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N.J. Lottery players question logic of shutdownNews Story
Gov. Jon S. Corzine's decision to shut down state services created confusion for lottery players and those who sell New Jersey lottery tickets. Sharon Rush, who owns Macaro's Deli in Pennsauken, said she learned about it online. They haven't told us anything, Rush said. Our customers don't even know about it yet. Rush said shutting down the lottery and casinos because of fiscal woes simply doesn't make sense. Something that makes money for the government shouldn't shut down, sh
Jul 2, 2006, 4:33 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery shut down over Gov.'s tax raise planNews Story
New Jersey may be penalized for failing to sell Mega Millions tickets Without a state budget in place and the prospects for one unclear, Gov. Jon S. Corzine began an unprecedented shutdown of New Jersey government Saturday. Given that the new fiscal year began on a weekend, the immediate impacts weren't significant though if you were hoping to test your luck Saturday, you may have been out of it. The New Jersey Lottery stopped selling tickets at 8 p.m. Saturday. Atlantic City casi
Jul 2, 2006, 4:08 pm - Lottery News

Illinois lottery privitization plan panned by tax groupNews Story
An estimated $10 billion windfall from the sale or lease of the Illinois Lottery for state education funding would be short-lived, maintains a new report by the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, a Chicago-based fiscal policy think tank. Introduced by Gov. Rod Blagojevich May 23, the proposal calls for funneling $4 billion in sale proceeds for school construction, text books purchases and new programs, such as full-day kindergarten and a longer school year. The remaining $6 billio
Jun 22, 2006, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Illinois Gov. won't reveal data on lottery sale planNews Story
The Blagojevich administration said Tuesday it won't release a consultant's work on how much money the state could make by selling or leasing the Illinois state lottery. The administration compared such a move to sharing playbooks with rival sports teams. Republicans have called for public disclosure. Gov. Rod Blagojevich last week proposed privatizing the lottery to provide a bonanza of cash for education over the next few years. He said New York-based consultant Goldman Sachs estimated t
May 31, 2006, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Sale of Illinois Lottery could start a trendNews Story
If Illinois privatizes its lottery system, investors and public officials in other states will closely watch the groundbreaking move with an eye toward repeating it, a gaming industry leader predicted Wednesday. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat running for a second term in November, announced Tuesday a proposal to sell off or lease the state's lottery system to private investors in order to bolster school funding. He said the state could get $10 billion out of the deal and use the money to fu
May 25, 2006, 9:48 pm - Lottery News

Many dislike Illinois Gov.'s lottery privatization planNews Story
A day after Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich unveiled his $10 billion school financing and education reform plan, lawmakers, local school officials and teachers union representatives raised serious reservations, suggesting that key portions of the proposal will face a rocky path. Virtually every aspect of the agenda from state takeover of failing schools to merit pay for teachers to mandated after-school tutoring has its skeptics and detractors. Overall, educators applauded Blagojevich
May 25, 2006, 6:21 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Gov. wants to privatize state lotteryNews Story
Controversial plan is designed to capture funds for education up-front, but is it worth the gamble? Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich today will unveil an election-year school funding plan that calls for leasing the state lottery for the next decade to a private firm in return for $10 billion in upfront cash. Schools would get at least $1 billion a year for the next four years from such a deal, with the remaining $6 billion going into an education trust fund governed by a board
May 23, 2006, 2:38 pm - Lottery News

Kansas lottery tickets to be shredded, not scratchedNews Story
A state law is forcing the Kansas Lottery to shred an estimated 400,000 unsold scratch-off tickets including thousands of dollars worth of jackpot winners. Lottery director Ed Van Petten said Wednesday that the state's annual series of scratcher games that benefit programs for state veterans could be sold only from May 1 through Nov. 30 under the 2003 state law that authorized the benefit games. At the time there was a fear the games could get stale if they were sold year-round, he sai
May 11, 2006, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma bans some businesses from selling lottery ticketsNews Story
A bill to prohibit pawn shops, payday lenders and check-cashing businesses from selling Oklahoma lottery tickets has won final legislative approval. The bill by Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson passed the Senate yesterday and now goes to the governor. The state Lottery Commission voted last year to prohibit those businesses from selling lottery tickets but Wilcoxson says the law will prevent future Lottery Commissions from reversing the decision. The commission had initially agreed to allow l
May 9, 2006, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery TouchPlay ends tonightNews Story
After TouchPlay owners lost a last-ditch legal battle Tuesday to leave the video lottery devices turned on, some lawmakers said they would make a final effort to keep the affected businesses out of bankruptcy. A Polk County judge on Tuesday refused to delay the ending for the Iowa Lottery's TouchPlay machines, a ruling that means the machines must be turned off by 11:59 tonight. A group of private businesses that had been invited by the Iowa Lottery to invest in the TouchPlay machines, inc
May 3, 2006, 11:48 am - Lottery News