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NH Lottery offering online gambling gamesNews Story
Gamblers will be able to buy lottery tickets in New Hampshire next week to play online a move seen by some as an expansion of the kind of gambling that state lawmakers oppose. PlayNowNH interactive games go on sale July 1. In them, players choose the game baseball, super slots, speed bingo or New Hampshire poker and the amount they want to play. For example, players can buy chances for the $1 baseball game on one ticket or a separate ticket with chances for the $5 poker game. They can b
Jun 25, 2010, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Vermont sued over state lottery contract awardNews Story
The company that has operated Vermont Lottery games for the past 10 years is suing the state, trying to force the release of documents related to Vermont's decision to switch to another company. Scientific Games International Inc. alleges in a lawsuit that the state Lottery Commission, its executive director, Alan Yandow, and Attorney General William Sorrell have violated Vermont's public records law for about a year by refusing to provide the documents. Scientific Games, based in Alpharet
Jun 11, 2010, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Movie box office: Real betting is on the wayNews Story
People in the industry like to place little wagers on the weekend boxoffice. They're probably nothing more than five bucks, or a coffee shop lunch if x beats y this weekend. That sort of thing. That's about to change, though, in a major way. Soon, everyone will be able to bet on the boxoffice, and make or lose lots of money on the outcome. Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick is right now beta testing something called The Cantor Exchange. Lutnick already operates the Hollywood Stock Exchange
Feb 23, 2010, 6:02 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery sales hurt by lagging economyNews Story
Lottery ticket sales declined about $11.3 million in the past fiscal year, mainly because of a downturn in the economy, Oklahoma officials said. Powerball sales, which make up the majority of lottery sales, tumbled an estimated $7.6 million, partly because of the economy and a lack of significant jackpots, Jim Scroggins, executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, said Tuesday. The Oklahoma Lottery is expected to contribute $66.7 million to public education for the 2010 fiscal y
Dec 11, 2009, 9:33 am - Lottery News

$50M lottery winners share wealthNews Story
A Manitoba couple who won a CA$50 million (US$46.7 million) lottery jackpot in the Nov. 6 Canada Lotto Max drawing are sharing the wealth with their Sagkeeng First Nation community. Kirby and Marie Fontaine have outfitted a hockey team and set their sights on a hot meal program at a school on Sagkeeng First Nation, about 100 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, following their Lotto Max win. Claude Guimond, coach of the newly formed Sagkeeng 69s, said Kirby approached him shortly after the lo
Dec 5, 2009, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery giant GTECH lays off 31 R.I. employeesNews Story
Lottery giant GTECH Corp. laid off 31 employees in Rhode Island two weeks ago as part of a larger round of worldwide cuts by its parent company, a spokesman said Tuesday. The job cuts took place on Nov. 17 at a number of the company's facilities in the state, said Robert Vincent, senior vice president for corporate affairs at GTECH, a subsidiary of the Italian company Lottomatica SpA. The parent company eliminated about 80 positions across its divisions, he said. Like most good companies,
Dec 1, 2009, 8:42 pm - Lottery News

Powerball coming to Maryland, MassachusettsNews Story
According to local media reports, Powerball lottery tickets will soon be sold in Maryland and Massachusetts. Other Mega Millions states are sure to follow. Maryland Lottery Director Buddy Roogow expects the sales to begin in the next four or five months. The decision is a result of lots of negotiations between officials in the states that operate Mega Millions and Powerball over the last seveal months. Roogow says an official announcement is likely to come in the next few days. He says sal
Oct 12, 2009, 6:36 am - Lottery News

N.M. Lottery's Roadrunner Cash game changing this weekendNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery is changing the in-state Roadrunner Cash game to create a larger starting prize and jackpots that grow larger, faster. The game will feature a starting jackpot of $25,000, up from $20,000, and a new $1 prize for matching two of five numbers. The changes will take effect this weekend, starting with the Oct. 5th drawing. To offer the enhancements, more numbers will be added to the game's number pool. Players will pick five numbers from 1 to 37, up from the current m
Oct 2, 2009, 3:45 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery officials waiting for Powerball winner to come forwardNews Story
Editor: The original news story contained several errors that have been corrected, as noted below. Right now one Powerball lottery ticket holder is a multi-millionaire and may not even know it. So far no one has come forward to claim Wednesday night's prize of $259,900,000. The Powerball winner bought the ticket in South Carolina at the Murphy USA store on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia. The interim director of the S.C. Education Lottery made the announcement Thursday morning at the sto
Aug 21, 2009, 12:51 pm - Lottery News

One ticket from S.C. wins $260M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Mega Millions jackpot worth $207M still up for grabs A torrent of ticket sales sent the Poweball jackpot soaring again, to $259.9 million up $15 million since the $245 million estimate was established Saturday and then one ticket won last night. Unless you bought your Powerball ticket in South Carolina, your only shot at a $200+ million lottery jackpot is tomorrow night's Mega Millions drawing. The store that sold the ticket is the Murphy USA gas station at 7530 Garners Ferry Road in Co
Aug 20, 2009, 11:25 am - Lottery News