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Georgia to sell tickets onlineReply
The only other option (besides a courier like UPS/FedEx) would be to trust the GA Lottery to hold onto your ticket and let you know if you have a winner or not. And, I don't know about the rest of you, but there have been too many horror stories lately about dishonest clerks/lottery personnel/etc. for me to trust anyone other than me to hold onto that ticket.Until we have a change in the postal service rules and regs, it's somewhat doubtful that GA would allow ticket sales for out of state w
Mar 11, 2004, 10:30 am - konane - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lawmakers steamed about lottery promotionNews Story
The Maine Lottery is getting strong, bipartisan criticism for its Funds For Fuel promotion as lawmakers say the lottery should not be using Mainers' fear of high fuel prices this winter to sell more lottery tickets. I think it is misleading, Sen. Debra Plowman, R-Hampden, a member of the Legislature's Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee that has oversight of the lottery, said this week. It almost sounds like some of the money will go to fuel assistance. It doesn't. It is just another way to
Nov 14, 2008, 7:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery courier service pioneers online sales model in TexasReply
Wouldn't make more sense to have their own Online sales without the middle man like many other state lotteries do? All those existing retailers are middlemen already, and a sold ticket is a sold ticket. Having their own online sales would save the lottery the commission, but despite selling online the lotter is just one more retailer.
Jan 16, 2021, 12:59 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

D.C. Council poised to repeal online gamblingReply
Maryland Lottery appears to be the first state to put up an online lottery ticket purchase capability. They're expected to be uip within 12 months and budgeted for the web site upgrade in FY2013. Many states start their fiscal calendar on July 1. http://baltimore.citybizlist.com/1/2012/2/1/Online-Lottery-Ticket-Sales-Expected-To-Start-Next-Year-Boost-Sales.aspx
Feb 4, 2012, 7:41 pm - lchoro - Lottery News

Mega at 100 million but sales dropReply
Now that the MegaMillions jackpot will be $100M or more, I suspect the Currently Online number will increase as well as ticket sales.
Jul 9, 2005, 12:35 pm - RJOh - Jackpot Games Forum

Older Pennsylvanians lose from lawmakers' raid on lottery fundNews Story
Includes video report Pennsylvania is now six years into the glut of baby boomers aging into their senior years and it's taking a toll on the Pennsylvania Lottery, which pays for the programs that serve them. Unless some changes happen and/or lottery ticket sales rise dramatically, the budget office projects the lottery fund that pays for senior programs could come up more than $70 million short in the next fiscal year and the situation worsens in ensuing years. We've been hit by the t
Jan 13, 2017, 7:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

North Carolina woman wins $500,000 after entering lottery draw minutes before sales closedNews Story
Credits the spirit for literal last-minute decision that was worth a half-million dollars By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman won a $501,544 Cash 5 prize after a voice motivated her to enter a lottery drawing just minutes before ticket sales closed. Stephanie Israel of Browns Summit described an urge to buy a lottery ticket late at night on Sat., Oct. 8, a literal last-minute decision that left her a half a million dollars richer. It was late at night and I was lying in bed,
Oct 16, 2022, 5:25 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia nixes online lottery ticket salesNews Story
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee jettisoned legislation that would have allowed the Virginia Lottery to sell tickets on the Internet. Convenience store owners were among those opposed to the bill that would have opened the door to online gambling. This is the first time a Virginia Assembly Committee has voted on the issue. Del. Roxann Robinson introduced the bill, which was defeated 6-1 in a House General Laws subcommittee. The commonwealth is always looking for additional fundin
Jan 19, 2017, 7:41 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iraqi's Oregon jackpot raises questions on lottery salesNews Story
The man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Ore., with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $6.4 million. He politely asked that his name be kept quiet, then told state officials that he had set up a local bank account into which they should deposit money annually. And then he went away, richer and more mysterious than when he arrived. It was not an ordinary day at the Oregon Lottery. The story started with small details, lotter
Dec 13, 2015, 3:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Prime ExampleReply
Rabbitfoot:Unfortunately, most people are under the same impression. Indiana's jackpot doesn't begin to roll over until after the second consecutive drawing with no winner. Then, each consecutive rollover will increase in $500,000.00 minimum increments. However, I can't remember an incremental increase over that amount since this policy was instituted.Below is the press release announcing the change. Contact:Andrew Reed Phone:317-264-4800 Email: playersupport@hoosierlottery.com
Mar 27, 2005, 9:36 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum