Lottery pool can't be a business in Tennessee

Comment #32

Thegreenpirate — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:06:37 GMT

I KNEW IT!!! YOU ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THEY WILL CHOOSE A WINNER AND THAT, THEY DID!!! PERIOD

Comment #31

Thegreenpirate — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:03:47 GMT

I KNEW IT!!! I TOLD YOU THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN CHEATING, I THINK THEY TOOK ALL THAT MONEY IN TO COVER THE BIG PRIZES ON THEIR SCRATCH TICKETS!!! THEY CHEATED AND THEY WILL BE CAUGHT!!! I GUARANTEE YOU

Comment #30

THRIFTY — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:37:25 GMT

Ohio lottery will choose a Classic Lotto jackpot winner SOMEDAY. Keep playing.

Comment #29

THRIFTY — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:26:58 GMT

The lottery belongs to Tennessee state.

Comment #28

THRIFTY — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:24:37 GMT

The lottery is in the business of making money not losing it.

Comment #27

Stack47 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:13:16 GMT

Don't forget those big spenders were taking a chance nobody but them would win the jackpot. The lottery notified the players when there were roll backs, but one player or group bought enough tickets to trigger a roll back leaving the lottery without enough time to notify all the players.

That MM promotion in Ohio shows how that lottery feels about the OCL game.

Comment #26

RJOh — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:04:22 GMT

You can be sure it wasn't one of those Tennessee losers who said they never buy lottery tickets in state.

Comment #25

RedStang — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 04:48:30 GMT

Someone is thankful they didn't close the doors.

Comment #24

psykomo — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 01:01:58 GMT

shadowlady:

his wording DONE him N maby he B deported from D state of Tennessee ASAP

Comment #23

RJOh — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 22:13:16 GMT

Sounds nice but who will be interested in paying $5 for a ticket for a game with a $50M cap when with the promotion Ohio has on for MM buy 2 get 1 free they can buy a ticket for game up to a $100M cap for 67

Comment #22

LottoMetro — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:29:58 GMT

Well, the upcoming $5 national game has a similar premise....jackpot capped at $50 million and higher secondary prizes if not won. But, it will never have a Winfall exploit situation due to the odds and cost.

Comment #21

RJOh — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:10:56 GMT

if they want to increase OCL ticket sales, they could create a must win jackpot level and if not won, distribute the jackpot in the secondary prizes.

Like that Winfall game in Massachusetts where all the big spenders came in at the last minute and brought most of the second tier prizes to win most of the jackpot money. I think state lottery commissions should have learned a lesson from that, I doubt if that will happen again in the near future.

Comment #20

Stack47 — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:13:35 GMT

Can't find the actual ticket sales for Classic Lotto by drawing so I can only guess it averages around 300,000 based on the jackpot increases. I did find where Classic lotto had $42.3 million in ticket sales for 2012 and that average is around 275,000 per drawing. Nether figure is enough to expect lots of jackpots and with only a 2% chance of having jackpot winner every drawing, it could be a very long time.

If the sales are 300,000, at best there should be an average of only six 5 of 6 match... [ More ]

Comment #19

RJOh — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:27:27 GMT

Wrong. They are mechanical and clips of them are archived at the website for anyone who would like to watch them.

Comment #18

RJOh — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:48:24 GMT

Players in Tennessee have made their choice, if enough of them weren't playing then the doors would be closed.

Comment #17

TnTicketlosers — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:00:13 GMT

Do this country,Tennesseans a favor ,close the doors.

Comment #16

RJOh — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 05:43:45 GMT

I suppose when someone does win you'll claim it was an inside job in spite of the fact during the entire history of the game there have only been a handful of jackpot winners. I think if matching three paid more like $5 instead of $2 players would take more chances and buy more tickets.

Comment #15

TnTicketlosers — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:37:19 GMT

All the arguments that arise,statements that are made,the complaints,or whatever ,Tennessee lottery is a joke in this country,everyone knows it,nothing will ever be done about it.Just keep your money because you wont now or ever win here.I see it everyday.

Comment #14

LottoMetro — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:36:15 GMT

Ohio Classic is drawn mechanically. Drawings are open to the public.

Comment #13

ROBERT58T — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:13:12 GMT

YOU RIGTH AT NEED TO BE LIVE ON TV IF WE AND ALL THE PEOPLE,S GET TO Gather AND Forth TO PUT IT BACK LIVE ON TV IT WILL WORK.

Comment #12

Erzulieredeyes — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 02:09:22 GMT

Electronic. I wish they'd go back to the LIVE tumbler machines.

Comment #11

peppy007 — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 01:41:03 GMT

Is the classic drawn manually from a tumbler machine or electronically? I hate electronic draws. I feel it can be manipulated by some computer geek.

Comment #10

Erzulieredeyes — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:15:30 GMT

Funny you say that..lol I've said the same thing for months now. I remember they'd always hit by the time it reaches $9 million and now its over $70 million and no one has won. I'm going to give it to the end of next month if it doesn't hit I'm going to quit playing, if it does hit, I'm still going to quit playing, at least until it reaches over $50 million again. All this dammmn $$ wasted. I only draw $3 out of my usual $10 for this game. Classic is a rip off.

Comment #9

Thegreenpirate — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:54:45 GMT

I THINK OHIO IS CHEATING ON THEIR GAME CLASSIC LOTTO THAT HAS NOT BEEN HIT IN ALMOST 4 YEARS!!! CHEATING AZZES

Comment #8

LottoMetro — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:57:50 GMT

with the money collector getting a fee for his services or a share of any winnings

The laws against this are pretty universal. The reason is that a pool manager collecting a fee for issuing tickets constitutes acting as an agent of the lottery. Even if he/she has a lottery license it is against most regulations to host a lottery pool if he/she receives compensation without participation (and in some places, altogether prohibited, compensated or not...again it's all about acting as an agent o... [ More ]

Comment #7

rdgrnr — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:14:36 GMT

Doesn't hurt to ask.

As long as you know the answer is gonna be NO.

And the question doesn't really matter.

The answer is always NO.

Comment #6

shadowlady — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:50:38 GMT

I think the wording of ' he gets his fee OR a share of the winnings' .

By this, I assume he would charge people for buying tickets, whether they won or not, and most likely it would be not . But that he would share in the pot if they won anything.

I don't think I would want to participate in his business.

Comment #5

bobby623 — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:19:35 GMT

IMHO FWIW

The fact that the pool manager/controller/collector/whatever wants to be paid is probably the reason for

the adverse ruling.

Only ONE lottery entity can make a profit - the State of Tenn.

Comment #4

Gleno — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:22:51 GMT

This kind of lottery pool sounds Hokey. Why should the money collector get a fee if he is sharing in the proceeds on an equal basis,with the pool members

Comment #3

whiteballz — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:00:23 GMT

two words: dragon lady

Comment #2

Todd — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:33:24 GMT

It's like this in many states, but it's just not every day that you get the Attorney General to issue a formal opinion about it.

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:03:54 GMT

I have a feeling that, these guys don't have anything better to do. Pools are universal. What's up Tennessee?.

Lottery pool can't be a business in Tennessee

Lottery Post — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:56:02 GMT

In a formal opinion, the state attorney general has declared that Tennessee law prohibits participation in a lottery pool managed by a third party throwing cold water on a Blount County man's idea for a part-time business, though apparently not on informal pools among friends.

State Rep. Bob Ramsey, R-Maryville, said he requested the opinion from Attorney General Bob Cooper after a senior citizen constituent asked if his idea of a part-time retirement business would be legal.

Basically, th... [ More ]