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Mass. Lottery games to merge, jackpots to increaseNews Story
Lottery Director also announces expansion of Mega Millions into new stateThe executive director of the Massachusetts Lottery said offering games with larger jackpots will attract more players, increasing revenues for cities and towns while diminishing demand for casino gambling.Joseph C. Sullivan said Wednesday that the lottery plans to consolidate MassMillions and Megabucks, both Massachusetts-based games, into one game with bigger jackpots, in an attempt to attract more players.The lottery als
Jan 16, 2004, 5:57 am - Lottery News

International Lottery Game CollapsesNews Story
20 states won't be getting millions of dollars in new revenue from a high-jackpot lottery after plans for the proposed international game collapsed amid a protest of U.S. military action in Iraq.The states were working toward the development of a lotto-style game that would have allowed 350 million residents scattered throughout the United States, Canada, Central America, Europe and Australia to compete for prizes that could have reached a total of $1 billion in a single drawing.But negotiations
Jan 5, 2004, 6:29 am - Lottery News

Powerball won't be only lottery optionNews Story
When North Dakota's new lottery begins selling Powerball tickets on March 25, it will represent only the first sample of a gambling assortment that state officials plan to offer this year.At least two lesser-known games, Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2, are slated for introduction this summer. Another, called 2 by 2, may be rolled out in the fall, although Chuck Keller, North Dakota's lottery director, said that has not been decided.North Dakota also may participate in an international lottery by June
Jan 5, 2004, 6:03 am - Lottery News

Penn. Match 6 Lotto Rules FinalizedNews Story
Lottery Post presents a summary of the rules for the new Pennsylvania Match 6 Lotto game.The Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue, under the authority contained in section 303 of the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. 3761-303), added Chapter 872, relating to the new Match 6 Lotto game.PurposeMatch 6 Lotto is designed to give players the opportunity to win up to four prizes in each game.For a $2 purchase, the player gets a ticket containing three sets of six numbers, the numbers in each of these sets ra
Jan 2, 2004, 8:17 pm - Lottery News

First Tennessee Games RevealedNews Story
Tennessee lottery players may have a chance at $1 million in prize money even before the Ping-Pong balls start popping up for the state's big money drawings this spring.Yesterday lottery President and Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Paul unveiled Tennessee Millionaire along with three other scratch-off ticket games that will go on sale in February, officially launching the drive for funding college scholarships through lottery sales.''At about 10:30 p.m. last night, we printed our first lottery
Dec 30, 2003, 5:30 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery announces online lottery gameNews Story
New Jersey plans to take the lottery to the Internet next year.The new game, called Cyber Slingo, has a scratch-off instant ticket portion and an online component, giving players two chances to win. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 23.To access the online portion, players will log on to the state's lottery Web site, input an access code printed on the ticket and play a five-minute version of the popular online game Slingo.Game results are predetermined and are not based on skill, but are intended as
Dec 23, 2003, 5:28 am - Lottery News

Starting date for N.D. lottery is set for March 25News Story
North Dakota will begin selling Powerball tickets March 25, the director of the new state lottery said.The date, a Thursday, was suggested by Scientific Games International, the company that has been hired to supply computer terminals and other equipment for retailers to use in selling tickets.North Dakota's lottery will begin business by selling tickets to Powerball, a game that is played in 24 states, including Montana, South Dakota and Minnesota.Later next year, the lottery will begin offerin
Dec 10, 2003, 7:14 am - Lottery News

Texas Mega Millions Sales Begin TodayNews Story
For Texas Lottery lovers, there's a whole new ball game today.Beginning at 6 a.m., tickets were going on sale for Mega Millions, Texas' first foray into high-stakes, multistate lotteries.While chances for Mega Millions and the traditional Lotto Texas cost the same $1 the odds of winning the new game are much lower.But with the additional risk comes the lure of a substantially higher jackpot a minimum of $10 million, compared with Lotto Texas' $4 million minimum. People who play the lottery like
Dec 3, 2003, 5:50 am - Lottery News

Lottery buffs fear impact on Lotto TexasNews Story
There's a new buzzword these days at the Texas Lottery Commission: cannibalization.It's being used to describe how much the new Mega Millions multi-state lottery will eat away at the sales of the 11-year-old favorite, Lotto Texas.For the first time Wednesday, people will be able to buy a chance at the Mega Millions jackpot in Texas. There are people out there ready to step up first thing in the morning, people that are motivated by high jackpots, said Reagan Greer, executive director of the com
Dec 3, 2003, 5:31 am - Lottery News

Mega wait almost over for lottery's Mega MillionsNews Story
A day doesn't go by without a customer asking Duc Lu when he's going to start selling the Mega Millions lottery tickets. They say, `When do they come in?' I say, `Don't worry, you come in, I'll tell you what day they come out,' said Lu, 47, who has run the HLD Food Mart on Koenig Lane for 18 years.Lu hasn't sold a winning lottery ticket, but it hasn't discouraged people from making his store the No. 1 retailer for Texas Lotto and scratch-off ticket sales in Austin. He attributes his high sales
Dec 2, 2003, 4:26 am - Lottery News