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Oklahoma Lottery hires sales director from AtlantaReply
Jack,When lotteries refer to online lottery operations , they are not referring to the Internet, they are talking about any game which has tickets generated by a lottery machine that communicates with a central computer. (i.e., not a scratch game.)The term online in the lottery industry came into being long before the Internet was widely popular, and lottery industry people never changed their terminology, even after online became a term associated with Internet usage. Hence, the confusio
Jun 9, 2005, 11:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Full wheels?Reply
It is easy to generate a full wheel; it is just a simple iteration. The problem is how to handle a full wheel and any operations on it, which is what a program should handle efficiently. Just try to filter a huge wheel somehow and you will understand what I'm talking about
Feb 24, 2005, 8:04 pm - lottoarchitect - Lottery Systems Forum

Online lotteries in BrazilReply
Hello. I am a Brazillian and also a WGI member. As I am aware, there was no annoucements in the local newspapers or from the goverment regarding WGI operations in Brazil.I could find something documented about it on the corporate videos in the WGI webpage. Only there and information from my sponsor.Regards.
Aug 16, 2004, 5:38 pm - surfmore - Lottery Discussion Forum

Maine Powerball sales strongNews Story
In a little less than 34 hours, Mainers gobbled up $536,191 worth of Powerball tickets to propel the state into the top three markets in the country for the game's Saturday night drawing.Pam Coutts, executive director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, said Monday that total sales for the new Powerball lottery game were actually $570,779, including tickets purchased for future drawings beyond Saturday's game. The huge response to the multimillion-dollar lottery game dis
Aug 3, 2004, 9:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

California lottery struggles with tepid salesReply
The only valid argument they propound is the pari-mutuel requirement. All the other arguments have seemingly been successfully addressed by other jurisdictions. New York, cited as one of the more successful lottery operations, consistently returns less than 50% of income as prizes (38% in NY Lotto - see their website) and most other states are near that. Who's BSing who?
Jul 15, 2004, 2:35 pm - johnph77 - Lottery News

California lottery struggles with tepid salesNews Story
Though California and its schools are begging for cash, one of the state's supposed gold mines produces roughly half of what it should for education, analysts say.But officials at the languishing state-run lottery say there's hope the operation will be shipping nearly another $1 billion annually to schools.It first, however, must succeed in throwing off woes such as legal restrictions on games, which some say are outdated in this age of widespread Indian gambling, and then generate an excitement
Jul 15, 2004, 9:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Jamaica Lottery RecoversNews Story
Supreme Ventures Ltd., Jamaica's sole lottery company, has seen a substantial recovery in its business since the Government decided to lift the tax it had imposed on winnings last year.The company is also looking forward to expanding its business over the next 12 months and this will include the introduction of a third daily Cash Pot draw, a Caribbean Pin Ball Lotto and several new instant win games, better known as Scratchers.Bryan George, president of Supreme Ventures who made the announcement
Jun 30, 2004, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Suspends Operations.Reply
Quote: Originally posted by DoctorEw220 on June 25, 2004i got if from www.lotteryinsider.comThen why did you ask . . . I just got word that a lottery has suspended operations. Any word on which one? Was it a poke ? BobP
Jun 25, 2004, 5:11 pm - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery Suspends Operations.Reply
Quote: Originally posted by DoctorEw220 on June 24, 2004I just got word that a lottery has suspended operations. Any word on which one?http://www.aa419.org/419-fake-bank-websites.shtml
Jun 25, 2004, 1:37 am - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tennessee lottery debate loomsNews Story
Plenty of gaming topics on Legislature's early agendaWith a state lottery poised to launch next month, Tennessee state legislators face an early decision on whether to unseat those who are directing it and later debate on other gambling issues.Related topics in the upcoming legislative session, which begins Jan. 13, range from charity gaming to the size of the lottery prize money pool and the standards for granting scholarships to home school students.But the first subject on the agenda is wheth
Jan 2, 2004, 8:50 am - Todd - Lottery News