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Missouri Lottery facing challenging issues with vendor contractNews Story
One of the Missouri Lottery's biggest contracts might not stand up in court if it was challenged by the company that runs its statewide network of ticket sales. That means the state doesn't collect as much money as the contract allows when the company is penalized for breakdowns. And, even when the Lottery does collect money for penalties, the proceeds are not directly funding public schools across the Show-Me state, according to a review by the Post-Dispatch. Rather, the cash is being rol
Sep 20, 2017, 10:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

High-tech lottery company opens new $15M facility in FloridaNews Story
On its face, an instant lottery card wouldn't seem an example of high tech. But the 22 layers of print, security and other features needed to produce a modern lottery card make it high tech indeed. So tech was one of the themes celebrated Tuesday at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new $15 million facility in Lakeland operated by the British-based International Game Technology (formerly known as Gtech). We aren't just tourism anymore. We aren't just agriculture. We're finally high tec
Feb 22, 2018, 1:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Investigation: Illinois Lottery didn't award 40% of scratch-off grand prizesNews Story
It was called The Good Life and offered the biggest grand prize of any instant game the Illinois Lottery had ever produced. Two lucky winners could scratch their way to $46 million each, paid in periodic installments. At $30, tickets weren't cheap, but millions were sold. Then the game ended before the lottery sold most of the tickets that were printed, with neither top prize awarded. The same thing happened with another instant game, called Birthday Surprise. Two large grand prizes offere
Dec 9, 2016, 1:50 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery giant IGT is sole bidder to run sports betting in R.I.News Story
IGT, the company that runs Rhode Island's electronic lottery systems, is the sole bidder for a contract to run the state's proposed foray into sports betting. The Lottery issued a request for proposals on the sports betting contract last month and although 18 firms participated in a pre-bid conference on the contract, the Providence-based company formerly known as GTECH was the only one to submit a bid by last Friday's deadline, the R.I. Lottery announced Monday. We would have preferred m
May 22, 2018, 8:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Legislation and media misconceptions plague Connecticut Lottery over technical errorsNews Story
Lottery integrity called into question as media blows issues out of proportion Exclusive Lottery Post investigative report By Kate Northrop The Connecticut Lottery is being forced to revisit a 2023 software glitch that caused confusion for some players trying to claim prizes and this time it's being made worse by local media blowing the matter out of proportion. What started a technical hiccup has spiraled into accusations of cover-ups and violations of integrity. In June 2023,
Feb 23, 2025, 9:28 am - Todd - Lottery News

IGT Slot Maker Sold for $6.4 Billion to Lottery Giant
Another major producer, IGT of Las Vegas acquired by overseas Italian mega corporation GTECH expecting serious reverberations in gaming Bye, Bye IGT Fortes Fortuna Juvat Eddessa_Knight
Jul 17, 2014, 4:56 pm - eddessaknight - Gaming Forum

Pa. spends $1.3M to date on search for lottery partner amid fierce competition for $1B contractNews Story
The hunt for a company to service the Pennsylvania Lottery's games and gaming system for the next decade has proven to be a contentious and costly venture. Two companies are vying for 10-year lottery servicing contracts that would pay close to $1 billion or more over the life of the deal (the contracts could be extended for two to four years). It's one of the commonwealth's most lucrative long-term contracts. The firms have engaged in a heated battle over the past year and a half as this i
Oct 22, 2019, 10:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Misprinted Kentucky Lottery tickets lead players to mistakenly believe they wonNews Story
IGT software error dashes players' hopes and excitement By Kate Northrop Quite a few Kentucky Lottery players thought they had won big time when they saw matching symbols printed on their Tic Tac Cash Fast Play tickets, but that joy quickly dissipated when they found out that those symbols were not indicators of winning the lottery at all, rather they were a result of a software error. According to the Kentucky Lottery, a vendor software issue affected some lottery vending machines in O
Dec 17, 2020, 5:19 pm - Todd - Lottery News

SC Lottery will set aside $19.6 million for potential payouts to cover glitchReply
Maybe Intralot should have to fund their mistake. Go with IGT for your lottery provider, not that I'm prejudiced or anything since I own IGT stock. Also won jackpots on IGT slot machines. Anyway this seems like a step in the right direction, had to read it twice. I think they realize their integrity was on the line and could have potentially costs many more millions if folks thought it is rigged and we won't play anymore.
Jan 1, 2018, 7:42 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

California Lottery under fire for giving away $212,500 in Scratchers on 'Ellen'Reply
I would bet good money those free scratchers were mostly duds and small prizes to ensure relatively little money was paid out. CALottery knows very well what is in the every roll they get from IGT, Scientific Games and Pollard Banknote. It is well within their abilities to make sure giveaways don't contain top prizes. Even the most badly managed lottery isn't going to tell IGT Surprise me! and leave the geographical distribution of scratchers prizes up to pure chance. Nobody would be that dumb.
Feb 6, 2020, 6:01 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery News