Mass. lottery players still waiting for delayed final drawing

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SilentObserver — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:39:07 GMT

Can someone tell me if it's standard practice for a lottery to: 1) keep an instant game on the market, whose sales have slacked off and is now occupying valuable dispenser space that could be generating significant revenue for the State of Massachusetts? and 2) require that every last ticket of the game be sold before it is pulled? Kind of makes you wonder who is coming up with the order quantities. I beleive I read something recently (but I may be mistaken) where a legislator was going to look... [ More ]

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computerhead723 — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:12:36 GMT

sounds like a stupid Game and very unfair to the players who have won so far ;

This is one game the Governor of this state should demand that they finalize the end game ...and pay out

Mass. lottery players still waiting for delayed final drawing

Lottery Post — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:41:59 GMT

Some Massachusetts Lottery players have given up hope that they'll ever cash in on a $10 million Hold 'em Poker scratch game the state launched more than two years ago.

State Lottery officials acknowledge that a few finalists have died waiting. But they say ticket sales have been slower than expected and it may be another year before the game sells out and prizes can be drawn in the championship round.

I'm really disgusted, Nicholas Zeogas told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy. He became the... [ More ]