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Hot Lotto coming to New MexicoNews Story
Lottery players in New Mexico will soon have a hot new way to win a cool million when tickets for Hot Lotto go on sale Sunday, November 12. The first drawing to include New Mexico will be held on November 15. Hot Lotto will be a nice complement to our current games, filling the niche between Roadrunner Cash and Powerball, said Lottery CEO Tom Romero. New Mexico now has the option of playing for a huge jackpot (Powerball) with higher odds of winning, or a smaller jackpot (Hot Lotto) that
Nov 7, 2006, 3:03 pm - Lottery News

First Ever Multi-State Video Lottery Game Up and RunningNews Story
Jackpot Over $540,000 and Growing The lotteries of Delaware, Rhode Island, and West Virginia have begun operation of America's first multi-state video lottery game. Ca$hola (pronounced cash-O-lah) features a shared prize pool that will create the progressive jackpot game for players in all three states; a jackpot that currently has an annuity value of over $540,000 and grows until won. Sales of the Ca$hola game have begun at video lottery terminals (VLT's) located at tracks in the thr
Jul 26, 2006, 5:23 pm - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery director discusses new game possibilitiesNews Story
Possible joint venture between Mega Millions and Powerball could produce massive new game North Dakota's four lottery games have been more profitable than expected, and the state's gambling market could handle another two games before it is saturated, lottery director Chuck Keller believes. Some North Dakotans, who believed Powerball would be the only game introduced by voters' approval of a November 2002 lottery initiative, are wondering when the steady introduction of new gambling variet
Feb 28, 2006, 8:13 am - Lottery News

Members of Kansas Air Guard Unit Win $853,492 Lottery PrizeNews Story
Lt. Governor John Moore and Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten introduced the winners of the largest Powerball prize ever won in Kansas, without hitting the jackpot, and presented them with an over-sized check on the south steps of the State Capitol. The winners, 44 of them, will share $853,492. Thirty-four of the winners are members of the unit known as the Kansas Coyotes - the 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard, based at Forbes Field in Topeka. Nine are fr
Oct 26, 2005, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery madness spreads to big mediaNews Story
Exclusive Lottery Post StoryNow that the multi-state Powerball jackpot is sitting at its highest level ever, everyone is taking notice, creating a barrage of big-media news stories.Unfortunately for the public, the big media is making some mistakes.Although the mistakes at first may seem innocuous, they add up to create player confusion. When a lottery game's jackpot reaches the upper-limits, people who don't normally buy tickets get interested. And those are the people who will be most affect
Oct 18, 2005, 8:40 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

Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery salesNews Story
Sales of Powerball lottery tickets across the nation are down drastically in recent months. The reason: People are too frequently beating the odds, which happen to be 1 in 120.5 million.In the past 12 weeks, players have won a record five Powerball jackpots, none larger than a mere $41 million.The streak of luck has meant the jackpots don't roll over enough times to build the huge prizes of $100 million or more. It's those giant amounts that bring out the lines of people who don't normally pla
Mar 16, 2005, 10:45 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

George Andersen, Former Minnesota Lottery DirectorNews Story
Minnesota State Lottery Director George Andersen died at the age of 53 on January 27, 2004, leaving his mark indelibly on his family, friends, and the Lottery that he ran successfully for more than 14 years.Andersen, the first and only Lottery director in Minnesota, was appointed by former Gov. Rudy Perpich in 1989. He was the second most senior lottery director in the nation and was widely regarded as brilliant and knowledgeable in his field. A Pennsylvania native, he first served as deputy e
Jan 30, 2004, 11:43 pm - Lottery News