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Oregon Lottery increases number of Keno drawingsNews Story
The Oregon State Lottery has increased the number and frequency of its Keno drawings in an attempt to boost revenue.The drawings will be held every four minutes, instead of five.Keno sales have increased an average of 19 percent in the five states that have made the switch from five minutes to four, said Chuck Baumann, a lottery spokesman.Keno is the state lotterys third-highest revenue producer, topped by video poker and Scratch-its. Keno brought in sales of $111.3 million in the past fiscal ye
Feb 25, 2004, 4:21 am - Lottery News

Texas Two Step likely to move to new daysNews Story
Texas Two Step lotto games probably will be moved to new days because of a loss in sales to Mega Millions, the multistate game new to the state.Drawings for both games are on Tuesday and Friday nights, and Reagan Greer, the lottery's chief administrator, said Thursday that average weekly ticket sales for Texas Two Step have slipped below $1 million for the first time.Those sales, which previously averaged $1.5 million, dipped to an average of $936,091, he said.Mr. Greer told lottery commissioner
Dec 19, 2003, 3:17 am - Lottery News

Lottery players vent furyNews Story
Outraged Canadian lottery players made their voices heard yesterday with complaints about the 6/49 lottery doubling its price to $2 next year.It was the same at Lotto Centres and was the top story last night on the CBC national news after the Interprovincial Lottery Corp. announced that $1 Lotto 6/49 tickets would be eliminated after the May 29, 2004, draw in order to offer larger jackpots. We've had negative feedback -- nothing positive, said Peter Low, manager of the Lotto Centre in Pacific C
Nov 28, 2003, 6:03 am - Lottery News

Atlantic Lotto boosts 6/49 ticket prices and jackpotsNews Story
Odds of winning will also improve when price of Lotto 6/49 ticket doubles to $2Atlantic Lottery Corporation's Lotto 6/49 is getting a face lift - its first since the game's inception in 1982.The changes will see bigger jackpots offered more often, better odds of winning at least something, and a new $5 prize category, all to be funded by doubling the cost of a ticket.Known by most players simply as the 6/49, Lotto 6/49 is one of the most popular lottery games ever. 6/49 is played on average by
Nov 26, 2003, 4:48 am - Lottery News