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Ruling by Justice Dept. opens a door on online gamblingReply
Apparently ftdns is talking about a ruling by the Justice Department https://www.lotterypost.com/news/240464 and it's about online gambling casino and poker type games. It's possible a few state lotteries might group together and form a poker site, but the ruling was on a state lottery selling subscriptions for lotto games. If horse racing off track betting is legal in your state than you can already legally bet tracks all over the world online. As for the impact of selling any lottery gam
Dec 26, 2011, 10:07 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

Employee hacks into online poker siteReply
Going slightly off topic. Something to think over - RNGs are an essential part of online poker, even though there are only 52 cards in the deck. If you trust RNGs in that game, what's the difference with using RNGs in lotteries? Back on topic, this isn't the only incident of this type that has occured in online poker. The difference is, this one achieved publicity.
Oct 31, 2007, 4:23 am - johnph77 - Lottery News

Nevada Assembly pushing for state lotteryReply
Let's see....vido poker machines in grocery stores, pizzerias, etc... So much so that Clark County had to pass a law that a business that was not a casino could only have so many machines so they would not in fact be a front for a slot business. The Las Vegas Reivew Journal used to have business opportunity ads that read: For sale: Pizzeria, good location. Vido poker machines pay overhead. And a lottery would make gambling easier and more accesible? Hardly.
Mar 22, 2007, 11:45 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery licenses regainedNews Story
The Massachusetts Lottery Commission has reinstated operating licenses for seven of the 11 bars or clubs that were suspended last month after poker slot machines were confiscated May 3 in state police raids. In all, 38 poker video slot machines were seized by state police, along with $10,000 in cash, in the coordinated raids on 15 bars or clubs here, in Springfield and Chicopee. Although no criminal charges have been filed, the Lottery Commission quickly issued the suspensions. Lottery sp
Jun 15, 2006, 1:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Senate to work on lottery billNews Story
A select committee of the North Carolina Senate will consider the lottery bill approved on Wednesday by the N.C. House.N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, D-Dare, said he expects a lottery bill to pass. The Senate has approved lottery legislation in past years only to watch the bills die in a closely-divided House.A lottery may shift spending priorities next fiscal year, and lawmakers will only have a few weeks to consider the ramifications of a state numbers game before making any deci
Apr 11, 2005, 9:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon school backers, retailers spar over lottery profitsNews Story
Bar and tavern owners are squaring off with school advocates over the surge of new revenue that's expected to come from the Oregon Lottery's expansion into electronic slot machines.At a hearing yesterday, retailers said the Lottery is proposing a raw deal for them when it comes to sharing expected slot machine revenue.But groups advocating for children and schools say the retailers already are making excessive video lottery profits and should get less money, not more.At Gov. Ted Kulongoski's req
Jan 12, 2005, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon lottery sales averaged $249 per resident last yearNews Story
From video-poker machines at bars and restaurants to ticket sales at convenience markets and grocery stores, Jackson County residents spent $42.2 million on the Oregon Lottery in the fiscal year that ended in June.Thats as if every man, woman and child in the county spent about $222 on Lottery games last year, slightly less than the state average.Of course, not everyone plays. Roughly a quarter of the countys population isnt even old enough to gamble. However, per capita spending sales divided b
Dec 29, 2004, 8:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Homeless man wins $50,000 Colorado Lottery scratch-off prizeNews Story
By Todd Northrop A Kentucky native who fell on hard times in Colorado recently had a change of fortune when he won $50,000 in the state's lottery. Colorado Lottery officials say Adam H. claimed the jackpot from the Poker Celebration game on Feb. 23. He'll receive $35,500 after taxes are withheld. Colorado state law allows lottery winners to be identified by first name and last initial to provide partial protection of a winner's identity. Adam H. was living at the Denver Rescue Missio
Mar 4, 2017, 12:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Player sues Oregon Lottery, charging video poker game riggedReply
Even if the lottery's official rules state X% is returned and that's what players are receiving, there's still the issue of the theoretical payouts is being widely touted in promotional materials, website, etc - which by extension, many players would assume the auto-hold feature would be adjusted toward that advertised value verses something less optimal. Agreed, it's not the lottery's responsibility to teach one how to play, but it is the lottery's responsibility to clearly disclose the limi
Jan 9, 2015, 3:15 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery News

Ultimate Poker to become first legal, real-money online poker site in USReply
all I wrote was, I can imagine a bunch of VPNs will be set up in the state of Nevada. That is all I wrote and nothing more. Do not read more into what I wrote. I never wrote that using a VPN and only a VPN alone was some kind of magic bullet that would circumvent all the security measures that would be designed to prevent out of state poker players from playing online poker. Read what I wrote again and show me where I said that using a VPN and a VPN alone would get you around all the s
May 1, 2013, 9:26 am - whiteballz - Lottery News