Illinois Lottery cuts ties with private manager

Comment #7

jerryb*49 — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 04:56:58 GMT

So what can a new manager do to increase sales?

Idea - Maybe the State of ILL could add a line to its income tax form to buy a subscription with a refund (or add it to the amount due).

Comment #6

THRIFTY — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:48:19 GMT

The lottery needs to increase the payouts in prizes to lottery players instead of fooling around. Lottery players are looking for the best deal for their money.

Comment #5

Gleno — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:22:12 GMT

Remember how the lotteries were originally managed by their respective states?

Now they turn it over to a private company which promises better income to the states ,at a price of course.

If the private co. does not produce as projected, they risk losing their contract with the state.

We are all witnessing more games with higher costs per ticket which is supposed to produce more income, however, this does not always produce the desired effect.

Comment #4

LottoMetro — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 06:28:01 GMT

Take them away and admit they wasted time and money? Nah

Comment #3

Coin Toss — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:27:23 GMT

Well they're gone but I'm afraid the gimmicks they introduced are here to stay, EZmatch, Fireball, Hit or Miss, Extra Shot, etc.....

Comment #2

MX20 — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:51:55 GMT

my co-workers and friends are so glad that they are gone, BYE

Comment #1

RJOh — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:29:25 GMT

Just proves it hard to get blood from a turnip even with private management.

Illinois Lottery cuts ties with private manager

Lottery Post — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 02:11:56 GMT

The split between the Illinois Lottery and its private manager, Northstar Lottery Group, is now official after three years of acrimony over lower-than-expected revenues.

The termination agreement, signed Tuesday by Gov. Pat Quinn, comes a little more than three months after he directed lottery officials to sever ties with the company after it fell short of promised revenues for the third consecutive year.

At the time, the company had posted record profits to the state, but those figures st... [ More ]