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Ex-Georgia Lottery president got big bonusesNews Story
A state law designed to curb bonuses to Georgia Lottery executives didn't stop the organization from handing out huge incentive payouts and raises to top staffers. The lottery funds the HOPE scholarship and pre-kindergarten classes, but ticket sales have struggled to keep up with growth in the programs. When lawmakers approved legislation in 2011 to prevent the programs from going broke, part of the deal was a severe curtailing of lottery staff bonuses. But more than $260,000 worth of ince
Jan 27, 2013, 5:29 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida lawmakers pushing for more, bigger casinosNews Story
Seminoles and pari-mutuels say they'll fight plan Two state senators announced Friday that they have filed legislation that would allow five Las Vegas-style casino hotels in Florida, spaced across the state. Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, and Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, announced the news via a release Friday. Jones is chair and Sachs is vice chair of the Senate Regulated Industries Committee, which gambling falls under. The legislation would authorize what Jones calls one destination resor
Mar 7, 2011, 9:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

US House on the brink of taking away online gambling rightsNews Story
Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables won't like what Congress is doing. On Tuesday, the House plans to vote on a bill that would ban credit cards for paying online bets and could padlock gambling Web sites. The legislation would clarify existing law to spell out that it is illegal to gamble online. To enforce that ban, the bill would prohibit credit cards and other payment forms, such as electronic transfers, from being used to settle online wagers. It also would give la
Jul 10, 2006, 8:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. weighs keeping lottery winners anonymousNews Story
So you've won the lottery and suddenly you find you have a bunch of new relatives. Distant cousins. A long-lost half-sister. New Jersey lawmakers are looking to protect state lottery winners from potential moochers and scammers by allowing them to remain anonymous. Only a handful of states permit lottery winners to keep their good fortune private, although some allow winners to put their money into trusts, allowing them some degree of anonymity. A bill before the state Senate State Gove
Feb 21, 2019, 5:37 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Gov. to support casino bill if lottery not impactedNews Story
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal said Tuesday he won't oppose legislation that would legalize casino gambling as long as it doesn't devastate the state's popular lottery-funded HOPE scholarship program. We need to be absolutely certain that if a casino bill passes, it doesn't adversely impact a lottery program for the state, he said. That is the first big marker to make sure that we don't devastate what is probably perceived as the most successful lottery program in the country. The governor
Jan 24, 2017, 12:59 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New York State lawmakers vote to legalize fantasy sportsNews Story
Months after being halted by the New York attorney general, daily fantasy sports won a major victory early Saturday as state lawmakers moved to legalize the online games. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, has not yet indicated that he will sign the bill, but the final legislation included proposed modifications from his staff, suggesting at least some degree of support. Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general who first declared war on the industry last fall, declaring fantasy sports to
Jun 18, 2016, 2:53 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. lawmaker proposes a lottery to pay off student loansNews Story
A New Jersey lawmaker says the state should try something novel to help people climb out of all that debt from their college days: set up a lottery in which the winning tickets pay off student loans. State Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) on Monday introduced legislation (A4631) that would make New Jersey the first state in the country to establish a lottery in which the winnings would go exclusively to college debt. Any vehicle that could provide some relief it seems to me it
Jul 7, 2015, 11:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Audit: Stores buying Michigan lottery tickets from playersReply
The first time I went to AC, I wondered why anyone would build mega casinos in a slum area and 15 years later is was still the same. The hand writing was on the wall when PA passed casino gambling legislation. As you probably noticed, there is lots of casino gambling misinformation, but even though I've never been carded to play table games, it's possible. And speaking of misinformation, Before Ohio passed their casino legislation, people opened Internet caf s that were slot machines payin
Nov 22, 2014, 7:28 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Tax on Kentucky Lottery tickets no longer being consideredReply
Instead, Stumbo said lawmakers will unveil legislation on Tuesday that will call for the lottery to create new games, including Keno, that could generate about $25 million for the pension system. He said the legislation would also call for tax revenue from slot-like machines, called Instant Racing machines, at horse tracks to be designated for pensions. He said that could eventually net $100 million a year for pensions, if the Supreme Court approves. Their goal from the beginning was t
Feb 26, 2013, 10:40 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

$2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stampsReply
I actually had a co-worker explain to me why he hates Senator Rand Paul, after I asked because Rand has put forth solutions for pretty much every problem. Budgets that cut 200 billion this year, 500 billion this year (without touching enitilements that libbies love so much), legislation to stop the government from shutting down, legislation to bring us into surplus, etc. He basically said that he doesn't like him because his solutions won't pass. So basically, I don't like the guy puttin
May 18, 2011, 1:21 pm - Boney526 - Lottery News