N.M. Gov. cancels 8-day-old lottery scratch game

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Todd — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:07:35 GMT

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Rip Snorter — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:30:59 GMT

N.M. Lottery introduces first joint lottery/tribal casino gamewas the headline that got someone thinking about the new scratch'n sniff game. Key word being joint. Just seeing that word will get most people in NM taking deep breaths and holding them.Jack

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Rip Snorter — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:05:43 GMT

I checked into this a bit further ..... looks as though they're going to be replacing this with two others: 1) A scratcher you can actually eat if you don't win anything, has a ground pepperoni and cheese taste. If it goes, they're going to expand the number of flavors offered,2) A scratcher you sniff if you don't win.... provides a mild high that lasts a few hours, but not enough so's to keep you from driving. We're making too much on DWI arrests to take a chance on losing that. It's going... [ More ]

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Rip Snorter — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:34:30 GMT

Lottomike:They had those tickees down at the convenience store where I bought my PB tickets yesterday. Almost bought one to keep as a souvineer, but decided it might be a scam.Jack

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Rip Snorter — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:46:07 GMT

I didn't realize Bill Richardson is gov until I read this.... spent most of his life representing us in Washington.... must be good to have a middling job to come back to...I hadn't seen the tickets on sale.... doubt I'd have bought one if I had.Prolly old Bill did the smart thing.... the other tribes will have wasted all the trouble I'd bet they were going to getting their lawsuits ready.....We'd have kept hundreds of shysterlawyers busy for a lifetime arguing whether the Santa Anas could be al... [ More ]

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JAP69 — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:33:21 GMT

I critics voice is louder than an echo in grand canyon.must be giving campaign money to the govenor.

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LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:29:02 GMT

did you get a chance to play rip

N.M. Gov. cancels 8-day-old lottery scratch game

Lottery Post — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:15:00 GMT

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has ordered the New Mexico Lottery to discontinue a just-released ground-breaking game that paired the lottery with Santa Ana Pueblo's Star Casino via a new scratch ticket. I am very concerned the new game sends the message that the state is promoting casino-style gambling, Richardson said Tuesday in a prepared statement.The LottoSino game, which began June 14, will die when the four-month contract for tickets ends.It was a first-of-its-kind scratch-off scratch... [ More ]