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Lawsuit claims NY state is ripping off lottery customersNews Story
A lawsuit claims the New York State Division of Lottery is tricking people into playing its Take Five lottery game by exaggerating the likelihood of winning. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday, said people were cheated of more than $5 million. It seeks unspecified damages and an order putting a stop to what it portrayed as a rip-off. The plaintiff in the lawsuit was identified as M. McKee, a resident of Richmond County. The lawsuit called her an especial
May 6, 2008, 9:54 am - Lottery News

Anniversary: N.D. Lottery reflects back on last four yearsNews Story
Four years ago today, North Dakota launched it's own lottery. At the time only Powerball was available for purchase in the state. Since then, three new games have been added. Each one of the North Dakota Lottery's games are run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which is famous for creating the first nation-wide multi-state lottery game, Powerball (formerly Lotto America). The North Dakota Lottery does not conduct any of the drawings itself. It's estimated by June 13th of
Mar 26, 2008, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

New Florida Lotto playslips a bother to someNews Story
Some players annoyed by re-writing slips used 'for years'; don't understand new jackpot options As the Florida Lottery made changes to its Lotto game, a Lauderhill woman claimed the $3 million jackpot from the March 1 game. Melony Gregory, of Lauderhill, chose the one-time, lump-sum payment, and will receive $1,711,642 after taxes. Meanwhile, Lotto players faced a slightly longer wait to purchase tickets for Wednesday night's drawing, the first since the Florida Lottery made changes to
Mar 6, 2008, 11:35 am - Lottery News

Brothers sharing $1M Georgia Lottery jackpotNews Story
With a few scratches, brothers Samoeun and Samoeuth Am have achieved a lofty goal only dreamed about by most Americans. On Jan. 4, Samoeuth Am drove from his Jacksonville home to the El Cheapo gas station on Ga. 40 in Kingsland to buy some Georgia Lottery tickets. Among them was a Georgia's $500 Million Club ticket with a top prize of $1 million. Am, who is unemployed, said he scratched off the ticket, which costs $20, near the cash register and stared at the ticket in disbelief. I kep
Jan 16, 2008, 12:20 pm - Lottery News

Texas students rank USA lotteriesNews Story
California, Pennsylvania best; Tennessee worst Gerald Busald is at it again. For more than a decade, the 65-year-old math professor at San Antonio College has turned scrutiny of the Texas Lottery into a classroom project. Armed with calculators, Busald and his students have exposed false advertising, attracted the media spotlight and sparked change. This year, Busald and his students are aiming beyond Texas. On Friday, they unveiled a ranking of every lottery in the United States based
Dec 20, 2007, 7:34 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery searches out more storesNews Story
Amid sluggish sales, officials hope to beef up the number of outlets Griswold's Family Produce sells honeydew and dreams. The combination produce stand and old country store south of Monroe sells apples to zucchini, homemade ice cream and, now, N.C. lottery tickets. Pick up a bag of golden delicious and a chance to become a millionaire. Griswold's is one of the newest, and less typical, retail outlets for Powerball or scratch-and-win tickets. It's also the sort of high-traffic, well-loc
Nov 23, 2007, 10:57 am - Lottery News

N.M. Lottery signs 7-year contract with IntralotNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery today awarded a contract for a new computer gaming system to Georgia-based Intralot, ending a competitive bidding process that started more than two and a half years ago. Over the life of the seven-year contract, the lottery will pay Intralot a base price of 1.50 percent or $18.2 million on projected total net sales of $1.15 billion. Intralot's base price includes ticket sale and validation terminals for 1,100 lottery retailers statewide as well as related peripher
Nov 20, 2007, 9:42 am - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery surpasses $1 billion mark in profits for the stateNews Story
The Kansas Lottery has banked its first $1 billion while also marking its 20th anniversary. At ceremonies Friday in Topeka, director Ed Van Petten said sales revenue transferred to the state treasury on Thursday pushed the game's all-time profits over the $1 billion mark. We are thrilled to tell you that the lottery has reached another milestone, he said. The second billion won't take nearly as long after Kansas' state-owned numbers game morphs into state-owned casino operator under a
Nov 12, 2007, 8:19 am - Lottery News

California looks to British lottery modelNews Story
California is seeking to become the first US state to privatize its lottery to raise as much as $37 billion ( 18 billion, 26 billion), with some of the funds used to finance governor Arnold Schwarzeneg ger's sweeping health care reforms. Some of Wall Street's biggest investment banks have made unsolicited approaches to the state to convince it of the merits of privatization. Goldman Sachs, Lehman Bros, JP Morgan, Bear Stearns, Citi, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS have all made pit
Oct 20, 2007, 8:44 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery Director: Profit losses leveling offNews Story
Sales of South Carolina lottery tickets initially sank as gas prices climbed, but customers seem to have gotten used to paying more at the pump, the state's lottery director said Wednesday. When gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon after Hurricane Katrina, lottery sales at South Carolina gas stations fell sharply, probably because customers felt that they had less pocket change after filling up. But a sample survey of retailers shows convenience store sales have since leveled, director Ernie
Oct 10, 2007, 10:17 pm - Lottery News