Wyoming Lottery to begin accepting retailer applications

Comment #9

rdgrnr — Wed, 14 May 2014 23:54:45 GMT

Excellent points.

They should all be mandatory for all lotteries.

Comment #8

HoLeeKau — Wed, 14 May 2014 20:51:05 GMT

Idaho has a VIP page. They give you a card to swipe when you buy your tickets, and you accrue points that you can buy stuff with. I don't belong because the lottery and the Idaho Tax Commission are both state entities. I don't think there's any law against them sharing info, and you never know when your ticket will win a few hundred bucks.

Comment #7

noise-gate — Wed, 14 May 2014 17:07:25 GMT

Totally agree with you there Todd, my question was geared toward what the criteria would be to qualify as a reliable trustworthy vendor, are officials looking into their financial background, have the owners served time, or what?

Vetting is a major process.

Comment #6

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 14 May 2014 12:02:42 GMT

Welcome to the Powerball Mega madness Wyoming.

Comment #5

Marilyn222 — Wed, 14 May 2014 12:00:56 GMT

without a doubt.

Comment #4

Todd — Wed, 14 May 2014 11:45:09 GMT

The problem is that even if you properly vet a retailer, the lottery can't control who they hire later to work the counter. And any time you have human beings involved, there is always the possibility they will succumb to temptation.

Hopefully the lottery will from the start do the things they need to do to in order to minimize the possibility of having players ripped off by unscrupulous retailers, including:

Mandating the installation of self-check ticket scanners at every retailer. Mand... [ More ]

Comment #3

Marilyn222 — Wed, 14 May 2014 11:09:05 GMT

Here comes the making of millionaires in Wyoming...good luck

Comment #2

noise-gate — Wed, 14 May 2014 05:37:43 GMT

I sure would like to know how Wyoming Lottery officials are going to go about vetting vendors.Given that corruption starts once a ticket is handed over to the clerk to verify whether it's a winner or not, what is the process whereby the Officials can swear that this particular vendor will not fall prey to these Shenanigans

Comment #1

Gleno — Wed, 14 May 2014 03:18:20 GMT

Hooray for the Big Sky state of Wyoming for joining the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery games.

Wyoming Lottery to begin accepting retailer applications

Lottery Post — Tue, 13 May 2014 21:25:53 GMT

Lottery ticket sales expected to begin in August

Starting May 21, the Wyoming Lottery Corp. will begin accepting applications from Wyoming retail business owners who want to sell Powerball and Mega Millions tickets at their retail locations.

Properly completed and vetted applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Beginning May 21, Wyoming retail business owners can either fill out and submit an application online at www.wyolotto.com, download and print a retail... [ More ]