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N.Y. family wins $3M top prize in lottery scratch-off gameNews Story
For the past year, Jemps St. Fleur and his uncle, Chrisnel Josaphat, have been collecting $100 a week from their relatives to play the lottery. There have been a few small scratch-off wins here and there, but on Sept. 22, the Spring Valley family won $3 million, becoming the first winners of the top prize in the $10 Money scratch-off game. Family members, who emigrated from Haiti over the years, became Rockland's second lottery millionaires of 2009. The Brucale family of Pearl River won $7
Oct 8, 2009, 6:45 am - Lottery News

Odds are, stunning coincidences can be expectedNews Story
Lotteries show that through sheer numbers, the uncanny happens; in Bulgaria, the same combination won twice in one week History isn't supposed to repeat itself in the lottery. But earlier this month, a 1-in-5.2 million shot came through in Bulgaria, as the same six winning numbers turned up in two consecutive drawings. And 18 Bulgarians profited by betting on recent history: They chose the winning combination of numbers from the drawing four days earlier which hadn't been selected by anyone t
Sep 29, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Study: Hoosier Lottery has worst financial decline in USANews Story
Another state with computerized drawings fares poorly Has Indiana considered boldly changing back to real drawings? Proceeds from Indiana's lottery were down by more than 17 percent in the past fiscal year, marking the sharpest decline in profits nationwide. Hoosier Lottery proceeds fell by nearly $40 million. The state's profit from scratch-off tickets, Powerball and other lottery games dropped from $217 million in the 2008 fiscal year to $178 million in fiscal year that ended June 30.
Sep 24, 2009, 2:40 pm - Lottery News

Italy Is a 'Mad House' for LotteryNews Story
Neophytes do it. Financially pinched town councils do it. Even people who usually shun gambling as a cunning ruse for the state to raise taxes do it. With a record 119 million (US$177 million) jackpot at stake in Italy's state lottery, millions have been gripped by lotto fever. It's become a bit of a mad house, said Paolo Valli, owner of the neighborhood Bar del Pino in southern Rome, where the number of wagers has tripled in the past month for the SuperEnalotto, which has not registered
Aug 7, 2009, 8:31 am - Lottery News

ARKANSAS LOTTERY DRAWINGS TO BE COMPUTERIZEDNews Story
Numerous polls show players do not trust computerized drawings Did Arkansas Lottery Commission hire the right team? Senator proposes bill scrapping the lottery Despite nearly universal player mistrust of computerized lottery drawings, the new Arkansas Lottery director made the inexplicable decision this week to forgo real mechanical lottery ball drawings, and use a computer program to select the winning numbers in the state's new lottery. The commission met at Philander Smith College
Aug 1, 2009, 1:20 am - Lottery News

Colo. Lottery apologizes for $100 e-mailNews Story
You did not NOT win $100. Go back to jail. Luxury Tax (Pay $100). For people who subscribe to the Colorado Lottery's MyLottery online site, Tuesday was like a bad roll of Monopoly dice. On Tuesday, the Colorado Lottery sent out 3,700 e-mails to MyLottery subscribers telling them they had won $100. Thank you for taking the time and providing us with your feedback on potential drawing games, the e-mail read. Your opinions are important to us. Congratulations! You are a winner. You h
Jun 13, 2009, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Internet gambling bill awaits house voteNews Story
Legislation seeks to enable some forms of online gambling such as Internet poker and wagering on horse racing Congress is moving closer to passing legislation that will relieve U.S. financial services companies from implementing bans on Internet gambling as the Payments System Protection Act (H.R. 6870) was approved by the House Committee on Financial Services and appears headed for a possible vote by the full House next week. Pushed by the committee's chairman, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.,
Jun 10, 2009, 7:51 pm - Lottery News

Study finds wealthy counties get most benefit from Indiana Lottery profitsNews Story
When you play the Hoosier Lottery, the odds are against you. But if you're poor? Then, so is the system. An Indianapolis Star review of the Hoosier Lottery has found that while lower-income players disproportionately fund the lottery, the state transfers lottery profits disproportionately to the wealthiest counties. It's a quirk that seems to punish the very people the state counts on to fuel a revenue source that last year topped $217 million. It's a sad state of affairs when state po
Jun 8, 2009, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Nevada Gov. flip-flops on lotteryNews Story
True or not, it doesn't really matter Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons might not remember it, but the record shows he has flip-flopped on the issue of a state lottery. Gibbons told a town hall audience in Minden last week, I have no problem with a lottery. As they have for decades, lawmakers are again considering creating a state lottery in Nevada. Asked about his stance in an interview, Gibbons said, I never have opposed a lottery. When did you hear that? Gibbons' previous opposition is in
May 11, 2009, 6:40 am - Lottery News

A Nevada Lottery? The Line Forms in CaliforniaNews Story
On a recent afternoon, lines of customers snaked to the door of the Primm Valley Lotto Store, a bustling hut just over the border in California. The parking lot was packed with cars sporting Nevada license plates. The hut, on a dead-end street paved for the sole purpose of crossing that border, holds two important distinctions. It is the lottery ticket vendor closest to Las Vegas, 45 miles to the northeast. And it sells more lottery tickets than any other vendor in California, according to th
Apr 26, 2009, 12:36 pm - Lottery News