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Penn. Lottery's Midday Mistake Leads to Questions About DrawingsReply
Four4me: Lifetime prizes should be restricted to scratch games. There is no excuse for a fixed annuity to not have a cash option.
Oct 7, 2004, 4:35 pm - CASH Only - Lottery News

E scratch KansasReply
I've moved this post to the Scratch Games forum.I generally think that the E games in any state - as they are currently structured - will fail. (For example, Cyber Slingo in NJ.)The reason is that who the heck wants to go to a store, buy a scratch game, and then be forced to go to a Web site to see if they won?In the rush to do something on the Internet, the states are falling into the misconception that players are waiting breathlessly to rush to their computers to play.They don't seem to un
Jul 2, 2004, 8:57 am - Todd - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

200 stolen tickets produce $11 in prizes and an arrestReply
Scratch games have the worst overall odds, which is why they are the lottery's biggest money-maker.
Mar 31, 2004, 11:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

New York Lottery Director NamedReply
Ms Palumbo needs to make major changes here, like a better prize return in Lotto, the ability for players to choose AFTER winning, and a moritorium on annuity-only scratch games.
Jan 29, 2004, 8:12 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

$155 million Mega Millions ticket sold in OhioReply
Hopefully the new (unnamed AFAIK) Lottery Director in NY will end the corruption associated with requiring winners of certain scratch games to receive winnings through annuities.
Jan 2, 2004, 9:27 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery Board launches national search for CEOReply
Georgia should hire NY's lottery director-she won't give NY players a better prize return on the 6/59, or eliminate the annuity-only scratch games.
Oct 11, 2003, 7:27 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Merchants: Not enough terminals for N.D. lotteryReply
Maybe this is a backlash of ND selling only multi-state tickets (specifically, no scratch games except possibly the PB TV game).
Sep 3, 2003, 7:14 am - CASH Only - Lottery News

Weapons of Mass DestructionReply
Not true, Jeeves; I've also bashed various NY scratch games.I've ALWAYS been critical of the PA Super-6 game, who biggest flaw is NOT cash/annuity.
Jul 6, 2003, 7:18 pm - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

Another CASH vs ANNUITY pollReply
JJ:Here in NY if you want lump sum, you have to be careful, especially with the scratch games.
Jun 26, 2003, 4:58 am - CASH Only - Lottery Discussion Forum

Instant games!Reply
Maybe because serious lottery players like to pick numbers, which AFAIK you can't do on scratch games.
Jan 12, 2003, 1:55 pm - CASH Only - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum