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Gtech lottery, gaming units may be split in saleNews Story
If Gtech Holdings Inc. is sold, as recent reports suggest, it may be marketed in pieces to buyers interested in its global lottery operations and gaming equipment business, analysts told Bloomberg News.The Wall Street Journal published a report Tuesday indicating Gtech received an unsolicited expression of interest from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s private equity unit. Gtech, the world's biggest seller of computerized lottery systems, told Bloomberg News Monday it was considering an unsolicited
Sep 14, 2005, 7:21 am - Lottery News

B.C. lottery officials extend deadline to settle fight over jackpotNews Story
The British Columbia Lottery Corp. has given two groups of feuding fast-food workers another day to decide who deserves a share of a $14.5 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. They've asked for more time, Jim Lightbody, the corporation's vice-president of gaming, said Monday. We're not certain why. Nine workers at an A W fast-food restaurant in Mission, B.C., say they're the only rightful claimants to the prize from the Aug. 13 draw.But four others have come forward to demand a share of the jackpot, sa
Aug 30, 2005, 10:18 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery votes to join PowerballNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission voted Monday to join the Powerball multi-state lottery game, making Oklahomans eligible for mega lottery prizes beginning next year.Oklahoma will be the Multi-State Lottery Association's 30th jurisdiction to offer the game.Powerball is currently played in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.It is one of two groups that operate games that offer huge, multi-million dollar prizes to participating states. The other is Mega Millions.Oklahom
Aug 30, 2005, 9:17 am - Lottery News

Schwarzenegger to replace Calif. lottery directorNews Story
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's aides said Tuesday that he is dumping troubleshooter Chon Gutierrez, the acting lottery director who engineered California's participation with the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game, and then sent an adviser to spy on Democrats who are trying to halt ticket sales.Democrat lawmakers and an anti-gambling group that sued the lottery took a break from their political bombardment of the Republican governor and hailed his decision.The governor's office has
Jul 28, 2005, 2:15 pm - Lottery News

Workers Win $15M Lottery Jackpot After Playing Wrong GameNews Story
It was a $15 million mistake.Eleven dental workers at Warren Family Dental in Howland, Ohio had been playing the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game for a year in hopes of winning big.This past week, one group member who usually doesn't play mistakenly bought an Ohio Super Lotto ticket for the group.All six of the numbers were drawn Saturday, making the dental workers winners of the $15 million jackpot.Nick Grano of the Ohio Lottery Commission said some of the women came to the regional offic
Jun 24, 2005, 12:06 pm - Lottery News

Anti-lottery group will file lawsuit against Mega Millions in Calif.News Story
The California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion will file a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court within two weeks seeking an injunction to shut down the state's Mega Millions multistate lotto as unconstitutional, it said Thursday.If successful in the lawsuit, it could cost the California Lottery plenty. Possible lawsuits by the other 11 states in the game, lost startup costs, a dent in the lottery's sales-fostering integrity and other fallout could total tens of millions of dollars.Adopting
Jun 24, 2005, 10:33 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery opponents put pressure on lawmakersNews Story
As the battle over a lottery in North Carolina continues, opponents are stepping up the pressure on lawmakers.After a close vote in the state House the opposition now has its sights set on the Senate.Anti-lottery groups hope the pressure on lawmakers will pay off.The lottery is like no issue I've ever experienced in the General Assembly, John Rustin of the N.C. Family Policy Council explained. The coalition assembled to fight the lottery from conservative groups to fairly liberal organizations.A
Apr 19, 2005, 10:18 am - Lottery News

Officials form lottery pool in attempt to clear town's debtNews Story
Local officials in a small German town are banking on a lottery win to keep the local council from going bust.Town councilors in Blumberg near the Swiss border say their community of 10,660 residents has one of the largest debts in Germany, at 1,700 per head.The group of local politicians have now formed a lottery syndicate [pool], playing twice a week with their own money.Local finance officer Thomas Lauble said: The most important figures in my week are now the seven numbers drawn each Wedne
Feb 21, 2005, 11:30 am - Lottery News

Group fearful of lottery in AlabamaNews Story
A Washington, D.C.-based public policy group called The Tax Foundation issued warnings about a new lottery campaign aimed at Alabamians.It's an advertising drive in east Alabama thanking residents for driving to Georgia to buy lottery tickets, said Bill Ahern, spokesman for the group, which recently studied state lotteries and their impact.The campaign will feature a clerk in a Georgia store who points out that Alabama money has helped fund his children's college education. It's all going to be
Feb 21, 2005, 9:13 am - Lottery News

California Lottery to consider multi-state gameNews Story
In the California Lottery commission meeting next week, lottery staffers will present a report to the commission about the potential for California to join a multi-state lottery game.The will be the first presentation of this kind to the commission. The group giving the presentation has not publicly revealed the content of their presentation.The presentation will be made by employees of the California Lottery, and will not include presentations from the multi-state gaming groups, such as MUSL (
Feb 2, 2005, 12:23 pm - Lottery News