Former Anchorage mayor is pushing for an Alaska state lottery

Comment #26

rock_nc — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:47:32 GMT

I guess these states that didn't play Powerball, was missing out! After the biggest Powerball Jackpot ever was won. 1.6 billion! So now they wanting to join in on the action. Like California did when they was missing out on the biggest win back then in 2013 or was it 2012

Comment #25

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:13:25 GMT

The border would be Canada and I didn't know they were part of the MSLA . It took us 2 days to get to Seattle when we drove from Anchorage. We left Friday at 7:00pm and arrived in Seattle Sunday@ 10:00pm so it is possible if someone wanted to drive to get tickets for the Wednesday draw or they could also fly which is about 2/12 flight from Seattle to Anchorage.

Comment #24

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:08:12 GMT

Yep we were station @ Ft. Richardson in anchorage loved it there. The weather actually wasn't that bad seeing that I'm from Michigan I'm use to snow lol. The summers when I was there were in the 80's I remember the reaching 90's. If you love the outdoors Alaska is the place. The only thing is you will have to get use to Moose walking up to your car/homes lol.

Comment #23

mikeintexas — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:33:50 GMT

You make a statement as a matter-of-fact, then follow that up by I believe this is true. meaning you have no source upon which to base your statement. That's what I call Feelings, not cold hard facts.

Mathematical odds ? I'd like to see your formula for figuring that percentage. 73.6% of all statistics are made up. /sarc off

To get to a state that sells lottery tickets (Washington state), Alaska residents would not only have to cross one border (Alaska/Canada) but two (Canada/US bord... [ More ]

Comment #22

Groppo — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:33:13 GMT

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You used to live there, huh? It must have been cold.

Where in Alaska? In a place where I imagine they wear Parka coats, at times?

Seriously though, I do hope they get their lottery, and Hawaii too, if they haven't.

To not have this simple form of gambling is just difficult.

I think our govt should establish a compulsory Lotto tax, whereby everyone who draws a legal dollar from the govt. is automatically enrolled in a weeky? bi-weekly? monthly? Yearly? lottery.

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Comment #21

larry3100 — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:32:35 GMT

As I said, many people of Alaska, went across their border to purchase Powerball lottery tickets. I believe this is true. There are over 737,700 persons residing in Alaska, and with the Powerball at $1.5 billion that was being predicted for that January 13th drawing, many people who never played the lottery, went and purchased some lottery tickets. Mathematical odds would say at the least, at the bare minimum, there would be 500 persons who reside in Alaska, went out of their way, across the bor... [ More ]

Comment #20

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:38:52 GMT

I use to live in Anchorage we were station @ Ft. Richardson I hope Alaska gets the lottery.

Comment #19

myturn — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:53:30 GMT

If London had been quicker off the mark, Alaska would be part of Canada today.

Comment #18

myturn — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:51:08 GMT

Alaska Purchase

The US $7.2 million check used to pay for Alaska ($121 million in 2015 dollars)

Russia was in a difficult financial position and feared losing Russian America without compensation in some future conflict, especially to the British, whom they had fought in the Crimean War (1853 1856). While Alaska attracted little interest at the time, the population of nearby British Columbia started to increase rapidly a few years after hostilities ended, with a large gold ru... [ More ]

Comment #17

lejardin — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:15:21 GMT

I would move back in a nanosecond but it would take a lottery win to be able to afford it. And I honestly do not think they will EVER allow gambling or lottery lol.

That said, stranger things have happened and I can eat my words again just like I had to when I said we would never see a billion dollar lottery lol.

Comment #16

mikeintexas — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:41:16 GMT

...many people who were residing in Alaska, went across the border of Alaska to purchase Powerball lottery tickets.

