http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817 Lottery Post News Story: N.C. Lottery will pay Scientific Games one way or the other en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/588069 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/588069 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:03:38 GMT NCPicks NCPicks http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=588069 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/587681 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/587681 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:11:20 GMT JAP69
Someone explain that to me.

Do they own the patent on the computer code for printing the powerplay portion in the lottery software machines?

Does Scientific Games keep the money collected and they payout to the winners having the powerplay? Like they are taking the powerplay money as a side bet.]]> JAP69 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=587681 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/587671 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/587671 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:51:05 GMT Tenaj Tenaj http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=587671 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/587657 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/587657 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:29:14 GMT Tenaj Tenaj http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=587657 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/586835 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/586835 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:45:09 GMT NCPicks
Not sure how it would apply here,except in SGMS's favor.]]> NCPicks http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=586835 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/586818 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817/586818 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:21:19 GMT Drivedabizness
$240k per year seems like a lot of money in any case.]]> Drivedabizness http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=586818 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132817 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:51:01 GMT Todd
When the state joins the multi-state Powerball game May 30, the big jackpot game probably will offer a feature allowing players to pay extra for a separate drawing to have winnings (other than the jackpot) multiplied by a random number.

But Scientific Games now under investigation by the state for possible violations of lobbying law owns the patent to the extra feature, known as Power Play.

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