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Arkansas Lottery announces 'points for prizes' rewards programNews Story
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is adding even more value to instant lottery tickets with a new program called Points for Prizes. In the new program, players earn points by going to the lottery's website and entering their non-winning instant tickets. These points can then be redeemed for exciting merchandise. The Play It Again second-chance drawing program began with the Lottery on September 28, 2009. Since then, more than 100,000 players have registered for an online player services acc
Jan 19, 2010, 1:06 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Powerball lottery winner in no rush to claim jackpotNews Story
Work might not be the top priority for someone who's just won the lottery, but financial experts say deciding what to do with a multimillion-dollar prize is a job in itself. The holder of the winning ticket in Powerball's Jan. 2 jackpot drawing, a ticket sold at a Mayflower convenience store, still had not claimed the $25 million prize Tuesday, a delay Arkansas' lottery director says is understandable considering the big decisions to be made. Put yourself in the Powerball winner's shoes,
Jan 18, 2010, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Dual multi-state lottery sales may keep jackpots lowerNews Story
New national game at least a year away When dozens of states start selling both Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets for the first time ever, winners may take home jackpots that aren't so mega. As part of a deal announced last October, the combined sales begin Jan. 31 in 23 of the 31 states and Washington D.C. where Powerball is currently offered, according to Tom Shaheen, president of the Multi-State Lottery Association that operates Powerball. The two different lottery systems hav
Jan 11, 2010, 9:34 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery gets its first Powerball jackpot winnerNews Story
Just two months after the first Powerball ticket was sold in Arkansas, the state has produced its first jackpot winner. The 29-year, 30-installment annuity jackpot was $25 million, which can also be claimed as a $12,153,621 million cash option. The net payout after the automatic 25% federal tax withholdings for the cash option would be $9,115,216. Arkansas does not withhold state tax from lottery prize payouts. The lucky jackpot win for one Arkansas player comes despite the fact that typic
Jan 3, 2010, 8:52 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery finishes 2009 with $132M in salesNews Story
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery marked the end of its first 95 days of operation at midnight December 31 with a year-end sales total of $132,097,968. The first instant ticket was sold just after midnight on September 28, followed by the introduction of Powerball on October 31 and of the first Arkansas draw game Cash 3 on December 14. During the 2009 Arkansas legislative session when the lottery legislation was crafted, it was expected that ticket sales would begin on January 1, 2010. W
Jan 2, 2010, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery begins Cash 3 gameNews Story
A new way to play the lottery in Arkansas debuted yesterday. Lottery retailers can now sell tickets for Cash 3, a game that allows players to pick three numbers in hopes of matching them to numbers selected by a random number generator at the lottery's headquarters in Little Rock. The game is the lottery's first in-state draw game. The multi-state Powerball game, which holds drawings in Orlando, Fla., launched in Arkansas on Oct. 31. A second in-state draw game, Cash 4, is expected to l
Dec 15, 2009, 8:32 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery sales hurt by lagging economyNews Story
Lottery ticket sales declined about $11.3 million in the past fiscal year, mainly because of a downturn in the economy, Oklahoma officials said. Powerball sales, which make up the majority of lottery sales, tumbled an estimated $7.6 million, partly because of the economy and a lack of significant jackpots, Jim Scroggins, executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, said Tuesday. The Oklahoma Lottery is expected to contribute $66.7 million to public education for the 2010 fiscal y
Dec 11, 2009, 9:33 am - Lottery News

Lottery vending machines coming to ArkansasNews Story
When the Arkansas Lottery awarded a contract to the Greece-based Intralot in August of this year, one requirement was that the lottery services company provide 100 ticket vending machines. The lottery commission has yet to roll out the machines, but a non-operational model can be seen at the claims center in downtown Little Rock. Lottery director Ernie Passailaigue says Arkansans will start to see the machines this spring, sometime around March or April. But while lottery officials hope to re
Dec 3, 2009, 8:13 am - Lottery News

State senator wants to repeal Arkansas LotteryNews Story
A state senator who wants to abolish Arkansas' new lottery is scheduled to present her case Wednesday to a legislative panel. Sen. Sue Madison, D-Fayetteville, will ask the House and Senate committees on state agencies and governmental affairs to adopt her proposal for an interim study to repeal the authorization for state lotteries under the Arkansas Scholarship Act. The committee chairmen were cool to the idea. The important message that I'm really wanting people to get ... is that
Dec 2, 2009, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions ticketsNews Story
The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multi-state jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two. The panel unanimously voted to begin selling tickets for Mega Millions by Jan. 31. The state already sells tickets for the multistate Powerball game. Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue said he didn't know how much additional money the state would get from the Mega Millions game. Arkansas has sold $
Nov 18, 2009, 10:56 pm - Lottery News