MI United States Member #55299 August 31, 2007 633 Posts Offline |
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I haven't seen these new machines yet... I guess they haven't made it to my part of the state. With odds like 1 in 175,711,536 how can I lose?!
You can't predict random.
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United States Member #28776 December 15, 2005 1073 Posts Offline |
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Wow. That's only 2 years younger than I am. What is the longest any state has had the lottery? Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
Happy New Year Everyone!
(It's my favorite time of the year now.)
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Talking Rock, GA United States Member #60856 April 15, 2008 199 Posts Offline |
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Spy, I believe it's 44 years........with New Hampshire's lottery. A feast of chicken tenders and fries with wimpy, tongue torch, and nuclear sauces at Zaxby's: $14
A Jumbo Jumbo Bucks Loteria and Millionaire Jumbo Bucks scratcher: $22
Airfare and hotel in March 2007 to see The Price Is Right before Bob Barker retired: $600-something
Watching Reed Sorenson get into victory lane for the 1st time in 2009: Priceless 
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Atlantic Mine, Michigan United States Member #417 June 23, 2002 1551 Posts Offline |
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All of the stores around here (In the western UP) have the new machines now. The tickets are a lot better then the old ones, like pointed out earlier a lot more crisp. We have had some of the best scratch offs (I mean by the look and feel of them) in my opinion compared to other states, and now we finally got good terminal tickets. Bought yeah that price tag must of been pretty expensive for all the new equipment at 10,000 stores.
Brad
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MI United States Member #55299 August 31, 2007 633 Posts Offline |
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When did you get the new machines in your area?? With odds like 1 in 175,711,536 how can I lose?!
You can't predict random.
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Everyday I am Hustling Atlanta United States Member #60771 April 12, 2008 561 Posts Offline |
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They look sexy. It will come in handy for those who grab and go.
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Marquette, MI United States Member #20869 August 20, 2005 216 Posts Offline |
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When did you get the new machines in your area?? The Copper Country got em a couple of weeks ago.
Marquette Area got em last week. They also have ticket checkers so you can get lazy and scan your tickets before you check them yourself. I scan my tickets then I check them by hand anyway.
The Dell Monitors on the counter show the ticket transactions. They didn't clear it and I saw that somebody won 50 bux. They also show how much the total is for the tickets you bought (look in the lower right hand corner). They also show the winning numbers for the games and the jackpot amounts.
If you read the back of the new tickets it says not to expose the tickets to heat.
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Ypsilanti, MI United States Member #16012 May 20, 2005 184 Posts Offline |
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The Copper Country got em a couple of weeks ago.
Marquette Area got em last week. They also have ticket checkers so you can get lazy and scan your tickets before you check them yourself. I scan my tickets then I check them by hand anyway.
The Dell Monitors on the counter show the ticket transactions. They didn't clear it and I saw that somebody won 50 bux. They also show how much the total is for the tickets you bought (look in the lower right hand corner). They also show the winning numbers for the games and the jackpot amounts.
If you read the back of the new tickets it says not to expose the tickets to heat. The reason why not to expose the tickets to heat is because they are now printed on thermal paper instead of a 3,000,000 BC-esque dot matrix printer  . Additional heat could actually damage the ticket info rendering it useless (and possibly void).
Most of the machines down by here in the western Detroit area have been converted too. The ticket checkers are pretty much the same ones as the Club Keno checkers, however, CK tix can only be scanned at CK locations.
I for one like the new terminals. They seem to be MUCH LESS noisier than the old ones. They are also much faster than their predecessors (THANKFULLY).
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