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N.C. Million Dollar Raffle Starts May 11, 2007
RAFFLE WITH FOUR TOP PRIZES OF $1 MILLION DOLLARS APPROVED RALEIGH- The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission (NCEL) today gave approval to the NCEL to introduce a raffle game in North Carolina. The proposed game will have four top prizes of $1 million as well as many other prizes. The odds of winning $1 million will be 1 in 125,000. This will be our first raffle, but if successful, it will not be the last, said Tom Shaheen, NCEL executive director. We are constantly looking
Apr 9, 2007, 3:15 pm - amsoly41 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Georgia Trucker Claims Half of Record $390 Million Lottery JackpotNews Story
A truck driver from northwest Georgia came forward Wednesday afternoon to claim half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S. history. Ed Nabors of Rocky Face, about 90 miles north of Atlanta, was the first person to step forward and claim part of the jackpot from Tuesday night's drawing. Nabors told reporters gathered at Atlanta lottery headquarters that he is still numb. He bought the ticket at Favorite Market in Dalton. Because he took
Mar 7, 2007, 10:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Wyoming lottery bill killed once againNews Story
Casper resident Larry Griffith thought surely this was the year for Wyoming to finally join a multi-state lottery. Griffith has been buying Nebraska lottery tickets for years, and said Wyoming is losing big money to adjacent states. So Griffith was not happy when the state House on Monday voted 31-27 to kill yet another attempt to legalize a lottery in the state. I think it's pathetic, he said. After a half-dozen previous attempts to legalize lottery by the state Legislature, this
Feb 7, 2007, 11:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery players learn tough lessonsNews Story
When Chris Ramesar plays the Florida lottery, sometimes he gets a warning from his 8-year-old daughter, Gabriela. Daddy, she says, remember what happened in New York? Ramesar is a 57-year-old co-owner of an auto body shop in Miami. He is thousands of miles and more than a decade removed from the day he found out his lucky numbers had come up in the New York Lottery. But he hasn't forgotten what happened, or the lesson he eventually learned that it is very hard to sue the Lottery s
Jan 30, 2007, 11:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

U.S. legislation likely just a speed bump for online gamblingNews Story
A U.S. law aimed at cracking down on Internet gambling may drive the practice more into the shadows and do little to deter bettors It was getting late on Oct. 12, the night before a sweeping anti-Internet gambling bill would be signed into law. Paul McGuire was at his computer, enjoying one last hurrah on PartyPoker, a site that had pledged to kick off all U.S. users as soon as the law left President Bush's desk. It was kind of like that last party before summer ends when you've got to go ba
Oct 19, 2006, 3:59 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Online Gambling Conference Shuts Down After ArrestsNews Story
David Carruthers became the latest poster boy or scapegoat, depending on one's perspective when he was arrested in Dallas on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and an illegal online gambling enterprise. While on a layover to Costa Rica, where his company is based, Carruthers, chief executive officer for BetOnSports was arrested and detained on Sunday, forcing the online gambling community to take note. Carruthers' arrest seems to have spooked online gaming executives. A major gaming con
Jul 21, 2006, 7:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

interest groups lining up to lobby on web gambling
WASHINGTON, July 3 While Internet gamblers lay down big money on World Cup soccer this summer, teams of lobbyists are facing off on Capitol Hill in a contest over whether the United States should choke off the growth of wagering on the Web. Representative Jim Leach, Republican of Iowa, co-sponsor of bill to cut back Internet gambling. Faced with bills to curb online betting, which attracts an estimated $12 billion a year in wagers worldwide, an array of interest groups like cas
Jul 5, 2006, 7:49 am - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Jersey Lottery shut downReply
BY JONATHAN TAMARI GANNETT STATE BUREAU TRENTON -- If you're feeling lucky, you might want to buy your lottery tickets now -- right now -- but maybe rethink any trip to Atlantic City. The New Jersey Lottery will stop selling tickets at 8 p.m. today, and Atlantic City casinos may be forced to close soon as well, because of a government shutdown beginning this morning that will send home all nonessential state workers. The unprecedented closure of New Jersey government may include cas
Jul 1, 2006, 12:13 pm - showme3 - Pick 3 Forum

13 State Employees to Share $224 Million Powerball Lottery JackpotReply
@Todd: My appologies to you and all other Lottery Post members for my very poor choice of the the word we. That was a major gaff on my part as it clearly implied I was speaking for other people including the staff at Lottery Post...which I am not. I am speaking strictly for myself. I absolutely believe that there are other members here who share my point of view. (But perhaps not because no one else has joined in this opportunity to speak directly to one of the Powers that be. ) Regar
Apr 22, 2006, 1:22 am - Uncle Jim - Lottery News

13 State Employees to Share $224 Million Powerball Lottery JackpotReply
Quote: Originally posted by Uncle Jim on April 21, 2006 OK Chuck...so you're not high enough up the MUSL foodchain to get a bonus. Bummer! You deserve one. Just a couple of points: I don't want to hold the lottery to a different standard. I want to hold them to the same standard any other business is held to. Most notably truth in advertising. The bottom line with me is this...It's clear Powerball doesn't want winners at the lower level. They want to advertise a great minimum pri
Apr 21, 2006, 2:42 pm - chuck32 - Lottery News