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Illinois Lottery exploring Internet sales againNews Story
Could keno be out and Internet lottery in?A proposal from last spring to authorize Internet sales of Illinois lottery tickets popped up again Thursday, a week after Gov. Rod Blagojevich unveiled a controversial initiative to include keno in the lottery as a way to finance school construction bonds.A Blagojevich spokeswoman said the governor was not backing off the keno proposal but seemed to hedge her bets. We are willing to consider other ideas from the General Assembly, Rebecca Rausch said.Th
Jan 20, 2006, 10:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Brock defends lottery oppositionNews Story
North Carolina State Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie, continues his strong opposition to a statewide lottery while pushing a proposal to move the start of the public school year to after Labor Day.The revenues saved in not having to air-condition schools in August and the extra tourism dollars generated in North Carolina during those same weeks would equal or exceed the proceeds from a lottery, Brock said.Brock said he doesn't trust any politician who says lottery proceeds will go to education. A lot
Aug 29, 2003, 11:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arizona legislators may borrow against future lottery revenueNews Story
Voters must extend lottery beyond 2012 State lawmakers already are eyeing another special session on the budget next month, including a proposal to ask voters to extend the Arizona Lottery. The plan comes even though the Republican-controlled Legislature has yet to give final approval to plans to cut about $300 million in state aid to education and welfare-agency funds. That effort stalled Thursday when two GOP lawmakers refused to go along with a piece of the package to let state agenc
Nov 23, 2009, 10:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery plan garners some supportNews Story
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter found support Thursday among Arkansas' city officials for his proposed constitutional amendment to establish a state-run lottery. The proposal, for which supporters are gathering signatures to place on the November general election ballot, would earmark lottery proceeds for college scholarships. Using a football analogy Thursday, Halter pitched his proposal to the winter conference of the Arkansas Municipal League as a way to move Arkansas from mired at or nea
Jan 11, 2008, 9:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Bill to outsource Indiana Lottery bans keno, video pokerNews Story
Many upset over Governor's plan to 'sell the Lottery' A bill that would allow Gov. Mitch Daniels to outsource the Hoosier Lottery would prohibit a private operator from offering keno, video lottery games, pari-mutuel wagering on horses or dogs and games based on winners of races or other sporting events. Sen. James Merritt, R-Indianapolis, filed the bill Thursday on behalf of the administration but said he was allowed to put his own principles in it and was not in favor of such gambling ex
Jan 19, 2007, 12:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

lets ask to crate a forum call coding ideas
Let's create a forum called Coding Ideas that brings together talented individuals with innovative coding skills and ideas. To enhance the forum's appeal, we could request Tod to develop a dedicated coding tab. This addition would likely generate significant interest. However, access to this tab would be limited to participants who join the lottery post. What are your thoughts on this proposal?
Mar 14, 2024, 6:44 am - ethanl - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery legislation: Inside Alabama's lottery debateReply
Religiosity has declined all over the country since it was last on the ballot, so if it ever got on the ballot again I don't think most of the pushback would come from church folk. I think opponents are more likely to point out that it functions as a regressive tax, which may the best argument against it in AL that ranks so high in poverty. Still, I would bet that it would pass if it were a simple proposal that puts all the money to education and doesn't include special privileges for the Poarch
Feb 7, 2020, 9:24 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery News

$530 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases on rolloverReply
Newman !!! You can disregard that silly proposal all together...... Besides, it's only been about 20 months since the last MI winner of a MM jackpot...It's been almost 5 1/2 years since the last TN winner. Don't be gettin' too greedy !!
Jun 5, 2019, 4:03 pm - CDanaT - Lottery News

New Powerball changesReply
My proposal suggestion was to update the number of white balls to 75 and drop the number of Powerballs down to 20 as the new matrix Thinkl! That would better the odds of winning a prize Think! However it will weaken the odds of winning a jackpot Think!
May 13, 2018, 8:33 am - ressuccess - Jackpot Games Forum

Will NC Lottery players move online and hurt retail stores?News Story
The N.C. Retail Merchants Association wants legislators to put the brakes on a proposal to offer online instant lottery games, arguing the move could harm stores that sell lottery tickets. The N.C. Education Lottery Commission has the proposal for online instant games on its Tuesday agenda; lottery spokesman Van Denton said the commission will vote on whether to ask vendors to submit proposals for how they'd provide the online games. The commission's Revenue Generating Committee, led by forme
Dec 4, 2017, 8:51 am - Todd - Lottery News