Missouri Gov. orders review of Lottery operations

Comment #9

THRIFTY — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 01:45:47 GMT

It is taking Mega Millions and Powerball a long time to reach $100 Million annuity. It is the point where players start to play more often. MM and PB starting jackpots are too low. We need a national lottery game with a $100 Million starting jackpot.

Comment #8

Goteki54 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:47:16 GMT

No doubt the drought of huge powerball and mega million jackpots have a role to play in the short fall not just for Missouri's Lottery but others around the country.

Comment #7

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:08:06 GMT

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With the miserable winter experienced by much of the country, this has been a tough year

for many lotteries. If you can't get out of your house, you can't buy lottery tickets, said

Gary Gonder, the lottery's chief operating officer.

Here's one for you Gary Gonder, Online ticket purchase. I can pay my bills, manage bank

accounts, deposit checks etc.. from my laptop setting on my couch but to buy a lottery ticket

I have to drive or walk to a retailer, sometimes stand... [ More ]

Comment #6

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:25:42 GMT

Jay Nixon sucks

RL

Comment #5

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:24:46 GMT

I am from Missouri and I could tell those imbeciles what the problem is. Two years ago my wife's job

went overseas. She elected to go back to college for her third degree and graduated with honors in

accounting. A staff accountant normally starts out around $45K in our area but the best offer She has

received so far has been around 25K. She elected to go back into I-T and took temp employment for

around 32K while waiting for a better offer in the accounting field. In MO social servic... [ More ]

Comment #4

THRIFTY — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:58:31 GMT

Funding education should not be based on lottery revenues. People pay taxes for that

Comment #3

helpmewin — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:30:17 GMT

Good job Mr,Jay Nixon

Comment #2

fastball 9 — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 03:05:58 GMT

The lottery needs to do several things to encourage play. Some examples would be:

-Increase the payoff amount. Right now it's around 50% of the take. Para-mutual betting pays around 90%.

-Allow winners a choice to claim publicly or remain anonymous, in every state and every lottery, not just the few who allow it now.

-End double and triple taxation of the prize. Right now the winner only gets 50%, which means they just were taxed, in effect, 50% of the take. Then they hav... [ More ]

Comment #1

Tialuvslotto — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:30:18 GMT

Over time, as the lottery has boosted sales, its prize payout percentage has also increased. As a result, the share of its sales that help fund education programs has gradually declined. Last year, roughly 23.4 percent of sales went toward education funding and more than 70 percent went toward prizes.

Let's all move to Missouri!

'Course, that will probably be changing now...

Missouri Gov. orders review of Lottery operations

Lottery Post — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:13:22 GMT

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has asked the state Office of Administration to carry out a comprehensive review of the Missouri Lottery's operations.

The lottery posted more than $1.14 billion in sales last year, according to unaudited figures, but its $267.3 million profit (which goes to education funding) was $31 million short of its goal and was below 2006 totals when adjusted for inflation.

The governor cited declining lottery and casino revenue in his decision to withhold $35 million of educ... [ More ]