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Penn. officials study slots' effect on lottery revenuesNews Story
Pennsylvania state senators pressed state Revenue Secretary Greg Fajt last week on just one of the many multimillion dollar questions pertaining to the imminent arrival of slot machines.Will the new gaming harm the Pennsylvania Lottery, now flourishing due to the many small-time gamblers who focus their wagering dollars on the numbers and instant games?Fajt's answer on behalf of the pro-slots Rendell administration: We don't think so.But no one knows for certain. The question has not been studie
Feb 21, 2005, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Texas to use Lottery to institute video slot machinesNews Story
Facing an uphill battle to amend the Texas Constitution to allow video slot machines, some Texas lawmakers are working on legislation to authorize the devices as an extension of the lottery.Such a bill would only require a majority vote in the House and Senate and then the governor's signature. A proposed constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers and then a vote by the public.Mike Sizemore, a spokesman for Sen. Ken Armbrister, said Armbrister is trying to determine whe
Feb 17, 2005, 9:26 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery has a fighting chance this yearNews Story
If a lottery is going to be approved in North Carolina, this just might be the year.At least the 2005 session of the General Assembly appears to offer the best chance ever, for it to happen, said state Rep. Billy Owens, D-Pasquotank, a perennial lottery supporter.But Owens also said the window for winning a lottery for North Carolina is starting to shut. He characterizes 2005-06 as the last chance, mainly because the political makeup of the General Assembly could shift, making it even more diffi
Feb 10, 2005, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas legislator wants voters to decide on state lotteryNews Story
A west Arkansas legislator is proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a state lottery to benefit public schools.Representative Buddy Blair of Fort Smith introduced a resolution Thursday that would lift Arkansas' constitutional ban on lotteries and authorize the state to run them.Proceeds would be strictly earmarked to funding court-ordered upgrades to public school buildings and equipment. Blair said a lottery would generate about $50 million annually.Blair is hoping the Legislature w
Feb 4, 2005, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Mystery lottery winner claims $3.8 million jackpotNews Story
Michigan law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous, and the man who cashed in a winning WinFall ticket this week took full advantage of it.The man turned in the winning ticket from the April 10, 2004 drawing, which offered a $3.8 million jackpot. He opted to take a lump-sum payment good for $1.4 million after taxes.The man would not let lottery officials identify him publicly or provide his age, hometown or place of employment, said Andi Brancato, a lottery commission spokeswoman. He was a
Feb 4, 2005, 9:44 am - Lottery News

VA Lottery Director wants to be college presidentNews Story
Virginia Lottery Director Penelope Ward Kyle said a lack of university experience shouldn't hamper her management abilitiesVirginia Lottery Director Penelope Ward Kyle assured Radford University faculty Tuesday that she wouldn't institute radical changes if she succeeded Douglas Covington as president. Far be it from me with my career experience ... to tell you what you should be doing, she said. I haven't been doing what you all have been doing for all these years. Before coming to the lotter
Feb 2, 2005, 3:09 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery: More than 'state-sanctioned gambling operation'News Story
This is the first story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impactSince it was founded in April 1989, it has generated nearly $8 billion in sales and contributed more $2 billion in revenue to the state treasury. But this multibillion-dollar enterprise is not your typical big business.The billions in sales it has generated come not from the sale of goods or services but from the sale of tickets. The $2 billion in revenue it has produced for the state comes not fr
Jan 27, 2005, 10:18 am - Lottery News

Hopes for N.C. lottery still aliveNews Story
Dire financials may push lawmakers to use lottery as a solutionThe $1.2 billion revenue shortfall legislators expected to greet them as the General Assembly opened Tuesday may be enough to bring the lottery to North Carolina, area legislators said.There are 21 new members in the state House who could change the chamber's perennial vote against the lottery, said Rep. Dewey Hill, D-Columbus. And some who were formerly opposed to it, like him, may have changed their minds. I don't like the lottery,
Jan 26, 2005, 12:42 pm - Lottery News

Lottery benefits Kentucky students but not its schoolsNews Story
This is the third story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impactAmid last year's protest by Kentucky teachers over what they considered to be an insufficiently-funded health insurance plan offered by Gov. Fletcher, the Kentucky Lottery Corp. received a letter from one of the angry educators. The letter underscored another, much older controversy surrounding education funding. The letter writer said, 'When you look at the amount of money generated for the Kentu
Jan 26, 2005, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Group finds winning lottery ticket a month after the drawingNews Story
A lottery pool of shop workers who play the UK Lotto spoke today of their delight at discovering that an unchecked lottery ticket left in their office was worth 5 million (US$9.4 million).The winning ticket was found in a plastic cup a full month after the lucky workers numbers came up in the Christmas Eve Lotto Superdraw, matching numbers 15, 19, 24, 36, 37 and 49.The 12 members of the pool, who worked at Pennys clothes shop and Penmark Cards, in Allestree, Derbyshire, could not conceal their
Jan 26, 2005, 10:47 am - Lottery News