National Lottery

Reply #13

Raven62 — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:44:32 GMT

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Reply #12

bobby623 — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:33:57 GMT

I think we have missed the point - the National game would not be a government-run lottery.

My interpretation of the remarks is that the MM and PB folks would collaborate and introduce a third jackpot

game.

States that don't have a lottery wouldn't be obligated to join.

So, it doesn't matter who is president.

The Post Office wouldn't sell tickets.

I'm in Texas, a state that has a governor who thumbs his nose at federal money. Therefore, Texas would

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Reply #11

rdgrnr — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:10:35 GMT

LOL It's all in fun my friend.

Reply #10

Nino224 — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:01:53 GMT

Yikes!

Red, that bitterness is eventually gonna kill you. Yes IT can.

Reply #9

rdgrnr — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:33:53 GMT

That depends on who's in office.

Currently a National Lottery would probably be mandatory in all regards and ticket costs debited directly from your bank account.

Bill Clinton would be dispatched on a promotional campaign to explain how it's for the environment or for the children so we'd feel good about it and not complain.

Once that bridge has been crossed we can then move right into paying Social Security recipients with scratch-off tickets.

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Reply #8

Raven62 — Sun, 30 May 2010 12:27:46 GMT

If their was a National Lottery: Would they force States that don't currently have a Lottery to have one

Reply #7

Nino224 — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:33:39 GMT

It was sometime last year, and it was posted by Todd.

Reply #6

four4me — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:33:03 GMT

a link to the story.

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/208002/1538483?q=national+lottery tab=nw rp=search

oh BTY There is a national lottery it's in the UK though.

Reply #5

Coin Toss — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:26:05 GMT

When it was announced that PB and MM would be available in the same states there was some discussions here about it maybe leading to or being a marketing test of sorts for a national lottery.

I don't see why we don't have one.

Heck, sell the tickets via vending machines at post offices if need be.

My only concern is if a super hype job of possible jackpots making players not realize the matrix they'd be up against would be even worse than existing ones.

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Reply #4

Person — Sat, 29 May 2010 20:34:37 GMT

I remember hearing about the prospect of a National Lottery as well...it was mentioned by lottery officials around the time that the Powerball/Mega Millions cross-selling agreement was announced.

I don't think there has been any new info on this recently, but I googled Powerball cross sell and came up with a statement from last January by Margaret DeFrancisco, co-chair of a committee for both lotteries and president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corp that states:

DeFrancisco said that as... [ More ]

Reply #3

Raven62 — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:39:57 GMT

Please provide a link to the Announcement

Reply #2

Nino224 — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:28:15 GMT

Thanks, Raven

I don't know what I'd do without your insight.

I meant the THIRD big lottery in ADDITION to those that would be NATIONAL. It was announced last year.

Reply #1

Raven62 — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:18:29 GMT

We have Two National Lotteries: Megamillions PowerBall

National Lottery

Nino224 — Sat, 29 May 2010 10:25:31 GMT

A few months ago there was a story posted here about a national lottery possibly being launched this fall. Any news on that