Scientific Games appeals N.J. Lottery's award to GTECH

Comment #10

MADDOG10 — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:12:43 GMT

it's not a matter of whether or not they change, it's about fair practice of the bidding system. They (State) need to look into this matter and see why they gave away 32 million and why?I think their is something starting to smell on this one...

Comment #9

CASH Only — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:51:34 GMT

At least you played Ca$h WinFall instead of Megabucks. I played $6 CW and won nothing.

Comment #8

JimmySand9 — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:51:50 GMT

Well in GTech's defense, I will say that the MA Lottery is still stuck in the past too. Keep in mind that it still has those Void If Removed sections on scratch-off tickets, which would imply manual validation. How long has MA had those terminals

Comment #7

Bingo Long — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:04:16 GMT

Another bad GTECH experience this weekend. I went in to buy $100 worth of cash winfall tix, and the paper was near the end of the roll. Several paper jams later, the machine had printed $50 worth of tix and had registered a total of $110. Give me a break.

Comment #6

CASH Only — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:47:19 GMT

My favorite Connecticut store is not far from the state line. They sold CT's first Powerball jackpot winner in 1997. They used to have two machines, but now just one.

Comment #5

Drivedabizness — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:32:36 GMT

Hey - where do I sign up on the SGI payroll? I mean come on, what a load of crap. I Try tallking to a lottery retailer in Connecticut. They'll tell you how happy they are with their lottery terminal AND the service they get for it.

Comment #4

CASH Only — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:02:51 GMT

A lottery terminal catch fire? It must have spit out an annuity-only ticket

Comment #3

Bingo Long — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:20:29 GMT

I play both companies a bit (Gtech in MA, SG in NH) and I think Scientific Games makes a far superior lottery terminal. Gtech is still stuck in the past, with dot-matrix printers that don't print well when they get hot. They're still readable, but the bar codes can't scan. I've seen a Gtech machine in Michigan catch fire from the printer head getting too hot after printing 50 tickets, a Gtech machine in MA start smoking after 80, and another Gtech machine in MA get a printer jam, charging me... [ More ]

Comment #2

CASH Only — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:22:13 GMT

NY uses Gtech. I have no problem with Gtech, it's the NY Lottery itself I'm critical of.

Comment #1

Chewie — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:05:37 GMT

I am unaware of retailer viewpoints, but from a player viewpoint, the system works. Leave it alone. Every time they change things, it tends to go downhill.

Scientific Games appeals N.J. Lottery's award to GTECH

Lottery Post — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:30:09 GMT

Overbid by nearly $32 million in its unsuccessful attempt to get the state's lottery contract, Scientific Games filed a protest Tuesday claiming officials skewed the bid proposals to keep its current operator.Earlier this month, the state announced its plans to give GTech Corp., the current lottery operator, a new five-year contract, even though it wasn't the low bidder. The state justified the decision by saying GTech offered a more secure and reliable system and outscored Scientific Games on a... [ More ]