Florida Lottery seeks gambling expansion

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Nino224 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:22:47 GMT

What we need is better scratch-offs with more prizes, not more machines. Florida could learn a thing or two from Massachusetts and NY. NY has a Win For Life in every price range: $1, $2, $5, $10 and $30. MA has an average of 2-4 new scratch-off millionaires a month. That's how you do it.

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rdgrnr — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:56:21 GMT

The Office of Program Policy Analysis Government Accountability has given their opinion and they do not want more games added.

So what? Who are these people; who cares what they want and why? Are they government bubble-heads or some elitist think-tank or focus-group? They say that more games will cause more gambling addiction? So there's a threshold number of games someone waits to see before they decide to become a problem gambler? I love these so-called experts. These are the sam... [ More ]

Florida Lottery seeks gambling expansion

Lottery Post — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:25:40 GMT

While lawmakers in the state of Florida debate how to expand casino gambling, the Florida Lottery has expansion plans of their own. This past week, the Lottery published the details of what type of new options they are looking to offer.

Last year, the Lottery added 1,000 vending machines that sold their scratch off tickets. Now, the agency would like to add more of these machines. That would require legislative approval, and there could be resistance to new outlets.

The Office of Program P... [ More ]