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Kentucky Lottery adds new Keno game featureNews Story
Keno is Kentucky's 2nd-most popular draw game Kentucky Lottery players now have a new way to win even more prizes in the popular game Keno, as the new Bulls-Eye feature is now available. Players can choose to add the Bulls-Eye to their base Keno wager for a chance to win additional prizes. Adding Bulls-Eye will double the cost of the base Keno wager. For example, if a player wagers $5 on their base Keno game, adding Bulls-Eye will cost an additional $5. During every drawing, a Bulls-Eye
Dec 18, 2018, 9:45 am - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery creating game tied to sportsNews Story
The board that oversees the New Mexico Lottery voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with creation of a game tied to the outcome of sporting events. David Barden, the lottery CEO, said he expects the game to go on sale in four to six months. Details of the game are being worked out, but it will involve a parlay-like wager. A player will pick possible outcomes of at least three sporting events and will have to choose all correctly to win. It's not your grandmother's lottery game, Ba
Oct 31, 2018, 10:57 am - Lottery News

Sales halted for Iowa Lottery scratch gameNews Story
Sales are being stopped for one of the Iowa Lottery's $5 instant-scratch games. The Lottery says it has received reports from players that Cash Wheel game tickets have been misprinted. We take seriously our responsibility to provide our players with accurate information and quality products, Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich said. And while we have only received two reports of difficulties after more than 720,000 tickets have already been distributed in the 'Cash Wheel' game, we are removing th
Sep 13, 2018, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania casinos file suit against state lottery over Internet-based gamesNews Story
Seven commercial casino operators in Pennsylvania have filed suit in Commonwealth Court against the Pennsylvania Lottery over its new breed of casino-style online games. The casino operators are asking the court to stop the Lottery from offering the games, introduced in May, arguing they cut too close to the online games that the casinos say state gambling law reserves exclusively for them. The suit alleges several of the Lottery's games improperly imitate the look, sound and feel of slot
Aug 22, 2018, 3:14 pm - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery is now offering simulated sports games, much to casinos' dismayNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery on Tuesday rolled out the latest addition to its line-up with the introduction of a simulated sports games that may appeal to football and auto racing fans. Called Xpress Football and Xpress Car Racing, these realistic animation of sporting events allow players to bet on an outcome of a random computerized drawings that occur every five minutes. Tickets to play the games can be purchased and checked at any lottery retailer. Those who want to watch the drawing resul
Aug 17, 2018, 11:48 am - Lottery News

How North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets are distributedNews Story
What would you do if you won the lottery? And what if you could figure out a system that would help you win it? Pat Jackson thought perhaps someone had done that when she read about a couple that won a $10,000 scratch-off prize and then a $1 million scratch-off prize on the same day in different counties. Jackson, who lives in Charlotte, became curious about the distribution of the thousands of scratch-off tickets that are sold at nearly 7,000 locations across the state. So she posed a
Aug 8, 2018, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery installs new gaming systemNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop The Kansas Lottery's new, advanced central gaming system is now live at more than 1,700 Kansas Lottery retailers across the state. This follows a successful conversion by the Lottery's new technology partner Scientific Games as part of an overall plan to responsibly increase returns to the State of Kansas. The Lottery's data transfer and official switch-over from the old systems technology took place July 29. Careful planning started more than
Aug 1, 2018, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Companies battle for Pa. lottery contractNews Story
For one firm, it will be something like winning the Powerball: A state government contract worth more than $800 milion that comes along just once a decade in Pennsylvania. The current contract to provide the gaming system and instant ticket game services that power the Pennsylvania Lottery expires in June 2019. The chance to become the lottery's partner for the next 10 years has the paucity of vendors who do this type of work pulling out all the stops. Two of the major players have hired lobb
Jul 30, 2018, 7:31 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania iLottery hits $21.6 million in salesNews Story
Rivals complaints lead to marketing changes Pennsylvania's brand new online lottery, the iLottery, reported sales of $21.6 million in its first 26 days from its launch on June 4, despite the best efforts of the land-based casino industry to sink it in the first few weeks. Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko told local media on Monday that 45,000 players had registered and the iLottery had paid out $18.7 million in prize money during the period, despite the initial roll out offering just
Jul 12, 2018, 10:08 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania becomes the seventh U.S. state to sell lottery games onlineNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery has launched PA iLottery, interactive games played online on a computer, tablet or mobile device that offer chances to win up to $250,000. PA iLottery games are a fun, new way to play and win from home or while on the go, Drew Svitko, lottery executive director, said. iLottery is a big part of our effort to meet our players where they already are while generating new funds to benefit older Pennsylvanians. Online PA iLottery games do not include draw games, Fast P
Jun 5, 2018, 3:57 pm - Lottery News