Convenience stores worried about online lottery plan

Comment #17

WWWBUKTN — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:06:13 GMT

Although I'm in Florida until April I'm a resident of Illinois as I live in Chicago. You will not be able to purchase Illinois tickets even if you live one block outside of the state, bank on it. My friend who also lives in Chicago has a place in Las Vegas which now allows for sportsbooks to take bets over the phone and internet to the local hotels and he's not even able to place bets when he's out of state. They have the software to prevent this as it would be considered intrastate gambling whi... [ More ]

Comment #16

Guru101 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:21:19 GMT

I can't wait for Indiana to start selling lottery tickets online. Online is just the modern thing.

Comment #15

THRIFTY — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:49:39 GMT

In England lottery players can buy their tickets through the Internet and at the lottery retailers. It' about time US lotteries model the UK .

Comment #14

NightStalker — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:50:12 GMT

I had a convenient store for about 2 years and the Ohio Lottery furnished all the equipment and we received a small commission for selling online and scratch off tickets and winning tickets. The lottery was the only thing that kept us afloat for the first year.

Comment #13

savagegoose — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:04:28 GMT

im gonna give it another guess, but I would assume the diff state lotto's have a deal not to move in on ea others rackets, much like the mob have agreements. so no selling tickets of your state games over the border taking other states customers.

so online will only be available for residents of the state in which the tickets where issued.

Comment #12

kapla — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:23:17 GMT

I agree with alot of what you are getting at here. Maybe the lottery will issue 'lottery debit like cards' at stores and you then can 'load' money into them and then if you hit they will 'credit' the money onto the card and you can just go a store which has the lottery and they will give you cash off of it.

The idea that I wouldn't have to make a special 'trip' to play is the best part.

Comment #11

alottoalex — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:53:02 GMT

if you lived in a differen state could you play the illinois 3and 4 digit on line went that start playing on line in march???????? does any one knows..

Comment #10

Cletu$2 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:29:29 GMT

If we do they'll probably put another shrimp on the barbie for him

Comment #9

rdgrnr — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:01:48 GMT

I hope we don't have to send Quigley back down there again.

Comment #8

Cletu$2 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:34:44 GMT

It seems that Australia does just about everything different than the U.S..

Comment #7

savagegoose — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:30:36 GMT

ahh there you go. its why i was so hot under the collar about it. indeed if its no cost to store owners then yeah, i have no problem with state lottos doing what ever they want.

here i know not only do you have to pay, but thewy do a traffic survey, for cars and walk past business, and wont sell a machine too close to an existing machine license unless the traffic warrants it.

some people apply for one and are refused.

Comment #6

Cletu$2 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:27:31 GMT

That's the same impression that I have.

Comment #5

rdgrnr — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:36:48 GMT

I don't know for sure but I was under the impression that here the Lottery puts terminals in stores and pays them a percentage of sales to sell tickets for them and bonuses for selling winning tickets.

Comment #4

savagegoose — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:20:45 GMT

here its $40k per lotto terminal. so two in your store= $80k. hows it work in usa? if anyone wants a terminal, lotto comes over and gives em out free?

anyhow im not saying i wouldnt buy online. , hell, given all the theiving, and corrupt behaviour i see form store clerks, id jump at online purchases. Its just if i was a store owner. id want to know my purchase of an income stream, which a lotto terminal is, is going to reamin producing.

the way you state it the comission has a ri... [ More ]

Comment #3

OldSchoolPa — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:33:29 GMT

I was watching TV the other day and Illinois ran an advertisement for the new Powerball and the ad stated that it could now be played online. The only word I said was, HALLELUJAH!!!

Truthfully, savagegoose, I would only buy lottery tickets when I had to go to a convenience store...well those and perhaps gas if I needed gas and they sold gas (not all convenience stores sell gas). Also, only when on a road trip would I might also purchase some bottle water or other beverage, but that is it. I

Comment #2

Cletu$2 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:47:49 GMT

What makes you think that the convenience stores have a legitimate right to compensation ? The state has a legitimate right to sell their tickets anywhere they want to,whether it be online or through convenience stores.The stores will still be compensated for those tickets that they do sell and given huge bonuses for selling jackpot winning tickets.I don't see where they are owed anything more.

Comment #1

savagegoose — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:19:57 GMT

dunno how it owrks in states, but theres a significant fee for having a lotto terminal in your shop. i imagine then after taking all thses commissions, the lottery adds online sales and steals a fair chink of the customer base many retailers would have legitimate right to compensation.

Convenience stores worried about online lottery plan

Lottery Post — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:15:26 GMT

Illinois convenience stores are bracing for a financial hit as sales of Illinois lottery tickets are set to go online later this year.

Lottery officials estimate the state will take in $150 million more annually once sales go online, and will attract hundreds of thousands of new players.

But Bill Fleischli, executive vice president of the Illinois Association of Convenience Stores, said those are players who will no longer frequent their corner store.

They're actually going to reduce o... [ More ]