Lottery practices sound, Ariz. officials say

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murph1226 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:34:58 GMT

To clarify...pull the game if top prizes are sold, agree with you there.

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murph1226 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:12:13 GMT

I don't agree with you on this. If a lottery is on pace to sell out of all tickets in a game, trust me they will be making a large profit even with paying all the top prizes. Think about any product, if it isn't selling why would you keep it around? That game is taking up space you could fill with a new game that would actually move. Not to mention lotteries love to see big winners. It's good press.

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fbird — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:43:49 GMT

mich is a joke in this regard. When one of the TV stations in town pointed out, that they still sold tickets, after the the grand prizes had been sold, the MSL response was.... that people still liked buying those tickets and still have a chance of winning a lesser prize ( yeah right !!!!!!!!!). So, their fix to this problem was to post a copy of the remaining top prizes in all stores that sell scratch off tickets....LOL !!!!!!! What a joke they are. And the ones that are posted are usually a we... [ More ]

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qutgnt — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:26:46 GMT

How about here in Illinois where they will PULL games off that still have the jackpot prizes left when a high % of tickets were sold. They claim the games aren't selling well . Meanwhile they just pull them back because it becomes profitable for them to do so to not pay off the top prizes.

The lottery in this country is truly a disgrace with the all the misleading that goes on with lump sums, double taxation, and the downright putrid payback %'s.

Lottery practices sound, Ariz. officials say

Lottery Post — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Despite a Valley lawyer's filing class-action lawsuits against various state lotteries, including Colorado and Indiana, alleging deceptive practices regarding Scratchers tickets, the Arizona Lottery appears to be in the clear.

Although these lawsuits against state lotteries are popping up throughout the country one of the most recent was filed by a business professor in Virginia Arizona Lottery representatives say a suit against them would fail because they believe they have sound policie... [ More ]