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Ohio Lottery switches games operatorNews Story
Greek company wins competition by offering $200 million in savings The Ohio Lottery is planning to turn over control of some of its best-known games Pick 3, Pick 4, Mega Millions and the upcoming Keno game to an international company that's projected to save the lottery $200 million over 10 years. Lottery officials approved a contract with Intralot, a Greek company with U.S. headquarters near Atlanta, to replace Gtech Corp. of Rhode Island beginning in June 2009. Gtech has been runn
May 13, 2008, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Power outage has California lottery running on back-up generatorsNews Story
The California lottery disclosed Saturday night it was using emergency, backup electricity generators indefinitely to run online gambling and other games statewide due to a power outage. Lottery Director Joan Borucki assured gamblers that operations would remain normal but said full conventional power to all buildings may not be restored for some time. The lottery was able to conduct Saturday night's Super-LOTTO Plus draw of winning numbers, for instance, officials said. The outage,
Jan 6, 2008, 12:56 am - Lottery News