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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

The Two Titans of the Lottery IndustryNews Story
We often hear that the $40 billion spent on video games worldwide dwarfs the amount spent on the motion picture industry. But another form of mass entertainment dwarfs them both: the lottery business. According to a Morgan Stanley study, sales of lottery tickets around the world will top $160 billion in 2004.You should be thankful for the lottery business this week as you write a check for your tax bill. That's because you'd probably owe a lot more if not for your fellow citizens' crazed desire
Apr 15, 2004, 4:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

GTECH Completes Acquisition Of Interlott Technologies, Inc.News Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Ohio-based Interlott Technologies, Inc, a leading provider of instant ticket vending machines (ITVMs) for the lottery industry worldwide. The acquisition was approved at a special meeting of Interlott shareholders on Wednesday, September 17, 2003. The common stock of Interlott ceased trading today, September 18, 2003, and will no longer be listed on the American Stock Exchange.Interlott sha
Sep 18, 2003, 6:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery sells tickets for instant games after top prizes are goneNews Story
At $30 a ticket, the Illinois Lottery's World Class Millions instant game was not only one of its priciest offerings it was also potentially one of the most lucrative for players. WIN UP TO $15,000,000! THE HIGHEST INSTANT PAYOUT IN ILLINOIS LOTTERY HISTORY, shouted a banner across the magenta and silver ticket. But for the last five weeks the game was on sale this year, none of the three $15 million prizes remained. Yet players purchased an estimated 26,000 tickets during that time, spen
Apr 23, 2018, 7:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery has record revenuesNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. had a record $744 million in revenues, or total ticket sales, in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to year-end figures. The brisk sale of tickets for interactive, scratch-off games offset a decline in tickets sold for online, or computerized, games, including Powerball, Pick 3 and Pick 4. Those sales suffered, in part, because there was only one large Powerball jackpot, which was hit at $254 million last January. Some tickets for the interactive games se
Jul 30, 2007, 8:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Flurry of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimateNews Story
By Todd Northrop A rush of lottery ticket sales for the $600 million Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $615 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $451.8 million. Tuesday's drawing will be the 34th since Mega Millions had a winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Sept. 18 as a $20 million grand prize. Lottery players seeking to check the winning numbers Tuesd
Jan 11, 2021, 12:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Will NC Lottery players move online and hurt retail stores?Reply
The consumers who go into gas stations (I will not say the well known ones around here) do not deserve our business as we are in the way or as a cashier put it to me your tickets do not matter . Whoever thinks that keno has come to bars and other establishments is not an ice breaker for NCEL to establish legalized gambling beyond what you have now is living in lala land. Gambling online or off line is well on the way so you may as well accept that . Consumers are tired of being treated like they
Dec 4, 2017, 8:02 pm - partlycloudy07 - Lottery News

$310 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territoryReply
Ah, now I better comprehend what is going on. Sometimes one has to be around a bit before one understands the positions from which different individuals are speaking. Personally, I tend to ignore anything that refers to online lottery sales since Washington State prohibits online lottery ticket sales and Internet gambling. I have no idea how many other states do so as well.
Feb 9, 2012, 3:50 pm - Uff Da! - Lottery News