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Neighbor states may lose lottery windfallNews Story
A solitary billboard between Nashville and the Kentucky state line tells the story of what surrounding states have to lose or possibly gain when Tennessee begins its own lottery next year.The billboard, leased by the Kentucky lottery, announces the latest Powerball jackpot. It is a subtle reminder that lottery tickets are available not far ahead.Kentucky does little to promote its lottery in Tennessee, spokewoman Sara Westerman said. But it would like to keep as much as possible of the estimated
Oct 8, 2003, 4:42 am - Lottery News

LA Lottery Will Honor Misprinted Game TicketsNews Story
Tickets for three state lottery games - Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Quest - that were purchased Tuesday between 1:35 p.m. and 2:11 p.m. for Tuesday night's drawing were inadvertently generated for Wednesday's drawing.Louisiana Lottery President Randy Davis said the Lottery will honor winning Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Quest tickets purchased during that time frame for both drawings, Tuesday, Oct. 7 and Wednesday, Oct. 8.Lottery records indicate 1,493 Pick 3; 724 Pick 4; and 354 Cash Quest tickets were
Oct 8, 2003, 4:36 am - Lottery News

Kentucky lottery advertising changed in response to suitNews Story
A semiretired bookkeeper has sued the Kentucky Lottery Corp., accusing it of falsely advertising how numbers in one of its instant-win games are picked.Ronald B. Hub's lawsuit, filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court, seeks $1,000 in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.It claims a promotional brochure by the lottery stated that the single-digit numbers printed on Extra Cash tickets are randomly generated. However, Hub says losing numbers were printed much more frequently e
Oct 7, 2003, 5:26 am - Lottery News

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 - Lottery News

Del. Lottery shuts sales at two sitesNews Story
The Delaware Lottery Office has removed machines from two stores because of undisclosed debts, including a Bear newsstand that long has been one of the state's top ticket sellers, the state lottery director said Thursday.James T. Doody, owner of The News Basket at Fox Run Shopping Center in Bear, and Books-N-Things Too at Suburban Plaza in Newark, had his license to sell lottery tickets revoked about two weeks ago, director Wayne Lemons said.Lemons said Doody's two stores, and one he recently so
Oct 6, 2003, 5:51 am - Lottery News

D.C. Lottery finally hits the jackpotNews Story
The D.C. Lottery is in the money, with a record-setting profit of $237.3 million for fiscal 2003, officials said. We have had an exciting year. These are the highest numbers the lottery has made since its inception in 1982, said Jeanette Michael, executive director of the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Board.Lottery officials credited the record profit on new games, new players and newly enthused ticket agents.The D.C. Lottery has had fluctuating profits over the past two years due to the sl
Oct 6, 2003, 5:45 am - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery Sales Applications OpenNews Story
North Dakota's lottery office is taking applications from businesses that want to sell tickets.Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says today the lottery is expecting to license about 300 businesses. The demand for a lottery license will probably be much greater.Merchants who sell lottery tickets will get a five percent commission.Getting a sales license takes money. It costs 50 dollars to turn in the application, 30 dollars for a records check and 20 dollars for most credit checks.The fees are not
Oct 6, 2003, 5:33 am - Lottery News

300 years of winners, losers in state's lottery-history exhibitNews Story
Scandal strikes the lottery system; a former politician who's a mathematician argues passionately that lotteries should be banned; the General Assembly holds hearings.The scenario sounds like the state lottery of today: Lincoln Park's executive director and the CEO of Lincoln's parent company stand indicted for allegedly trying to bribe the law firm of the former speaker of the House. Rodney Driver, a former state representative and mathematics professor, argues to anyone who will listen that lo
Oct 6, 2003, 4:04 am - Lottery News

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 - Lottery News

Committee OKs Tennessee Lottery pay-scale planNews Story
The pay scale for Tennessee Lottery workers will range from $19,750 a year for a warehouse clerk to $150,000 a year for a senior vice president, plus bonuses, according to a preliminary plan approved by a lottery committee.Lottery workers also must pass a drug test before being hired.The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation's Human Resources Committee on Friday approved the plan, which still must be voted on by the entire board. Minutes later, new lottery chief Rebecca Paul hired her first em
Sep 29, 2003, 3:14 am - Lottery News