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Virginia Lottery Sales Pass the $15 Billion MarkNews Story
Best Second Quarter in Lottery's History Is Good News for K-12 Public SchoolsThe Virginia Lottery reached two major milestones as the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 came to a close.Executive Director Penelope W. Kyle today announced the best second quarter in the Virginia Lottery's history as nearly $330 million in sales were reported from October through December 2004.Kyle also announced that the Virginia Lottery has passed the $15 billion mark in total sales since the Lottery began in Sept
Jan 24, 2005, 10:31 pm - Lottery News

Lottery dealer opens his books to show he's not getting richNews Story
Customers strolling into Jammer's Bar and Grill at 12th and Hoyt Street SE can spend their paychecks on 18 taps of beer, hard liquor, burgers and munchies, and five pool tables.But barkeep Scott McComas' biggest profits come from the folks glued to six video-poker machines lining his tavern's rear wall, alongside an ATM.The Oregon Lottery Commission is expected to vote Wednesday to add slot-machine-style games to its network of video-poker terminals housed in bars and restaurants across the stat
Jan 24, 2005, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Oregon school backers, retailers spar over lottery profitsNews Story
Bar and tavern owners are squaring off with school advocates over the surge of new revenue that's expected to come from the Oregon Lottery's expansion into electronic slot machines.At a hearing yesterday, retailers said the Lottery is proposing a raw deal for them when it comes to sharing expected slot machine revenue.But groups advocating for children and schools say the retailers already are making excessive video lottery profits and should get less money, not more.At Gov. Ted Kulongoski's req
Jan 12, 2005, 8:47 am - Lottery News

Oregon lottery sales averaged $249 per resident last yearNews Story
From video-poker machines at bars and restaurants to ticket sales at convenience markets and grocery stores, Jackson County residents spent $42.2 million on the Oregon Lottery in the fiscal year that ended in June.Thats as if every man, woman and child in the county spent about $222 on Lottery games last year, slightly less than the state average.Of course, not everyone plays. Roughly a quarter of the countys population isnt even old enough to gamble. However, per capita spending sales divided b
Dec 29, 2004, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery seeks to start video slot games in JulyNews Story
Despite the opposition of some legislators, Oregon Lottery officials yesterday indicated that July 1 is being targeted as the start-up date for the lottery's new video slot-machine games. We aren't just going to flip a switch. We are going to plan it and make it successful, Lottery Director Dale Penn said during a meeting of the state Lottery Commission.Penn's comment came as the panel voted to begin exploring the steps needed to implement Gov. Ted Kulongoski's plan to expand state-sponsored ga
Dec 18, 2004, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

U.S. teens hit by poker craze epidemicNews Story
More teenagers have started staying home and working on math skills: calculating percentages, identifying patterns, adding and subtracting. They're playing poker Texas Hold 'em. It's probably the hottest craze with teenages going on at this time. There's probably not another activity that they're interested in that's going on right now more than poker-tournament playing, said Pat Fowler, director of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling.Since televised Texas Hold 'em tournaments have beco
Oct 4, 2004, 3:40 pm - Lottery News

Ohio lottery player cries foul over scratch ticketNews Story
Charles Straight has the name of a poker champ. I love to play poker, I love to play the lottery, but when I win, I like to be paid, said Straight, 68.And he said that hasn't happened with a Hold'em Poker instant Ohio Lottery ticket he bought. The front of the card, he said, shows him holding a 6 through 10 straight, which beats the three 8s he said the dealer holds, and he deserves the $2,000 the ticket pays out.But the Ohio Lottery disagrees. Basically, the man didn't have a winning ticket,
Sep 27, 2004, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery hires S.D. lottery chiefNews Story
The nationwide search for a new director to lead the beleaguered Minnesota Lottery ended close to home Thursday with the appointment of Clint Harris, executive director of the South Dakota Lottery.Harris, 49, has led the South Dakota Lottery since 2000 and posted four consecutive years of record profits beginning in 2001. In fiscal 2004, the South Dakota Lottery produced more than $115 million for a state with a population of 738,000. That's due, in part, to its reliance on video gambling, with
Sep 24, 2004, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Tenn. lottery fans make fewer runs for the Kentucky borderNews Story
Gene Dotson is something of a video-game-stool philosopher of luck.As a regular lottery player, the retiree from Nashville has good reason to think about these things.''Is there such a thing called luck?'' Dotson asked Tuesday, a twinkle in his eye and a cigarette between two fingers as he played a video poker game at a lottery outlet just north of the Tennessee-Kentucky line, 36 miles from home. ''Is it who you are? ''Why do people keep doing it? Why do I keep doing it?''Whatever the cosmic an
Aug 2, 2004, 9:52 am - Lottery News

$10,000 winner suing Tennessee lotteryNews Story
How much is a lost chance at $1 million worth?That's the crucial question raised by a lawsuit filed by a Fayetteville man who claims mistakes during the state's first $1 million lottery drawing cost him a chance at the top prize.But determining how much he was damaged by a lost chance would be difficult, local attorneys said.Dennis Perry, a 57-year-old disabled veteran, won $10,000 in the June 26 drawing at Opry Mills. He was one of three finalists for the big prize. In a lawsuit filed in Lincol
Jul 19, 2004, 8:23 am - Lottery News