Arkansas Lottery begins Cash 3 game

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konane — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:12:03 GMT

Spin it any way they want but people love to see real ping pong balls in real machines. Cost of real ball draws not an excuse because they can write off those costs as a direct expense like advertising.

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Todd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:35:25 GMT

Reaming

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rdgrnr — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:07:58 GMT

With a brand new lottery you would think the suits would have taken the time to get it right. Players don't like computers. Players like the ball machines. Unfortunately, government bureaucrats never seem to be interested in what the players want.

Good article Todd. I liked the reference to so called drawings. Maybe the truth in advertising law should be applied here. If it's not really a drawing you shouldn't be allowed to call it one. I think they should be required to call it a spinning or... [ More ]

Arkansas Lottery begins Cash 3 game

Lottery Post — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:32:03 GMT

Includes video report

A new way to play the lottery in Arkansas debuted yesterday.

Lottery retailers can now sell tickets for Cash 3, a game that allows players to pick three numbers in hopes of matching them to numbers selected by a random number generator at the lottery's headquarters in Little Rock.

The game is the lottery's first in-state draw game. The multi-state Powerball game, which holds drawings in Orlando, Fla., launched in Arkansas on Oct. 31.

A second in-state draw g... [ More ]