Uh, you sure about that? I'm pretty sure it's at least 500 miles from the most southern point of Alaska to Washington state...and that's as the crow flies . I'm not sure there are many, if any, paved roads from there to a major highway. I've got Google Earth opened and don't see any routes except up a river for a hundred miles, then up about 4000' and down a mountain range th... [ More ]

Comment #15

JoshUK — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 23:35:32 GMT

Hope someone from Alaska wins the next big Powerball JP (if they get it), that would be pretty entertaining haha.

Comment #14

larry3100 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:53:22 GMT

Who is the government of Alaska to tell the residents of Alaska how to spend their money. Anyone could spend their money on cigarettes,alcohol or whatever, and Alaska's doesn't have a law against that. On or before that January 13th, Powerball drawing of that $1.5 billion,many people who were residing in Alaska, went across the border of Alaska to purchase Powerball lottery tickets. The government of Alaska were the big losers on that day.

Comment #13

Bleudog101 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:08:15 GMT

Yes they do, but I'll reiterate it for the umteenth time. You can only order on the phone MegaBucks Doubler. I bought my MM and L4L subscription while on vacation back home. Brother finally got my Powerball ticket. If you get them while they are on sale, you get SEVEN weeks free which is a great bonus. Powerplay and Megaplier are naturally not available since it changes all the time.

Comment #12

myturn — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:03:11 GMT

Perhaps, one could say, the penny has finally dropped

Comment #11

myturn — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:54:27 GMT

Alaskans can play a state lottery, just not an Alaskan state lottery. The Massachusetts lottery has a subscription service, which is available across the US, by phone. You don t have to reside in Massachusetts to participate.

Comment #10

MaximumMillions — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:00:52 GMT

7.2M

Comment #9

Groppo — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:43:56 GMT

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To the people of Alaska:

I hope you get your lotto, once the politics are sorted out.

Why you haven't had it already just seems ridiculous.

I mean, what are you expected do all day, sitting in your igloos?

(just kidding, I know you have houses like other folks)

You don't want to know where I live. I live where we got about

2 feet of snow!

I'll be stuck here for a while. About a week, by my estimates.

2 weeks by the county's estimates.

Comment #8

Groppo — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:27:26 GMT

Yes, I do too.

Why they didn't have one already is unthinkable.

Of course, many people here know how I feel about adding people to our lottery, but hey Alaska is now part of the USA, since we bought from Russia, for . . . . I forget what it was. . . . $5000

Comment #7

travelintrucker — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:52:20 GMT

Move to Puerto Rico.

Comment #6

destinycreation — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:02:17 GMT

I wish Hawaii would start a state lottery, other than PB/MM, then I would seriously consider relocating to Hawaii, b/c I prefer to live in a paradise state that has a lottery.

Comment #5

crazyjaney — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:47:37 GMT

Lol! I was gonna quip that no one lives in Alaska except Sarah Palin.

Comment #4

MaximumMillions — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:03:58 GMT

They could just join Washington.

Years ago before Luxemburg hat their own lottery they had a contract with the German lottery and sold tickets for that. A lotto revenue split between AK and WA shouldn't be too complicated, given it's all traceable.

Comment #3

sully16 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 15:52:31 GMT

I hope Alaska gets their Lottery.

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 14:21:26 GMT

Really tempted to throw Sara Palin into this, but will be nice. Don't think this would fly due to the scarcity of the residents--too spread out IMHO.

Comment #1

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 13:59:56 GMT

Exactly what I was thinking Rep Gattis.

Who are you or anyone else in government to tell anyone how to spend their money

Former Anchorage mayor is pushing for an Alaska state lottery

Lottery Post — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 13:40:06 GMT

Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is in Juneau, Alaska, this week hoping to hit the jackpot: He's trying to convince lawmakers to authorize a state lottery.

Sullivan, who finished his second three-year term as mayor last year, said in an interview that a lottery could take a small bite out of the state's $3.8 billion budget deficit. And he's talked with more than a dozen lawmakers this week about approving legislation to set up a state lottery corporation, which would allow Alaska to partic... [ More ]