Illinois Lottery to add Powerball online ticket sales

Comment #25

mightwin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:28:45 GMT

With out a physical piece of paper.........I'm sure the hackers out there are getting excited, no website is totally secure and one day when it happens someone is going to be laughing all the way to the bank. lol

Comment #24

savagegoose — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:35:17 GMT

hehehehe sure beats having joe scammer sell or check your tickets.

Comment #23

ressuccess — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:51:31 GMT

Good luck to the people buying Powerball online ticket sales.

Comment #22

mcginnin56 — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:16:18 GMT

Bravo! As usual, your always right about everything.

Comment #21

Stack47 — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:27:01 GMT

The bill moved to the Senate 62-47, only two votes above the bare minimum needed for passage. The measure also calls for a study on how online lottery sales impact convenience stores and other retailers that sell lottery tickets.

You must have missed that part because it was the state Senate that called for the study. I got the figures from the Illinois Lottery 2010 Annual Report so it's obvious the lottery doesn't need a consultant/tax crusader (whatever that means).

I suppose the Senate... [ More ]

Comment #20

mcginnin56 — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:02:32 GMT

Excellent analysis Stack. Perhaps you could offer your services as a lottery consultant/tax crusader to the state of Illinois

Comment #19

RJOh — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:00:31 GMT

Many pick3 players who claim to be successful and flying under the tax radar probably wouldn't use the online services of a state since it would leave a paper trail. And too there are those players getting public assistance, lacking in making support payments or like getting their money instantly with little or no paper work.

Comment #18

Stack47 — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:50:26 GMT

If the Illinois legislators have to OK every step on the way, it might not be until the 22nd Century until they finally get full online ticket sales.

Comment #17

Stack47 — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:36:31 GMT

The measure also calls for a study on how online lottery sales impact convenience stores and other retailers that sell lottery tickets.

About 55% of the Illinois ticket sales are scratch-offs that would have zero effect by online sales so the minimal impact would be on the other games. They can only loosely estimate how many players will play their daily Pick-3, Pick-4, and Little Lotto online. Those games represent about 28% of the ticket sales so it depends on how many players choose to pl... [ More ]

Comment #16

Coin Toss — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:54:25 GMT

People in state can't play Pick 3 or 4 online.

Comment #15

louise black — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:27:13 GMT

Who cares about Powerball what about 3 4 digit so other people of of state can purchase.

Comment #14

Coin Toss — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:29:32 GMT

This isn't all for the players, not even close.

Illinois is in hock for about $1.8 billion and scrambling to bring in money however it can.

Comment #13

RedStang — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:32:00 GMT

I read that Illinois is using the online lottery as a test pilot to someday start online poker.

Comment #12

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:26:48 GMT

Yep

Comment #11

Cletu$2 — Wed, 30 May 2012 00:54:03 GMT

Yeah,it'll take their minds off of Illinois being broke ;~)

Illinois needs all the good news it can get.

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:56:06 GMT

Good news for Illinois for a change.

It beats having everybody talking about them being the most corrupt state in the nation all the time.

Comment #9

PlayTwoWin — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:49:39 GMT

I don't understand why this is necessary. What is so difficult about walking into your local fuel stop and buying a ticket or two? All this online crap will only cost the lottery more to operate, maintain, and have addtional security costs.

Dumb.

Comment #8

Lucky SOB — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:33:14 GMT

just hope it doesnt get hacked

Comment #7

rdgrnr — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:55:39 GMT

Homosapiens.

Comment #6

Factorem — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:22:09 GMT

Who or what is ...trick sales are good asking silly questions... ?

Who exactly is doing the asking, which I inderstand is being posed to the store customers?

Who is the they in the they will find other ways to stick their noses into other people business

Please explain further. Thanks

Comment #5

liberal47 — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:09:01 GMT

Mr. Lang has it right. Just making it more convenient for the customer. 1 down 49 to go

Comment #4

RJOh — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:58:16 GMT

This will disappoint those folks who like standing in line when trick sales are good asking silly questions of ticket buyers such as Have you ever won anything buying so many tickets or have you just wasted your money? They'll have find other ways to stick their noses into other people business.

Comment #3

LottoGuyBC — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:56:12 GMT

Welcome to the 21st Century

Comment #2

Todd — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:53:33 GMT

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:35:59 GMT

This is the wave of the future. Change is difficult as first, but with pioneering states such as Illinois, change will take place.

Illinois Lottery to add Powerball online ticket sales

Lottery Post — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:19:18 GMT

Powerball would be added to the mix of lottery games that Illinois offers online under legislation that squeaked through the House Monday.

The multi-state Powerball game would join Lotto and Mega Millions, the two games Illinois put online in March when it became the first state in the nation to sell lottery tickets by Internet.

Dismissing opposition, Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, said the measure simply adds a third game online rather than opening the door to widespread gambling that the bill