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Ohio Lottery rides record-setting sales growthNews Story
Instant tickets continue to drive the highest sales growth in the history of the Ohio Lottery. Successful marketing and an increasing number of players have pushed sales up $55 million, a 4.6-percent increase, in 2006. Patty Vasil, Ohio Lottery deputy director of product development, said $10 and $20 instant games, and games tied to name brand merchandise prizes, may account for the rise in instant game popularity. They attract a player who may not purchase lottery tickets, but likes the
Jul 19, 2006, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

Online gambling threatened by U.S. legislatorsNews Story
Editor's Note: Lottery Post is firmly against any attempts to limit the peoples' right to do as they wish on the Internet, including online gaming. Although anti-gambling lobbyists and legislators continue to sound the same alarm about gambling by minors and gambling addiction , we believe both of those arguments apply to such a small fraction of people that the rights of the vast majority of the Internet population are being taken away needlessly and carelessly. People have a right to do
Jul 7, 2006, 11:32 am - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery to target younger playersNews Story
State Lottery officials are wagering a new advertising campaign will persuade young adults to take a chance on the Numbers Game, a contest with an aging player population. The state Lottery Commission last week extended its contract with advertising firm Hill Holliday of Boston for one year at $10 million, Executive Director Joseph Sullivan said. Part of the strategy will be to focus advertising in a place where Lottery officials believe they can reach more people in their 30s and 40s th
Jul 7, 2006, 6:50 am - Lottery News

Study proves lottery not 'regressive tax' played mostly by poorNews Story
Editor's note: As you'll read below, the initial data provided by the New York Lottery to The Post-Star was incorrect, but the comparisons of geographic sales data and the results of the study were still valid, even after the correct figures were applied. Lottery Post has long opposed the theory that poor people disproportionately play the lottery, and this in-depth look at actual lottery sales data supports Lottery Post's position. Some have gone as far as labeling lotteries regressive taxat
Jun 14, 2006, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery being considered in WyomingNews Story
In the latest push to make Wyoming a Powerball state, an interim legislative committee on Monday authorized legislation allowing Wyoming to join the multi-state lottery. Individual lawmakers have sponsored Powerball bills in past legislative sessions, but this marks the first time a committee will formally introduce a bill of its own. A Casper Star-Tribune poll of voters earlier this year showed that 62 percent support Powerball in Wyoming. The poll margin of error was 4 percent. The w
May 3, 2006, 8:03 am - Lottery News

NC lottery addiction hotline gets different callers than plannedNews Story
Many callers to the toll-free problem gambling hot line set up for North Carolina's new lottery have sought help of another kind. We've gotten a lot of calls from people who either don't understand how to play the game or why they didn't win, said Smith Worth, who oversees the help line for the state Department of Health and Human Services. Only about 15 percent to 20 percent of the 600 to 700 callers to the help line since the North Carolina Education Lottery began last Thursday sought
Apr 5, 2006, 7:22 am - Lottery News

Iowa lottery records show sales trendsNews Story
Mason City TouchPlay outlets took in more than $3.2 million in their machines over the past eight months, with gamblers in Clear Lake throwing in another $663,000, according to an analysis by Lee Enterprises newspapers. Mason City ranked fourth in the state in TouchPlay receipts. The Iowa Lottery released financial information on the machines Friday in response to Freedom of Information requests by Lee, The Associated Press and other news organizations. The information is incomplete. A
Mar 8, 2006, 8:09 am - Lottery News

Iowans Want TouchPlay Video Lottery MachinesNews Story
A new poll shows most Iowans favor keeping the Lottery's TouchPlay machines.A Des Moines Register Iowa poll shows 41 percent of adults want lawmakers to remove the TouchPlay machines, which closely resemble slot machines, from the 2,600 locations around the state that currently have them.But 26 percent favor making more machines available as long as rules against use by minors are followed.Another 27 percent would permit the TouchPlay games already in place, but prohibit installation of more mac
Jan 30, 2006, 8:06 am - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery exploring Internet sales againNews Story
Could keno be out and Internet lottery in?A proposal from last spring to authorize Internet sales of Illinois lottery tickets popped up again Thursday, a week after Gov. Rod Blagojevich unveiled a controversial initiative to include keno in the lottery as a way to finance school construction bonds.A Blagojevich spokeswoman said the governor was not backing off the keno proposal but seemed to hedge her bets. We are willing to consider other ideas from the General Assembly, Rebecca Rausch said.Th
Jan 20, 2006, 10:57 am - Lottery News

Having a lottery machine: Now that's the ticketNews Story
Critics raise questions as retailers play by the rules and win scores of jackpotsNew Jersey's 10 most frequent winners of lottery jackpots have one thing in common: Luck.But five of those top 10 winners have something else going for them: A store that sells lottery tickets. We play, we win, explained Mahendra Vora, standing behind the counter of Everything Nice, a stationery store on Bergenline Avenue in West New York that he owns with his wife, Sudha.Together, the lucky couple has claimed 175
Dec 27, 2005, 6:49 am - Lottery News