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New Hampshire Lottery celebrates 45th anniversaryNews Story
Trailblazing N.H. had first-in-nation lottery A tragic mistake. A scandalous experiment in state financing. The shame of New Hampshire. Opponents of expanded gambling argue that it would hurt the state's image and cause more problems than it would solve. But the quotes above aren't from the current legislative debate; they're from newspaper editorials written in 1964, when New Hampshire launched the nation's first legal state-run lottery. As the state considers allowing video slot mac
Mar 18, 2009, 9:16 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery replacing terminals statewideNews Story
Michigan celebrates 36th anniversary of state lottery As the Michigan Lottery turns 36 this week, about 11,000 lottery machines across Michigan are being replaced with new state-of-the-art terminals. The new Michigan Lottery terminals are smaller, faster and easier to use, with features including touchpad screens and laser printing instead of keyboards and the usual ticket paper. About 3,420 retailers statewide already have converted to the new machines. State's first lottery ticket
Nov 14, 2008, 10:42 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery's 20th birthday raffle drawing heldNews Story
The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made one instant millionaire. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/specialresults/va-lottery-raffle-2008-09-20.asp Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Virginia Lottery, with a limited period of availability of $5 tickets. The Birthday raffle differed from most other raffles conducted by Virginia and other states, that ther
Sep 21, 2008, 11:20 pm - Lottery News

Anniversary: N.D. Lottery reflects back on last four yearsNews Story
Four years ago today, North Dakota launched it's own lottery. At the time only Powerball was available for purchase in the state. Since then, three new games have been added. Each one of the North Dakota Lottery's games are run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which is famous for creating the first nation-wide multi-state lottery game, Powerball (formerly Lotto America). The North Dakota Lottery does not conduct any of the drawings itself. It's estimated by June 13th of
Mar 26, 2008, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery celebrating 1st birthdayNews Story
First year not as profitable as predicted Now a year old, the North Carolina Education Lottery is meeting its goal of keeping residents from crossing the border to buy tickets but failing to reach financial expectations initially touted by lawmakers and Gov. Mike Easley. The lottery has set aside $220 million in profits for state education programs since the first tickets were sold March 30, 2006, removing North Carolina's label as the only East Coast state without the games. Easley,
Mar 30, 2007, 9:51 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery Celebrates One Year AnniversaryNews Story
Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of the beginning of the Oklahoma Lottery. Lottery officials say it's been an excellent year, even though sales are lagging slightly behind projections. This year, Oklahomans won more than $129 million. So far, more than $68 million has been transferred to Oklahoma education. Lottery Commission Executive Director Jim Scroggins says the lottery is expected to generate $123 million this year for education. But before it started, lottery supporters e
Oct 12, 2006, 3:51 pm - Lottery News

Missouri celebrates 20 years of lotteryNews Story
The Missouri Lottery celebrates its 20th birthday this month by giving Missourians a six-digit birthday present.Tickets went on sale Monday for the special Dream Draw raffle game that runs through Feb. 23. Weekly tax prepaid prizes of $20,000 will be awarded, along with a tax-free grand prize of $200,000. The $2 game also offers a number of $20 instant winners.The state lottery has come a long way since January 1986, when the first scratch-off game, Jackpot '86, was introduced.Since then, $
Jan 24, 2006, 9:36 am - Lottery News

N.D. lottery's first year deemed 'exceptional'News Story
Nearly a year after North Dakota unveiled its state lottery, former Gov. Arthur Link still gets annoyed waiting in line for someone else to splurge on the dream of a big payday.It happened just the other day, Link said, when he watched a man ahead of him in a convenience store hand over $2 for a couple of slips of paper. Link is among the lottery's foremost critics.Those with a sunnier view of the lottery point to a ledger that shows North Dakota's treasury raking in nearly $6 million since Marc
Mar 24, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery marks 3rd anniversaryNews Story
$2.4 billion in sales have generated $713 million for educationThe South Carolina Education Lottery marked its third anniversary last week.Since the lottery's creation, total ticket sales have exceeded $2.4 billion, and players have won more than $1.4 billion. State income tax collected on winnings over $500 totaled more than $18 million.In addition, the lottery has transferred more than $713 million to the Education Lottery Account for appropriation by the state legislature. To put a face on ou
Jan 11, 2005, 9:51 am - Lottery News

UK National Lottery Celebrates 10 YearsNews Story
Celebrations to mark 10 years of the National Lottery have taken place across the UK on Saturday.More than 150 lottery-funded venues in cities including Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast have hosted dvents or opened their doors for free.The main dvents were held at London's Tate Modern art gallery, which was set up with 53m from the lottery.The celebrations included a Lotto birthday draw in the evening, with six people sharing the 10m prize money.The BBC's arts correspondent Torin Douglas said even
Nov 8, 2004, 7:48 am - Lottery News