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NJ bill aims to protect lottery winners' identityNews Story
For some lottery winners, a large jackpot can bring out scam artists and others looking to get a piece of the pie. Some winners have even been kidnapped and killed. Now, a New Jersey assemblyman hopes to reduce the chances of that happening through legislation that would keep winners out of the public eye. Winning the lottery can be a blessing and a curse, said Assemblyman Deputy Speaker John Burzichelli. Once their identities become public, winners can become targets for unscrupul
Sep 6, 2012, 3:09 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery to add Powerball online ticket salesNews Story
Powerball would be added to the mix of lottery games that Illinois offers online under legislation that squeaked through the House Monday. The multi-state Powerball game would join Lotto and Mega Millions, the two games Illinois put online in March when it became the first state in the nation to sell lottery tickets by Internet. Dismissing opposition, Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, said the measure simply adds a third game online rather than opening the door to widespread gambling that the bill'
May 29, 2012, 1:19 pm - Lottery News

State cuts lottery winner's benefitsNews Story
Michigan woman who won $1M continued to collect $200 a month in food stamps A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the state lottery but continued to get food stamps has an unusual connection to the legislator seeking to outlaw what she was she's doing. Amanda Clayton, 24, won $1 million in the lottery in September and until recently was still receiving $200 a month in food stamps to feed her and her two children. Late Wednesday, the state Department of Human Services sai
Mar 8, 2012, 7:28 am - Lottery News

Online poker advocates say legalizing won't hurt lotteriesNews Story
A casino-backed group pushing for federal legislation to make online poker explicitly legal says regulating online card play nationwide won't hurt state lotteries. Fair Play USA released a data analysis on Tuesday that showed no correlation between spikes and dips in the online poker market with changes in revenues for state lotteries. Eugene Christiansen, a founding partner with the firm that wrote the analysis, Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC, said the data showed that poker and lotte
Dec 7, 2011, 10:29 am - Lottery News

D.C. Lottery makes its pitch for Internet gamblingNews Story
This much is clear: D.C. residents, or at least the handful of Ward 5 residents who came out to the Lamond-Riggs Library last night, don't have much of a problem with Internet gambling. At the first of eight community meetings set to discuss the city's controversial new iGaming program, few moral or philosophical objections were lodged against the idea that city residents should be able to gamble online legally, with the city getting a cut of the action. But that's not to say that everyone
Oct 14, 2011, 7:00 pm - Lottery News

Ct. to deduct back taxes from lottery winningsNews Story
Stamford resident's idea inspired legislation Legislation (HB6270), introduced by State Representative Gerald Fox III (D-Stamford) requiring the Connecticut Lottery to deduct delinquent taxes and penalties before distributing a lottery prize of $5,000 or more to a winner, was ceremoniously signed into law Friday by Governor Dannel Malloy at the State Capitol. The new law applies to winning lottery tickets redeemed on or after January 1, 2012. There is currently about $400 million in state
Aug 15, 2011, 6:02 pm - Lottery News

D.C. continues rollout of online gamblingNews Story
The bright glass-and-copper library on Benning Road NE just beyond the Anacostia River opened last year as an anchor for redevelopment and a refuge for the mind. Now, District officials are deciding whether they should use the gleaming outpost in a depressed section of the city for another pioneering purpose: as a gateway to online gambling and the promise of millions of dollars in government revenue. The scramble is on to launch an online casino in the District, which is the first jurisdi
Jun 30, 2011, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Ohio Senate bill includes privatizing lotteryNews Story
Critics say gaming corp. drafted language The Ohio Senate's latest version of the state budget bill includes language to privatize the Ohio Lottery that is nearly identical to legislation drafted by a gaming company hoping to manage the $2.5 billion agency's day-to-day operations. The language, drafted by GTECH, an industry giant that once ran the Ohio Lottery's back-office operations, was added to the massive budget bill virtually unchanged and without any public hearing. The inclusion of
Jun 2, 2011, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Ct. Senate votes to collect delinquent taxes from lottery winningsNews Story
Connecticut state Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) said Thursday that the Senate has approved a bill he co-sponsored that would deduct delinquent taxes from certain awards paid to Connecticut Lottery winners. Allowing lottery winners who don't pay their taxes to collect prizes without contributing what they owe is unfair to everyone else who plays by the rules, said Senator Leone. Our state is in the middle of a fiscal crisis, and we are asking everyone to sacrifice in order to resolve it. N
May 15, 2011, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery partners with grocery chain on vending machinesNews Story
An Ohio-based grocery store chain has signed a contract with the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery to sell lottery tickets through vending machines. Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue signed the agreement April 11 after the House Rules Committee declined to recommend passage of a Senate-approved bill that would bar the lottery from using the machines. The Arkansas lottery began selling tickets through the machines on Feb. 3 at a Love's Travel Stop in North Little Rock, and the machines have si
Apr 25, 2011, 8:03 am - Lottery News