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Illinois Rep. Boland Wants to Add KenoNews Story
The stakes are high for state Rep. Mike Boland, D-Moline: $130 million.That's his estimate of what the state of Illinois could rake in annually if Club Keno were added to the lottery mix. Also known as Quick Draw Lotto, it is similar to a standard Lotto game with one big advantage: instead of one to five drawings per week, Keno numbers usually are drawn every five minutes.Players would know right away whether the numbers they picked matched those randomly selected by a computer. The game would e
Aug 29, 2003, 12:19 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery Introduces 'Front Pair Payout' Promotion for Daily 4News Story
Michigan Lottery players will soon have yet another way to win cash prizes with the Lottery's Daily 4 game thanks to the Lottery's newest promotion -- Front Pair Payout. In the Daily 4 game, Lottery players choose any four-digit number and then place a $1 bet for that drawing. There are three different ways to place bets in the Daily 4 game -- straight, boxed and two-way. If a player chooses to play a number straight, he or she would need to match the number he or she picked in the exact order
Aug 29, 2003, 11:20 am - Lottery News

Computerized lotto must wait awhileNews Story
Scratch-off would be only game for monthsTennesseans would be left to play a scratch-off lottery game for months before they get a chance to play computerized games such as lotto, under plans discussed by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board yesterday.And your favorite spot to buy those lotto tickets might not get to sell them if the store doesn't sell enough scratch-offs while the computerized ticket-sales system is being installed statewide.The board discussed options but took no vote.
Aug 29, 2003, 11:13 am - Lottery News

Forum criticized for including Georgia lottery firmsNews Story
A lottery forum planned for minority businesses in Memphis next week came under fire yesterday, with some vendors saying that inviting two companies that work for the Georgia lottery to participate makes it appear that a Tennessee-Georgia partnership is a done deal.Three African-American lawmakers are planning a ''Tennessee Lottery Business Opportunities Forum'' Sept. 4, featuring GTECH and Scientific Games. A state lottery board member, originally scheduled to appear, has pulled out of the prog
Aug 28, 2003, 4:24 am - Lottery News

N.D. LOTTERY: Board supports two extra gamesNews Story
North Dakota gamblers may have their pick of two additional lotteries next year, which offer smaller prizes and less daunting odds than the more widely played Powerball game. A state advisory board agreed Tuesday to support North Dakota's entry into the Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2 lotteries. Both are operated by the Multistate Lottery Association of West Des Moines, Iowa, which runs Powerball.The association already has approved North Dakota's request to sell Powerball tickets and state officials
Aug 27, 2003, 3:17 am - Lottery News

Lottery alliance winning supportNews Story
For those prone to wager, a lottery partnership between Georgia and Tennessee looks like a pretty good bet these days.Georgia officials have proposed the partnership, which would be unique in the nation and could involve anything from sharing office supplies and vendors to combined games.The idea got a push last week when a consultant told Tennessee's lottery board that a joint venture would make the Volunteer State mountains of money over the next few years. There appear to be a huge number of
Aug 25, 2003, 3:26 am - Lottery News

Lottery deal with Georgia best bet, expert saysNews Story
Tennessee's lottery could reap as much as an extra $249 million over a seven-year period by joining forces with Georgia, according to a consultant hired by the state lottery board.The additional proceeds would stem from Tennessee's starting its lottery Dec. 2 about three months earlier than without Georgia's help and leveraging Georgia's attractive rates with two major gaming vendors, consultant Gerry Wexelbaum told the board yesterday. It appears that a joint venture with Georgia would be the m
Aug 19, 2003, 3:27 am - Lottery News

Washington jackpot at record highNews Story
Tomorrow's Washington State Lottery Lotto Plus game is at a record high of $33 million.The highest jackpot paid out under the Jackpot Plus game was in July 2002, when two people divided a $30 million jackpot.The lottery payout record was in October 2000 under the Lotto game, the predecessor to Lotto Plus, with a jackpot of $32 million, which three winners shared. (Ticket) sales go up dramatically with a big jackpot, said Eric Jones, Lottery spokesman.Lottery officials expect $1.75 million worth
Aug 15, 2003, 3:25 am - Lottery News

Lawsuit has a pull-tab lottery plan on holdNews Story
A new Michigan instant lottery game planned for bars this fall is mired in a court fight over whether it is legal and is unfair competition to charities that sell similar pull-tab games.The dispute threatens to unravel half of a lottery plan that Gov. Jennifer Granholm said would add $50 million a year to the cash-hungry state budget.A lawsuit has temporarily blocked the new pull-tab lottery game, charging that it would violate state lottery laws. The new state game was supposed to be available
Aug 13, 2003, 3:42 am - Lottery News

Big games enter lottery's big pictureNews Story
A giant jackpot lottery such as Powerball or Mega Millions is likely to become part of Tennessee's buffet of games, but the heads of lotteries in Tennessee and Georgia say a possible partnership won't affect which game Tennesseans play.Others, including the chief of the South Carolina lottery, say Georgia's membership in Mega Millions could influence Tennessee to join that game, which is not as well-known by Middle and West Tennesseans.These big games in which states pool their prize money to of
Aug 12, 2003, 5:21 am - Lottery News