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Arkansas Lottery raffle bonus prizes failed to registerNews Story
Lottery trying to track down the winners 45 Arkansas Lottery players who purchased Arkansas Million Dollar Raffle tickets are owed $20. That's because the lottery terminal failed to alert the player or retailer that the player won a bonus prize. The situation resulted from a vendor software issue triggered when a new lottery retailer began selling raffle tickets. The issue was recognized soon after, and the lottery made an announcement to inform players holding a raffle ticket to check
Jul 21, 2010, 9:17 pm - Lottery News

What a mess: B.C. Lottery Corp. shuts down gambling siteNews Story
Some placed bets with other peoples' money Includes video report The B.C. Lottery Corp. disabled its online gambling site last week because the accounts belonging to 134 users had been compromised, organization president and CEO Michael Graydon said Tuesday. Graydon said that after a major relaunch of the website on Thursday, about $8,000 was wagered by accounts controlled by someone other than the owner and in 12 cases, users were able to view other people's personal information. In
Jul 21, 2010, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Canada's new online gambling website may have been hackedNews Story
PlayNow may have compromised users' personal information, opposition party says British Columbians' personal information may have been compromised when the government's online gambling website, PlayNow.com, crashed last week, according to the New Democratic Party. PlayNow, the first government-sanctioned online casino in North America, was shut down only hours after it was launched last Thursday. The B.C Lottery Corp. said unexpectedly high traffic caused the server to crash, so it had
Jul 20, 2010, 9:59 am - Lottery News

High demand crashes B.C. gambling websiteNews Story
First-ever government-run online casino in North America The British Columbia Lottery Corporation's expanded online gambling website PlayNow.com crashed hours after its launch Thursday due to overwhelming popular demand, an official says. Michael Graydon, president of the corporation, said the casino site saw so much traffic it had to be closed for maintenance. It's been an overwhelming success with people in British Columbia to the point where we hit 100 per cent capacity in the first
Jul 17, 2010, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Computer glitch takes down Penn. Lottery terminalsNews Story
Pennsylvania Lottery officials said they've fixed a computer glitch that took down game terminals across the state for more than seven hours Thursday. Lottery officials in Harrisburg told local media that the machines always shut down overnight, and come back online at about 5:30 a.m., but that didn't happen Thursday morning. Officials said that a computer network problem affecting terminal-based games and ticket validation functions lasted until about noon. Lottery officials s
Jul 9, 2010, 1:01 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Senate approves Internet sweepstakes banNews Story
The North Carolina Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday to shutter hundreds of new businesses that bill supporters argue are offering just another form of illegal video poker where people buy phone or Internet time, then play games on computer screens to win cash and prizes. By a vote of 47-1, the chamber continued its long history of opposing video gambling, this time through electronic and computer-based devices springing up at new sweepstakes cafes or business centers. Nor
Jun 22, 2010, 9:40 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery needs vending machines, Director saysNews Story
For the Arkansas lottery to increase revenue from year to year, the lottery's director told commissioners Wednesday that they will have to approve the use of ticket-vending machines. Director Ernie Passailaigue said businesses are seeking ways to cut labor costs, and automating the lottery is an important way to boost sales and help vendors save money. This is the future of lottery, Passailaigue said. A handout picture of one of the machines shows an array of ticket choices -- from Pow
May 20, 2010, 6:39 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery drawings moving from TV to InternetNews Story
Beginning today, Virginia Lottery drawings will move to the Internet. The daily draw shows and twice-a-week Win For Life drawings that were held on TV now will be available online only, according to the lottery's Web site. The final TV drawing was held on Saturday. The Mega Millions drawings will continue to be televised on Tuesdays and Fridays, the notice says. The move is a cost-saving measure, according to the site. The lottery had paid TV stations to air the drawings. Lottery off
Jan 11, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Lottery vending machines rolled out across FloridaNews Story
Scratch-off Florida Lottery tickets are one of the quickest, easiest ways for gamblers to take a chance at riches and, for the most part, come up empty. But sometimes demand can create lottery bottlenecks at places such as your neighborhood Publix customer service counter. That's why state leaders are making the instant gratification of scratch-off tickets even more instant installing 1,000 ticket vending machines at lottery retailers across Florida, primarily supermarkets. ''It helps b
Sep 8, 2009, 9:08 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery expands vending machine useNews Story
North Carolina Education Lottery Commission officials are hoping a new deal that will allow players to purchase Powerball and other game tickets from vending machines will help extend the lottery's reach into more retail chain stores, like Walmart. The deal was made on Tuesday with GTECH Corp., which runs ticket printing and logistics for the state lottery. GTECH will provide the extra machines at no charge, in exchange for the state extending their contract with the company for four more yea
Aug 19, 2009, 8:53 am - Lottery News