Arkansas Lottery targets Oct. 29 for first ticket sales

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LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:30:20 GMT

thanks,i'll be among the first to buy an arkansas scratch off and other games if they keep it ball drawn.

mrs. hargrove is going to lose a lot of west tennessee players who will now go to arkansas for better games and of course the arkansas players won't come here anymore.tennessee will also lose a lot of the northern mississippi residents because they'll go to arkansas now.either way i expect this to chew into the profits here for the tennessee robbery,oops i meant lottery.... [ More ]

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TnTicketlosers — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:49:47 GMT

I envy the folks in Memphis,,,I hope they win alot....

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diamondpalace — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:59:33 GMT

sounds exciting.

Arkansas Lottery targets Oct. 29 for first ticket sales

Lottery Post — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:17:58 GMT

Drawing games will start later in the year

The Arkansas Lottery Commission set official target dates Friday for the first lottery tickets to go on sale: Oct. 29 for instant-win, scratch-off tickets and Dec. 14 for tickets for drawing games.

The commission also approved spending up to $30,000 to buy a car for newly hired executive director Ernie Passailaigue, who officially starts July 1 but has already been working to get Arkansas' lottery started.

Two requests for proposals, or RFPs, t... [ More ]