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Del. Lottery shuts sales at two sitesNews Story
The Delaware Lottery Office has removed machines from two stores because of undisclosed debts, including a Bear newsstand that long has been one of the state's top ticket sellers, the state lottery director said Thursday.James T. Doody, owner of The News Basket at Fox Run Shopping Center in Bear, and Books-N-Things Too at Suburban Plaza in Newark, had his license to sell lottery tickets revoked about two weeks ago, director Wayne Lemons said.Lemons said Doody's two stores, and one he recently so
Oct 6, 2003, 5:51 am - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery Sales Applications OpenNews Story
North Dakota's lottery office is taking applications from businesses that want to sell tickets.Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says today the lottery is expecting to license about 300 businesses. The demand for a lottery license will probably be much greater.Merchants who sell lottery tickets will get a five percent commission.Getting a sales license takes money. It costs 50 dollars to turn in the application, 30 dollars for a records check and 20 dollars for most credit checks.The fees are not
Oct 6, 2003, 5:33 am - Lottery News

Jeb Bush Wants Unclaimed $50 Million Lottery Jackpot For SchoolsNews Story
Florida Governor Jeb Bush wants someone's bad luck to be good luck for school kids.A $50 million lottery jackpot went unclaimed last month. The lottery is required put any unclaimed prizes back into the pot - or use the money for lottery promotion.But Bush wants the big bucks to go to Florida schools. While the jackpot was worth $50 million, the actual cash value is a little over $30 million.Jeb Bush is seeking the cooperation of state legislators in redirecting the money. The Legislative Budget
Oct 3, 2003, 2:47 pm - Lottery News

Sanford asks S.C. Education Lottery to make small cutsNews Story
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he doesn't approve of a state lottery but since it's here, it should be as efficient as possible.Sanford said in a budget hearing Wednesday that he'd like the South Carolina Education Lottery to cut its retailer commissions and put even more money toward education.The lottery has had about $1.2 billion in gross sales from the beginning of the games on Jan. 7, 2002 to Aug. 31, 2003.About 7 percent of that goes toward retailer commissions. Sanford questioned w
Oct 2, 2003, 3:36 am - Lottery News

State will drop Plus, revert to old LottoNews Story
If you buy a ticket for tonight's Washington Lotto Plus drawing, you have a chance to win a record $46 million jackpot.In a few more days, your odds of winning will get a bit better.That's because the Washington Lottery Commission is reverting to the old Lotto game after Saturday night's drawing for Lotto Plus. The odds of winning the Lotto jackpot will be 1 in 7 million instead of the 1 in 11 million odds for Lotto Plus.That's one reason lottery officials are bringing back Lotto after a 17-mont
Oct 1, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Lottery schedule may jumpNews Story
Tennessee lottery head Rebecca Paul said Monday the corporation may award contracts to gaming vendors, which will be charged with laying the infrastructure for ticket sales, two days sooner than had been anticipated.The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) must award gaming contracts by the day before Thanksgiving, says Paul, to reach the goal of the first scratch off ticket sales by Feb. 10. Paul now says, however, the contracts could be awarded two days sooner by Nov. 24.Paul stands
Sep 30, 2003, 4:01 am - Lottery News

Big Tenn. lottery winners to collect at 5 district offices statewideNews Story
The Tennessee lottery will open five district offices that will serve as prize claim centers, including three in East Tennessee.The offices, which also will house regional sales teams, will be in Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities in Upper East Tennessee, lottery Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Paul said at yesterday's board meeting.Winners of prizes of more than $600 will have to get the money from a district office. Paul said she picked the five locations so Tennesse
Sep 30, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

Tenn. lawmaker balks at high lottery pay for vice presidentsNews Story
A state legislative leader said he hoped that Tennessee's lottery would pay its top officials less than top executives at the Georgia lottery were paid when Rebecca Paul was director there.Paul, the new Tennessee lottery director who officially came from Georgia this week, had a dozen lottery vice presidents working for her in Georgia five of them earning $151,000-$180,000 a year, including bonuses.''That seems to be on the high side,'' said state Sen. Ron Ramsey of Blountville, Senate Republ
Sep 26, 2003, 3:12 am - Lottery News

N.D. Gets Lottery DirectorNews Story
North Dakota's lottery now has a permanent director, as Chuck Keller was hired for the job Wednesday.Keller has been the interim director of the state lottery office. He is a long-time administrator in the state's gaming division.The state's lottery advisory board unanimously agreed today to recommend Keller for the job. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he'll go along and hire Keller for the position.Keller will be paid 65-thousand-dollars a year.North Dakota's new Powerball game is expecte
Sep 25, 2003, 2:20 am - Lottery News

N.D. rules out credit cards for lotteryNews Story
North Dakota should forbid credit-card sales of lottery tickets, and merchants should have the discretion to decide whether to take gamblers' checks or debit cards, a lottery advisory board concluded Wednesday.The committee, which is made up of three state legislators and two former lawmakers, is helping to write rules to implement North Dakota's entry into the Powerball lottery. State regulators hope to begin Powerball sales by April.Its members voted Wednesday to bar ticket sellers from allowi
Sep 25, 2003, 2:16 am - Lottery News