Illinois Lottery exploring Internet sales again

Comment #9

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:26:04 GMT

i think it would be illegal otherwise.....

Comment #8

goldrush — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:11:51 GMT

You can buy New York lottery subscriptions on it's web site, but you must be a New York resident.

Comment #7

mylollipop — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:15:43 GMT

All states might not have a lottery that I propose, so going online like Illinois proposes would be a grreat idea for the Big L. That's another possible name forLet's hear it for the L word!!!Good Idea to introduce the USA Lottery! We need a national lottery to take care of charitable efforts of the USA and other areas of the world when NATURAL DISASTERS Strike. And believe me, they are going to come in a D-e-l-u-g-e! in the next ten years. (Read the national weather service web sites).... [ More ]

Comment #6

mylollipop — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:07:54 GMT

Comment #5

Rick G — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:18:28 GMT

The reality of the IL lottery proceeds going towards the education budget is this:The budget for education remained the same. It is being supplemented and/or financed by lottery proceeds. Where is the rest of the money going?The average player thinks all of their money is going towards extra education costs and some of it is. But my question is where did that extra taxpayer money go that was apportioned to education before the lottery started supplementing it?The budget remained the same, they... [ More ]

Comment #4

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:14:45 GMT

I wrote the Illinois lottery six years ago and suggested putting a box or something on the tickets that said, Should my dollar not win, I'd like it (or part of it) to go to: schoolslibrariesfire dep'tetc.. . They wrote back and said it was imposssible to administer. Now they just came out with a research for breast cancer scratcher and talking about a veteran's scratcher.The money from the Lotto is suppossed to be going to the school's anyway, so this keno or online thing has very little credib... [ More ]

Comment #3

Chewie — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:44:37 GMT

Ahhhh - the right of a strate to do whatever it takes to ease the craving. In this case, they crave money. It is good to be King, if not King, then an elected official! Money means votes, votes means perks! The innocent think foriegn governments are corrupt. In reality, they have their head buried in the sand. You can guess what is wide open when you head is buried in the sand

Comment #2

Drivedabizness — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:20:36 GMT

If they structured the game right, IL could make a TON of money off keno. Off the top of my head I don't knopw the population - 12 - 15 million? At the industry average of $.60 per capita per week, that would be over $370 million per year in sales - at 25% profit they could make $90 - $100 milion per year in bond payments. Only one state actually sells at $.60 cents. RI and MA sell a lot better than that - don't know what MI's sales are. As far as web sales - the only question is who will be f... [ More ]

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Rick G — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:47:32 GMT

Anyone that has driven on IL highways in their travels know it needs money to get them up to the par of other states. Unfortunately, the money that was apportioned for the IL highway system via excessive tolls has been consistently stolen by secretarys of state, IDOT and right on up to the governor's mansion as long as I can remember....and that's a long time.The real question, is this just another treasury for more theft and corruption? IL has always been notorious in crooked contracts grante... [ More ]

Illinois Lottery exploring Internet sales again

Lottery Post — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:57:18 GMT

Could keno be out and Internet lottery in?A proposal from last spring to authorize Internet sales of Illinois lottery tickets popped up again Thursday, a week after Gov. Rod Blagojevich unveiled a controversial initiative to include keno in the lottery as a way to finance school construction bonds.A Blagojevich spokeswoman said the governor was not backing off the keno proposal but seemed to hedge her bets. We are willing to consider other ideas from the General Assembly, Rebecca Rausch said.Th... [ More ]