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Video gambling a cash cow even for smaller statesNews Story
Surveying West Virginia's rural neighborhoods, where most people lack broadband access to the Internet, you would never guess the state is a lottery cash cow. That is until you drove by the racetracks that dot major population centers. There you would see crowds of people shoving streams of dollars into buzzing and blinking video lottery terminals the reason this small state, with one of the country's lowest per-capita incomes is home to one of the most lucrative lotteries in the natio
Jan 30, 2007, 8:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

VIDEO: How are lottery jackpots calculated?News Story
By Kate Northrop Mega Millions and Powerball are the two biggest U.S. multi-state lottery games that offer players across the country the largest prizes imaginable, routinely holding the record for the largest jackpots in the world. But how do these jackpots achieve such historically high figures? What causes the jackpot to grow faster for some drawings? Why is the cash value different than the annuity, and why is it always a different percentage of the annuity? Perhaps you might have e
Apr 29, 2022, 6:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Speculation begins about NJ winner of Mega Millions lotteryReply
I agree, if a business can't respect their customer's privacy, they will, and should, loose business. I certainly don't disagree, but if you've got the first clue about human nature you have to assume that any time a retailer knows they sold a ticket for a major prize there's a very good chance that they're going to look at any video they have. It's probably much less likely at a large store, such as a grocery store, and stores that are part of a chain. I know that some of the chain stores
Apr 4, 2018, 2:11 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

WATCH: Buddhist monk fights back after getting robbed buying lottery ticketsNews Story
Includes video report Police are searching for a man who was caught on video robbing a Buddhist monk as he bought lottery tickets in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convenience store. Police said the 61-year-old monk was at a Sunoco gas station store on South Broad Street buying lottery tickets from a machine on Jan. 3 when an unidentified black male snatched $350 in cash from the monk's hands and ran out of the door. The monk is then seen on video chasing the man into the gas station pa
Jan 12, 2016, 11:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Gov. pushes for larger lottery cutNews Story
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has become a quiet backroom force in pushing the Oregon Lottery into considering a nearly 50 percent cut in the share of proceeds that bars, restaurants and taverns receive for the lottery's new electronic slot games.People close to Kulongoski say he has become more involved than previous governors in determining how much money retailers should get for offering video gambling, which last year totaled $531 million in sales.Kulongoski prodded the new lottery director, Da
Mar 8, 2005, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

€10M German lottery winner divides the internet with video of girlfriend blowing nose with €500 billNews Story
Lottery winner who bought Ferrari and pet alligator posts cheeky clip in latest bid to stay in the spotlight Includes video report By Kate Northrop A German lottery winner of a 10 million (US$10.56 million) prize is not in social media's good graces after posting a video of himself handing a 500 bill to his girlfriend, who proceeds to use it to dry fake tears and blow her nose. Immediately after his 10 million lottery win, Kursat Chico Yildirim, 42, dumped his ex-girlfriend, boug
Oct 27, 2023, 5:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery officials hope pull tabs pull in $20 million a yearNews Story
Iowa is turning to a new gambling source in hopes of pulling in $20 million a year in additional revenue.Iowa Lottery officials are installing about 4,000 high-tech video pull-tab machines in taverns, restaurants and fraternal clubs.The equipment, featuring cheery music and colorful video monitors, has been a big hit during a market test in 10 Iowa communities. Revenues averaged $900 to $1,000 weekly per machine, demonstrating a potential to increase lottery profits.The Iowa Lottery made $48 mil
Nov 3, 2003, 6:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Harless to refile lottery lawsuitNews Story
Jackson County, West Virginia lawyer Larry Harless said Thursday he has sent letters to the state Lottery Commission and attorney general, giving them 30 days notice of his intent to refile a lawsuit challenging the legality of state-run video lottery.Harless filed a similar lawsuit in June on behalf of anti-gambling groups in Cabell and Greenbrier counties, but it was dismissed on a technicality because he had failed to give the state agencies 30 days advance notice of his intent to sue, as req
Aug 1, 2003, 8:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Atheist converts after mock prayer to win $1M lottery is answeredReply
Bacteria to Apes....Richard Dawkins... From Ape to Man is relatively a short time, like 5 million years as Dawkins states in the video below, and can be processed by the contemporary brain. However, from a bacteria to an ape, it's hard for the human mind to envision such a slow change, so the intermediate changes are not conceivable yet existed. One very well known species is the Mudskipper Fish It's a fish that uses it's pectoril fins to walk on land below in the video below the Richar Dawki
Jun 25, 2011, 1:33 am - joker17 - Lottery News

N.C. Senate approves Internet sweepstakes banNews Story
The North Carolina Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday to shutter hundreds of new businesses that bill supporters argue are offering just another form of illegal video poker where people buy phone or Internet time, then play games on computer screens to win cash and prizes. By a vote of 47-1, the chamber continued its long history of opposing video gambling, this time through electronic and computer-based devices springing up at new sweepstakes cafes or business centers. Nor
Jun 22, 2010, 9:40 am - Todd - Lottery News