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Florida shopkeeper accused of taking tourist's lottery winningsReply
Shame on this Lottery vendor. But it happens all across the USA. Recently Dateline NBC was trying to do an undercover story about this happening in New York. But the NY Lottery officials found out about it and sent WARNING notices through the terminals to all the vendors about what NBC was up to. Since then NY Lottery installed bar-code checkers at vendors so that people could check their own tickets.
Dec 29, 2010, 11:06 am - luisM - Lottery News

N.C. lottery commissioner had business relationship with vendorNews Story
A member of North Carolina's new lottery commission said he will remove himself from any decisions involving potential lottery vendors after it was disclosed he had a business relationship with a key executive of a major vendor.Lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings of Charlotte and Alan Middleton, a vice president for lottery vendor Scientific Games, had previously acknowledged their friendship.But both denied in interviews last month with The News Observer of Raleigh that they also had a busine
Oct 6, 2005, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery Director Aims to Dispel MythsReply
In 2004, the lottery sold $2.2 billion in tickets. After paying prize winners, bonuses and commissions to ticket vendors, and administrative costs, the remaining $648 million went to educationIf the players got half the ticket sales as prizes,that left $452 millions for bonuses and commissions to ticket vendors and administrative costs which is almost as much as education got.RJOh
May 4, 2005, 10:27 am - RJOh - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery Scratch Games InvestigatedReply
I contacted the Arizona lottery about the very same thing. They said they send people out to collect the tickets remaining from the vendors after the last top prize is gone but that sometimes it takes a while, especially in remote areas like where I live. Yeah, right.I guess it's impossible to notify the vendors to stop selling them by any way but car. Very high-tech operation.
Feb 15, 2005, 11:56 am - lazyjim - Lottery News

Forum criticized for including Georgia lottery firmsNews Story
A lottery forum planned for minority businesses in Memphis next week came under fire yesterday, with some vendors saying that inviting two companies that work for the Georgia lottery to participate makes it appear that a Tennessee-Georgia partnership is a done deal.Three African-American lawmakers are planning a ''Tennessee Lottery Business Opportunities Forum'' Sept. 4, featuring GTECH and Scientific Games. A state lottery board member, originally scheduled to appear, has pulled out of the prog
Aug 28, 2003, 4:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Vendors Object to Tenn.-Georgia PartnershipReply
I am in favor of the partnership myself. the lottery would start much earlier and make more money..The 4 vendors who are against the partnership are sore losers. They want absolute control. I personally feel that they are against the checks and balances in the Georgia system. In other words I feel as if the 4 vendors win, there is room for hanky panky which is not so easy if a sister state is looking over their shoulders.
Aug 26, 2003, 6:14 pm - Littleoldlady - Lottery News

California lottery retailers investigated for massive prize claimsReply
Actually they do get out much Stack- this Tacchini guy is a pit bull. A few years back he took Chris Hansen from To catch a predator on a ride along to nail some of these rogue vendors who were not playing by the rules. They were confiscating their equipment right there and then sending a clear message to all.If l recall correctly, they were sending folks in with genuine scratcher tickets specifically manufactured with amounts of $500.00 and asking the clerks if they had won anything- some clerk
Oct 31, 2014, 9:53 pm - noise-gate - Lottery News

Are vendors supposed to 'tape' tickets together?
So last night I went to buy seven $10.00 tickets. I noticed the first ticket was #47 (most stores sell them from the last number - 50 - to the first number - 1. So I bought the seven tickets, and when I got home I started to tear each ticket when I noticed that there was no number 45. It went from number 46 to number 44. After close inspection, I noticed a very thin piece of tape that held 46 and 44 together. So apparently, #47 and #46 were from a different roll. Is this ethical? Are vendo
Jun 18, 2011, 1:36 pm - Ralphie762 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Lottery work moving ahead of scheduleNews Story
The chief executive officer of the Tennessee lottery said yesterday that she is expecting upward of 20,000 applications for the lottery's approximately 300 jobs.Among the openings are a few senior staff positions that pay upward of $150,000 a year. Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul says she hopes to have those positions filled by the end of the week.People hired to fill those executive positions will serve on a committee that will evaluate proposals from companies wanting to snare a multimillion-dollar c
Oct 7, 2003, 5:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery leaders convene in D.C. to discuss future of gamesNews Story
La Fleur's annual symposium draws hundreds of lottery personnel, vendors By Todd Northrop This week leaders from nearly every U.S. and Canadian lottery met in Washington, D.C. at the annual La Fleur's Lottery Symposium to discuss the future of government lotteries, especially with regard to Internet sales and play. Emboldened by a U.S. Department of Justice opinion issued in Dec. of last year clarifying that the Wire Act only has bearing on sports wagering, state lotteries have immediat
Apr 26, 2012, 3:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News