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Sales halted for Iowa Lottery scratch gameNews Story
Sales are being stopped for one of the Iowa Lottery's $5 instant-scratch games. The Lottery says it has received reports from players that Cash Wheel game tickets have been misprinted. We take seriously our responsibility to provide our players with accurate information and quality products, Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich said. And while we have only received two reports of difficulties after more than 720,000 tickets have already been distributed in the 'Cash Wheel' game, we are removing th
Sep 13, 2018, 8:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

$17 million in Ohio Lottery scratch prizes unclaimedReply
I agree with this statement 100%. Many scratch games are WAY too complicated to figure out if you're a winner or not. What's the point? Is it really that exciting to see if the pre-printed game card contains a certain number of symbols in the right order? I would rather scratch off the gray area to reveal one of two possible words: WIN ~ or ~ LOSE Can't the lottery come out with a game like that, and then compare the sales and prize redemption statistics with one of their w
Jan 15, 2007, 4:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man Picks $1 Million Lottery Ticket Out Of TrashReply
I wouldn't be surprised if the person who actually bought the ticket only scratched the validation area only. Here in NY, scratch games have a bar code on the back, a 4-digit validation code that is revealed when the entire play area is scratched, and 3 validation letters that are scattered around the play area. These validation letters can also be used to determine the prize value if there is one. For example, O-N-E ($1), T-W-O ($2), F-O-R ($4), F-I-V ($5), T-E-N ($10), T-W-N ($20), F-T-Y ($50)
Oct 17, 2005, 3:24 pm - Rolling - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery retailers refuse to sell tickets to draw attention to skill games amendmentReply
So gambling with the lottery is OK, but gambling with a skill game is not? Many times I have seen people scratch games at the counter, buy more, scratch more, buy more, etc. I don't see any distinction between that and pressing buttons on a screen repeatedly. Seeing a distinction between those two things is where I think it turns from a logical debate into a debate on personal choices and of opinion. That's where I draw the line. I don't like arbitrarily preventing people from making choices in
Apr 18, 2024, 10:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery president and CEO set to retireNews Story
In today's meeting of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors, Lottery President and CEO Tom Delacenserie announced his retirement effective March 6. Delacenserie, who turns 72 years old this year, assumed the top job in May 2017. Sales from FY17 through FY19 rose from $1,000,501,000 to $1,129,655,000, a $129.1 million (12.9%) increase during his tenure. We've accomplished a tremendous amount in the last two and a half years, Delacenserie said. We strengthened our brand by c
Jan 24, 2020, 12:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts husband, wife are both $1 million lottery winnersReply
WAIT! There are 78 million dollar winners STILL to win??? Here in Maryland any of the million dollar scratch games only have a total of 31 winners at most!!
May 18, 2019, 7:12 pm - DELotteryPlyr - Lottery News

Pennsylvania becomes the seventh U.S. state to sell lottery games onlineReply
The headline is catching until you read their fine print. Can't play DRAW games. There is nothing more convenient here to click and play Powerball/Megamillions with or without multipliers, Cashball 225, KENO and Lucky 4 Life. We also have scratch games but not the same as the ones in the stores. So as to appease retailers, we cannot buy pick 3 or Pick 4 on-line. I don't really like their on-line one bit with a limit of $250K winnings, but since it doesn't apply/affect me I c
Jun 5, 2018, 4:22 pm - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

Auditor general finds no fault with Pa. Lottery, but unusual wins remain unexplainedReply
Were any of the frequent winners retailers? The article clearly says there were multiple retailers among them. You're talking on average, 1.3 wins a month over 12 years. That could be one of the reasons it would be suspicious. Lottery prizes may return 50 to 60% of the money spent on tickets, but in most games the majority of the money is paid out as small prizes. That means that for most games you'll get far less than 50 to 60% back as large prizes. Of course the PA lottery kn
Feb 7, 2018, 6:44 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery ends some scratch ticket games before grand prizes paid outReply
The reduction in sales is partially due to how rapidly some sales are releasing games. When a state releases 4-5 new scratch games a month, it is only natural that the games are going to start competing for sales and shelf life. FL Lottery reduces $5 tickets so often that this happens with those games very often. The $25 game is released yearly, so at least it isn't competing with other tickets. We have a game that's active and been out since 2010. Some lotteries pick up and destroy active b
Nov 30, 2017, 7:36 am - Dracos - Lottery News

Are lawmakers selling the Texas Lottery short?Reply
Advertising does in fact generate a great deal of sales. It if didn't, they would not advertise. Everything being done with creating and selling scratch games is a finely-tuned machine for state lotteries at this point. All those new games generate more excitement and sales. They really know what they're doing. In Texas there is a strange group of legislators who are extremely anti-lottery, so when you see stories like this about the Texas Lottery and cutting back, just be aware of where t
Apr 13, 2017, 11:08 am - Todd - Lottery News