Wyoming lottery to reap estimated $20 million in first year of ticket sales

Comment #7

jamella724 — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:34:58 GMT

They are just starting, they need to make a lot of adjustments to make it work. The players in their states will definitely support them. I hope they will be able to generate more funds to support the education program of the states.

Comment #6

RJOh — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:20:59 GMT

Considering the $20M a year the state expect to generate is less than the cash the next winner of Ohio's Classic Lotto will recieve, $700K for a CEO to run its lottery does seem a bite unreasonable.

Comment #5

TnTicketlosers — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:02:11 GMT

I worked in Tulahoma for years.You might know my ex.Anyway,,,Happy Scratching there in your city.If you need me for anything just message me.

Comment #4

Corneliablyth — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:04:19 GMT

I for one have not won anything like even $500 and I have been playing for yrs on tickets and scratch and I play every week, I am live in Tullahoma,Tn and have not heard of anyone hitting anything,so I know we are not getting half of what is being played so anything that Wyoming has a part of I will not buy and if it means to quit alltogether I will. I use to be able win a LITTLE every now and then before the lady took over that did run the Ga. Lottery. I am not the only one who is complaining ,... [ More ]

Comment #3

noise-gate — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:55:10 GMT

I agree, especially with Wyoming getting their feet wet for the first time.A greenhorn swimmer does not dive into the deep end of the pool when starting out.

Using the word scrabbling when talking about Money- could spell a recipe for disaster. IMHO.

Comment #2

psykomo — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:15:29 GMT

Maby D Wyoming Lottery board should call D

TNT they know helleva moe bout D

lottery how 2 run 4^^^^^$$$$^^^^^

(they R outta Jersey

Comment #1

Todd — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 23:27:21 GMT

Unfortunately I think Ms. Hargrove has lost all perspective. To make a recommendation to the new Wyoming Lottery that they should spend $700,000 a year on their CEO is ludicrous in the extreme.

Please don't make the mistake of thinking that I'm saying that innovative and greatly-achieving captains of industry should not get huge salaries. Indeed, I think they should.

But the Wyoming Lottery Director? I think they should hire an excellent manager who excels at startups and efficiency. They... [ More ]

Wyoming lottery to reap estimated $20 million in first year of ticket sales

Lottery Post — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 23:27:09 GMT

The Wyoming Lottery Board estimates it will get $20 million from ticket sales in the first year of the state's legal games of chance, which are now targeted to start February 2014.

The board Friday evening reviewed a preliminary budget that considered the $20 million figure, which was based on estimates the lottery industry provided the Wyoming Legislature, said Brian Scott Gamroth, lottery board chairman. The law that legalized lottery in Wyoming requires 50 percent of ticket sales be return... [ More ]