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Texas Lottery reaches record $8 billion in sales
Lottery achieves its highest revenue transfer ever
By Kate Northrop
Last week, the Texas Lottery announced that it not only broke its own sales record for the 11th-consecutive year, but it also crossed the whopping $8 billion mark for its fiscal year sales total.
Having surpassed the $8 billion milestone, the Lottery reported a massive $1.998 billion contribution to state education and veterans, its highest yet.
When then-Gov. Ann Richards purchased the first Texas Lottery scratch t
Sep 28, 2021, 6:42 pm - Lottery News
UPDATE: New Jersey Lottery restores Fast Play sales following glitch
Lottery promises compensation for some players
By Kate Northrop
The New Jersey Lottery today announced that sales for its Fast Play family of games will be restored this evening after a software issue forced ticket sales offline and provided details regarding compensation for affected tickets.
On Tuesday, the Lottery suspended Fast Play sales immediately after discovering a vendor software error.
Sales for the Fast Play family of games are scheduled to resume tonight, Apr. 29 at 5:00
Apr 29, 2021, 4:16 pm - Lottery News
New Jersey Lottery suspends Fast Play sales due to software issue
No definite timeline for sales to start again
By Kate Northrop
The New Jersey Lottery announced last night that ticket sales for the Fast Play family of games was suspended due to a vendor software issue.
Tickets for Fast Play are printed by Lottery terminals and are also available at self-service vending machines. When a player buys a Fast Play ticket, it immediately informs whether they won.
Upon discovery of the problem, the Lottery immediately halted ticket sales. The suspension
Apr 28, 2021, 3:18 pm - Lottery News
Misprinted Kentucky Lottery tickets lead players to mistakenly believe they won
IGT software error dashes players' hopes and excitement
By Kate Northrop
Quite a few Kentucky Lottery players thought they had won big time when they saw matching symbols printed on their Tic Tac Cash Fast Play tickets, but that joy quickly dissipated when they found out that those symbols were not indicators of winning the lottery at all, rather they were a result of a software error.
According to the Kentucky Lottery, a vendor software issue affected some lottery vending machines in O
Dec 17, 2020, 5:19 pm - Lottery News
World Lottery Association unanimously re-elects Tennessee Lottery CEO as President
By Kate Northrop
Rebecca Paul Hargrove, the current CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, will continue to serve as WLA President, marking the second time she was elected for the two-year term position.
The WLA is an international member-based organization made up of 154 official government-run lotteries and other licensed lottery organizations from 85 countries. It was established as a way for lotteries to develop relationships with one another and to create international standards and regulation
Oct 16, 2020, 3:47 pm - Lottery News
State lotteries exceed expectations in 2020
Despite hardships, lotteries are breaking sales records
By Kate Northrop
In previous months defined by economic hardship brought on by the global pandemic, the lottery industry has proven to be a beacon of light, with some state lotteries defying expectations and exhibiting record sales.
The Texas Lottery, which has made headlines recently for its internationally-ranking Lotto Texas jackpot (now standing at $45.5 million), is also exceeding expectations with its 10th-consecutive record-
Sep 25, 2020, 4:29 pm - Lottery News
NJ Lottery mistakenly printed malicious website address on lottery tickets
By Kate Northrop
The New Jersey Lottery misspelled the address of their second-chance website on lottery tickets, leading players to visit a malicious website with the potential to install malware on their computer.
According to the Lottery, a state vendor programmed store registers to print an incorrect web address on tickets for playing Collect 'N Win, a second-chance promotion that has been running for about three weeks.
Bill Bauer, a former software engineer from Edison, said he enc
Aug 28, 2020, 12:26 pm - Lottery News
Connecticut Lottery's Fast Play instant game crashes lottery terminals
Connecticut's newest instant game is so popular, lottery terminals can't keep up
By Kate Northrop
The Connecticut Lottery's newest game is attracting so many players that lottery terminals are slowing or shutting down.
Fast Play, the Lottery's newest instant game, was launched about a month ago. Since then, the game has attracted players across the state and generated about $5 million in sales. In fact, the game has received so much attention, that lottery terminals at retailers and the
Aug 17, 2020, 6:19 pm - Lottery News
Skyrocketing scratch-off sales indicate lotto players are resilient
By Kate Northrop
While ticket sales and jackpots are down for draw games like Powerball and Mega Millions, Americans have no problem finding entertainment in other lottery alternatives.
Vendors have been selling tickets for multi-state games during stay-at-home orders, but customers are understandably reluctant to take the time to pick out numbers and hand cash to attendants while making essential shopping trips. Instead, quick buys like scratch-off tickets make great substitutions for the
May 14, 2020, 2:08 pm - Lottery News
Louisiana public education takes a toll from decreased lottery proceeds
LA Lottery planning for a post-COVID-19 world
By Kate Northrop
With lower game participation levels amidst the nationwide COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, it is no surprise that state lottery revenues have taken a hit. Yesterday, Louisiana lottery officials announced that this would affect the proceeds used to help pay for K-12 public education.
Louisiana law requires that at least 35% of lottery proceeds be transferred to the state treasury and contribute to public education. About 53% of
May 5, 2020, 3:06 pm - Lottery News