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Ohio Lottery signs up two NFL teams for branded gamesNews Story
With the signing of partnership agreements with the Ohio Lottery, the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns have become the sixth and seventh National Football League (NFL) teams to sign up to launch a limited number of team-branded lottery scratchcards through their state-sponsored lottery. Set for launch in late August, the Ohio Lottery will debut $5 Cincinnati Bengals and $5 Cleveland Browns instant games, with a top prize for each game of $100,000. The games will also offer a wide ar
Jul 31, 2009, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Washington Lottery-Seahawks team up on scratch gameNews Story
Washington's Lottery is rolling out a scratch-off ticket with the Seattle Seahawks, now that the NFL owners have agreed to allow team logos to be used on lottery tickets. The new Seahawks Winning Play Scratch tickets went on sale Tuesday and will be sold inside Qwest Field during Seahawks home games. The new Seahawks Scratch ticket gives players another way to support their team throughout the season, said Washington's Lottery Director Christopher Liu said in a statement. In addition, tic
Jul 22, 2009, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery teams up with RavensNews Story
Officials hope scratch-off will boost sales Maryland Lottery officials are gambling that Ravens football fever will bolster ticket sales when a new scratch-off is unveiled later this year, marking one of the first partnerships of its kind in the country. Under the $810,000 deal with the Ravens approved by the state Board of Public Works on Wednesday, the team's logo will appear on $5 purple scratch-off tickets starting during the preseason in August. Prizes include lifetime season tickets
Jun 18, 2009, 9:54 pm - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery unveils Redskins scratch ticketsNews Story
The Virginia Lottery and the Washington Redskins unveiled a new $50,000,000 Redskins Mania scratch ticket that will go on sale in August, in time for the start of the 2009 football season. This is one of the first to be launched by a state lottery and an NFL team, according to a news release from the Virginia Lottery, taking advantage of a new NFL rule that allows teams to sign licensing deals with state-sponsored lotteries. The Redskins went all out for the announcement, displaying their
Jun 10, 2009, 7:28 pm - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery contributions critical to athletic departmentNews Story
The University of Oregon athletic department likes to say it is self-sufficient. However, true self-sufficiency would mean receiving no outside help from other organizations. The department is almost self-sufficient. It hasn't received any money from the University's general fund since 2003, so it is self-sufficient from the institution. In reality, the University and the other colleges in the state of Oregon gets a little bit of help from an unlikely source: the Oregon Lottery. Since 1990
May 27, 2009, 11:59 am - Lottery News

Patriots plan lottery tie-in after NFL eases stanceNews Story
Promo will be a first for a league still sensitive about betting scandals The New England Patriots are developing the first licensed NFL instant ticket with the Massachusetts State Lottery just days after league owners voted to allow teams to partner with lotteries across the country. This is going to be a hugely successful collaboration, Robert Kraft, chief executive of Kraft Group, which owns the Patriots, said yesterday. We are looking forward to helping the lottery generate much needed re
May 26, 2009, 1:27 pm - Lottery News

Redskins second team to reach deal with state lotteryNews Story
One of the most valuable franchises in sports may have just gotten a little bit more valuable. According the Associated Press, the Washington Redskins, who Forbes listed as the third most-valuable team in sports in January, became the second NFL franchise to reach a licensing agreement with a state lottery, announcing their deal on Friday. The New England Patriots were the first, publicizing their agreement on Thursday, just one day after the issue was voted on by NFL owners. Though the
May 26, 2009, 1:22 pm - Lottery News

Ravens considering licensing deal with Md. LotteryNews Story
After NFL policy change, team in talks to put logo on scratch-off tickets The Ravens are huddling with Maryland Lottery officials over placing the team's logo for the first time on scratch-off tickets. We are in discussions, Ravens spokesman Chad Steele confirmed Friday, just 48 hours after the National Football League decided to allow clubs to strike such licensing deals with state-sponsored lotteries. Thursday, the New England Patriots reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Stat
May 23, 2009, 7:44 am - Lottery News

Delaware legalizes sports bettingNews Story
Table games are next; Maryland lawmakers worried Standing in front a screen displaying lines for the NFL, NBA and MLB, Gov. Jack Markell Thursday signed a sports betting bill into law at a ceremony inside the VIP room at Delaware Park racetrack and casino. After signing the legislation Markell said his administration looks forward to working with the state's three racinos to make the Delaware sports lottery as successful as possible. There is tremendous interest in the sports lottery t
May 15, 2009, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Second $1M lottery win for deli worker defies all oddsNews Story
What we're going to talk about today was a one-in-a-million shot. OK, technically the chances were 1 in 3,669,120,000,000 that the New York deli worker who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago would win another $1 million in the lottery a month ago. The number of zeros stuck at the end of that figure makes her repeat victory just slightly more difficult than a singer winning Simon's approval on American Idol. The first time I couldn't believe it, Valerie Wilson repor
Sep 12, 2006, 7:51 am - Lottery News