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Georgia Republican proposes online lottery billReply
Quote: Originally posted by konane on February 10, 2005There will likely be limits placed on amounts which can be spent per day, week or month. Heavy hitters some of which fall into the compulsive category are going to gamble no matter how tickets are made available. I see them buy several hundred dollars worth of Cash 3 at one time where I purchase tickets. No law has ever been able protect a person from themselves and whatever habit they may be wrestling with.I'm all for online ticket sales,
Feb 11, 2005, 12:12 am - emilyg - Lottery News

Georgia Republican proposes online lottery billReply
There will likely be limits placed on amounts which can be spent per day, week or month. Heavy hitters some of which fall into the compulsive category are going to gamble no matter how tickets are made available. I see them buy several hundred dollars worth of Cash 3 at one time where I purchase tickets. No law has ever been able protect a person from themselves and whatever habit they may be wrestling with.I'm all for online ticket sales, and besides as I posted earlier it will cut down some o
Feb 10, 2005, 5:54 pm - konane - Lottery News

Ruling by Justice Dept. opens a door on online gamblingReply
You're making a mountain out of a mole hill because the majority of sales in every state lottery including Tennessee are scratch-offs. If some players are worried about paying taxes or have a way of collecting their winnings without the IRS knowing, they'll continue to buy the online game tickets at their local stores. I doubt interstate online ticket sales will drastically boost sales unless a lottery comes up with a must play game. The one area where I do see a potential is raffle tickets.
Dec 30, 2011, 10:05 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

Powerball lottery to have larger jackpot, but harder to winReply
I could be wrong (it happened once before), but it seems to me that these matrix changes could be brought about by too many people winning major prizes too often. If that's the case, then it's just barely possible that some of those systems out there actually work the way they're supposed to. Regardless of their reasons, I'd like to read the agreement the MUSL signed with Florida to see what types of incentives were offered to change the location of the drawings. My guess is that the MUSL w
Dec 29, 2008, 3:02 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

Illinois lottery players could lose ability to play onlineNews Story
A test program that allows Illinois Lottery tickets to be sold online expires March 25, and the state is likely to lose out on money for education and construction projects unless lawmakers take action. A measure to make online lottery sales permanent has yet to move in the House, and lawmakers aren't scheduled to return to the Capitol until April 4. In 2012, Illinois became the first state to sell lottery tickets online and gambling options expanded with the addition of a mobile app in 20
Mar 4, 2016, 11:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery to drive profits by boosting payoutsNews Story
The state House on Tuesday approved a change to the Pennsylvania Lottery that the Corbett administration says will allow it to maximize profits for senior programs by meeting consumer demand for high-payout instant tickets. State law requires the lottery to dedicate no less than 27 percent of revenue from ticket sales to funding programs for seniors. But most of the lottery's sales growth is from scratch-off tickets, which return less money to the state than do terminal-based games such as th
Apr 30, 2014, 9:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lotteries a threat to federal Web poker bill?Reply
I'm sorry if you think I outed you. For posting the Republican Party's anti-internet gambling plank? If anything I outed you for all that crap you posted about the your party's platform on anti-Internet gambling being meaningless. You can't have it both ways; are your party's planks on abortion, the war in Afghanistan, Medicare, and taxes meaningless too? When I pointed out the fact marriage is a state issue whether or not the President supports it, you responded like a play grade sch
Oct 12, 2012, 11:21 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

N.M. Lottery signs 7-year contract with IntralotNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery today awarded a contract for a new computer gaming system to Georgia-based Intralot, ending a competitive bidding process that started more than two and a half years ago. Over the life of the seven-year contract, the lottery will pay Intralot a base price of 1.50 percent or $18.2 million on projected total net sales of $1.15 billion. Intralot's base price includes ticket sale and validation terminals for 1,100 lottery retailers statewide as well as related peripher
Nov 20, 2007, 9:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery generated more than $100 million in one week from scratch-off ticket salesReply
Interesting the payouts are touted. I was at the gas station a few days ago getting my Lotto America tickets. As I was waiting, the gal in front of me was cashing in a bunch of scratchers. She ended up with a total of $24.00 won. Now, as this relates to both the payouts and money returned as prizes, there seems to be an aspect of the lottery industry's profit that is least discussed. It has to do with the winnings. Going back to this gal, most would think, if you won, you'd kee
Jan 8, 2019, 11:08 am - JADELottery - Lottery News

Camelot, Pa. Gov. extend contract expiration dateNews Story
High-stakes brinksmanship on display in struggle for control By Todd Northrop The Corbett administration's embattled deal with a British firm to run the Pennsylvania Lottery will remain alive at least for another three weeks. Administration officials announced Friday that Camelot Global Services has agreed to keep its bid valid through March 18th. The bid by Camelot Global Services would have expired at noon today. The extension was necessary because state Attorney General Kathleen K
Feb 22, 2013, 2:50 pm - Todd - Lottery News