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War Dampens Indiana's Hope of International LotteryReply
I think that MSLA should be trying to fix Powerball into a 500+ million dollar game. Instead of trying to get an international game going they should improve the powerball game to the highest jackpots possible. Raise the minimums to 2 dollars a play and make the multiplier an extra dollar a play. Get rid of that stupid match 5 bonus cap and let the jackpots go through the roof and raise the odds for the game again since their will be at least two more states by the end of this year. Also sta
Apr 6, 2004, 3:18 pm - weshar75 - Lottery News

International Lottery Game CollapsesReply
Cash,I know CA is a MUSL member, and that the reason they joined was for the proposed (and now dead) international game. However, just because they are a MUSL member doesn't mean that the Governator won't listen to pitches from both games and choose which one he feels will get CA the most money.In that dventuality, I predict that CA will ditch MUSL and go with a newly-matrixed, renamed MegaMillions. While it would be a feather in the cap of MUSL to get CA to join PB, it could potentially kill th
Jan 10, 2004, 8:25 pm - vincejr - Lottery News

Scientific Games to buy online lottery operatorNews Story
Scientific Games Corp., a maker of betting equipment and lottery systems, on Friday said it would acquire International Game Technology's on-line lottery operator for $143 million in cash.The agreement to buy IGT Online Entertainment Systems will give Scientific Games, based in New York, access to online lottery systems that produce lotto-type game tickets in seven states and the Caribbean.IGT Online, which also supports systems sold to customers in Korea, Norway, Switzerland and Shanghai, gener
Sep 12, 2003, 9:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Vendors Object to Tenn.-Georgia PartnershipNews Story
Private lottery vendors say a proposed partnership between the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries would be unfair, expensive, and would hurt Tennessee. The vendors sent a letter to the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation last week, pointing out the risks of such an alliance.The vendors include Creative Games International, Intralot USA, Pollard Banknote and Oberthur Gaming Technologies.The four lottery companies, who have an interest in bidding for the Tennessee contracts, say a Georgia partner
Aug 25, 2003, 1:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

The women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per yearReply
A word of warning. A lot of sweepstakes are conducted by charities looking for a donation. Most of them ask for as little as $7 or $10. But once you enter a few, you will be put on a mailing list and will be bombarded with sweepstakes entries. Don't be surprised to get 30 or more a week in your mail box. A lot of them are scams. Look at the official rules to see who is sponsoring the sweepstakes. Here is a list of the 50 worst charities. What makes them the worst is how little money actually
Jul 15, 2019, 8:49 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 1)News Story
Just after 11 PM on February 15, 1992, a lottery ball machine at the Virginia State Lottery HQ spit out 6 winning numbers on live television: 8... 11... 13... 15... 19... 20. In the coming days, officials would find out that one person had secured not only the $27,036,142 jackpot, but 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes collectively worth another $900k. What unfolded next was the strangest, most improbable lottery tale in history one involving thousands of international
Aug 20, 2018, 7:29 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball ticket price to increase to $3 in IdahoNews Story
Every Powerball ticket sold in state will include Power Play option; begins in August By Kate Northrop The Idaho Lottery announced on Wednesday that it will be raising the Powerball ticket price to $3 per play beginning this August, by mandating that every ticket sold will include the Power Play multiplier option. Next month, Powerball fans in Idaho will have to shell out more cash to play the multi-state Powerball game, but there is a catch. Powerball is the most popular lottery g
Jul 26, 2021, 10:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

U.S. gaming industry hanging hopes on stimulus packageNews Story
Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the American gaming industry, including the expanding legal sports betting market, is optimistic the federal relief bill signed into law Friday by President Donald Trump will help its recovery. The $2 trillion CARES Act provides emergency liquidity, tax relief and additional support for small businesses, among other measures that could benefit the gaming industry. The funds will be allocated to states then apportioned to individual industries based on eco
Mar 31, 2020, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. lottery glitch could result in $35 million in prize payouts; NJ firm will investigateNews Story
South Carolina lottery officials say a computer glitch that made winners out of everyone who played a holiday game for two hours on Christmas Day could result in a more than $35 million prize payout nearly double the initial estimate. The S.C. Education Lottery Commission announced the new figure Tuesday at a special meeting called to discuss the ongoing fallout from a programming error. The mistake had players of the Holiday Cash Add-A-Play game seeing three matching Christmas trees print
Jan 23, 2018, 6:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Legal fight over $33M lottery ticket could end next weekReply
I'm glad you weren't part of this International lottery group scam again mario, I was getting a little worried after those last two times when someone stole the money. You really should find another way to supplement your income though, international crime will just land you in jail someday, little booger. And nobody wants to see that happen. Nobody. You and I have a strange and wonderful relationship (you're strange, I'm wonderful) and I don't ever want to see that change. Y
Jun 19, 2011, 2:40 pm - rdgrnr - Lottery News