Indiana lottery sales decline has officials probing illegal games

Comment #16

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:07:29 GMT

indiana needs balls

Comment #15

Maverick — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:39:08 GMT

I know every state isn't rigged (or is it), but this just makes me smile at the believers of the Lotteries are not rigged brigade (whether run by the state or not).

Comment #14

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:26:13 GMT

i agree on that,too bad indiana players are getting robbed blind.

Comment #13

JimmySand9 — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:05:48 GMT

Decrease in sales? It isn't illegal redemption machines, it's their own fault. They have dishonest draws, corrupt retailers, a corrupt lottery overall. They've probably figured out how to rig Powerball in their favor behind MUSL's back. Trust me Hoosiers, the drive to Illinois, Kentucky, or Ohio is well worth it.

Comment #12

LosingJeff — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:47:32 GMT

Governor Daniels, do Indiana a favor and make the Hoosier Lottery bring back the live ball drawings---advertise it and the sales will drastically increase.

Comment #11

LosingJeff — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:28:22 GMT

Why does it take an act of the State Legislature to bring the balls back? The governor could order that tomorrow morning! Now that would be a great step in the right direction.

Comment #10

LosingJeff — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:24:41 GMT

Werent they just boasting last year about record sales? That was a quick change now wasnt it. After buying a ridiculous amount of poker scratch offs (5 bucks a piece) and winning nothing, no wonder sales are down. The payouts are herendously rediculous! Just go to the website and compare it to other states.

Comment #9

LosingJeff — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:18:26 GMT

Jim 695 and I both knew that it was a matter of time before this was going to happen. People who have played for years are fed up. You absolutely cannot win in Indiana! It would be nice to get paid the odds, but when you only get about 1-2 percent back, if your lucky, it doesnt last long----Bankruptcy follows! Good luck Indiana on trying to get ppl to play. How about going to balls so that people have some confidence in the system. As u all know, Indiana House Resolution 1521 failed because it

Comment #8

Maverick — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:12:31 GMT

This disturbs me cos there may very well be other lotteries in different states adopting whatever crookedness is coming outta Indiana... seeing that they're getting away with it.

Comment #7

Badger — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:02:02 GMT

ME TOO ! The turkeys need to WAKE UP

Comment #6

dvdiva — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 05:43:01 GMT

well they need to do somethings to get people back.1. clean house of the corrupt people2. switch all games that could use ball drawings to ball drawings with web video available for these drawings3. have independent audits for the security of scratch tickets so no scams happen with them. short of doing that they are just going to loose more money at a rapid clip.

Comment #5

Todd — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:53:12 GMT

Amen to that.

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:08:51 GMT

everyone who is familiar with me already knows how i feel. the stupid computerized drawing they've been using to cheat people out of money is the reason people aren't playing there.players aren't dumb and they know whats up......

Comment #3

Just6ntlc — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:33:00 GMT

I agree with this topic.

Comment #2

fiona$ — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:22:48 GMT

The guys at the VFWs and other private clubs have been spending the same $$ on the cherry masters forever.no one buys the Hoosier lottery because the jackpots are low like the editor said who wants computer drawings. Look at the unemployment Here, we don't have the money to spend on the scratch off games. Since we're suppose to keep it clean I won't even say anything about Gov Mitch.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:04:46 GMT

with the editorial.

Indiana lottery sales decline has officials probing illegal games

Lottery Post — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:06:00 GMT

The Hoosier Lottery, faced with slumping profits, is struggling to get more people to play ticket games in a world of electronic gambling.In the budget year just ended, lottery officials expect to see about a 5 percent decline in profits, which reached $199 million last year, according to W. Edward Benton, the lottery's chief financial officer.So what's eating into ticket sales? Smaller Powerball jackpots, for one thing, something Hoosier Lottery officials can't control.The approximately 22,00... [ More ]