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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

How possible is it to steal a Lottery ticket online? :/Reply
Hmm. Even if you DID foolishly show your Winning Lottery Ticket Online and some THIEF scanned it using a Home Scanner and cashed it in and collected on it, wouldn't you still have a good case on winning your money since you most likely wouldn't look like the Thief? I mean, in Lottery, you have to cash in your ticket in PERSON, and you, the actual Winner could claim your ticket was reproduced/Scanned and collected on without your permission. I mean, LOTS of People have had their Lottery Tickets s
Jun 24, 2021, 9:58 am - Karen Nathan - Lottery Discussion Forum

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

Store owner's lottery bonus put on holdReply
There is nothing surprising about him having a balance due the lottery; that is how almost all lotteries sell their tickets. For scratch tickets, each book has a face value (# of tickets x value of each ticket). The retailers are usually charged a percentage of the face value equal to the lottery's take on the ticket. For example, if the retailer commission on scratch tickets is 6%, then the lottery charges the retailer 94% of the face value of the book. This amount is usually delay billed f
Mar 22, 2007, 8:16 pm - vincejr - Lottery News

Powerball lottery fever hits the USANews Story
Jackpot hits record $340 million for WednesdayThe Powerball jackpot will be the most ever for the multi-state lottery game after no one won Saturday night.The estimated $305 million jackpot Saturday went unclaimed, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $340 million for Wednesday's drawing.It is the biggest jackpot in the game's history and eclipses the previous record high of $314.9 million won on Christmas Day 2002 by a West Virginia man.Joe Hrdlicka, a spokesman for the Iowa Lottery, said lotter
Oct 17, 2005, 8:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery chief says gas price might hurt lottery salesReply
Inevitable it would be so. Not just in ND, but in all the western US, where the price at the pump forces its way into the consciousness a lot more frequently because of how far a person has to drive to get to a gas pump, and the fact that lottery ticket sales locations and gas pumps tend to be attracted enough to one another to find themselves close neighbors.The western States might be doing themselves a favor to promote the sort of online sales of tickets provided by the site being discussed
Aug 16, 2005, 7:34 am - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery sales lower than other first-year salesNews Story
Tennessee's lottery had a ho-hum first year in sales when measuring its results against lotteries in other states.Its sales were in the middle when compared with other lotteries last year in the nation. And its revenues lagged behind sales during lottery startup years in Florida and Georgia, both states in which Tennessee Lottery President Rebecca Paul presided over the games.Tennesseans spent about $147 per capita on lottery games in the past 12 months, based on total revenue figures announced
Jan 21, 2005, 12:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery clock at 58 daysNews Story
As deadline nears, work moves swiftlyEach morning, somebody changes the big numbers on a chalkboard easel in the lobby of the Tennessee Lottery's busy headquarters.Today it reads 58 Days! That's the countdown to the targeted first day of lottery ticket sales, on or before Feb. 10. With thousands of dollars in incentive bonuses for lottery employees tied to that date - and millions in college scholarships to be funded by August - work is moving swiftly here and across the state.Contractors are
Dec 15, 2003, 6:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery board sets criteria for ticket sellersNews Story
Retailers who want to sell tickets for the new Tennessee lottery must abide by a list of criteria set Monday by the lottery corporation board.Among the criteria for prospective lottery retailers:Cannot be in business exclusively to sell lottery tickets.Must be current in filing and paying all Tennessee taxes.Cannot have a criminal record relating to the ''security and integrity'' of the lottery.Cannot reside in the same household as a lottery director, officer or employee of the corporation.Cann
Aug 26, 2003, 3:32 am - Todd - Lottery News