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Sanford asks S.C. Education Lottery to make small cutsNews Story
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he doesn't approve of a state lottery but since it's here, it should be as efficient as possible.Sanford said in a budget hearing Wednesday that he'd like the South Carolina Education Lottery to cut its retailer commissions and put even more money toward education.The lottery has had about $1.2 billion in gross sales from the beginning of the games on Jan. 7, 2002 to Aug. 31, 2003.About 7 percent of that goes toward retailer commissions. Sanford questioned w
Oct 2, 2003, 3:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cover-up alleged in Arkansas LotteryNews Story
An irate lottery player claimed in county court that Arkansas Lottery officials tried to keep him quiet about flawed lotto tickets. In a class action, the man says that the security director of the Arkansas Lottery Commission offered him a bizarre assortment of Lottery merchandise and asked him to keep quiet about flawed tickets, so the Lottery would not lose money while it had the tickets reprinted. Lead plaintiff Rick Tomboli sued the Arkansas Lottery Commission and its top officials, in
May 2, 2012, 9:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery officials exploring other ways to pay winning-ticket holdersReply
Funny thing and I should have included it but what with the long distance calls, I spent more money than what I would have paid for the money orders. Still, I thought this was one of those cases where it wasn't the money, but the principle. They still sell tickets and scratchers; like RCB says below your post, they make a small percentage (5%) on each ticket sold and I'm sure they didn't want to lose even that relatively small amount of profit. They still pay with a money order - when it's
Jun 22, 2015, 12:57 pm - mikeintexas - Lottery News

Cover-up alleged in Arkansas LotteryReply
I'm not completely sure, but what it sounds like to me is, when the Bonus $50 box has the gold bar looking symbol thing, it is most likely in the same spot on every winning ticket that has that symbol. So my guess is, the retailer figured that if they could scratch a tiny mark out of the middle of that box, if they see some type of ink that looks consistent with the Bonus $50 winning symbol, then they know it's a winner. This particular retailer probably knows the difference between a
May 2, 2012, 10:43 pm - B$Rizzle - Lottery News

Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay upReply
Instead of wasting time on the retailer guidelines you'd be better off finding out the difference between a legal agent and many other types of agents . Simply calling a retailer a sales agent or sales agency doesn't mean they are a legal agent. If you read the end of your quote it very plainly says that it means retailers are licensed to sell tickets. If the lottery intended to make retailers legal agents of the lottery it would be carefully spelled out, describing exactly what powers retailers
Nov 5, 2009, 1:37 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

California's lottery retailer of the month is small family-owned storeNews Story
A relatively small Vallejo, California family business in a diminutive strip mall beat out more than 18,000 stores of all sizes to be named California's State Lottery Retailer of the Month for March.A ceremony was held at Vallejo's Market Town Liquor Deli on Tuesday.The accomplishment is remarkable considering Market Town's size, said Lance De Anda, a lottery official. The store has generated $4 million in lottery sales and contributed $1.5 million to public education since going into business
Feb 23, 2005, 2:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia man hits the Mega Millions jackpot twiceNews Story
A Georgia man held two of three winning tickets for a $70 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, good for a cash option prize of $26.6 million before taxes, lottery officials said.Stephen Cooke of Roswell, Georgia, a recently hired bus driver by Fulton County, said Wednesday that he didn't realize until he went to claim the prize that he had double-purchased the winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing.Cooke will share the $70 million jackpot with the owner of another Mega Millions ticket purchased
Nov 13, 2003, 5:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery requires winners to sign ticketsNews Story
On the heels of a similar announcement from the Ontario Lottery, the Iowa Lottery has imposed a new rule aimed at reducing the possibility of retailer fraud. Starting March 15, 2008, Iowa retailers will only be able to check and cash lottery tickets if they have first been signed by the ticketholder. The lottery also reinforced that players are responsible for the accuracy of their tickets before leaving the store, and for determining if their ticket is a winner. Under current rules, re
Mar 10, 2008, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
isn't a bonus check only handed out if the prize is claimed? I'm pretty sure that's how it works in some states, but not all of them. I've never understood why a retailer should get paid thousands of times as much for selling one ticket than any other ticket, but if they're going to do it at all I don't see why collecting the prize matters. The retailer sold the ticket and the lottery collected their share, so the retailer is being penalized because the player died, forgot, or lost the tick
Mar 29, 2024, 5:02 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
Just updated the story with the retailer that sold the winning ticket. They are already receiving a bonus check today!
Mar 27, 2024, 9:49 am - Todd - Lottery News