Minnesota shutdown boosts Iowa border lottery sales

Comment #20

CashWinner$ — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:57:32 GMT

K.

C'mon now Minny Government Officials...

Time to get lottery back to 'business-as-usual' !!!!!!

Let's Go

Comment #19

CashWinner$ — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:16:17 GMT

You got it -

Gunz' a blazin' .........

Comment #18

rdgrnr — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:03:17 GMT

Hammer down, Cash!

Get em as they come out the gate.

Comment #17

CashWinner$ — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:52:56 GMT

The newsman just reported that Gov. Dayton would accept the Repubs most recent budget proposal, thereby ending the standoff.

I hope this is true!!

Lottery could be back in business soooooooooon

Comment #16

sully16 — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:42:09 GMT

Congrats to Iowa, extra revenue is always a good thing.

Comment #15

time*treat — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:34:28 GMT

You're playing the same numbers over and over but saving yourself the extra trips to put them in.

Multidraw tickets will have the first and last dates that they are good for printed on the ticket.

If you win a smaller prize, in the meantime, you cash it in and get a new ticket that will also have the word EXCHANGE on it, with the remaining date the numbers are in play until.

Comment #14

myturn — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:23:01 GMT

I suspect some are playing the Massachusetts lottery. You can play the Massachusetts games by subscription over the phone, you don't need to be Massachusetts resident to play.

Comment #13

CrazyHazyYay! — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:30:17 GMT

This may be unrelated, but I was curious if the advance games had anything to do with the multidraw option on the Mega/Powerball slips. Does multidraw mean I'm getting an identical ticket for the future drawing? Like if I get a total of 2 multi-draws in regards to today's Powerball, I would receive another ticket for the following Wednesday game, and I just pay for it ahead of time

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:52:38 GMT

That's for the people who play advance games.

If they win they'll have to wait to get paid when the governor gets through playing his little games.

Comment #11

Hermanus104 — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:39:55 GMT

I am confused because the results page on this website says that the winning number for Minnesota for yesterday was 5-1-6.

Are drawings occurring although the lottery is shut down, or is the random number generator turning out numbers that no one can play

Comment #10

haymaker — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:01:37 GMT

so iowa's like a bookie and illinois is the race track !haha

Comment #9

Coin Toss — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:51:08 GMT

Iowa uses Illinois' Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings, so the Minnesotans going to Iowa to Play Pick and Pick 4 are playing Illinois' numbers.

Two degrees of separation? (Paraphrase of the Kevin Bacon movie

Comment #8

haymaker — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:35:10 GMT

thanks that is interesting, have not been to mn. in over 25 yrs, even tho some family there, then again we are scattered all over.

Comment #7

CashWinner$ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:23:39 GMT

I looked it up it said Gaming operations on Indian Reservations or Tribal Lands , ie: land owned by NA's but not necessarily at the res.

Comment #6

haymaker — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:49:03 GMT

thanks,thought they were indian, but wondered if there was state oversite,for it to be soverign it has to be on the reservation,no

Comment #5

maringoman — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:35:16 GMT

one mans loss is another mans gain, can somebody say MN!? lol

Comment #4

CashWinner$ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:04:33 GMT

Casinos are open. I'm fairly certain they're all Native American owned, there by affording them a self-jurisdiction / sovereign status.

Comment #3

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:15:20 GMT

Good for Iowa bad for Minnesota........

Comment #2

faber98 — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:42:50 GMT

no, but this should come as no suprise. most people know that they have no chance of success in life unless they hit the lottery. certainly no future in strip mining in mn. don't know of any other industry there. is paul bunyan hiring? how about pre-filling sandbags so when the next flood occurs(and it will) they will be prepared.

Comment #1

haymaker — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:05:52 GMT

brilliant move gov.datyon, jon corzine did this in jersey,now he's history.anyone know if this also caused casinos to temp. close

Minnesota shutdown boosts Iowa border lottery sales

Lottery Post — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:54:29 GMT

Sales of Iowa Lottery tickets at retail stores along the Minnesota border are getting a boost from the Gopher State's government shutdown.

State offices in Minnesota have been closed since July 1 because Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature have failed to reach agreement on a new state budget. The shutdown includes the sales of Minnesota Lottery tickets.

We have checked with locations in a few different communities that are along the major highways that run between Iowa and Minn... [ More ]