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NJ Lottery tickets call Corzine 'Acting Gov.'News Story
Gov. Corzine got an early Christmas present from the New Jersey Lottery a demotion to acting governor. A $2 scratch-off game, Holiday Lucky Times 10, that hit the stores Nov. 13 lists Jon S. Corzine as Acting Governor on a list of state and lottery officials, even though Corzine was elected to a four-year term in November 2005. I just bought a ticket, I looked at the back of it just to see what the prizes were and I happened to notice it said, Jon Corzine, acting governor,' said Ja
Nov 21, 2006, 9:38 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery throws out GTECH contactNews Story
State to rebid lottery deal as lobbyist concerns arise Seeking to erase concerns the state's long-time lottery vendor might have enjoyed an inside edge in winning its latest contract, New Jersey state treasurer Bradley Abelow announced yesterday the state will rebid the job for the third time in 15 months. Abelow ended special hearings that have been going on before former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel O'Hern Jr. and said the department will move quickly to solicit new bids. Du
Oct 21, 2006, 11:53 pm - Lottery News

Newspaper apologizes for lottery results errorNews Story
Editor's Note: The man should have gotten his lottery results from Lottery Post's Quebec Lottery Results page. Newspapers often post erroneous results, and mistakes and apologies cannot be re-printed until the next day. A Quebec man recently threatened to sue the Montreal Gazette after the paper's error made him think he'd won a huge lottery jackpot when he hadn't. Today the paper ran a Note to Readers on A2 from its publisher, Alan Allnutt. He apologizes for the mistake which he
Aug 23, 2006, 2:27 pm - Lottery News

More offshore gambling arrestsNews Story
New case involves same pattern of offshore web site accepting sportsbets from US residents over the phone Four men were indicted for allegedly running an illegal offshore gambling operation, federal authorities said. The U.S. attorney's office reported Wednesday that four men have been indicted in connection with an ongoing investigation into a gambling and money laundering scheme that allegedly involves facilitating illegal betting through a Costa Rica-based Web site. According to the
Aug 17, 2006, 9:33 am - Lottery News

UK Lottery computer glitch eliminated the number '9'News Story
Thousands of United Kingdom Lottery players have been given free draw entries to make up for technical problems with computer-generated ticket numbers. A database glitch hit entries for the new Dream Number game last month, operator Camelot said yesterday. Some entries bought online or by text in the four days to July 17 did not contain the digit nine. They were still entered for draws on either July 15 or July 19 both of which contained the digit nine somewhere in the seven winnin
Aug 16, 2006, 1:03 pm - Lottery News

Bill would allow state leaders to remove N.C. lottery commissionersNews Story
North Carolina lottery commissioners could be stripped of their appointments for just cause under a bill recommended Tuesday by a House committee. The change comes after Kevin Geddings resigned from the commission last November as it was revealed he had worked for Scientific Games Corp., a company that tried unsuccessfully to win North Carolina's lottery business. House Speaker Jim Black appointed Geddings, but said later he wouldn't have had he known about Geddings' work with Scientific G
Jul 26, 2006, 4:35 pm - Lottery News

Study proves lottery not 'regressive tax' played mostly by poorNews Story
Editor's note: As you'll read below, the initial data provided by the New York Lottery to The Post-Star was incorrect, but the comparisons of geographic sales data and the results of the study were still valid, even after the correct figures were applied. Lottery Post has long opposed the theory that poor people disproportionately play the lottery, and this in-depth look at actual lottery sales data supports Lottery Post's position. Some have gone as far as labeling lotteries regressive taxat
Jun 14, 2006, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Intralot wins Idaho Lottery from larger rival GtechNews Story
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

Powerball lottery being considered in WyomingNews Story
In the latest push to make Wyoming a Powerball state, an interim legislative committee on Monday authorized legislation allowing Wyoming to join the multi-state lottery. Individual lawmakers have sponsored Powerball bills in past legislative sessions, but this marks the first time a committee will formally introduce a bill of its own. A Casper Star-Tribune poll of voters earlier this year showed that 62 percent support Powerball in Wyoming. The poll margin of error was 4 percent. The w
May 3, 2006, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Lotto Scam Clears One Woman's Bank AccountNews Story
Updated: April 26, 2006, 12:14 pm Scam artists are targeting Hampton Roads, Virginia. Already one woman from Chesapeake is out almost five thousand dollars because of a lottery scam. The State Police asked us to alert you about a bogus lottery sweepstakes letter that's been sent to at least three people here in Hampton Roads. It says it's from a sweepstakes in the Virgin Islands... and you of course are a big winner. The letter says you need to cash a check sent in the mail for $
Apr 26, 2006, 9:01 am - Lottery News