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Online lotteries legal/ fair?Reply
Thanks johnph77. Do you know if and when the proposal making direct deposits from us accounts should take affect?
Apr 24, 2004, 5:01 am - QWEST46 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Paul pitches retirement plan for lottery staff, but board balksNews Story
Tennessee lottery officials yesterday introduced the idea of a retirement program for the 38 employees they've hired this year.Lottery Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Paul asked board members to approve contributing an amount equal to 3% of what employees make the last quarter to a deferred compensation plan. She also asked them for a proposal for a retirement program for the following year.For comparison, she said, the state of Tennessee contributes 7.29% of employee salaries to a pension progr
Dec 16, 2003, 5:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

Campaigning for an Oklahoma lottery to begin soonNews Story
A referendum on an Oklahoma lottery plan is still a year away.But Governor Henry says he's planning on campaigning for the lottery proposal.Approval of the education lottery was one of Henry's biggest fights in Legislature this year. The lottery plan was the cornerstone of his gubernatorial campaign a year ago.The issue is heading for the ballot box next November. And Henry says he expects an extremely difficult battle to pass it.Henry says he remains committed to leading the fight to pass t
Nov 11, 2003, 4:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

UK Player wants to play Big GameReply
Like 6/52 or 6/53? I heard there was a proposal to make the 'National Lottery' a 6/53 game.
Apr 8, 2002, 6:31 am - Guest - Lottery Discussion Forum

Alabama lottery plan could face uphill battleNews Story
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, who said a year ago that lotteries were as old-fashioned as leisure suits, now says they are the best remaining option to boost funding for important state programs, especially Medicaid. State lawmakers return to Montgomery on Monday for a special session to consider the governor's proposal for a lottery to raise money for the state budget. Previously, Bentley has said he did not oppose a lottery proposal going on the ballot for voters, but was not a proponent
Aug 13, 2016, 9:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

Drive to boost Calif. lottery sales under wayNews Story
Revenue-building campaign needed as governor's bond proposal gains footing The California state lottery is switching its advertising pitch on nearly two dozen billboards throughout the state, a modest attempt to boost ticket sales. But the sales campaign will have to get much more aggressive if the lottery is going to pay off Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $15 billion bond plan to help cover a huge state budget deficit. Instead of showing life-changing jackpots that can exceed $100 milli
Jun 24, 2008, 8:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Alabama lottery bill faces battle in HouseNews Story
Senators thought the lottery proposal they approved Friday directed 10 percent of the revenue toward Alabama's education budget, but it doesn't. An amendment was added earlier Friday to Senate Bill 3 to give the education budget a slice of the lottery money. But a subsequent amendment to send the first $100 million in revenue to the state Medicaid agency, deleted the education allocation. Whether that amendment will get back into the bill is now unknown. I'm going to talk to the House
Aug 21, 2016, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Conn. AG urges changes before allowing KenoNews Story
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal advised Connecticut legislators Monday to amend the state's memoranda of understanding with two federally recognized Indian tribes before attempting to legalize Keno in the state. He said the proposal to bring Keno to Connecticut, suggested last week by Gov. M. Jodi Rell as a way to raise about $60 million a year in new revenue, could risk the $400 million the casinos provide the state annually in slot machine revenues. Under that memoranda between the t
Jun 2, 2009, 6:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Legal opinion sinks sale of Colorado LotteryNews Story
Dreams of selling off the Colorado Lottery for a fat payoff were discarded like a losing scratch ticket Thursday after state legal experts gave an adverse opinion on the plan. Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, said he would not seek a measure that would ask voters to sell a concession contract in the state lottery because he couldn't fix a legal opinion that referred to the proposed sale as the state taking on $3 billion in debt. I may be a freshman, but I'm not that stupid, Romer said.
Apr 20, 2007, 8:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maine Lottery won't be adding KenoNews Story
Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that his administration is backing off its plan to expand the Maine State Lottery to include the gambling game Keno at as many as 300 locations. In remarks to reporters during a maple syrup season ceremony at the Blaine House, LePage said he personally doesn't like gambling and supported the Keno proposal only because he thought Democrats wanted the lottery expansion. If they don't want it, then we'll kill it, he said. In fact, I told them to go kill it
Mar 11, 2015, 10:14 am - Todd - Lottery News