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Kentucky Lottery draws airing on new TV stationsNews Story
The TV stations which air the nightly Kentucky Lottery drawing program in the state's three largest media markets has changed, effective today. In Louisville, the drawing program will move to WBKI/The CW Louisville. Lexington viewers will now be able to watch the drawings on the CWKYT. Players in Northern Kentucky will see the drawing show on WKRP-TV. Affiliates will remain the same in Bowling Green (WBKO) and Paducah (WDKA). A new affiliate has been added in Evansville (WAZE), while the s
Oct 1, 2009, 6:26 pm - Lottery News

Virginia high court rules that lottery must be accessibleNews Story
Federal and state laws require the Virginia Lottery to ensure that its games are accessible to people with disabilities, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. But nothing in those laws specifies how accessibility must be achieved, the court said in a unanimous decision reviving a lawsuit filed by four disabled Virginians who identified 16 lottery retailers unable to accommodate their wheelchairs. The court returned the case to Richmond Circuit Judge Margaret P. Spencer to determine what
Jun 5, 2009, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Details about Arkansas Lottery emergeNews Story
In a memo to House members late Monday afternoon, House Speaker Robbie Wills, D-Conway, provided an overview of draft legislation to create Arkansas' voter-approved lottery for college scholarships. As it stands now, the legislation which may be more than 100 pages when the final version is filed calls for net proceeds from the state-run lottery to fund a new scholarship program to be known as the Arkansas Opportunity Scholarship Program. A new division of the state Department of Higher Ed
Feb 10, 2009, 9:42 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery turns record profits for stateNews Story
Economic times on Wall Street are tough these days, but not so for the North Carolina Lottery. North Carolina's lottery has made its largest transfer of money to state education programs in the game's 2 -year history. The North Carolina Education Lottery said it sent $99.8 million to a dedicated state fund Wednesday morning. The money is used for class-size reduction and pre-kindergarten initiatives, public school construction and college scholarships. The lottery began selling tickets
Oct 22, 2008, 10:43 pm - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery had record salesNews Story
A struggling economy hasn't kept Georgians from buying lottery tickets. The Georgia Lottery announced Tuesday that sales for fiscal 2008, which ended June 30, were just under $3.52 billion, a record in the 15-year history of the games. That's more than $97.6 million ahead of last year's record sales. The Georgia Lottery transferred $858 million of that to the state for education programs, surpassing last year's record transfer by more than $4.8 million. Lottery proceeds pay for t
Jul 15, 2008, 7:48 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas watches as Tenn rethinks lottery scholarshipsNews Story
If Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's push for a state lottery is successful, Arkansas legislators may want to consider Tennessee's dilemma before writing rules for spending proceeds that would be earmarked exclusively for college scholarships. Arkansas' eastern neighbor is struggling with what to do with an unintended $460 million surplus from that state's version of a scholarship lottery. Part of the problem is that many scholarship recipients have not been able to maintain grades good enough to keep t
Apr 14, 2008, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery joins missing seniors programNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission in September joined the newly-opened Silver Alert Network, which assists efforts by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to find missing senior citizens. The Texas Lottery Commission is working in conjunction with the Division of Emergency Management at the DPS, the state agency tasked by Governor Rick Perry with implementing the Amber Alert Network in Texas. The Texas Lottery is now issuing alerts at the 16,000-plus Lottery retail locations on LED screens and
Oct 22, 2007, 8:12 am - Lottery News

W.V. Lottery Commission approves 24-7 table gamingNews Story
A unanimous vote Thursday of 6 to 0 by the state lottery commission will allow racetracks to operate table games 24 hours a day 7 days a week, but there's still no date for when dealers will be passing out the cards. The lottery commission said they would be ready to open table games by November 1, a date that is quickly approaching, and has residents waiting. I do know a few people that would like to go try it out. I don't know how that will turn out, but they'd like to try it out and se
Oct 12, 2007, 8:04 pm - Lottery News

Georgia man wins $250,000 in Mega MillionsNews Story
Dana Peace recently had what he described as a very good day. Peace, 26, of Fayette County walked into a Corner Amoco on Highway 54 in Sharpsburg to buy Fritos a snack for girlfriend Holly Yelton's roommate. A snap decision at the checkout counter landed Peace with $5 in Quik Pik tickets for the June 22 Mega Millions drawing only about an hour away. Though Peace didn't watch the drawing that night, he called the Georgia Lottery Hotline the next morning as he drove his mother to the a
Jul 23, 2007, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

West Virgina Lottery's help line under scrutinyNews Story
Director seeks probe of allegations by outgoing official over problem-gambler program The director of the West Virginia Lottery asked for an investigation Tuesday of allegations over the Lottery's handling of the state's Problem Gambler Help Network. Lottery Director John Musgrave asked for the investigation by the Legislative Auditor after the head of First Choice Health Systems of Charleston criticized a new contract that will give the Lottery more oversight over the 7-year-old help-line
Jun 8, 2007, 8:06 am - Lottery News