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I know this has been discussed ad nauseum, but has anyone found a reputable online lottery ticket source for MegaMillions? I would like to play but do not live in a MegaMillions state nor do I live close to one that I could drive. I do not know anyone whom I can trust to buy tickets for me in the MegaMillion states. I have read Todd's thoughts on , and have done some research into other online vendors.Any suggestions?
Apr 12, 2005, 3:00 am - danisiri - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Florida lottery law increases prizesNews Story
Florida lottery players soon will rake in more dough when they win games such as Lotto, Mega Money and Fantasy 5, thanks to a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jeb Bush. Bush, an outspoken critic of gambling, and state lottery officials are betting that the higher payouts will boost ticket sales for the games, similar to a measure passed three years ago that doubled the sales of scratch-off games.Higher sales should mean more money for education, which is the stated purpose of the new law. A
May 29, 2005, 10:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Anyone know where you can play lottery online thats safe?Reply
A lot of the state lottos have regulations against selling the tickets Online. If you were to win, and it was found out that you bought your ticket from an Internet dealer it might nullify your ticket. I know Louisiana is one of the states that forbids any ticket sales online at all. Some states like California only allow online sales through their official website, and the TOS says you have to be within California's state lines to legally purchase a ticket online.
Jun 17, 2013, 9:57 am - dager - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Lottery set to roll out changesNews Story
The Florida Lottery will implement a series of changes January 31, including new lottery machines, changes to the Pick 4 game, and new game called Grouper.The new game Grouper is really a new way to play Florida lottery games, rather than being a new game itself. When players purchase a Grouper ticket, they pay $5 for quick picks of five existing games and get a sixth quick pick -- for free -- of a randomly selected game.On the same day Grouper sales begin, lottery retailers throughout the stat
Jan 24, 2005, 11:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Computerized lotto must wait awhileNews Story
Scratch-off would be only game for monthsTennesseans would be left to play a scratch-off lottery game for months before they get a chance to play computerized games such as lotto, under plans discussed by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board yesterday.And your favorite spot to buy those lotto tickets might not get to sell them if the store doesn't sell enough scratch-offs while the computerized ticket-sales system is being installed statewide.The board discussed options but took no vote.
Aug 29, 2003, 11:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

powerball changesReply
North Dakota has no online games that compete with it's Powerball games so it's obvious higher PB jackpots created in other states will impact ND ticket sales. All the states where Powerball games are their only online games are probably asking for three drawings a week to help boost the jackpots and of course ticket sales.
Apr 19, 2008, 12:44 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Illinois Senate approves Internet lottery ticket sales trialNews Story
Illinois gamblers would be able to buy lottery tickets by computer in a program the Senate approved Thursday.The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Cullerton, D-Chicago, sets up a pilot program to try online lottery ticket sales. Cullerton said Internet sales could eventually generate as much as $100 million for the state.The measure passed 32-24 and moves to the House.Republicans feared the measure would encourage problem gambling and increase personal debt because buyers could use credit cards. It b
Apr 15, 2005, 11:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

IL Senator again pushes for online lottery ticket salesNews Story
When Illinois lottery jackpots swell into the hundreds of millions, so do the lines for tickets. What if you could simply purchase lottery tickets online, at home or work? That's been the vision of Illinois State Senator John Cullerton since February of this year, when Lottery Post reported that the Senator was pushing for lottery ticket sales over the Internet (www.lotterypost.com/news/189242). When a jackpot gets up over eighty million, that's when people want to buy at least one ticket
Jun 8, 2009, 8:55 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery sales net Wisconsin $37 million in property tax reliefNews Story
The sale of Wisconsin Lottery tickets grew 25 percent from July 1 through Sept. 30 the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the Wisconsin Lotterys acting director said this week.The state lottery posted sales of a little more than $124.8 million as compared to $99.6 million in the same period last year, Michael Edmonds said. The sales were spurred by an increasingly strong scratch ticket market, a popular new online game and a large Powerball jackpot.The $124.8 million in sales produces an
Oct 30, 2003, 5:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. looks to be first in nation with online lottery salesNews Story
Retailers worried about loss of revenue, store traffic For Tushar Patel, every $1 lottery ticket he sells at his Pantry 1 Food Market in Hammonton yields more than the 5-cent commission he gets from New Jersey. Patel said he makes more from the other purchases of customers who visit the store for lottery tickets. Eighty (percent) to 90 percent of the people who play the lottery here buy coffee and other things, Patel said. The state lottery posted record sales exceeding $2.6 billion
Jan 28, 2011, 8:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News