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N.M. Lottery introduces first joint lottery/tribal casino gameNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery and Santa Ana Star Casino have entered into the first joint lottery/tribal casino game in the state and possibly the United States.The two have launched LottoSino(C), an instant (Scratcher) game with two distinct playing fields: one for the lottery and the other for the casino.The traditional New Mexico Lottery portion features 11 ways to win with top cash prizes of $30,000. Santa Ana Star's portion includes a scratch-off playing field revealing various casino prizes rangi
Jun 14, 2005, 12:24 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery jackpot mess has critics enragedNews Story
Editor's Note: The following opinion article is not necessarily the opinion of Lottery Post, but is presented to illustrate how the latest Texas Lottery gaffe has fueled the fires of long-time critics of the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC). The article is written by Ken Rodriguez of the San Antonio Express-News.Ken Rodriguez: How Texas lottery advertised make-believe payoff for suckersThe sleight-of-hand Texas Lottery Commission has done it again. On Wednesday, the commission turned the Texas Lo
Jun 14, 2005, 11:30 am - Lottery News

N.C. gets lottery advice from Georgia, FloridaNews Story
Even as a gaming advocate, Steve Geller offers a bit of caution as North Carolina considers sanctioning a state lottery don't promise too much.Geller's home state of Florida has shipped $14 billion in lottery profits to a state education trust fund since the lottery's 1988 beginning.But it hasn't been nearly enough to escape the sort of criticisms that have come with lotteries nationwide, especially ones intended to help pay for education initiatives. It will help education, but it will never
Jun 6, 2005, 10:27 am - Lottery News

Public to get say over UK Lottery cashNews Story
The public could be set to get a say on where the remainder of the UK National Lottery's money goes. The new Lottery Bill could see Britons voting for their favourite good cause. It aims to increase competition in the bidding process for the licence to operate the Lottery.Next week, the Big Lottery Fund, which hands out 50 per cent of all good causes money, will launch a new televised competition.Called the People's Millions, the joint venture with ITV will allow viewers to vote for their favour
May 26, 2005, 1:48 pm - Lottery News

New Hamshire budget closely linked to lottery luckNews Story
If someone won Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, New Hampshire's tight state budget would be the big loser, according to the chairman of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.A winner of the $129 million jackpot would cool off betting in the final six weeks of the state's budget year, which could prevent the state from meeting its $71 million profit target, said Chairman Richard Campbell. We aren't going to make it unless Powerball gets on a roll, Campbell told Gov. John Lynch and the Executi
May 20, 2005, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery could be hurt by casinosNews Story
Lottery sales and Bingo revenue fell in Ohio counties nearest out-of-state casinos, raising concerns about the economic impact of such casinos coming to Ohio, according to a newspaper analysis.Public and private schools, animal protection groups, firefighters, the Roman Catholic church and other charitable groups benefit from about $600 million in Ohio Lottery profits and up to $90 million from bingo yearly.Supporters have estimated the state could get $500 million from allowing slot machines at
May 20, 2005, 9:36 am - Lottery News

Illionois lottery winner arrested on gun chargesNews Story
A northwestern Illinois man who is a member of a group that says it holds a lottery ticket worth $35.7 million was arrested Thursday on federal gun trafficking and drug charges.Eric Wagner, 32, of Freeport was indicted after a six-month undercover investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and several police departments. The federal indictment charges Wagner with eight counts of selling a firearm to a felon and eight counts of illegally distributing marijuana, polic
May 13, 2005, 9:51 am - Lottery News

Record PA Match 6 lottery winner flees media attentionNews Story
Elmer Crone Jr., 69, might be happy to be Pennsylvania's newest millionaire.He is apparently not happy with all the attention the win has brought him, however.On Monday, the state Department of Revenue announced that Crone had won $5.9 million in the largest Match 6 payoff to date in the game's 16-month history.Crone lives in a secluded area in Carroll Twp. in one of three homes off a narrow cul-de-sac in a stand of hardwoods.A neighbor, who declined to give his name, said Crone packed up his ca
May 12, 2005, 1:21 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery lost $212,000 in Super Bowl drawingNews Story
The Wisconsin Lottery lost $212,000 after it pulled out of a special drawing offering tickets and travel to the 2004 Super Bowl.The drawing was organized by a group that included NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann, according to an audit released Wednesday.Wisconsin Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage said the state has considered legal action to recoup the money it lost after the NFL objected to the drawing. But he said lottery officials have held back because they are unsure if a suit would succeed. We r
May 12, 2005, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Clash of the Lottery Titans: Scientific Games Suing Rival GTECHNews Story
Lottery and betting equipment maker Scientific Games Corp. said Monday that its subsidiary Scientific Games Royalty Corp. is suing GTECH Holdings Corp., the world's largest operator of lottery systems, for patent infringement.The lawsuit concerns the enforcement of Scientific Games' group participation multiplier patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,648,753 and 6,692,354 and GTECH's unauthorized and illegal use of same.Lorne Weil, Scientific Games' chairman and CEO, said, It is our intention to vigorous
May 9, 2005, 7:16 pm - Lottery News