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Results of some Wisconsin lottery games delayedNews Story
Results of three evening drawings of Wisconsin Lottery games were delayed Saturday night.Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage said the lottery has two computer systems whose information about wagers statewide and other details must match up exactly to call the results a legitimate drawing.He said a problem or discrepancy in the systems Saturday evening delayed the drawings for the Megabucks, SuperCash and Badger 5 games.State lottery staff, police and several independent auditors were cut off from ou
Oct 18, 2004, 8:07 am - Lottery News

GTECH gets 90-day contract extension with Colorado LotteryNews Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that the Colorado Lottery, under the provisions of its original contract with GTECH, has granted the West Greenwich-based company a 90-day contract extension.GTECH's current contract with the lottery is set to expire on October 31, 2004, GTECH said.The Colorado Lottery had selected Scientific Games Corporation as its vendor to provide equipment and services for a new integrated online and instant-ticket lottery system in October 2002, following a compet
Oct 13, 2004, 8:42 am - Lottery News

First Nigeria On-Line Lottery Makes DebutNews Story
The first national on-line lottery game, Lotto Nigeria, has been launched.Established on April 30, 2004, with a 30 year national lottery license granted by the Federal government, NSL Lotteries Management Company Limited (NSL LMC) a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Sports Lotteries Limited will operate the lottery.While unveiling the game recently at Oceanview Restaurant, Ikoyi Lagos State, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Rick Wagner, said with the technical support of Tat
Oct 1, 2004, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Broke lottery winner turned to theftNews Story
A lottery winner who stole more than 10,000 in an effort to buy back her popularity has been jailed for 12 months.Ballymena Crown Court sitting in Belfast heard that 44-year-old Ruth Muriel McLaughlin, from Wheatfield Park in Ballybogey, near Ballymoney, turned to theft after frittering away her 1996 85,000 winnings on fair weather friends .Prosecution lawyer Neil Connor told the court that as well as completely clearing the till of bank notes on at least two occasions, McLaughlin was also
Sep 27, 2004, 7:38 am - Lottery News

Ontario Lottery Machines CrashNews Story
Three-quarters of Ontario's 8,200 lottery machines weren't working Sunday night.It was the second time in five days the service has crashed.A spokesperson for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation says it was not known what caused the system problems that started early Sunday, but the corporation was working to get them back up and running.On Wednesday morning all the lottery machines across Ontario crashed, but the lotteries played that night went ahead as planned.
Sep 20, 2004, 8:49 am - Lottery News

South Dakota Lottery upgrades lottery terminalsNews Story
Some in South Dakota who buy tickets for Powerball, Dakota Cash, Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2 should have a shorter wait in line by next summer.The South Dakota Lottery has signed a new contract with Scientific Games Corp., the company that operates the 355 lotto terminals across the state.The Lottery will pay about $8 million over three years for the company to run the lotto games.But the agreement includes a savings of about $1.5 million and an agreement that Scientific Games will replace all the
Sep 16, 2004, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery has record salesNews Story
Arizonans pursuing quick riches bought a record $366.6 million in Lottery tickets in the year that ended June 30, a nearly 14 percent gain over the previous 12 months.From those sales, a record $107.8 million was distributed to eight state funds that aid everything from parks to mass transportation and abused children.Arizona's percentage increase was the highest among Western states with similar gambling environments, according to Lottery officials. Lottery sales in California, which also has I
Aug 26, 2004, 7:43 am - Lottery News

Vermont Lottery to Issue Amber AlertsNews Story
State officials have enlisted the Vermont Lottery to aid the Amber Alert system, which Rep. Patricia O'Donnell, R-Vernon, initiated in the Legislature.The system will send messages about abducted children through state lottery machines. Those messages will appear on all lottery terminals and then be printed on a customer's lottery ticket, with a message similar to a classified ad, Gov. James Douglas said.Amber Alerts send an emergency announcement to the public in the dvent of a child abduction
Aug 25, 2004, 9:08 am - Lottery News

Decision on Tenn. lottery bonuses up in the airNews Story
A pending decision on whether to continue salary bonuses for Tennessee lottery CEO Rebecca Paul and her employees will be based on business principles rather than politician opinions, a key lottery board member said Monday.Some state legislators have criticized the bonuses, which will total $772,000 for the lottery's startup year under current calculations. Of that, Paul will receive $350,000, doubling a base salary that is already the highest paid for any lottery CEO in the nation.Four executiv
Aug 17, 2004, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $40 millionNews Story
Lotto reaches highest jackpot in almost 8 monthsThe jackpot for the Florida Lotto has rolled over to an estimated $40 million after Saturday night's drawing produced no winning tickets with all six numbers, the Florida Lottery said on Sunday.The $40 million Lotto jackpot is the highest since a $40 million jackpot on Saturday, December 13, 2003. That jackpot was hit by one Quick Pick ticket sold in Pensacola.The numbers drawn were: 06, 12, 14, 45, 50, and 52.116 players matched five numbers, eac
Aug 2, 2004, 10:04 am - Lottery News