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New Mexico lottery players now able to buy tickets at gas pumpsNews Story
A state lawmaker is concerned over a new program that allows people to purchase lottery tickets at gasoline pumps in New Mexico. The new program started a couple weeks ago despite a state statute requiring all lottery tickets be purchased only with cash or check and not with credit cards. It prints it out right there nice. I guess it'll save me a lot of time, a lottery player said Tuesday. Another Las Cruces resident is concerned: They need to have some sort of legislation to stop peop
Aug 4, 2016, 10:42 am - Lottery News

Connecticut men charged with rigging machines in lottery schemeNews Story
Investigators uncover more than 20 retailers suspected of cheating State authorities continue to investigate the rigging of a Connecticut Lottery game they say increased the number of winning tickets and the payout to retailers. One store, operated by two Wallingford men charged earlier this year, took in over $200,000 in additional prize payouts due to the scheme, authorities say. Rahul Gandhi and Prakunj Patel, both of 37 Jobs Road, Wallingford, were arrested in March by the state Dep
Jul 13, 2016, 7:03 pm - Lottery News

Thieves target scratch-off lottery tickets in 'snatch-and-grab'News Story
Includes video report Throughout the Baltimore region police are looking for a man and a woman who have teamed up to steal hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth in Maryland Lottery tickets from area convenience stores. It happened again recently at a 7-Eleven on Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn. The male theft suspect opens the door for his female accomplice and a customer before going into action action captured by the store's multiple security cameras. Our own system has 16 cameras i
Jun 24, 2016, 9:30 am - Lottery News

In South Dakota you can now smoke and play video lotteryNews Story
South Dakota video lottery terminals can be placed in vented smoke shacks that some bar owners have built onto their establishments, according to several state administration officials. An administrative policy now being followed by the South Dakota Lottery allows smoking at a video lottery establishment if it occurs in a non-enclosed area. South Dakota voters ratified a state law in 2010 that banned smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants and gambling establishments. But
Jun 7, 2016, 9:29 am - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery hopes to upgrade vending machines by end of SeptemberNews Story
The Iowa Lottery is going to work after the governor signed a bill Friday to allow them to upgrade their vending machines to modern technology. Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer, says they want to have something in place once the maintenance contract on the current machines expires. That contract expires September 30th, so we have a lot of work to do between now and then. But the plan is to get at least some new equipment into the field by September 30th and hopefully it would all be out the
Apr 4, 2016, 6:30 pm - Lottery News

Another retailer charged in Connecticut Lottery schemeNews Story
Seven charged so far, more on the way A Manchester man who formerly worked at a local convenience store has become the seventh person statewide to be accused of manipulating Connecticut Lottery terminals to produce unusually large numbers of winning tickets in a now-suspended lottery game. The man, Shaifur Rahman, 21, who lives in an apartment at 40 Channing Drive in Manchester, was charged Thursday with first-degree computer crime; a crime known as rigging; and aiding or encouraging the c
Mar 26, 2016, 5:20 pm - Lottery News

NH Lottery may increase storeowners' lottery bonusNews Story
If someone walks into a New Hampshire corner store and walks away with a $160 million lottery ticket, the store owner's takeaway is capped at $30,000, the lowest such retail lottery cap in the United States. The NH Lottery Commission would like to increase that possible retail jackpot to $75,000, a 150 percent raise, although it would still lag behind Massachusetts's $100,000. Not that that those jackpot happen very often, mind you. A $3 million or more hit enough to reach that cap only st
Mar 25, 2016, 5:21 pm - Lottery News

Six now face charges in CT Lottery schemeNews Story
More arrests may be coming as probe expands Six people have been charged so far in connection with a scheme to manipulate Connecticut Lottery terminals to produce more instant winning tickets in the 5 Card Cash game, authorities said Tuesday. Additional arrests are possible as state Department of Consumer Protection criminal investigators continue their probe, authorities said. Former lottery retailers from Bloomfield and Windsor were identified Monday as being among those charged with
Mar 23, 2016, 11:03 am - Lottery News

At least two charged in scheme to manipulate Connecticut Lottery gameNews Story
5 Card Cash has been offline since Nov. 2015 Connecticut Lottery retailers in Canton and Hartford face larceny and computer crime charges after authorities say they illegally manipulated the 5 Card Cash lottery game to produce more winning tickets. Vikas Patel, 32, of Windsor Avenue, Windsor, and Pravnav Patel, 32, of Revere Drive, Bloomfield, each face three felony counts of first-degree larceny, first-degree computer crimes and rigging a game. Both posted $25,000 bail and are scheduled t
Mar 22, 2016, 9:47 am - Lottery News

No $50K bonus for Washington retailer who sold winning lottery ticketNews Story
If you're Nirbhai Singh, 36, who started out delivering for Pizza Hut and now owns a couple of 7-Elevens, what else can you do but be philosophical about losing out on $50,000? It was his West Seattle store at 9200 35th Ave. S.W. that sold the winning $157 million ticket in Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot. The winner has yet to come forward. As for Singh, whom everybody calls Sonny, until last year his store would have gotten a $50,000 bonus for selling a winning Powerball or Mega Milli
Mar 10, 2016, 8:43 am - Lottery News