Will the Michigan Lottery shut down tomorrow?

Comment #9

LckyLary — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:45:31 GMT

I remember they did this in nj, I think in 2006, and you could actually be in all of the drawings that happened during the shutdown IF you played far enough ahead. They had to conduct drawings (but not on TV) for those who played ahead. I remember there were really weird payouts on some of them like $0 for Pick 4 STR (no winners) but $900-something for Pick 3 STR. IF you live in Michigan if you just want to be in the drawings PLAY AHEAD preferrably using numbers that are simply the most frequent... [ More ]

Comment #8

psykomo — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:34:02 GMT

No not satcastic

BUT, .................No<<<<<<<<<<gov. will not SHUT-DOWN over this

little situation .........................however, if does>>>did shut-down

then it would PROVE^^^^

PROBLEM's

(LIKE buy'g BLEM's for the tire's on your CAR) putting UR LIFE

in DANGER, because,YOU were to CHEAP to be RESPONCIBLE

for the LIFE of your FAMILY^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

but,.......LET's^^^^^BLAME BUSH^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

BUSH is problem ^^^^^^^

problem ^^^^^^^

t... [ More ]

Comment #7

Drivedabizness — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:13:17 GMT

What I don't get is why the lottery would be affected in the first place.

Two issues here - the purely lottery issue and the broader public policy issue. This kind of thing is bad newws for the lottery. The bad press and insecurity may cause new players or infrequent players to be less likely to play, in addition to p'ing off regular players.

From the policy standpoint, different states allow the Legislatire to allocate lottery funds in each budget cycle - most simply have a ded... [ More ]

Comment #6

dld1961 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:01:12 GMT

Well the state of mich will not shut down the voted at 4am this morning oct1 and they were able to avert a shutdown.

Comment #5

Badger — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:41:36 GMT

I'm not sure where you see something criminal in the article? It's politics. Each year each state must pass a budget for the next fiscal year. That means the state congressmen and state reps must put together a budget that will be signed into law by the state governor. If the governor doesn't agree, he/she will veto it. The governor can say No budget on my desk unless I get tax increases . That is not crooked, just aggrevating, since it proves again that the politicians don't know how to re... [ More ]

Comment #4

L J1 — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:24:03 GMT

Great story Todd!

Not much to say on the politics here, except something needs to be done to turn things around for the better; not sure if this is the right approach, but the people voted her in twice, so.. I'm hoping there's brighter days after the storm clears, and if not, well... after her term's ended, someone else will take the lead, and we'll see how the whole process plays all over again. I hope the michigan lottery can be back up and running 100% soon. I'll miss turning in all those... [ More ]

Comment #3

nanolike — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:51:54 GMT

This is very odd, why dont I ever hear about any of this in the local newspapers? We'll actually I haven't read the newspaper nor watched television recently so maybe I missed it! You would think this would have been international news.

I have noticed every time that I come to lottery post something criminal is going on with some lottery in the United State. Texas, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan and more.

I almost start to think that the lottery wants to look like crooks so no one will... [ More ]

Comment #2

Badger — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:25:42 GMT

The Michigan governor sounds like ours. We don't have a budget in place either, and they were supposed to have one last July. But the governor, (whom I call Governor Vito because he has vetoed everything that would give the average Joe some relief since he has been in office) wants to double the state tax revenue. And he has advocates in the state legislature. He seems ready to veto anything that isn't what he wants.

If this goes on in more and more states, it will break the back of the c... [ More ]

Comment #1

MIlottoplayer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:42:55 GMT

This makes me REAL proud to say that I'm a resident of Michigan. By the way I'm being sarcastic.

Will the Michigan Lottery shut down tomorrow?

Lottery Post — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:49:54 GMT

If the Michigan government shuts down because legislators are unable to agree on a new state budget, the Michigan Lottery will suspend operations at the end of the business day on Sunday.

All lottery ticket sales, validations and prize payments will be suspended. Drawings will be held for tickets sold prior to the shutdown. Players with advanced wagers will be able to check their numbers in newspapers and on the Lottery Post Web site, www.lotterypost.com/results/mi.

Players with winning ti... [ More ]