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Intralot wins Idaho Lottery from larger rival Gtech
The Idaho Lottery will have a new vendor starting next February after a Greek company that's expanding in the U.S. won a $30 million contract to run the state's scratch ticket and online gaming system from a larger rival.
Intralot USA, a Georgia-based unit of Athens, Greece-based Intralot, beat out Rhode Island-based GTech by promising better service for instance, Idaho's online games, including Powerball, will run 24 hours a day under Intralot, up from the previous 22 hours and a more-at
May 3, 2006, 8:36 am - Lottery News
N.C. Lottery will pay Scientific Games one way or the other
Scientific Games might get a piece of North Carolina's lottery action after all.
When the state joins the multi-state Powerball game May 30, the big jackpot game probably will offer a feature allowing players to pay extra for a separate drawing to have winnings (other than the jackpot) multiplied by a random number.
But Scientific Games now under investigation by the state for possible violations of lobbying law owns the patent to the extra feature, known as Power Play.
Lottery offi
Apr 19, 2006, 6:51 am - Lottery News
Massachusetts store owner wins $1 million
Sometimes it pays to break a New Year's resolution.
After years of buying lottery tickets in the store he managed, Greg Lambert resolved this year it just wasn't worth it anymore. Last week, though, he caved and bought a $10 million Texas Hold 'Em ticket.
Something just told me to buy a ticket, so I did, he said.
The $10 ticket was a $1 million winner.
I bought it, scratched it, looked again, and looked again, and looked again ... said the 38-year-old Wayland resident.
Th
Mar 2, 2006, 9:21 am - Lottery News
Arkansas Gov. candidate's lottery figures appear unrealistic
Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Bill Halter's claim that a state lottery would generate as much as $250 million for education far exceeds previous state estimates that his campaign said Monday were out of date.In announcing his candidacy last week, Halter proposed a state lottery to ease the financial burden of overhauling the state's education system. He said the $250 million figure was at the high end of estimates.Halter spokesman Bud Jackson said Monday that the campaign would provide more s
Jan 24, 2006, 8:06 am - Lottery News
After sale, GTECH to remain in R.I.
Making it the latest Rhode Island company to be bought by a European firm, GTECH Holdings Corp. announced last week that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Lottomatica SpA, a Rome-based company that operates Italy's Lotto.The $4.8-billion deal will merge the West Greenwich-based company with the operator of one of the world's largest lotteries. Once combined, the two companies would have approximately 6,300 employees with operations in more than 50 countries.Under the agreement,
Jan 16, 2006, 8:03 am - Lottery News
Lottery company misses bid deadline
One of the two major American lottery companies Tuesday let a key deadline pass for winning the right to operate a major chunk of North Carolina's new lottery games.Rhode Island-based GTECH Holdings said it did not submit a letter of intent to bid for the right to operate instant-winner scratch-off ticket games in North Carolina. The letters signal a company's interest to the state and keep the company in the loop for more contract information.GTECH's unwillingness to bid so far increases the od
Dec 28, 2005, 6:54 am - Lottery News
N.C. Lottery to join Powerball
North Carolina residents will get a shot at the nation's largest lottery jackpots.The state lottery commission voted Monday to join the multistate Powerball game, known for offering jackpots of $100 million and more, including one last month for $340 million, the second-largest in U.S. lottery history.AdvertisementTwenty-eight other states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands sell Powerball tickets. They could be available as soon as July.North Carolina will pay nothing to join
Dec 20, 2005, 6:42 am - Lottery News
Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery deal
Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.Also Thursday, a former federal magistrate was nominated to fill the last vacancy on the lottery commission and a legal foundation sued to have the Legislature's vote creating the lottery declared void.Charles Sanders, head of the lottery commission, said Scient
Dec 16, 2005, 6:53 am - Lottery News
Illegal deals of Minn. Lottery revealed in court documents
Authorities investigating former Minnesota lottery director George Andersen suspected he was involved in bribery, conspiracy and conflicts of interest, court documents show.Search warrants unsealed Friday lay out the still-open criminal investigation into Andersen's dealings with Media Rare, a public relations firm that had no-bid contracts with the lottery. The warrants are the first public indication that investigators thought Andersen's dealings might have amounted to more than mismanagement.
Dec 5, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News
Central Islip lottery winner feeling grand
What do you do with a million dollars?Long Island's latest big winner is paying off his credit card debt, for starters.Rich Vickers, 50, of Central Islip, said he will use most of his first payment to pay off $25,000 in charge card bills this week.Lottery officials presented Vickers with his first payment Friday at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City. Vickers won $1 million with a $5 ticket for the New York Poker Instant game.He's the 17th Long Islander to win a million or more in 2005.Vickers,
Nov 28, 2005, 12:15 pm - Lottery News