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Arkansas Lottery bill signed into lawNews Story
May be up running this year Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed identical House and Senate bills into law today to create an Arkansas Lottery to fund scholarships to Arkansas college students. You could look at this as Arkansas becoming the 43 state to have a lottery, but there's another way to look at it. We're the first state where all of the lottery proceeds will go to college scholarships, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, who spearheaded the drive for the constitutional amendment voters passed last
Mar 26, 2009, 6:41 pm - Lottery News

State lottery friends, foes prepare for voteNews Story
A proposal to fund scholarships through an Arkansas state lottery is keeping supporters and opponents busy as Election Day nears. Now that the state Supreme Court ruled the proposal can remain on the statewide ballot, Arkansas voters will get a chance to vote on a state lottery proposal supported by Bill Halter, Arkansas' lieutenant governor. Halter proposed a state constitutional amendment to create a state lottery to pay for college scholarships and teacher bonuses. Under the proposal
Oct 21, 2008, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma lottery seeking more prize moneyNews Story
Oklahoma lottery officials may try to ask the Legislature to put more money into prizes, but a House leader doesn't expect they'll have much success. Sales of lottery games are down about $9.6 million in the first 3 months of the 2009 fiscal year. Oklahoma Lottery Executive Director Jim Scroggins last week suggested that the commission approach lawmakers after the Nov. 4 elections.The idea did not win much support in this past legislative session and faces long odds this time around. We a
Oct 21, 2008, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery worried about prospect of Arkansas lotteryNews Story
Already falling short, Oklahoma Lottery sales could suffer even more from Arkansas competition A proposed lottery in Arkansas would devote more sales revenue to prizes, giving it a critical advantage over Oklahoma's game, Oklahoma's lottery director says. Oklahoma law requires 35 percent of sales revenue to go to the state, reducing the size of jackpots, making the game less attractive, hurting sales and ultimately resulting in less money for the state, lottery director Jim Scroggins told
Sep 19, 2008, 12:15 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.News Story
The jackpot in America's Game continues to move, as the game itself moves closer to it's eventual overhaul. In January the Powerball game matrix will be changed to 59 numbers in the primary ball set (up from 55), and 39 numbers for the Powerball (down from 42). In the same month, Florida will join the Powerball game, to increase the total number of participating states to 30, plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands. Saturday evening did not witness the awarding of the gran
Sep 3, 2008, 12:42 am - Lottery News

Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rulesNews Story
Changes to coincide with addition of Florida in January; Jackpots to start at $20 million Powerball, arguably the world's best known jackpot lottery game, will be making changes to the game with the addition of Florida in January. The multi-state game will add some white ball numbers and will remove some red ball numbers, to accomodate the increase in number of players once Florida joins the game. If the number matrix is not changed, the jackpot would be hit too often, and it would not re
Aug 12, 2008, 9:57 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas Lt. Gov. pushes lottery proposalNews Story
Four times members of Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's staff have traveled to various corners of Arkansas to speak about the lottery proposal. When college has never been more important to Arkansas, it's also never been more expensive. Halter says Arkansas needs more college graduates. And the way to fund that is to keep some of the dollars flying out of Arkansas to neighboring states lottery games. Halter says, In Texas alone they raised more than a billion dollars for education last year off of t
Jul 15, 2008, 6:54 pm - Lottery News

Petition submitted for starting Arkansas lotteryNews Story
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter submitted 138,615 signatures Thursday in support of a constitutional amendment creating a state-run lottery, moving his proposal to help fund college scholarships closer toward appearing on the November ballot. Supporters needed 77,468 signatures by July 7 to get the measure on the November ballot. Tim Humphries, an attorney for the secretary of state's office, said officials will count and certify the valid signatures on July 7 and Halter will have 30 days to su
Jun 27, 2008, 8:45 am - Lottery News

$275 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised againNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to build, now exceeding the level attained by Mega Millions last month before it was won by a Georgia couple. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot grew to an estimated $275 million for Saturday night's drawing, with a cash option of $135.7 million. It is the largest American jackpot in nearly seven months. The last jackpot to reach this level was a $330 Million Mega Millions jackpot on August 31, 2007. That was right after a $314 mi
Mar 13, 2008, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Small-town store sells 2 big Powerball ticketsNews Story
A convenience store in the tiny eastern Oklahoma town of Watts is becoming a Powerball powerhouse of sorts, with two tickets sold weeks apart worth a total of $800,000. Before the Nov. 24 drawing in the multistate Powerball lottery, Edward Proctor of Springdale, Ark., bought a ticket at Station 2 that became worth $200,000 after it matched the first five numbers. Proctor said he plans to use a portion of the money to pay for his son's college education. A Powerball ticket sold for last
Dec 13, 2007, 9:14 am - Lottery News