Illinois lost $4 million by halting Powerball, Mega Millions sales

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Lynn-Lynn — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:52:57 GMT

Why should the lottery be tied to your budget. Its a game of change.

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ronki — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 05:27:53 GMT

Morons running the State vote them all OUT

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realtorjim — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:54:02 GMT

I can't understand why anyone, with maybe the exception of those far from the state borders and/or only buy low payouts games (ie. Pick-3, $1 instants, etc), would play the Illinois lottery given the various issues with some games and lottery operations, along with numerous payout delays.

Because of the euphoric high playing provides to many.

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Tatototman65 — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:09:10 GMT

Sigh...

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Bleudog101 — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:19:28 GMT

A four letter word came to me about this: GOOD

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Illinoisdreamer — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:09:16 GMT

The Delay was lifted at same time as Mega/Powerball going back on sale

With a state budget in place there will be no delays in payments

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Ron5995 — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:59:19 GMT

$4 million isn't all that much in the whole scope of things. And as the article points out, some players chose to play other games instead. Though, presumably, many players stopped playing entirely. So the loss could be somewhat higher than the $4 million. Regardless, relatively small amount compared to what the lottery takes in over the course of a year. Likely among the top reasons Illinois didn't seem too worried about the PB / MM games shutdown / not paying some winners timely on and off ove... [ More ]

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Redd55 — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:48:15 GMT

I'm sure the fact that they are delaying large payouts -- again, will also dampen lottery sales. So, more money lost....

Illinois lost $4 million by halting Powerball, Mega Millions sales

Lottery Post — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:40:32 GMT

llinois lost nearly $4 million by shutting down Powerball and Mega Millions ticket sales because of the state budget impasse, a lottery official said Friday.

Lottery chief of staff Jayme Odom said the state lost about $2.4 million in revenue from Powerball and $1.5 million from Mega Millions during the ticket-sales hiatus. She said it's unclear whether sales have recovered since they were reintroduced Thursday night.

Late last month, the lottery announced it would halt sales of Powerball a... [ More ]