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Divide and Conquer: Meet the Lottery TitansNews Story
Enveloped in neon lights, murmuring crowds and the tinny melody of computerized games, a convention center showroom here bears the trappings of a Las Vegas casino. But the players, mostly state employees sporting suits and name tags, haven't come to this annual expo to gamble. Instead, they are sampling the wares of one of government's biggest cash cows: lotteries, which rang up about $202 billion in sales last year in the United States and overseas. Amid sales pitches and glad-handing, there
Oct 20, 2007, 9:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

More than $240 million unclaimed by lottery winnersReply
I think Illinois should hold a special drawing for that $240,000,000.They should announce that ALL online tickets for a specified game on a specfied date are also eligable for a special drawing to be held for unclaimed money.Everyone that buys a ticket is eligable for both jacpots (the regular game the special drawing).That would add more excitement to the specified game causing more sales raising the jackpot.
Oct 16, 2007, 12:17 pm - Guest - Lottery News

UK online lottery company fizzlesNews Story
Editor: Lottery Post previously reported that the creators of this 'alternative' UK lottery had allegedly enriched themselves more than the charities the lottery is supposed to support. Are the owners squeezing out the profits and then leaving the company and its stockholders in the lurch? It started out as a small but brazen challenger to the national lottery, hoping to capitalize on a stream of damaging stories that have caricatured many of the good causes benefiting from lottery cash a
Jun 6, 2006, 9:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Play The N.C. Lottery Over The Internet? It Could HappenReply
How would playing Mega Millions, Powerball or state games online be the same as computerized draws?When I buy my $1 ticket tonight, a computerized record will be stored...nothing would change for Internet sales.
Sep 9, 2005, 2:14 pm - JAG331 - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery chief says gas price might hurt lottery salesReply
Texas rejected a plan to sell lottery tickets over the internet to customers who make a debit card deposit to a specific retailer. That could change if it looks like making that extra trip to buy a lottery ticket could hurt sales. I predict that online casinos that offer Pick 3 could benefit from high gas prices as more people just play online to save that extra trip to the store.Orangeman
Aug 16, 2005, 10:33 am - orangeman - Lottery News

Lotteries may gamble on InternetReply
Quote: Originally posted by JAG331 on April 26, 2005I would love to be able to punch in my CT purchases online. Quick, easy, convenient...just bad news for a lot of mom n pop stores that do a big part of their business on lottery sales.do you think there making a killing on lottery sales...... my friend says he get 6 cent a ticket hardly worth the effort. the big money comes from them selling a big winner and even then that might not ever happen.
Apr 26, 2005, 1:26 am - four4me - Lottery News

Lotteries may gamble on InternetReply
there 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!
Apr 25, 2005, 7:29 am - lola23 - Lottery News

Giant lottery operator GTECH wants to add Tennessee to its clienteleNews Story
Financial advisers have long said that lottery players would fare better investing their money in the stock market than hoping the pingpong balls pop up with their numbers.If you followed that advice and bought stock in the largest lottery operator in the country, GTECH Holdings, over the past decade, chances are the investment would have paid off better about 500% better.The West Greenwich, R.I., company's stock price has doubled in the past year, closing Friday at $42.77; GTECH's revenues have
Sep 8, 2003, 3:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

VIDEO: Should you move to California to win the lottery?Reply
I won't mention the name here but there is a website in Texas that has a lotto report of ticket sales by state from most of the states for both Powerball and Mega Millions draws. I have looked at sales reports, by county, in Michigan and there are plenty of anomalies here if you compare big wins/sales by county. Too bad the games are not more transparent and don't break down the ticket sales by state and too bad the states don't break them down by county and report the numbers online.
May 27, 2022, 7:00 pm - Think - Lottery News

N.C. Woman Still Waiting For Lottery PayoutReply
The University Sam's Mart manager told Action 9 that when the clerk swiped the ticket he made the mistake by not hitting no, indicating he wasn't paying the player. But a spokeswoman for the education lottery said their rules require stores like Sam's Mart to pay Hill. They should have paid $500 in some format, said Pam Walker. If their policy is not to pay all in cash, then they should have asked the player, 'Can you accept a money order or a check?' Even though in this case it's
Apr 28, 2007, 6:52 am - Stack47 - Lottery News