Illinois Lottery sales lowest in two years

Comment #26

psykomo — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:41:56 GMT

WHY SHOULD ANYWON PLAY ILLINOIS LOTTERY NOW?????????????????????????????????????

The Repug's have bank ruptured the state and the Gov want pay the little people their winnings and now ILLINOIS is in line

for a Washington bailout from the federal gov BUT, don't forget the BUT always out there somewhere. Do you remember our

Puerto Rica friends who are home to the oldest lottery in AMERICA? Their Gov is in Washington DC today 12/1/2015 to be

the first in line before Illinois to git thei... [ More ]

Comment #25

petelozia — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:44:11 GMT

My friend got paid on Illinois lotto ticket with funding from WindyCityInvestments and now has plenty of cash for Christmas shopping.

Comment #24

travelintrucker — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 23:39:58 GMT

I don't think they feel too badly about it ....that is right now. PB and Mega are pretty low. Now, if one or both were around $500mil, a lot of people would be taking road trips in any-which way.

Comment #23

uprrman — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:04:47 GMT

i quit playing p 4 in ill.

Comment #22

sully16 — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 12:48:32 GMT

That's a good thing.

Comment #21

music* — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 23:12:31 GMT

This may be forced abstinence. Some players who are addicted to the lottery may be going through a withdrawal cold turkey. They may not come back to the lottery ever again. Lost customers

Comment #20

MzDuffleBaglady — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:07:32 GMT

So, quad 999's hit today, what to players get ? I.O.U?

Date Game Draw Number Numbers plus FIREBALL

Winning Combinations

11/14/2015 Midday Pick 4 9-9-9-9 5 5-9-9-9, 9-5-9-9, 9-9-5-9, 9-9-9-5

Comment #19

butch2030 — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:43:39 GMT

From this, it is apparent the STATE OF ILLINOIS is up to same old Bull#$#*.

Question? When are you in a State that has corrupt politicians??? Ans. When you're in ILLINOIS.

Attorney Thomas Zimmerman said the state's withholdings of winnings is illegal.

The Illinois Lottery Act requires a priority of payments. The first priority is that prizewinners get paid. They get paid first. After they're paid, then the money can be used to fund the operations of the lottery, Zimmerman said. The sta... [ More ]

Comment #18

benzboy55 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:24:05 GMT

When everything Goes right it still takes 6 to 8 weeks to get paid off a winning IL lottery ticket over $600

Comment #17

Get paid — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:52:58 GMT

Good Job,my fellow lotto players,don,t fall for the okie dok.

Comment #16

Gleno — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:44:02 GMT

Friday 11/13/15

Serves them right to mess with lottery funds and keeping folks from claiming their prizes that are over $600.00.

Hope the citizens of Illinois think about re-electing these politicians who hold up lottery payouts.

Shame on them

Comment #15

Tialuvslotto — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:18:52 GMT

on both counts

Comment #14

dr65 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 05:11:44 GMT

Illinois:

3-7-8 7-6-4

5-4-4-4 8-5-5-0

Maybe these are telephone numbers cause they sure aren't winning numbers.

They're still at it.

5444 would pay $600 boxed in PA for a 50 cent wager.

Nothing in Illinois but a lousy IOU?

Oh, wait...maybe...you would get payment...unless they changed it to a lower amount by now.

Comment #13

Coin Toss — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 03:46:31 GMT

From the OP:

We need to make a distinction here. Our winners will be paid, Lane said. Once we get the go ahead from a legal perspective they will be paid. That is very different from someone selling a ticket and not having revenue to support that.

Call me silly but I think from a legal perspective the state should pay winners as soon as they present the winning tickets.

Comment #12

gatorsrok — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 03:32:18 GMT

The only way there will a response by the legislature is if people boycott the IL lottery. If sales dropped 80+% and funding for schools dried up, you would see how fast they would get this done. But while they are still getting reasonable ticket sales, there is no rush.

Comment #11

savagegoose — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:56:35 GMT

owww thats not going to help the IL state budget any

Comment #10

Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:11:51 GMT

IL residents finally waking up. The lawmakers salary should be temporarily not be paid till they approve the budget. Bet that would motivate them to approve it immediately.

Comment #9

dr65 — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:00:05 GMT

They're moving towards honesty and partial disclosure now? Ticket sales down?

By whose admission?

Not too long ago I read a story here saying ticket sales were up from prior months.

How is putting off payments not like having no funds to pay? It's all the same to

players who have nothing but a useless IOU...they can't collect over a certain amount

and no matter what the reason is, they do not have the prize due them.

Try selling something and not delivering as promised...go... [ More ]

Comment #8

Winning K — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:50:58 GMT

I should start a lottery to guess when the IL. lottery will pay their winners.

Comment #7

Raven62 — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:47:00 GMT

Without a Budget why is the State Operating at all

Comment #6

JADELottery — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:34:33 GMT

following these news stories give us the impression the illinois political gene pool is dominated primarily by petty grasping money grubbers.

we wouldn't be surprised if one day someone goes to play the Lotto and all that's printed on the ticket is Thank you for playing the Illinois Lottery.

Comment #5

Ron5995 — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:09:53 GMT

In my view, IL Lottery not prominently disclosing lack of payment strongly suggests corruption. Many knowledgeable players are staying away and not playing; going out of state. However, as the IL Lottery surely knows, many players are addicted and will continue to play despite winners not being paid. Crazy stuff, but that's what gambling does to many...

Odds are, unless ticket sales drop 50%+, IL Lottery will keep players in the dark, and continue selling. Ignorance is bliss in IL. It's amaz... [ More ]

Comment #4

JADELottery — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:24:59 GMT

Well, well, well, looks like the Masses are flexing their Monetary Muscles.

Comment #3

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:01:50 GMT

That is very different from someone selling a ticket and not having revenue to support that .

Uhhhh, that is exactly what Illinois lottery is doing. Selling tickets and not having revenue to support the tickets, and not paying.

Dang, what a mess. I feel sorry for people in Illinois wanting to play the lottery, but they should just save their money.

Comment #2

zephbe — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:28:54 GMT

Why would anyone play a lottery that is not paying out the prizes?

Lottery funds itself--why was it caught up in the budget mess at all

Comment #1

music* — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:51:22 GMT

The winners will be paid sometime in the New Year. Voters should take notice of this and vote accordingly next November of 2016. Both Democrats and Republicans are to blame for this debacle.

Illinois Lottery sales lowest in two years

Lottery Post — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:33:51 GMT

Our winners will be paid, Illinois Lottery Superintendent B.R. Lane said. After nearly three months of withholding payments due to the state budget impasse, the Illinois Lottery said it's not if winners will get their cash -- but when.

The Illinois Lottery saw a significant drop in ticket sales from September to October, which coincides with the state budget stalemate.

Because they're not sure when they'll be paid, our players are buying fewer tickets. It's really that simple, Lane said.... [ More ]