As Fla. lottery sales slow, schools stand to lose
Penny-pinching Floridians aren't playing the lottery as much as expected, and that's bad news for state legislators trying to minimize school budget cuts next year.
Lackluster ticket sales have prompted state economists to reduce their projection for this year's sales by $47 million. They also scaled back projections for the next two years by $159 million.
The news just gets better and better, huh? said a wry Rep. Ray Sansom, R-Destin, the House budget chairman.
The lower predictions ...
Apr 14, 2008, 8:46 am - - Lottery News forum
N.J. lawmaker wants to expand lottery reach, sales
Targets Internet sales, mobile phones, and 'big box' stores
Saying it would generate more cash for the state, New Jersey Senate President Richard Codey will push a plan to expand the New Jersey Lottery by selling tickets at big box stores such as Home Depot or Target, adding internet sales and even allowing people to play the games with their cell phones.
Codey (D-Essex) said the Lottery has untapped potential that can help ease New Jersey's fiscal woes over the next decade. He said he bel ...
Apr 8, 2008, 7:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Powerball lottery jackpot hits $200 million
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing $200 million has once again grown large enough to draw new or infrequent players to ticket counters.
The most popular lottery games are normally the $1 and $5 games that offer chances at prizes ranging from a few bucks to $1 million. Those are the heavy hitters for most state lotteries, generating as much as half of total sales.
The customers start to change, though, when the multi-state Powerball game starts touting jackpots approaching $20 ...
Mar 7, 2008, 9:15 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery sales up, but misses projections
North Carolina lottery ticket sales fell short of projections in the past few months, but officials say conditions are improving.
One of the lottery's holiday-themed games, $1 Holiday Cash, is about to sell out of its 6 million tickets. The holiday raffle, in which players buy a limited number of tickets for cash drawings, is outpacing sales of similar raffles in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina. In recent weeks, sales of new games appear to be up.
N.C. lottery director Tom ...
Dec 6, 2007, 8:45 am - - Lottery News forum
Newspaper criticizes Georgia Lottery bonuses
Lottery job a big win for execs who earn fat bonuses
By Maureen Downey, AJC editorial board
Dec. 6, 2007
The Georgia Lottery Corp. pitches its Win for Life game as The Game That Offers a Lifetime of Security, a slogan that might also describe a job with the lottery.
Equal Time: Lottery bonuses are deserved
With $3 million in bonuses handed out this year, lucky employees who end up at the Georgia Lottery have won The Career That Offers a Lifetime of Security.
Georgia Lottery ...
Dec 6, 2007, 7:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Georgia Lottery Chairman defends bonuses
Lottery bonuses are deserved
Incentives good business practice
By Tony Campbell, Board Chairman of the Georgia Lottery Corporation
Dec. 6, 2007
I am dismayed at the public criticism of an extraordinarily successful organization that has achieved record results and contributed record amounts to the HOPE scholarship and pre-kindergarten programs.
Equal Time: Lottery job a big win for execs who earn fat bonuses
The Georgia Lottery Corp.'s results have far exceeded expectations. As ...
Dec 6, 2007, 7:54 am - - Lottery News forum
N.D. Lottery wrestles with credit card buying options
The North Dakota Lottery's recently announced holiday sale of ticket subscriptions highlights a quirk in its operations. Gamblers are barred from using a credit card to buy tickets, but they may use plastic to play one of the lottery's four games dozens of times over an extended period.
Credit card sales are limited to subscriptions, said Chuck Keller, the director of North Dakota's lottery. A subscription allows a gambler to buy a chance to play the same lottery number for 13, 26 or 52 strai ...
Dec 4, 2007, 7:10 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. lottery searches out more stores
Amid sluggish sales, officials hope to beef up the number of outlets
Griswold's Family Produce sells honeydew and dreams.
The combination produce stand and old country store south of Monroe sells apples to zucchini, homemade ice cream and, now, N.C. lottery tickets. Pick up a bag of golden delicious and a chance to become a millionaire.
Griswold's is one of the newest, and less typical, retail outlets for Powerball or scratch-and-win tickets. It's also the sort of high-traffic, well-loc ...
Nov 23, 2007, 10:57 am - - Lottery News forum
Kansas Lottery surpasses $1 billion mark in profits for the state
The Kansas Lottery has banked its first $1 billion while also marking its 20th anniversary.
At ceremonies Friday in Topeka, director Ed Van Petten said sales revenue transferred to the state treasury on Thursday pushed the game's all-time profits over the $1 billion mark.
We are thrilled to tell you that the lottery has reached another milestone, he said.
The second billion won't take nearly as long after Kansas' state-owned numbers game morphs into state-owned casino operator under a ...
Nov 12, 2007, 8:19 am - - Lottery News forum
S.C. Lottery Director: Profit losses leveling off
Sales of South Carolina lottery tickets initially sank as gas prices climbed, but customers seem to have gotten used to paying more at the pump, the state's lottery director said Wednesday.
When gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon after Hurricane Katrina, lottery sales at South Carolina gas stations fell sharply, probably because customers felt that they had less pocket change after filling up. But a sample survey of retailers shows convenience store sales have since leveled, director Ernie ...
Oct 10, 2007, 10:17 pm - - Lottery News forum
