Scientific Games to close Texas plant
Lottery operator Scientific Games Corp said it plans to close its plant in San Antonio, Texas, citing adequate production capacity in its other plants worldwide, a move that will affect about 350 jobs.
Some of the plant's technicians and managers will be offered the opportunity to relocate to other Scientific Games operations, the company said in a statement.
Scientific Games also offered severance packages, arrangements for continuity of health insurance, and outplacement assistance to th ...
Sep 26, 2007, 12:29 pm - - Lottery News forum
Texas lottery winner invests in unusual historical motel
A bit of American history quirky and curious, but history nonetheless huddles next to old U.S. 59, past the tractor dealers and the rice mills, just before a green sign that proclaims Wharton's population of 9,237.
It's easy to miss. But it is there, just around the bend: a row of 10 freshly painted, sand-colored tepees.
As in the Tee Pee Motel, a throwback to the 1940s and '50s, when taking a drive was still in style and roadside businesses used gimmicky architecture like a gas stat ...
Sep 24, 2007, 11:56 am - - Lottery News forum
Is the lottery shortchanging schools?
According to the North American Assoc. of State and Provincial Lotteries, 42 states and the District of Columbia run lotteries, and more than half claim the games boost funding for education. But CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian found that lotteries aren't exactly providing a windfall for schools.
If you listen to state lottery ads, we're supposed to believe that all the numbers are supposedly adding up to more and more money for education.
Lotteries help, but n ...
Sep 19, 2007, 12:38 pm - - Lottery News forum
Largest Texas Lottery jackpot claimed by trust
The winners of the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won on a ticket sold in Texas have stepped forward to collect their prize money.
A partnership calling itself the H H Trust of Dallas claimed the $128 million jackpot from the July 6 drawing on the multistate game, the Texas Lottery Commission says.
We were daydreaming about winning the lottery and taking some time off, one member of the trust, which collected its winnings July 18, said in a news release provided by the commission. ...
Aug 4, 2007, 10:50 pm - - Lottery News forum
Texas Lottery may consider offering raffle
The chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission has asked the state attorney general to study whether it would be legal to add a raffle to its array of games.
Raffles offer better odds of winning than other kinds of games because a limited number of tickets are sold and there can be no duplicate winners. Twenty-seven states already offer raffles with mixed success.
Lottery spokesman Bobby Heith said the commission would still have to research the idea before starting a raffle game. But offici ...
Jul 24, 2007, 8:07 pm - - Lottery News forum
Thieving customers steal thousand of Texas Lottery lottery tickets
Police say thieves have stolen Texas lottery tickets at seven different Bedford convenience stores in recent days. A store in Grapevine was also hit.
The thefts started on July 3 followed by two on July 4, one last Friday,and three over the weekend.
Investigators said they are looking for several suspects.
In all the cases, one of the thieves distracted the cashier while another grabbed the tickets.
Police were viewing store surveillance videos from the stores on Tuesday, trying to ...
Jul 11, 2007, 3:35 pm - - Lottery News forum
Iraq soldier wins part of $12 million Lotto jackpot
It's been a lucky few weeks for a Texas soldier serving in Iraq.
He won part of a $12 million dollar Lotto Texas jackpot, and now he's home.
Lottery officials say the big winner in the May 23rd drawing was the Las Colinas Lottery Group.
More than two dozen people pooled their money, at 20 bucks a month, to play.
Among them was Master Sergeant Bethurel Griffin of Arlington. He deployed to Iraq in June of 2006, but Griffin had paid in advance to stay in the lotto pool.
Griffin ...
Jul 3, 2007, 8:15 pm - - Lottery News forum
Tyler man wins $1 million Texas Lottery jackpot
A Tyler man is a little richer after winning $1 million in the Texas Lottery.
Ralph Hilts, a custodian at Lindale Independent School District, originally won $50 playing a scratch-off card, but instead of stopping he spent the money he won on a ticket for the $130 Million Spectacular - which he also won.
I scratched the ticket with a quarter and I thought to myself I'd won something, he said. I asked the clerk to run it through his terminal and the message came up that the cashing limit ...
Jun 22, 2007, 1:24 pm - - Lottery News forum
Kickback probe launched at the Texas Lottery
The Travis County district attorney's office confirmed Tuesday that it has launched a criminal investigation after an allegation that someone affiliated with the Texas Lottery Commission may have solicited kickbacks from a financial planning firm that helped some Lotto Texas winners manage their money.
Assistant District Attorney Greg Cantwell of the office's public integrity unit said he could not divulge the details of the inquiry but said that the lottery commission was cooperating.
I ...
Jun 20, 2007, 7:44 am - - Lottery News forum
West Virginia resisting trend to privatize Lottery
About a dozen states are flirting with the idea of selling their lotteries to private companies to help plug financial gaps in their budgets.
But West Virginia officials say they so far have not seriously considered such an initiative, which would privatize the state lottery in exchange for quick cash.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, for instance, wants to sell the Golden State's lottery to bring in as much as $37 billion. Under Schwarzenegger's plan, the state lottery would be leas ...
May 10, 2007, 4:26 pm - - Lottery News forum
