New Hamshire budget closely linked to lottery luck

Comment #6

CASH Only — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 13:45:31 GMT

Oh really

Comment #5

JAG331 — Tue, 24 May 2005 15:31:49 GMT

Border communities are all that New Hampshire has. Take away Manchester, Nashua, (London)Derry, and Portsmouth and you've got no population left. Everyone is a short drive from Mass.

Comment #4

JimmySand9 — Sun, 22 May 2005 01:14:55 GMT

And speaking of Tri-State Megabucks, there was a winner of only $700,000 annuity value last Wednesday. Could TSM be making a comeback sales-wise

Comment #3

JimmySand9 — Sun, 22 May 2005 01:11:33 GMT

I think they meant Mass was cutting in with Mega Millions. Mass Millions has since been replaced with Ca$h Winfall (another game worth driving for when a rolldown is imminent).

Comment #2

LOTTOMIKE — Sun, 22 May 2005 00:56:09 GMT

if powerball hits they are in a bad position....

Comment #1

tg636 — Fri, 20 May 2005 19:56:06 GMT

Now that I know New Hampshire, one of the worst states in the country in helping the poor and disabled, is so heavily dependent on $20 scratch tickets and Powerball jackpots to make ends meet, it makes it all the more satisfying to not give them my dollar.

New Hamshire budget closely linked to lottery luck

Lottery Post — Fri, 20 May 2005 14:21:00 GMT

If someone won Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, New Hampshire's tight state budget would be the big loser, according to the chairman of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.A winner of the $129 million jackpot would cool off betting in the final six weeks of the state's budget year, which could prevent the state from meeting its $71 million profit target, said Chairman Richard Campbell. We aren't going to make it unless Powerball gets on a roll, Campbell told Gov. John Lynch and the Executi... [ More ]