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California to decide multi-state lottery question todayNews Story
Cash-hungry California may soon team up with either Powerball or Mega Millions, the popular multistate lotteries that entice players with head-reeling jackpots.State lottery commissioners are poised today to decide whether to join one of the long-odds, big-payday games for the first time in the 20-year history of California's lottery.Barring legislative or court challenges, Californians could be competing with gamblers from across the country for supersized jackpots by June.At the same time, how
Feb 8, 2005, 11:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lotto America to switch to computerized drawingsNews Story
Digital draw system to replace numbered balls, new draw schedule By Kate Northrop The Powerball Group announced yesterday that the multi-state Lotto America game will move to digital drawings, starting next week. Starting next week, Lotto America will no longer employ mechanical ball drawing machines, rather it will operate on a digital draw system to determine lottery results. Lotto America, operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and sold by 13 U.S. lotteries, wi
Apr 12, 2023, 6:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery's newest draw game has first drawing tonightReply
I think that it's done in proportion to the population therefore in proportion to the amount of players. This is equivalent to larger bordering states having a 5 ball Lotto draw that starts at $1 mil. (annuity) and grows by $100k each drawing. Therefore being a less populated state it's starting at $250k. So essentially the same as larger states with a state lotto simply starting at $250k in proportion to the states population. It seems like it's in between a pick 5 and a state lotto gam
Oct 2, 2019, 10:32 pm - user34 - Lottery News

Powerball changing in October to generate bigger jackpotsNews Story
By Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball game will be changing in October, making it harder to win the jackpot, while at the same time making it easier to win a smaller prize. With the state lotteries becoming reliant upon big multi-state jackpot games driving ticket sales, the long streak of Powerball jackpots being won before reaching historic levels has crimped state budgets. The October changes are designed to fix that problem by forcing the jackpot to be won less often. After the
Jul 8, 2015, 10:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

$170 MILLION: Mega Millions back into the realm of monster jackpotsNews Story
By Todd Northrop As Powerball has been grabbing headlines for its frequent big jackpots, the United States's other huge multi-state game, Mega Millions, has been quietly and steadily increasing its jackpot. Tuesday night we'll find out if the Mega Millions lottery game enters into the realm of $200+ million jackpots, or if an incredibly lucky ticket-holder wins a $170 million jackpot. The lump-sum cash value stands at a staggering $126.7 million. It's been some time since the Mega Mi
May 11, 2013, 9:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery approves adding Mega MillionsNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors has approved a cross-selling agreement allowing sales of the Mega Millions multi-state jackpot game in the Commonwealth. Tentatively set to go on sale in Kentucky at the end of January 2010, lottery players will have both Mega Millions and Powerball available as multi-state multi-million dollar games. Drawings for Mega Millions are held Tuesday and Friday nights, while Powerball drawings will continue to be held Wednesday and Saturday n
Dec 7, 2009, 9:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery Commission approves Mega MillionsNews Story
Tickets to go on sale in Jan. 2010 Idahoans may soon get the chance to play another multi-million dollar jackpot game. The Idaho State Lottery Commission announced Tuesday that Mega Millions, the nation's other big jackpot, multi-state draw game could start selling tickets in Idaho early as Jan. 31, 2010. The five-member Lottery Commission unanimously approved offering Mega Millions with Megaplier tickets in Idaho. Powerball with PowerPlay, Idaho's other big jackpot game, will also c
Nov 17, 2009, 9:29 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Early talks for a joint Powerball-British lottery gameReply
The states don't lose anything by adding a multi-state lottery, or an international one, if one should come along. The state collects their 50% right off the top, before putting a dime into the prize pool. The worst that happens is that the jackpot is won in another state, and the state doesn't collect any tax on the winnings. That's balanced against the taxes they collect on money spent in another state when the winning ticket is sold in the state. Even if they never sell a jackpot winner, all
Feb 14, 2009, 9:02 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Tenn. lawmakers trying to force lottery to switch back to real drawsReply
The main flaw in your logic is that Powerball is the one game that is NOT computerized. If there is a game that has shown integrity through the years, it is Powerball. Powerball is not run by the Tennessee Lottery. It is run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) in Urbandale, Iowa, and is the oldest multi-state game in the United States. For all I know you may be right about the Tennessee in-state games, like Pick 3, 4, and 5. But not Powerball.
Jan 14, 2008, 1:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Some Oklahomans baffled by new Pick 3 lottery gameNews Story
A manager of a local convenience store shared his insight on the start-up of the state lottery's scratch-off games versus the Pick 3 game which started earlier this month: People can't figure the Pick 3 out, he said.The state has apparently figured that out. Scratch-offs are no-brainers but the Pick 3 requires you to either choose three numbers or let the computer pick them for you.The Oklahoma Lottery Commission is hoping to remedy that problem with some paid advertising messages with a common
Nov 28, 2005, 1:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News