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Has anyone ever worked for a Lottery?Reply
Quality control is a VERY important concern with company's producing scratch tickets. You have to understand that depending on the particular press and game being run,tickets are being produced at the rate of 1+ million/hr. Some very large games can run for several days straight. The quality(viscosity's) of the inks being used in vat's are checked hourly by the ink tech's.The security inks (covering numbers)are run thru the most rigorous/elaborated test to assure the ticket cannot be broke
Mar 29, 2013, 12:08 pm - geerod2001 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Elderly woman tells lottery scam artist to get a job and quit bothering herReply
If I recall, I believe that it was Michelin that used to run an AD on TV on why Michelin tires should be on your vehicles, because there were more important reasons in life than skimping on tires or something along those lines. The Ads targeted parents and the more important reasons were the children being transported regularly in the vehicles. The Biritish grandmother Lindsay Sandiford 56 that you are talking about recieved a death sentence in Bali for the guilt of drug trafficking. Accordin
Jan 23, 2013, 1:52 am - Factorem - Lottery News

RL's Digit Master Pro Big Game software download.Reply
CHILLON Mel Fisher, a chicken farmer (going broke) made the decision 2 move 2 Key West 2 start A treasure hunt business. Note, my grandfather was in D chicken business in D late 50's about D time Mel went broke ! PSYKO'S grandfather did great, had poultry process'n plants and bought chicken's from chicken contract farmers who raised sold 2 ROYAL CHICKEN'ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! Mel Fisher, a farmer CHICKEN farmer (BROKE) found million more millions off
Dec 11, 2012, 6:14 pm - psykomo - Lottery Systems Forum

Illinois Lottery superintendent at odds with private manager of lotteryNews Story
Illinois Lottery superintendent Michael Jones and the Northstar Lottery Group are at odds. Northstar is the private management consortium named in the fall of 2010 to run the Illinois Lottery. The source of the disagreement is a preliminary draft of a ruling this week from a mediator assigned to determine whether Northstar should have to pay a penalty for failing to meet stipulated profit goals in its private management agreement with the state. By its own accounting Northstar, comprised o
Sep 14, 2012, 8:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

NJ moves to privatize lottery sales, marketingNews Story
Four companies interested in running portions of the New Jersey Lottery attended a mandatory information session in Trenton last Thursday, the first step toward privatization. The state Treasury Department is looking to hand over sales and marketing operations to a private vendor next year. The state would retain ownership of the lottery under the plan, and state employees would continue to manage its operations though those jobs are not guaranteed. New Jersey has the eighth largest state
Sep 11, 2012, 12:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery gets advice from Illinois on privatizationReply
From another News thread: Report: Ill. lottery manager short $100M on profit The Illinois Lottery's private manager fell nearly $100 million short of the profits it promised to deliver for the state. But the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday that revenues generated by Northstar Lottery Group still set an Illinois record. Illinois has fallen behind other state lotteries for years. Northstar promised $825 million in net revenue when it took over the lottery in July 2011. A Tribune analy
Aug 11, 2012, 1:36 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Why the difference in payout between Powerball and MegamillionsReply
CDanaT, From the Powerball website FAQ page: WHY IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CASH PAYOUTS IN THE POWERBALL AND MEGA MILLIONS GAMES? A fixed percentage of every Mega Millions and Powerball ticket sold goes into its CASH jackpot. The cash jackpot is all the money that the lottery has on hand from the sale of tickets in the game. If a player chooses the cash option, then the lottery will pay the entire cash amount to the winner (less income tax withholding amounts required by federal
Jan 16, 2012, 10:17 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

help with annuity rates of return vs. CD returnsReply
Good point. CD rates can change. This brings up another point: If the interest rates do rise, then it would be probable that the lottery annuities rates of return would also rise comparably. - According to the PA lottery website.. The annuities are provided by companies who win the annuity contract. There are several companies trying to get the annuity contracts, so they naturally will offer the most attractive rates... that means their rates will correlate closely with the Fed interest
Dec 25, 2011, 9:27 pm - thelottery - Jackpot Games Forum

Where would you invest your winnings?Reply
When I was younger, I would have taken the Annuity. If I won a jackpot, I would not be obsessed with getting rich, as I would ALREADY be rich. All I would have to do is avoid disaster and stupidity. These days, I'm torn, although I would love to have the opportunity to agonize over the decision! Why I like the annuity: 1) A PB jackpot is guaranteed by the member states, so even if the underlying annuity investment failed, they would fulfill the contract. More than that, the inves
Aug 18, 2011, 2:09 pm - JusCurious - Lottery Discussion Forum

Embattled Arkansas Lottery controller resignsNews Story
The top fiscal officer for the Arkansas lottery, who was criticized by some lawmakers and lottery commissioners following an important audit, has resigned. A resignation letter from lottery controller Philip Miley says he and his wife have decided to return home. Miley was controller for Regional Health Care Holding Inc., a subsidiary of St. Bernard's Health Care of Jonesboro, from 1997 to 2008. Miley, who has worked for the lottery since July 2009, did not return messages seeking comment.
Jul 30, 2011, 9:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News