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Arkansas legislator wants voters to decide on state lotteryNews Story
A west Arkansas legislator is proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a state lottery to benefit public schools.Representative Buddy Blair of Fort Smith introduced a resolution Thursday that would lift Arkansas' constitutional ban on lotteries and authorize the state to run them.Proceeds would be strictly earmarked to funding court-ordered upgrades to public school buildings and equipment. Blair said a lottery would generate about $50 million annually.Blair is hoping the Legislature w
Feb 4, 2005, 11:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery adds slot games to video poker machinesNews Story
The electronic version of one-arm bandits is coming to Oregon bars and restaurants this summer.Under prodding from Gov. Ted Kulongoski, the Oregon State Lottery Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to allow slot-machine-style games on the state's network of video-poker terminals.That means more than 2,200 bars and restaurants across Oregon could offer electronic slots as soon as July 1. But first the state must persuade retailers to accept new contracts that reduce their share of video-poker
Jan 27, 2005, 12:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Senator pushes for bigger lottery scholarshipsNews Story
Whitney McKinney has at least a year before she has to decide where she'll go to college. But the McGavock High School junior said she's already looking closely at two private universities in Tennessee and one in Georgia.If Tennessee adds $1,000 to $2,000 a year to its HOPE Scholarship, however, choosing between the Volunteer State and the Peach State won't be nearly as tough.''I think that would make a very big difference,'' McKinney said. ''It's a lot when I think about college tuition. Raisin
Jan 10, 2005, 10:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

computerized powerball,distant future?Reply
I haven't been able to keep up with the lottery news lately but it may happen very soon to Powerball if they haven't shot it down already. Powerball was considering going computerized before the end of year. I got that info straight from the MO lottery office when I wrote them a letter about MO going computerized earlier this year. You can read the letter here. It is mentioned in the long letter on page two. https://www.lotterypost.com/threads.asp?ForumID=3 TopicID=91512 PagePosition=5For all o
Oct 23, 2004, 12:50 pm - Bryan - Lottery Discussion Forum

Georgia Senate Candidate Proposes National LotteryReply
The problem I have with the proposal is that, if it is ever put into place it'll wind up like the Social Security program. Social Security was established strictly as a retirement program for those who had no company benefits when they reached 65 but over the years the politicians saw the fund as a cash cow to fund their own pet entitlement prgrams. Now that system is threatened. Who is to say that the pols won't rape an education program as well? I promise hasn't, doesn't and won't work, as a
Oct 8, 2004, 9:06 am - johnph77 - Lottery News

Online lotteries legal/ fair?Reply
QWEST46 -Strange - am having private discussion about with another LP member. Only negative post I've read about them was posted more than 3 years ago. Based in Costa Rica. But they've been in business for a while, and the lottery payout percentage appears to be 90.00%. BobP is right about protection, though - non-existent. Although they accept direct credit card deposits, you'd be better served by setting up a PayPal or similar account, since there is a proposal afoot to make direct deposits fr
Apr 24, 2004, 4:49 am - johnph77 - Lottery Discussion Forum

GTECH Named Apparent Winning Vendor for Mexico Lottery ContractNews Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation announced Tuesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, has been selected by Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica (Pronosticos) as the apparent successful vendor to provide equipment and services for a new online lottery system and associated telecommunications network in Mexico under a proposed six-year contract. This decision is the result of a competitive procurement.The Request for Proposal (RFP) calls for the replacement of Pronosticos' existing
Feb 4, 2004, 5:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Audit finds misuse of Colorado Lottery fundNews Story
Legislation, rule changes seek tighter tracking of spendingColorado state leaders Tuesday unveiled plans to curb substantial problems uncovered by a newly released audit of Colorado's conservation trust fund, a multimillion-dollar pot of lottery profits that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation.A state audit released Tuesday found that more than $1.2 million of the fund's expenditures in 2002 were spent by local governments in ways the state does not allow.The audit also criticized 10 c
Jan 28, 2004, 9:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Other vendors could have saved Tenn. lottery $23MReply
Both SciGames and GTECH voluntarily lowered their bid costs after they were selected as the winner.....riiiiiight.I think it went a little more like this....Committee.... We really like your proposal and can forsee a good working relationship between us, but the cost is a little high. It sure is a shame that your bid was so high.... SciGames/GTECH.... Did we really put that amount in the contract...I thought I had told them to change that. See, here is the final document we were intending to s
Dec 27, 2003, 7:17 am - vincejr - Lottery News

What a program needs to be good ...Reply
Well, I currently redesign the underlying engine to allow an average lottery player to feel confident! Of course, the final target is to produce an easy to use program but still has all the advanced features working as well. This is a challenge for any programmer worldwide. The program is actually based on reverse prediction as the only source of information we have is the past drawings. This allows the program to semi-modify it's parameters as user input/decision is still required! Don't be c
Dec 4, 2003, 4:36 pm - lottoarchitect - Lottery Discussion Forum