Illinois fires lottery operator Northstar

Comment #12

fast eddie — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 03:12:04 GMT

I f-n knew it. they didn't even wait to make changes.

RNG makes me want to

Comment #11

Gleno — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:29:13 GMT

Sully16 ,

How about the citizens fire the Governor and Legislature for dereliction of duty

Comment #10

Gleno — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:20:34 GMT

Scapegoating a long and ancient technique but WOW Northstar gets $22 M!!

This still does not address the budget impasse that is giving winners over $25K an IOU!

Hope the voters in Il flood the Gov.'s office with phone calls, emails, and letters to get their budget passed,

Is this the State that kills the goose that lays the golden egg?

Could out of state residents help in this mess? Not that they would listen to lottery Players which they may perceive as second class citize... [ More ]

Comment #9

fast eddie — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 13:55:28 GMT

change bring along with it changes, does the contractor decide if they use ping pong balls or RNG? I HOPE NOT. I don't want a stupid RNG here in IL.

Comment #8

DELotteryPlyr — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 13:35:58 GMT

Interesting point. I don't think it would apply since the winners would just need to go to the lottery and 'sign/acknowledge' that they have the ticket, I would think that stops the clock. But what will MM Powerball do if its not paid out in a year??? Hummmmm.

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:59:26 GMT

So last night's Powerball drawing, someone in Illinois won $2 million on Powerball...what happens to tickets that may expire due to this snafu of the Illinois government? They need to revamp their laws along with a new lottery provider.

Comment #6

sully16 — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 03:23:28 GMT

Yes indeed.

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CDanaT — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:36:23 GMT

While your getting rid of the lottery company......Illinois folks should do the exact same thing to their entire state legislature.

Comment #4

haymaker — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:29:22 GMT

YOU'RE FIRED !

uhh...15 months from now, ya know so you have time to work things out.

Comment #3

itpmguru — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:24:35 GMT

Wonder what would happen if everyone in Illinois stopped paying their property taxes because they don't have the money? Sorry, forgot that is only an option for Gov. Co. Inc.

Comment #2

Romancandle — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:20:47 GMT

Umm... that's interesting. Didn't the previous Gov fire Northstar already?

I think what most folks really wanted to know is when are you going to start paying out your prizes

Comment #1

dr65 — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:15:17 GMT

Promises, promises.

Remember Camelot?

Bravo Illinois! Good move.

Illinois fires lottery operator Northstar

Lottery Post — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:48:37 GMT

Will continue to operate lottery for more than a year

The nation's first private company to manage a state lottery was fired Friday by the Illinois Governor after years of failing to make the lofty revenue targets it promised.

In a news release Friday, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced that his office had reached a termination agreement with Northstar Lottery Group that will remove the firm as private manager as of Jan. 1, 2017, or until a replacement is chosen.

The agreement also stipulated... [ More ]