Washington Lottery to debut new ticket machines

Comment #5

bellyache — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 04:33:52 GMT

I would like to see Idaho change it's paper color from orange/pink to another color also. Green/blue would be a nice change of pace.

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Just6ntlc — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:50:11 GMT

What was the color of the previous ticket machines? I hope these machines bring better luck.

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JimmySand9 — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:25:07 GMT

I agree, and WA won't have to worry about ribbons because the new terminals include thermal printers (which makes it's marks by exposing special paper to heat). And should NJ switch, it will probably use thermal paper too.

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LckyLary — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:44:09 GMT

nj should at least change their paper color.... the pink background is getting kind of blah and the numbers are hard to read especially when they get cheap about changing ribbons.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:05:50 GMT

WA state is prohibited from drawing any of its games more than once daily. That's why WA Keno is not drawn every few minutes, and its Pick 3 does not have midday draws.

Washington Lottery to debut new ticket machines

Lottery Post — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:06:12 GMT

Washington lottery players can expect new green tickets July 2, the date the state-run gambling enterprise switches to new machines in its retail outlets.

The switch comes at a time the state Lottery is struggling to maintain its share of the state's exploding gambling market. But the change is not expected to boost the state's shrinking share of the $1.7 billion that gamblers lose each year in Washington.

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