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Virginia Lottery drawings now streamed live on FacebookNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Virginia Lottery now is streaming its drawings live on its Facebook page, in addition to its Web site. In order to view the live video stream on the Virginia Lottery Facebook page, visitors must first click the Like option on the page, according to a lottery news release. The live streams began on Sept. 14, and can be viewed daily at 1:59 and 11:00 p.m. Viewers can watch the Pick 3, Pick 4, and Cash 5 drawings, and also can watch the Mega Millions drawings on Tue
Sep 23, 2011, 9:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Experts: Online-Gambling Ban Won't WorkNews Story
Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach. It has put a terrible scare into people, said I. Nelson Rose, who teaches gambling law at Whittier Law School. But it won't by any means wipe out Internet gambling. The fright swept through the $12 billion industry on the heels of the recent arrests of two gambling company executives and a new l
Nov 12, 2006, 9:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Frist continues crusade against Internet gamblingReply
Just the pork they hand out like it's free ...... not the politicians. Send them home back to the real world. Here's the Nightline segment about internet gambling I saw the other night. They implied it's all about doing business and not paying taxes, likely withholding US taxes and paying up like state lotteries do. UPDATED: The Most Successful Online Gambling Web Site http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2108601 page=1 Other articles on that site here. http://
Sep 16, 2006, 3:54 pm - konane - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery rides record-setting sales growthNews Story
Instant tickets continue to drive the highest sales growth in the history of the Ohio Lottery. Successful marketing and an increasing number of players have pushed sales up $55 million, a 4.6-percent increase, in 2006. Patty Vasil, Ohio Lottery deputy director of product development, said $10 and $20 instant games, and games tied to name brand merchandise prizes, may account for the rise in instant game popularity. They attract a player who may not purchase lottery tickets, but likes the
Jul 19, 2006, 12:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan lottery winner managing to keep small profileNews Story
The mystery lottery player who bought a $5.9-million winning ticket at a Clio supermarket has surfaced. Sort of. The lucky millionaire claimed his winnings after the Feb. 15 Classic Lotto 47 drawing but still wants to remain anonymous. Garth Moreau knows, but he's not telling. Moreau is manager of the VG's Food Center, 710 S. Mill St., where the winning ticket was purchased. He's definitely a regular customer, Moreau said. I know he lives around here, but I'm not sure he's a C
Mar 6, 2006, 7:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

Officials Say Oklahoma Lottery Could Take Year To StartNews Story
Oklahoma voters earlier this month ended Gov. Brad Henry's yearslong battle to get a statewide lottery, but the task of making the lottery a reality has just begun.Before the first ticket is sold, a lottery commission has to take shape, the rules of the games established and other details worked out.The first step comes with Henry's appointment of a seven-member lottery commission. The governor's office is accepting applications. They'll go through a lengthy and detailed process, including an OS
Nov 19, 2004, 11:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Can you beat the odds to win the Powerball jackpot?News Story
If you've played the Powerball drawings and lost, would you like to improve your odds of winning the multi-million dollar jackpot? The head of the University of Tennessee's math department explains whether it's possible to beat the odds.People say getting struck by lightning is a better bet than winning a lottery. But the National Association of States and Provincial Lotteries web site says that in 1996, 1,136 people won $1,000,000 or more playing lotteries in America. And 4,520 others won $100,
May 21, 2004, 7:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

Man loses $41,000 in sweepstakes scamNews Story
A 28-year-old Franklin, New Jersey man got a letter in the mail indicating he had won more than $600,000 in Spain's El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery program. But over a two-week period, that Franklin man wound up withdrawing money from his bank account, taking cash advances on his credit card, borrowing from family and losing about $41,000 to the lottery scam.And police say it's unlikely the money will ever be recovered.Now the warehouse worker, who asked that his name not be used, is taking out a
Mar 5, 2004, 4:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery knew about exploited game's flaws for years, IG saysReply
I was one of the people who figured this system out. I'm not as active on the LP forums as I once was, but I used to be a semi-regular. I know there are other LP regulars who also figured it out. If you read all of the forums all the time, you would have come across people discussing this strategy (though not in explicit detail) years ago. First off, I'd like to address the comment, all the illegal activities they and others were doing in order to win. No one did anything illegal. Read the or
Jul 31, 2012, 8:55 pm - Bingo Long - Lottery News

2012 Lottery Results Almanac PublishedNews Story
Latest edition of highly-regarded annual lottery reference book U.S. and Canada editions published simultaneously The latest edition of Lottery Post's highly-regarded lottery results reference book officially went on sale Tuesday. Lottery Post 2012 Lottery Results Almanac, United States Edition (ISBN 978-0-9826272-6-6), written by the founder of the popular Lottery Post web site and published by Speednet Group, is available for purchase immediately online at the publisher's web site (ht
Feb 2, 2013, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News