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Sanford asks S.C. Education Lottery to make small cutsNews Story
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he doesn't approve of a state lottery but since it's here, it should be as efficient as possible.Sanford said in a budget hearing Wednesday that he'd like the South Carolina Education Lottery to cut its retailer commissions and put even more money toward education.The lottery has had about $1.2 billion in gross sales from the beginning of the games on Jan. 7, 2002 to Aug. 31, 2003.About 7 percent of that goes toward retailer commissions. Sanford questioned w
Oct 2, 2003, 3:36 am - Lottery News

Free lotto ticket promotion taken lightlyNews Story
Some in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln communities are concerned that a lotto promotion at a UNL restaurant sent the wrong message to students about gambling.In a promotion that ended Sunday, the Subway restaurant at the Nebraska Union gave away about 9,000 coupons for free Nebraska scratch tickets during a four-week period, according to the restaurant's manager, Jennifer Acklin.Deb Hammond, director of Choices, a gambling treatment center in Lincoln, said the promotion was a con
Oct 2, 2003, 3:33 am - Lottery News

State will drop Plus, revert to old LottoNews Story
If you buy a ticket for tonight's Washington Lotto Plus drawing, you have a chance to win a record $46 million jackpot.In a few more days, your odds of winning will get a bit better.That's because the Washington Lottery Commission is reverting to the old Lotto game after Saturday night's drawing for Lotto Plus. The odds of winning the Lotto jackpot will be 1 in 7 million instead of the 1 in 11 million odds for Lotto Plus.That's one reason lottery officials are bringing back Lotto after a 17-mont
Oct 1, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Big Tenn. lottery winners to collect at 5 district offices statewideNews Story
The Tennessee lottery will open five district offices that will serve as prize claim centers, including three in East Tennessee.The offices, which also will house regional sales teams, will be in Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities in Upper East Tennessee, lottery Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Paul said at yesterday's board meeting.Winners of prizes of more than $600 will have to get the money from a district office. Paul said she picked the five locations so Tennesse
Sep 30, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

Hectic job good way to forget lottery fightNews Story
It was a case of lotto fever gone out of control.And now, a once-congenial group of 20 office workers at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center are nursing their wounds after a bitter court battle over a $45 million jackpot.But it's the hectic pace of the high-pressure Cardiac-Catheterization Lab that keeps the co-workers from letting their anger from the court case infect the workplace. That's been our saving grace, my saving grace, said Jamal Townes, whose claims about the winning lottery tick
Sep 29, 2003, 3:34 am - Lottery News

Committee OKs Tennessee Lottery pay-scale planNews Story
The pay scale for Tennessee Lottery workers will range from $19,750 a year for a warehouse clerk to $150,000 a year for a senior vice president, plus bonuses, according to a preliminary plan approved by a lottery committee.Lottery workers also must pass a drug test before being hired.The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation's Human Resources Committee on Friday approved the plan, which still must be voted on by the entire board. Minutes later, new lottery chief Rebecca Paul hired her first em
Sep 29, 2003, 3:14 am - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery operating costs drop half-million dollarsNews Story
A report released Thursday by Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shows a half-million reduction in operating costs for the Oregon Lottery following last year's devastating audit. The savings were over five months compared to the same period in 2002.Gov. Ted Kulongoski called the results as a significant step forward in our goal to reduce costs and restore accountability in state government. The 2002 audit found nearly $800,000 in questionable administrative expenses, including use of first
Sep 26, 2003, 3:15 am - Lottery News

Tenn. lawmaker balks at high lottery pay for vice presidentsNews Story
A state legislative leader said he hoped that Tennessee's lottery would pay its top officials less than top executives at the Georgia lottery were paid when Rebecca Paul was director there.Paul, the new Tennessee lottery director who officially came from Georgia this week, had a dozen lottery vice presidents working for her in Georgia five of them earning $151,000-$180,000 a year, including bonuses.''That seems to be on the high side,'' said state Sen. Ron Ramsey of Blountville, Senate Republ
Sep 26, 2003, 3:12 am - Lottery News

N.D. Gets Lottery DirectorNews Story
North Dakota's lottery now has a permanent director, as Chuck Keller was hired for the job Wednesday.Keller has been the interim director of the state lottery office. He is a long-time administrator in the state's gaming division.The state's lottery advisory board unanimously agreed today to recommend Keller for the job. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he'll go along and hire Keller for the position.Keller will be paid 65-thousand-dollars a year.North Dakota's new Powerball game is expecte
Sep 25, 2003, 2:20 am - Lottery News

N.D. rules out credit cards for lotteryNews Story
North Dakota should forbid credit-card sales of lottery tickets, and merchants should have the discretion to decide whether to take gamblers' checks or debit cards, a lottery advisory board concluded Wednesday.The committee, which is made up of three state legislators and two former lawmakers, is helping to write rules to implement North Dakota's entry into the Powerball lottery. State regulators hope to begin Powerball sales by April.Its members voted Wednesday to bar ticket sellers from allowi
Sep 25, 2003, 2:16 am - Lottery News