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Maryland Lottery Director says online sales comingNews Story
Includes audio report The Maryland Lottery hopes to have its online lottery sales platform up and running by January 1, 2013. Lottery Director Stephen Martino tells WBAL Radio that the Maryland legislature approved $500-thousand for the lottery to start up the program and hire some additional staff. Martino says the time has come for Internet lottery sales in Maryland. We just think this is a way that people are doing business and commerce is moving. You can buy practically anything
Apr 20, 2012, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery security chief to grill NY lawyer over Hot Lotto ticketNews Story
Includes audio report Meetings to take 'several days' The Iowa Lottery's security chief says it will likely take several...days of face-to-face meetings with a New York attorney and others to get all the questions answered about a winning Hot Lotto ticket. The ticket was sent via FedEx to a Des Moines law firm and turned in at Iowa Lottery headquarters just hours before the deadline. Steve Bogle, the vice president of security at the Iowa Lottery, says he needs to determine the chain
Jan 17, 2012, 1:37 pm - Lottery News

Illinois lottery winners' checks bouncedNews Story
Includes audio report Eighty-five Illinois Lottery winners last week probably thought they were lucky until they tried to cash in their winnings, that is. Their checks, totaling $159,000 in lottery winnings, were no good. Two days after Christmas, Maureen Furio of Lake Zurich bought an instant scratch-off ticket and won $1000. The next day, she got a check from the lottery. I deposited it the same day and went ahead and paid some extra Christmas bills, Furio says. And Jan. 3, it bou
Jan 6, 2012, 5:21 pm - Lottery News