Iowa joins multi-state Mega Millions lottery
Iowa Lottery players will soon be able to make their first drawing for Mega Millions, a popular multistate game that paid a record $390 million jackpot two years ago.
The Iowa Lottery Board voted unanimously Monday to join Mega Millions, which will give lottery players another opportunity to buy chances for a Powerball-style game, said Iowa Lottery Chief Executive Officer Terry Rich. Ticket sales for Mega Millions are scheduled to start in Iowa on Jan. 31 for a Feb. 2 drawing.
Both games o ...
Nov 17, 2009, 7:29 am - Lottery News forum
Longtime Director of N.H. Lottery to retire
Will oversee addition of Mega Millions game before moving on
The longtime head of the New Hampshire state lottery is retiring after more than three decades with the agency.
Executive Director Rick Wisler, 52, denied he is being forced out but said he has decided to pursue a second career after 34 years in state government.
Wisler has run the lottery since 1994.
He began working part time at the agency right out of high school.
We have accomplished a great deal. It's a good time f ...
Nov 11, 2009, 4:09 pm - Lottery News forum
Multi-state lottery shockwave sweeping America
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By Todd Northrop
Updated: Nov. 6, 2009, 11:28 a.m.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2009, 11:21 p.m.
In January 2010 the state lines that have been dividing the United States into Powerball states and Mega Millions states will be blurred by a cross-selling arrangement between the two multi-state lottery titans.
But it was not an arrangement the country's biggest lotto games entered into easily or even willingly.
The lines of division between America's two biggest multi ...
Nov 5, 2009, 2:27 pm - Lottery News forum
Maryland Lottery director hired by D.C. Lottery
Roogow has been Md. director for 12 years
WBAL Radio has learned that Buddy Roogow is leaving the Maryland Lottery. He has accepted the post of Executive Director of the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games.
David Umanski in the office of the CFO for the D.C. Lottery tells WBAL Radio that after a nationwide search, Roogow was the superior candidate for the post.
Roogow will remain as Director of the Maryland Lottery through the end of November and begin his new job in D.C. in early Decembe ...
Oct 27, 2009, 9:20 pm - Lottery News forum
Jacksonville man wins lottery jackpot - again
A Jacksonville man bought a winning $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket Saturday six years after claiming a $250,000 prize from another game.
Persistence pays off, Robert Myers, 51, said in a statement released Monday by the Florida Lottery.
As to the obvious question: Oh yes, I will continue to play.
In fact, lottery officials said he was back at it again Sunday, playing Billion Dollar Blockbuster, the $20-a-ticket game he had just won.
Myers couldn't be reached by phone Monday. ...
Oct 13, 2009, 9:42 am - Lottery News forum
N.M. Lottery's Roadrunner Cash game changing this weekend
The New Mexico Lottery is changing the in-state Roadrunner Cash game to create a larger starting prize and jackpots that grow larger, faster.
The game will feature a starting jackpot of $25,000, up from $20,000, and a new $1 prize for matching two of five numbers.
The changes will take effect this weekend, starting with the Oct. 5th drawing.
To offer the enhancements, more numbers will be added to the game's number pool. Players will pick five numbers from 1 to 37, up from the current m ...
Oct 2, 2009, 3:45 pm - Lottery News forum
Scratch-off lottery tickets arrive in Arkansas
It turns out $48 million in lottery tickets doesn't look as impressive as it sounds.
Shrink-wrapped pallets arrived by tractor-trailer Monday to a warehouse in southwest Little Rock, a first shipment of about 30 million scratch-off tickets destined to inaugurate the start of Arkansas' state lottery.
Lottery officials dolled up the event for reporters, with two police cruisers and a motorcycle blaring sirens as a semi-truck decorated with balloons and streamers, like a homecoming parade flo ...
Sep 14, 2009, 11:15 pm - Lottery News forum
Arkansas Lottery scratch tickets, logo revealed
This week was a busy one for the fledgling Arkansas Lottery.
The first shipment of Arkansas Lottery tickets is being transported, and will arrive in the state Monday, Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue said Friday, and the lottery revealed its new logo.
The precious cargo will be transported by 18-wheeler to the Scientific Games (SGI) Distribution Center on the west side of town, arriving at 10:30 a.m., Passailaigue said at a meeting of the state Lottery Commission at the University of Ce ...
Sep 12, 2009, 8:04 am - Lottery News forum
Oregon Lottery working to end slump
In recent weeks, Oregon Lottery officials have installed 400 new casino-style slot machines in bars and taverns across the state in hopes of boosting player interest and ending a slump in lottery play.
Lottery Director Dale Penn said the plan is to install another 2,100 of the newer machines in retail establishments to replace some of the lottery's older-style video lottery terminals.
We're real hopeful that we can bring some players back and encourage others to play more, Penn said.
H ...
Sep 2, 2009, 5:54 pm - Lottery News forum
N.Y. Lottery debuts Sweet Million game Sept. 15
Tickets for the New York Lottery's newest game go on sale September 15.
Sweet Million is a lotto game in which players will choose 6 numbers from a pool of 40 (a 6/40 game). The top prize for matching all 6 numbers is $1 million cash.
The New York Lottery says, For only a dollar, Sweet Million provides the best chance to win a million dollars.
Drawings will be every Monday and Thursday at 9:30 p.m., starting Sept. 17. The winning numbers will be published at Lottery Post's New York Lot ...
Sep 2, 2009, 11:42 am - Lottery News forum
