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Lottery courier exits New Mexico amid growing scrutinyNews Story
Courier company pushed out of a second state as criticism heightens By Kate Northrop A lottery courier has ceased operations in New Mexico following a negative legal opinion from the State Attorney General, making the state the latest flashpoint in the mounting scrutiny of courier services. New Mexico is the latest state to voice a negative opinion on lottery couriers, which has prompted the state's largest lottery courier to back out. Negative sentiment against lottery courier s
Mar 7, 2025, 7:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas House passes $337 billion budget that defunds Texas LotteryReply
If the Texas Lottery Commission gets no operating budget, then they should shut down lottery operations and watch the heat rise on the crummy politicians. Operating budget will be restored in short order.
Apr 15, 2025, 2:26 pm - Wavepack - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services to allow them to operateNews Story
While other states ban, New Jersey aims to better incorporate couriers into the state lottery economy By Kate Northrop Last week, the New Jersey Lottery announced proposed rule changes that would regulate courier services and allow them to continue operating in the state. While other states ban or consider pushing out lottery courier services, New Jersey is looking for ways to adjust its rules that would effectively streamline courier operations and allow them to operate more efficie
Jun 14, 2025, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winner who claimed half of $395 million Mega Millions jackpot sues California Lottery for other halfReply
I looked up the PA code. You might be right. This is really broad. I guess it depends on how operations of the games is defined. (a) A Powerball ticket may not be purchased in this Commonwealth by, and a prize will not be paid to, an officer or employee of the Pennsylvania Lottery or any of the Lottery's professional services contractors or subcontractors who are involved in the operation of the on-line lottery games system or its associated drawings, or to a spouse, child, brother
Dec 13, 2024, 4:18 pm - Artist77 - Lottery News

Former Mississippi Lottery VP sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to embezzlementNews Story
Embezzling funds from a state lottery is no joke By Kate Northrop A former Vice President at the Mississippi Lottery pleaded guilty to embezzlement of over $187,000 and was sentenced to 20 years in state custody. On Thursday, the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor announced that a former Mississippi Lottery Vice President pleaded guilty to embezzlement. According to State Auditor Shad White's press release, Hope Bishop, who served as the Vice President of Human Resources at
Jun 17, 2024, 12:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery Commission abolished, oversight of Texas Lottery transferredNews Story
Lottery terminal and vending machine limits placed on retailers, ticket buying restrictions enacted By Kate Northrop On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 3070 into law, which abolishes the Texas Lottery Commission, transfers their oversight to another state department, and enacts limits on retailers and ticket purchases. Following months of arduous back-and-forth about the future of the Texas Lottery in this year's legislative session, the Texas Lottery Commission will cea
Jun 23, 2025, 2:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Bill banning lottery courier services passes Indiana House and SenateReply
I agree with most of what you have said I still think that paragraph 2 of your response: The alternative to outlawing couriers is limit their ability to print/sell tickets, limit the number of terminals, and/or limit the number of tickets a terminal can print in a day . ma may still be defeated by the operators setting up multiple stations in different addresses and/or using an array of masked entities as pseudo-names to camouflage, cloak, disguise and conceal the real true structure of
Apr 25, 2025, 7:04 pm - Participant - Lottery News

Lottery courier exits New Mexico amid growing scrutinyReply
Interesting, but no surprise. Again we see laws were in place to prevent courier operations. If this is the way couriers operate in all states the clear solution is to make it a criminal offense to charge more than face value for tickets while eliminating processing fees, surcharges, or other additional/hidden charges. Couriers will dry up when they can no longer make a profit.
Mar 7, 2025, 2:34 pm - garyo1954 - Lottery News

No online lottery ticket sales for Indiana, lawmakers say it's too "complex"News Story
Too many moving parts to consider By Kate Northrop A bill legalizing an online lottery in Indiana will not be considered further, preventing the state from joining several other jurisdictions that already conduct digital ticket sales. Indiana legislators ended a bill that would have allowed Hoosiers to buy lottery tickets online, the reason being that the implications of the bill on the state's gambling industry as a whole were too complex. House Speaker Todd Huston announced th
Feb 17, 2025, 1:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery launches online Powerball sales to combat competition from sports bettingNews Story
Declining ticket sales prompt Lottery officials to consider alternative sales channels By Kate Northrop The Tennessee Lottery has quietly launched its online platform to sell tickets directly to players online in a bid to compete with growing competition from sports betting. In a bid to combat declining ticket sales and competitors in the gaming industry, the Tennessee Lottery pushed a soft launch of a mobile app that allows players to purchase tickets on the internet. The app, c
Feb 6, 2025, 8:38 am - Todd - Lottery News