Lottery News for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Scientific Games wins Pennsylvania Lottery contract.
9:39 am - Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf today announced that after reviewing best and final offers, the department has selected Scientific Games International Inc. to supply terminal-based game services to the Pennsylvania Lottery.
Youths prefer online betting.
9:00 am - Young adults -- a key growth sector for Canada's gambling industry -- are very interested in such "technology driven" options as online gambling, which is not yet legal in Canada, an industry conference heard yesterday.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Lottery Post member asks "Mr. Lotto".
3:30 am - A Lottery Post member asks columnist "Mr. Lotto" about the mysterious green ball, the 21st number drawn, in New York's Quick Draw game.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Mass. lottery store is success story.
1:50 pm - Ted's Stateline Mobil is the King Kong of Massachusetts Lottery agents, having sold $12.6 million worth of lottery tickets in 2007 -- the most of any store in the state.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
$10M lottery winner squanders fortune.
11:24 am - He hit the lottery jackpot in 2005, but three years later, a British ex-soldier is destitute, down and out, living in a budget guesthouse.
Arkansas watches as Tenn rethinks lottery scholarships.
10:21 am - If Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's push for a state lottery is successful, Arkansas legislators may want to consider Tennessee's dilemma before writing rules for spending proceeds that would be earmarked exclusively for college scholarships.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings under suspicion again.
8:26 pm - Once again, the Tennessee Lottery computerized drawing system is under suspicion of being glitchy or less than random. For three consecutive days, the winning ticket in the Cash 3 drawing was some combination of two sevens and a zero -- and it's not the first time it has happened.
Privatization of Texas lottery may get 2nd look in 2009.
10:42 am - Although the prospect of turning over Texas' $1 billion-a-year lottery to the private sector received the coldest of shoulders when Gov. Rick Perry first suggested it, a year ago, proponents have been busy laying the groundwork for a second, more concentrated push when lawmakers return to Austin in January for the 2009 legislative session.
Man caught stealing from charity lottery.
9:45 am - The boss of a charity lottery has been jailed for pocketing thousands of pounds and taking his family on the dream holiday which was supposed to be the grand prize.
N.J. lawmaker wants to expand lottery reach, sales.
7:54 am - Saying it would generate more cash for the state, New Jersey Senate President Richard Codey will push a plan to expand the New Jersey Lottery by selling tickets at big box stores such as Home Depot or Target, adding internet sales and even allowing people to play the games with their cell phones.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
$135M lottery winner to boss: "I'm out of here".
8:41 am - David Sneath has worked at a Ford Motor Co. parts warehouse for 34 years, but it didn't take him any time at all to walk out once he discovered he had won a $136 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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