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Illinois Senate president hopes to expand lotteryNews Story
Internet sales being contemplated Hoping to squeeze more money out of the state lottery, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton wants to sell tickets online and hire a private company to manage and market the games. Cullerton thinks new technology and fresh ideas could help Illinois facing what could be a $9 billion hole in next year's budget dramatically boost lottery revenues. I would venture to say you could potentially even double it, the Chicago Democrat said in a recent intervi
Feb 16, 2009, 9:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery millionaire's life hasn't changed muchNews Story
Julie Nolan urges on the 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier toward her Kellogg, Minn., home, the speedometer needle struggling to hit 60 miles per hour. The aging car's odometer registers another mile with a click n 220,646 and counting n as she heads home from a shift at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She bought the car with only seven miles on it. The vehicle still has a certain sentimental value, even though rust has eaten through sections of the passenger side floorboard. Besides, if somebody h
Feb 10, 2009, 10:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Site-wide improvements implemented last night and today
I hinted at it in an earlier post about an error message some people may have seen because of the upgraded text editor. I have been working very hard to wrap up the improvements installed and de-glitched over the past day. These are changes that have been in the works for months. It is not a simple task to keep a web site with this much traffic performing smoothly and quickly, which is why many of the improvements to the site are focused on performance and ability to handle more traffic. N
Jul 31, 2008, 3:16 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

The 5 digit Strings...when they end ...you win 100%Reply
This is a classic example of amazing and awestruck,spreadsheet work. Stats Stats Stats that is what pick 3 is about. Every bit of technology, system playing, number cross references, variable tracking systems, other patterns to track , will help you nail the big win. After all we all can Win $320 here and there on a $2 bet at your corner store. And a nice Straight every once in a while. This spreadsheet tracking system will be great when we can apply pick 6 lottery to it af
Jul 28, 2008, 1:32 am - Amazing Grace - Lottery Systems Forum

Tattersall's loses lottery monopolyNews Story
In Australia, Tattersall's 54-year monopoly on Victoria's lotteries has been broken as the State Government seeks to make more money from the lucrative market. Under the new arrangement, Tattersall's will keep such lottery products as Oz Lotto, Powerball and the Saturday Lotto but lose the instant lotteries or scratchies part of the market to Greek company Intralot. The lottery license process has been plagued by controversy with accusations of improper action by lobbyists, including for
Oct 12, 2007, 5:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn Lottery spokeswoman said no chance of drawing errorNews Story
Lottery Post Exclusive By Todd Northrop In early August, when Tennessee Lottery players began seeing the effects of the state's new computerized drawing system, and didn't like what they saw, the lottery's spokeswoman responded with reassuring words. Now she is forced to eat those words. The security and integrity of our games is of utmost importance, said Kym Gerlock, a spokeswoman for the Lottery. There's no reason to doubt these drawings or question the integrity of how we do th
Aug 23, 2007, 4:17 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Casino Cheating USA & Canada......
Crime doesn't pay.......MUCH! Meantime think of all those punters who were innocently placing bets believing it's all on the level. Crime doesn't pay for those few who just got caught but think about the many who got away THE ALI BABA FACTOR- Legendary Ali of Arabain Nights was lucky he only had 40 Thieves to deal with EddessaKnight 2 dozen charged with cheating casinos By ALLIS
May 25, 2007, 4:30 pm - eddessaknight - Gaming Forum

Indiana Lottery privitization takes big step forwardNews Story
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the state lottery took a major step forward Tuesday when a key Senate fiscal panel narrowly approved the proposal. The 7-5 vote came after educators and business leaders lined up to support leasing the Hoosier Lottery to a private operator in exchange for $1 billion toward a life sciences initiative and scholarships meant to keep smart Hoosier kids in Indiana. One Republican joined the four Democrats on the committee to vote against the measure
Feb 21, 2007, 8:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Company proposes new pooling lottery ticket to fight 'jackpot fatigue'News Story
An Arizona company has designed a new lottery ticket concept that would enter the purchaser in a pool with other lottery players, at the same time entering chances that are not part of the pool. The company claims that the increased number of chances to win will combat jackpot fatigue, a sense of dimished player excitement over large jackpots leading to lower ticket sales. The company hopes to attract state lotteries with its promise of higher sales. According to the company's press reles
Feb 9, 2007, 7:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Bill to outsource Indiana Lottery bans keno, video pokerNews Story
Many upset over Governor's plan to 'sell the Lottery' A bill that would allow Gov. Mitch Daniels to outsource the Hoosier Lottery would prohibit a private operator from offering keno, video lottery games, pari-mutuel wagering on horses or dogs and games based on winners of races or other sporting events. Sen. James Merritt, R-Indianapolis, filed the bill Thursday on behalf of the administration but said he was allowed to put his own principles in it and was not in favor of such gambling ex
Jan 19, 2007, 12:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News