Powerball may draw new kind of Tennessee lottery player

Comment #12

CASH Only — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:55:01 GMT

vince:There is a reason; the law prohibits in-state games.

Comment #11

vincejr — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:39:47 GMT

I have to agree with DoctorEW. ND needs its own game. Now, while it may have too small a player pool to support a jackpot style game, there is no reason why ND can't run a Pick 3 or Pick 4 numbers style game to guarantee some ND winners.

Comment #10

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:07:35 GMT

SD has its own game. hell, RI, CT, and DE have multiple in-state games. the reason why a state needs its own in-state game is to show its players that players from that state DO win jackpots.

Comment #9

CASH Only — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:03:59 GMT

ND arguably is too small for its own game.

Comment #8

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:02:15 GMT

yes, but there is still the chance that they will never sell a jackpot winner. that is why they need to offer their own in-state game.

Comment #7

CASH Only — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:59:10 GMT

ND dventually have the smaller games Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2.

Comment #6

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:54:30 GMT

Why is that? Eventually, the players are going to get tired of the same games. What is the lottery to do there? And what if after a few years ND doesn't have a jackpot winner? How would the lottery explain to people that there are winners, but none of them bought their ticket in North Dakota. States run their own games so people in the state can win, and if a state doesn't run their own game, then there is the possibility that the state may never produce a jackpot winner in their state.... [ More ]

Comment #5

CASH Only — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:41:17 GMT

In-state tickets in ND are prohibited.

Comment #4

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:39:13 GMT

North Dakota needs at least one in-state game. That way, they can honestly say that they have sold winning tickets to their citizens.

Comment #3

CASH Only — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:32:08 GMT

North Dakota is multi-state ONLY.

Comment #2

DoctorEw220 — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:19:27 GMT

I do agree that Florida should go multi-state,but a lottery should never rely on multi-state games to boost its profits. CA joined the MUSL in hopes of an international lottery game, and that collapsed, and look at CA now.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:56:46 GMT

Florida sells NEITHER (Jeb Bush is why FL doesn't have Powerball).

Powerball may draw new kind of Tennessee lottery player

Lottery Post — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:19:02 GMT

In the three months since lottery sales began in Tennessee, Paul Cressend has yet to buy a ticket in his home state.Instead, the health insurance salesman tries his luck in Georgia, Florida and Kentucky.That's because all three participate in either Mega Millions or Powerball, multistate games that award jackpots in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Tennessee's highest prize for state-sponsored games is $1 million. If they had big enough jackpots I'd buy lottery tickets in Tennessee, Cressen... [ More ]