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$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in historyNews Story
Powerball jackpot simultaneously offers massive wealth By Todd Northrop For the eighth time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash value of $525.8 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the time the drawing kicks off Tuesday n
Mar 23, 2024, 8:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

Coronavirus impacting North Carolina lottery salesReply
Good point EdG1955 I wish they would fix the problem the stand alone lottery machines have here now .. you cannot play a combo , if they are running a draw say like keno or pb mm etc the stand alones will stop and not run all your tickets . Players here have encouraged taking all interaction with the clerk away but yet after about 5 yrs of machines placed they cannot get them to do everything that the clerk does. About two years ago we were told that every store would have stand alones and that
Apr 17, 2020, 7:49 pm - partlycloudy07 - Lottery News

Lottery industry facing new threat in 'skill' gamesReply
It started with the PA Lottery blaming skill games and lack of PB and MM must play jackpots and apparently now spread to other state lotteries. Drew Svitko, executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, blames the anticipated less profitable year that the lottery is having to the proliferation of games of skill and lack of big Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots. As for placing blame it's not the state legislators that decided lottery players need two multi-million jackpot $2 a
Feb 21, 2020, 4:52 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

US lottery operators worry as fewer millennials line up to playReply
Oh, IDK. Times are changing and eventually the people who live online will be the ones making the decisions. The lottery will keep seeing a decline in sales until eventually someone will present a cost benefit analysis and things will progress from there. The young adults of today are both heavily reliant on, and accepting of, online services and technological advances. Attracting their dollars will require changes in how lottery games can be played. Online sales is the next logical step if
Feb 13, 2017, 7:09 pm - Teddi - Lottery News

Convenience stores worried about online lottery planReply
Although I'm in Florida until April I'm a resident of Illinois as I live in Chicago. You will not be able to purchase Illinois tickets even if you live one block outside of the state, bank on it. My friend who also lives in Chicago has a place in Las Vegas which now allows for sportsbooks to take bets over the phone and internet to the local hotels and he's not even able to place bets when he's out of state. They have the software to prevent this as it would be considered intrastate gambling whi
Feb 19, 2012, 7:06 am - WWWBUKTN - Lottery News

Intralot wins Idaho Lottery from larger rival GtechNews Story
The Idaho Lottery will have a new vendor starting next February after a Greek company that's expanding in the U.S. won a $30 million contract to run the state's scratch ticket and online gaming system from a larger rival. Intralot USA, a Georgia-based unit of Athens, Greece-based Intralot, beat out Rhode Island-based GTech by promising better service for instance, Idaho's online games, including Powerball, will run 24 hours a day under Intralot, up from the previous 22 hours and a more-at
May 3, 2006, 8:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

California Lottery adds self-service ticket machinesNews Story
The California Lottery placed an order with GTECH Corporation which among other things, will allow residents to purchase lottery tickets at self-service machines.The GTECH order included a variety of lottery products including additional Altura terminals, Instant Ticket Vending Machines (ITVMs), and other self-service lottery solutions. GTECH is constantly looking for ways to enhance the performance of our lottery customers, while, at the same time, considering the various needs of retailers and
Sep 1, 2005, 5:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lotteries may gamble on InternetReply
Quote: Originally posted by lola23 on April 25, 2005there are sites which offer the sales of mega millions and power ball online???? is this legal or ilegal???? cause from what i see its most definately illegal???? I went to one site and they said it was legal, so whose lieing and whose telling the truth?? please help, i don't want to purchase and pay for a ticket which in the end I know if i win i will not receive the funds as it is illegal!lola23,The problem is not the legality of playing onli
Apr 25, 2005, 7:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois lawmakers debate Internet lottery salesNews Story
If store lines have kept you from the big bucks possible in playing the state lottery, a Chicago senator has the solution - just buy the tickets online.Democrat State Sen. John Cullerton has proposed a bill to make lottery tickets available for sale on the Internet, something he says will attract more customers with bigger pocketbooks and possibly collect more money for schools. Senate Bill 198 is currently on the floor, but some Southern Illinois legislators say they're not ready to expand gami
Mar 8, 2005, 12:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery unveils self-service ticket machinesNews Story
Lottery players throughout Pennsylvania will soon be able to play the Pennsylvania Lottery's online and instant games using state-of-the-art, touch screen terminals.Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery Ed Mahlman today unveiled the first of the new self-service Player Activated Terminals (PATs) at a retailer in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania is the first state to offer self-service units that sell both instant and online games. The Lottery will instal
May 20, 2004, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News