Oklahoma Lottery gets mixed financial review

Comment #3

TexstarJim — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:20:51 GMT

Oklahoma has always had a knack for screwing everything it gets its hands on. GM closed because they bent them over one too many times. Oklahoma cannot get any new corporations to come into this hillbilly state because they know from the past, those old gray headed law-makers at the state capital will figure out a way to screw em.

So, when Oklahoma finally passed a lottery, I knew it would be a cluster-feck from the get-go

Comment #2

konane — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:41:57 GMT

Oklahoma might want to consider players like viewing Live Real Ball Drawings. Otherwise computerized draw results are what someone says happened behind closed doors.

Oklahoma (25% true lottery drawings)

True Drawings: Powerball

Computerized: Cash 5, Hot Lotto, Pick 3

https://www.lotterypost.com/lottery-report-card.asp

Comment #1

rdgrnr — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:04:47 GMT

It seems OK Lottery officials are even having a hard time explaining the concept that less means more sometimes to politicians with their hands in the Lottery's pocket.

It's like the monkey trapped with his hand in the jug grabbing the peanut. He can't get his hand out of the jug with his fist clenched around the peanut. If he released the peanut his hand would fit through the narrow opening on the jug and he could get it out. But he won't let go of the peanut. So there he sits. You can offer... [ More ]

Oklahoma Lottery gets mixed financial review

Lottery Post — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:48:06 GMT

Oklahoma gets a larger share of the take than most states do, but its net revenue lags

Oklahoma squeezes a better return from its lottery than most states do from theirs, but it might get more if it loosened some rules, U.S. Census Bureau data suggest.

Oklahoma ranks high in the percentage of lottery proceeds netted for government use, but it's low in actual lottery sales and dollars netted, according to information gathered by the Census Bureau as part of its annual survey of state govern... [ More ]