Is the future of the Mass. Lottery online?

Comment #17

rdgrnr — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:48:35 GMT

You can't get the subscriptions out of state anymore

Comment #16

Nino224 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:42:45 GMT

I used to buy a yearly subscription to the MA lottery, but they ended it a few years ago.

I would LOVE to buy MA scratch-offs from the comfort of my home in Florida. Of course, I'd be broke after one week, but it'd probably be worth it.

Comment #15

rdgrnr — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:56:59 GMT

10k property taxes?Whoa.

Comment #14

myturn — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:10:41 GMT

In Fiscal Year 2012, the Massachusetts State Lottery returned over $983 million in net profit to the Commonwealth, of which over $883.7 million in Direct Local Aid was distributed to the 351 cities and towns.

Comment #13

myturn — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:08:32 GMT

The Massachusetts lottery allows people from outside the state to play, maybe that is why it raised so much revenue. There is a lesson there for other lotteries.

Comment #12

haymaker — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:15:10 GMT

Amen to that, my property taxes are over $10000 a year, 30% go to township and county 70% to school district.

and since they spend 9000 + per student per year mine does,nt even cover 1 student.

Comment #11

Ronnie316 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:09:17 GMT

Helping education is always a good reason to raise taxes, but it never translates into lower tuition's.

Comment #10

maringoman — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:54:43 GMT

Are you confusing the Massachusetts Lottery with lotteries from other states? I know NY Lottery, NJ Lottery, NC-E Lottery and a whole bunch of other lotteries were set up purposely to support education. PA Lottery is unique because it was set up to support the senior citizens over there. Mass Lottery supports towns and cities which it does. I think the towns and cities use the money from lottery to support many programs including schools

Comment #9

Todd — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:29:08 GMT

Unfortunately, with regard to education, the one thing that is never addressed by government is the soaring COST of education. Annual tuition costs are beyond ridiculous at this point, because of all the crazy expenditures and pensions being paid. Sending kids to college has always been something that is hard on the pocketbook, but when it gets to the point that a state lottery has to dedicate a billion dollars a year to make it work, then it's time to re-think the whole thing.

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Comment #8

Pick4ologist — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:13:36 GMT

Didnt mitt romney give free tuition to top 25% of students

Comment #7

Ronnie316 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:59:04 GMT

Perhaps vending machines will work wonders...............

Comment #6

Ronnie316 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:51:28 GMT

I think online lottery sales will be about as popular as buying groceries online turned out to be.

Just my opinion...... I could be wrong on this one........

Comment #5

shyguitar — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:38:27 GMT

Hi Todd,

Thanks for the info. I know that our lottery does give money out to states and towns but still have a hard time understanding why we have such high tuition for our state colleges and the fact that it goes up each year. One would think with all that money the lottery makes that it should really lessen the tuition of public colleges in this state.

Comment #4

jjtheprince — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:34:17 GMT

Yep, I believe it. Ever see anyone buy $10,000 in lottery tickets at one time? I have in MA.

Comment #3

RedStang — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:31:31 GMT

Online for State residents sounds good but i've always read alot of their money comes from neighboring states like New Hampshire. They should also try and partner with the Casinos. If they could setup a booth or put a bunch of machines all around the Casino, i think they would do really good.

Comment #2

Todd — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:22:03 GMT

The lottery itself does not keep the profits. All of those $1 billion in profits already go to the state to help people .

Here is a page that shows HOW the money is distributed: http://www.masslottery.com/about/communities/distribution.html.

Here is a page showing WHERE it is distributed: http://www.masslottery.com/about/communities/complete-list.html

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Comment #1

shyguitar — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:54:07 GMT

I live in Mass I can't believe the state lottery raked in a 1 billion profit last year. If that's the case why does tuition keep going up for our state colleges each year? I think the payouts are not good on scratch tickets here. The most I've ever won was 200 dollars on a scratch ticket a few years ago. The money the lottery makes should really be helping people in this state instead of lining the coffers of the lottery.

Is the future of the Mass. Lottery online?

Lottery Post — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:18:15 GMT

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Massachusetts has the highest per capita spending on the lottery, and the Massachusetts State Lottery raked in almost $1 billion in net profit last year.

And yet, some state officials say there's an imminent threat to the Massachusetts lottery internet gambling. State Treasurer Steve Grossman wants to beat both the federal government and private gambling companies to the punch. He plans to ask the Legislature to change state law so that the Massachusetts lottery can... [ More ]