States up the online ante

Comment #7

mcginnin56 — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:44:32 GMT

The USPS has and is crying loudly about their shrinkage of business in the last 10 years. Unfortunately it's to little and to late for them.

They need to be downsized and run by a privatized firm such as UPS or FedEx. Like any federally run sector of the government, there is way

to much entitlement, fat and waste involved.

Comment #6

david1691 — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:41:28 GMT

The Seven Elevens and the Patels of the convenience store world have to realize the transition to digital technology that has taken place over the years. They want to challenge a state's right to sell online? I'm sure a majority of lottery fans welcome the opportunity to purchase lottery tickets online.

More and more people have switched to the internet to read their bank statements and pay their bills. Also may I mention the continuous transitions to direct deposit. Maybe the US Postal Servi... [ More ]

Comment #5

JonnyBgood07 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:14:49 GMT

the only reason they are fearful is because now there will be less people going to the counter that they can lie to about how much they won when a winner hands them a ticket to validate whether its a winner or not.

Comment #4

surimaribo24 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:05:45 GMT

dear Association of Convenience Stores of any state , u are being fearful of the unknow, get over it. aholes.

couldnt be better .. im glad to have good clerks around my area . but men everytime im on the road and stop at a lotteryspot to get digit . its always a hassle . either they dont frkn understand numbers you tell them 205 they will repeat 102 or they will come with a bs that the machine is not working . its a verry common issue in ny. online is a great solution do it jimmys ..

Comment #3

joshuacloak — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:51:58 GMT

dear Association of Convenience Stores of any state , u are being fearful of the unknow, get over it. aholes.

this is future,and its best thing for players, more options.

these fearful beeps should not even have the right to bully players into less options cease they want a monopoly , as thats what it is, over the lottery sells

cry me a freaking river, mr monopoly retailers. their ofc making online option out to be some kind of big bad wolf,and anyone in their right mind,

Comment #2

spy153 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:02:16 GMT

The convenience store owners need to be scared: I have several reasons why I would play online vs. the store.

1) Mean, nasty store clerks with crinkled up little faces looking down on me 'cause they had a rough day when the jackpots get high.

Only this weekend I had a new clerk mess up a ticket of mine and tried to charge me twice the price. When I told her to look on the tickets themselves and she could see she was the wrong one, she cleared out the tickets from the machine and toss... [ More ]

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:25:16 GMT

The sooner the better, this is the next logical step for lottery growth. This is a WIN-WIN for everybody.

States up the online ante

Lottery Post — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:02 GMT

The director of the New York State lottery said a few months ago he had cleared hurdles in his quest to sell lottery tickets over the Internet, but now that plan is stalling.

When the U.S. Justice Department in December narrowed its interpretation of the 50-year-old Wire Act, saying it banned only sports betting and not other forms of online gambling, the decision sparked hope in state capitals that lotteries could start selling tickets online and lead a charge into online gambling.

But th... [ More ]