Ohio Gov. plans lottery expansion to increase revenues

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PEACHIE10 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:46:37 GMT

Lottery Expansion

I for one cant understand how the lottery can just keep adding more games ,YES OHIO DID VOTE FOR THE LOTTERY IN 1979 ,AND SINCE THEY JUST KEEP ADDING GAMES AND TAKING MONEY ,WHAT is the difference between lotteries,bingo,and casinos.

HAS ANYONE EVER JUST OF JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL TO VEGAS ON A DAILY BASIS FROM CLE.COL. CINN. DAYTON, NOT COUNTING THE BUS TRIPS TO MICH. WVA AND PA ,THERE ARE ALWAYS A FULL PLANE ,ON EVERY FLIGHTAND USUALLY 4-5 FLIGHTS A DAY,NOW GO

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Stack47 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:50:54 GMT

When I heard the news the other day, it sounded like the standard video keno machines that most casinos have. If it's a state wide drawing every 5 minutes than of course it will be computerized; just like in Michigan and West Virginia.

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LckyLary — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:22:11 GMT

One burning question, are these things going to be computerized? A video version of anything sounds like it would be. Can we be sure the program would draw fairly and not exclude some combinations i.e. the programmer puts the upper limit at 60 instead of 70 or 80 numbers? I'd steer clear of them.

Ohio Gov. plans lottery expansion to increase revenues

Lottery Post — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:24:00 GMT

Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to boost Ohio's struggling economy anticipates $73 million in new revenue from an expansion of the lottery, which includes a video version of Keno to be offered in bars and other age-controlled venues.

The governor said he distinguishes the new games from the video gambling machines outlawed in 2007 because they will be state-monitored, state-controlled and state-regulated. His spokesman, Keith Dailey, said the Keno game is much different from video slot machines... [ More ]