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Minnesota Lottery tests Internet salesNews Story
A quiet revolution in gambling is under way in Minnesota. Without a single press release or announcement, the Minnesota State Lottery is nearly a year into an experiment to get more Minnesotans to gamble online through a subscription lottery service. Private online gambling is illegal in Minnesota, and the state's elected leaders have turned back various gambling expansion proposals and online gambling ventures. But in the waning months of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration, the Minneso
Nov 28, 2011, 12:23 am - Lottery News

LOTTERY POST ANNOUNCES LOTTERY PRIZE PAYOUT RESULTSNews Story
Free access to entire past year of lottery data also announced Lottery Post, the world's largest community of lottery players and home of the Internet's most popular lottery results service, announced today the launch of its latest industry-leading innovation: current and past lottery prize payout results for all of the hundreds of lottery games shown at the Lottery Post Web site, on both computers and smartphones, such as iPhone and Android. Although the 'winning numbers' portion of lotte
Oct 18, 2011, 2:30 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery offers free ticket dealNews Story
Special deal is for Tuesday and Wednesday only Just in time for the late holiday season shoppers, the Idaho Lottery is offering a two-day special for players on Tuesday and Wednesday this week only. All day on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 players that purchase a $10 Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle ticket will receive a free Mega Millions ticket and a have chance at that night's $145 million jackpot. All day Wednesday, December 22, 2010, players that purchase a $10 Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle ticket w
Dec 21, 2010, 7:48 am - Lottery News

Arizona teacher claims $95 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A substitute teacher from Fort Mohave, Arizona, walked into the Arizona Lottery's headquarters Monday and put two weeks of rumors, speculation and excitement to rest, claiming a $95.3 million Powerball prize. Sheila Verke, 64, held the single prize-winning ticket, but her identity had been a mystery since the Dec. 1 drawing. She accepted a jackpot check in person Monday, accompanied by friends and financial advisers. She took the prize as a lump sum of $49.9 million rather than a 30-yea
Dec 14, 2010, 4:29 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky lottery winner wastes no time claiming jackpotNews Story
Won $19.12 million from Saturday night's Powerball drawing Knott County native and Louisville resident Muncie Meade is Kentucky's newest multimillionaire. The 24-year-old lawn service owner today presented a $19.12 million winning Powerball ticket at Kentucky Lottery headquarters. Meade has been lucky at lottery play recently, and another smaller win led to this major jackpot. I bought a $10 scratch-off ticket last week and won $250, he said. I took my winnings and bought a $5 Powerball qu
Dec 14, 2010, 9:17 am - Lottery News

West Virginia Lottery move delayedNews Story
It's going to be at least another year before the West Virginia Lottery moves out of leased space in Charleston to a 13-story building it purchased earlier this year on the other side of town. Lottery Director John Musgrave says a lot of renovation work is required at City Center West and the mandated changes have taken a long time to design and will take a long time to complete. Musgrave says restrooms in the building will have to be made handicap accessible, a fire suppression system mus
Dec 6, 2010, 12:39 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery privatization announcement expected WednesdayNews Story
Southtown Star Editorial Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is about to make a billion-dollar decision to which most of us haven't paid much attention. For months, consortiums and companies have been working behind the scenes to become the jackpot winner of a prize that will set an international gambling precedent. Illinois is soon to become the first in the United States to turn over its state lottery operations to a privately owned company. How this experiment progresses undoubtedly will set preced
Sep 14, 2010, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery raffle bonus prizes failed to registerNews Story
Lottery trying to track down the winners 45 Arkansas Lottery players who purchased Arkansas Million Dollar Raffle tickets are owed $20. That's because the lottery terminal failed to alert the player or retailer that the player won a bonus prize. The situation resulted from a vendor software issue triggered when a new lottery retailer began selling raffle tickets. The issue was recognized soon after, and the lottery made an announcement to inform players holding a raffle ticket to check
Jul 21, 2010, 9:17 pm - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery draws raffle last night -- but makes error reporting resultsNews Story
The Idaho Lottery conducted its 2010 $500,000 Spring Raffle drawing Wednesday evening, awarding one $500,000 cash prize and many smaller prizes. The winning numbers are available Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/id). In addition to the $500,000 top prize, there will be 250 winners of $500, 1,500 winners of $50, and 3,249 winners of $25. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments. A total of 300,000 tickets were available for the raffle at the price of $5
Jul 1, 2010, 6:31 pm - Lottery News

N.H. Lottery delays online game amid controversyNews Story
The state Lottery Commission has pulled back its planned July 1 launch of new games that add an Internet element to scratch ticket gambling. In an announcement late yesterday, the commission said it will push back the soft launch of PlayNowNH.com, and use the time to educate state leaders about its new interactive game. The commission ran into stiff headwinds among lawmakers last week when it posted advance notice on its website of the PlayNowNH suite of games. The Legislature rejected ex
Jun 29, 2010, 7:44 am - Lottery News