N.D. Lottery sales remain strong after two years
North Dakota will add multi-state 2by2 game starting February 2nd It's too early to determine if lottery sales are leveling off nearly two years after the first tickets were sold, according to Chuck Keller, director of the North Dakota Lottery Division. Our sales have pretty well held steady, Keller said.Since the first tickets were sold on March 25, 2004, the North Dakota Lottery has had sales of $34.9 million.Keller said from July 1 to Dec. 26 of this year, sales were approximately $9.9 millio ...
Dec 29, 2005, 9:36 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Democrats tried to sneak lottery in 'the back door'
North Carolina Senate Democrats saw an opening early Wednesday they say would have allowed them to pass a lottery bill and give Gov. Mike Easley a big political victory.But they didn't walk all the way through.Here's what happened: Senate Democrats contended that Sen. Hamilton Horton, R-Forsyth, did not properly request a leave of absence to miss the session Wednesday.The leave is necessary to allow an absent member to pair up with a colleague who is present and would vote differently on a bill. ...
Aug 24, 2005, 10:32 am - - Lottery News forum
N.D. Lottery chief says gas price might hurt lottery sales
Higher gasoline prices appear to be slowing lottery ticket sales, the North Dakota lottery director says.Lottery Director Chuck Keller said convenience stores have reported that the rising prices at the pump are affecting the sales of lottery tickets as well as such items as candy and pop. Most of our retailers are truck stops, and C-stores, convenience stores that do distribute fuel, whether it's diesel, gas, or both, Keller said.More promotions are being planned, including one that would allo ...
Aug 16, 2005, 7:09 am - - Lottery News forum
Buyer of 10 millionth N.D. lottery ticket to win $10,000
North Dakotans can win $10,000 by buying a lottery ticket -- without even having a winning number.The state lottery office says whoever buys the ten millionth ticket sold will win the ten-grand.The promotion includes Powerball, Hot Lotto and Wild Card Two tickets.Lottery officials say the date of the ten millionth ticket sale depends entirely on the pace at which lottery tickets sell.
Aug 12, 2005, 12:03 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.D. lottery revenues exceed expectations
North Dakota's three lottery games have raised $7.2 million for the state treasury since Powerball sold its first ticket in March 2004, the state's lottery director said.North Dakotans bought $24.9 million worth of tickets in 15 months.Although lottery demand was greater than state officials expected, sustaining the pace will be much more challenging, said Chuck Keller, director of the North Dakota Lottery. I realize that our honeymoon period is over, and that sales for the lottery are going t ...
Aug 2, 2005, 8:06 am - - Lottery News forum
N.D. couple cashes state's first lottery jackpot ticket
A Walsh County couple cashed North Dakota's first lottery jackpot ticket, a $420,094 prize in the Wild Card 2 game, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said.The couple was not identified, since North Dakota law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous.They bought the winning ticket last week at a gas station in Michigan, in neighboring Nelson County, in northeastern North Dakota. Michigan is about 35 miles east of Devils Lake.Stenehjem said he presented the couple with their winner's check Tuesda ...
Jul 20, 2005, 9:36 am - - Lottery News forum
North Dakota has its first lottery jackpot winner
North Dakota lottery officials said Thursday that Wednesday's winning Wild Card 2 jackpot ticket was sold at the Amoco station in Michigan, in eastern North Dakota. The prize is $420,000.The winner is not yet known. We contacted the Michigan Amoco store this morning, and they are ready and waiting for the winner, as are we, state Lottery Director Chuck Keller said in a statement.Tim Anderson, manager of the gas station, said the jackpot is the talk of the town. Michigan has about 345 people. Ev ...
Jul 16, 2005, 10:39 am - - Lottery News forum
N.D. lottery's first year deemed 'exceptional'
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 forum
Leader who pushed to start the ND lottery can no longer play
The leader of a petition drive to legalize the lottery in North Dakota can no longer play the game.Rep. Andy Maragos, R-Minot, can no longer play the North Dakota lottery because his wife, Sherry, was hired by the North Dakota Lottery on Feb. 14.State law prohibits immediate family members of lottery employees to play the game. Sherry Maragos was hired on as a customer relations specialist with the North Dakota Lottery, which is a division of the attorney general's office. Andy Maragos said joki ...
Feb 28, 2005, 12:08 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.D. Lottery commission family members allowed to buy tickets
After deliberating since May, the North Dakota lottery's administrator is allowing close family members of a lottery advisory board to buy tickets themselves.The board's five members, which include three legislators and two former lawmakers, still may not play the lottery, director Chuck Keller said. Lottery employees also may not buy tickets.Keller's decision affects commission members' spouses and children who are at least 18 years old - the minimum age for buying a ticket - and living at home ...
Oct 18, 2004, 7:29 am - - Lottery News forum
