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Illinois signs deal to privatize lotteryNews Story
Illinois Lottery to become nation's first privately-run lottery Daily operations of the Illinois Lottery will be managed by a private company beginning in July. As part of a massive deal that has been in the works for nearly two years, state officials announced Tuesday that they've signed a final deal with Northstar Lottery Group to run the lottery. Northstar, which is comprised of three companies that already do business with the state, has said it could generate $1.5 billion more over
Jan 19, 2011, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Losing NJ Lottery tickets may soon be lucrativeNews Story
Some losing New Jersey Lottery scratch-off tickets may soon become lucrative items. New Jersey Lottery officials plan to soon roll out Million Dollar Replay, a program that will allow scratch-off holders to enter their losing tickets into a yearly $1 million drawing. To take part, players will have to join the lottery's VIP Club and have bought at least $10 in non-winning tickets. The lottery will also hold quarterly drawings to pick 100 winners who will each get $250. And at year's end
Jan 15, 2011, 3:00 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery director scolded by legislatorsNews Story
Updated Nov. 11, 2010, 5:58 pm: Additional detail about audit and findings, with quotations from Passailaigue An Arkansas state audit has revealed a variety of deficiencies in how the Arkansas lottery is being run, and one legislator told the lottery director he would be gone if he led any other state agency. Members of the Legislative Audit Committee on Friday told lottery chief Ernie Passailaigue that they're not satisfied with how he has addressed problems that have come up since the lo
Nov 12, 2010, 1:26 pm - Lottery News

Decision on privatizing Illinois Lottery 'within days'News Story
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn could select a private firm to manage the Illinois State Lottery as soon as next week, but some lawmakers would rather keep the lottery under state government. Two bidders are vying for the right to privately manage the Illinois State Lottery. Earlier this week at a public hearing held in Chicago, the Northstar Lottery Group and the Camelot Group both presented their proposals to a state commission. The Northstar Lottery Group is a combination of three different com
Sep 10, 2010, 8:37 am - Lottery News

N.M. Lottery rockin' out with new Kiss scratch gameNews Story
Legendary rock band to have their own New Mexico Lottery scratcher game Kiss, the iconic rock band that has sold more than 80 million albums, played in front of millions and become an integral part of the American fabric over a 37-year career, can now add the Kiss Scratcher Game to their staggering list of accomplishments. Kiss and the New Mexico Lottery today announced that they have signed a licensing agreement that will introduce the band to the $225 billion-a-year global lottery indust
Jun 22, 2010, 4:30 pm - Lottery News

Florida poised to become Vegas of SoutheastNews Story
Gov. Charlie Crist, the Seminole tribe of Florida and once-reluctant lawmakers have signed off on a gambling deal guaranteed to bring at least $1 billion to the state over the next five years. And after that, Florida would be poised to become the Las Vegas of the Southeastern United States, according to the House's chief gambling negotiator Bill Galvano. That's a very real probability. Yes, Galvano, R-Bradenton said. Galvano, Sen. Dennis Jones and representatives of the governor's office
Apr 7, 2010, 11:59 am - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery may privatize lottery to solve budget woesNews Story
The search for revenue to help fix to the state's budget woes has put a spotlight on the Illinois State Lottery. For more than three decades, the lottery has been a steady, reliable source of revenue for the state. Since 1985, it has brought in more than a half billion dollars annually. But, just as other state and local governments have sold off assets to help balance their bottom line and avoid tax hikes, the lottery is now being marketed as a potential target for a hybrid brand of priva
Apr 5, 2010, 7:03 am - Lottery News

Prison terms for lottery ticket attackersNews Story
A $5 Bankroll lottery ticket won eastern Henrico County, Virginia, resident Jeff Brownell $1,000 last year but cost him his left eye in a brutal robbery attempt. Yesterday, a plea agreement, a promise of immunity and a jury trial resulted in vastly different outcomes for Brownell's attackers. Last night, after deliberating less than an hour, a Henrico jury found a neighbor of Brownell's guilty of multiple charges in the attack May 14 last year. Richard Greene, 33, the neighbor who did not
Mar 25, 2010, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Sisters' lottery jackpot trial begins todayNews Story
The lottery numbers that sisters Theresa Sokaitis and Rose Bakaysa had played together for years finally paid off in 2005, yielding a $500,000 Powerball jackpot. But for whom? Sokaitis, 84, of Middletown, Connecticut, claims she never saw a dime of that money and sued her older sister. This morning, their dispute over the jackpot will go to trial before a judge at Superior Court in New Britain. I love my sister and I feel bad this is all getting dragged into court, but I have children
Mar 23, 2010, 9:36 am - Lottery News

Man pleads guilty to altering lottery ticketNews Story
A Buffalo, New York, man has admitted he altered a Mega Millions lottery ticket to make it look he'd won a $252 million jackpot. The New York Lottery today announced that as a result of an investigation by the Lottery's Security Unit in cooperation with the New York State Police and the Erie County District Attorney's Office, 26-year-old Yann Spindler of Buffalo, entered a plea of guilty to charges of attempted Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, in connection with an altered Mega Millions ti
Feb 25, 2010, 8:54 pm - Lottery News