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Texas Lottery accuses GTECH of briberyNews Story
GTECH executives will appear before Texas commission The criminal allegations read right out of a crime novel: bribing overseas government officials, withholding evidence and lying about it. Those are some of the charges Texas investigators accuse GTECH, the international lottery services company that enjoys a lucrative contract with the state of Texas, of engaging in internationally. The findings have angered and embarrassed lottery commissioners, who have used GTECH as the agency's so
Aug 16, 2006, 11:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

$204 Million: Saturday Powerball JackpotReply
Gee...$204 million. That's only $21 million less than Alex Rodriguez got paid for signing a contract to play baseball in Texas.
Aug 5, 2006, 6:15 pm - Badger - Lottery News

Texas lottery raises concerns over GTECH's practices, ethicsNews Story
Lottery giant's merger with Lottomatica requires that Texas agree to keep its contract with the company GTECH Holding Corp.'s stock plummeted as much as 14 percent yesterday morning before rebounding after the Texas Lottery Commission and the Texas Department of Public Safety raised concerns about the company's business practices and ethical integrity. Investors, anticipating that Texas might adversely impact GTECH's pending $4.8-billion acquisition by Italy's Lottomatica SpA, sold off so
Jul 21, 2006, 10:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Intralot wins Idaho Lottery from larger rival GtechNews Story
The Idaho Lottery will have a new vendor starting next February after a Greek company that's expanding in the U.S. won a $30 million contract to run the state's scratch ticket and online gaming system from a larger rival. Intralot USA, a Georgia-based unit of Athens, Greece-based Intralot, beat out Rhode Island-based GTech by promising better service for instance, Idaho's online games, including Powerball, will run 24 hours a day under Intralot, up from the previous 22 hours and a more-at
May 3, 2006, 8:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

MegaMillions and Powerball in same stateReply
Unless Texas drops Mega Millions, there's no way they'll get Powerball, since the MUSL has some sort of no-compete clause in its contract.
Mar 22, 2006, 7:57 pm - ryanm - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. Lottery commission approves contracts for potential retailersNews Story
The North Carolina Lottery Commission is closer to putting together a network of ticket retailers after approving a proposed contract with about 30 guidelines for stores.A statewide database already has provided a list of 10,000 potential retailers, lottery executive director Tom Shaheen said. State law does not cap the number of places that will qualify to sell lottery tickets and it is unclear how many retailers will qualify to sell them.Shaheen wants instant-win tickets on sale by April 5, fo
Dec 28, 2005, 7:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

SoCal man sues to get share of $315 million lottery jackpotReply
This exact same thing ocurred about two years ago in NJ where the Sate Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of the planitiff. The guy missed work the day the pool money was due and the pool subsequently hit the Pick 6 for 35 million dollars. Pools have to start being more legal and formal now; hire a lawyer before your pool hits and draw up pool rules and have a pool contract where everyone in the pool agrees to the rules. This is getting ridiculous...avoid pools, or get a Lottery Pool Contrac
Dec 16, 2005, 4:25 pm - demonter - Lottery News

Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery dealNews Story
Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.Also Thursday, a former federal magistrate was nominated to fill the last vacancy on the lottery commission and a legal foundation sued to have the Legislature's vote creating the lottery declared void.Charles Sanders, head of the lottery commission, said Scient
Dec 16, 2005, 6:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Delware Lottery renews contract with Scientific GamesReply
DS9 is correct: the contract is for instant games:Instant ticket services to be provided include warehousing, marketing, distribution and installation of game management software. The contract is valued at $7.1 million over the three years, and includes three one-year extension options.A cooperative services agreement is where the vendor basically does everything, from marketing the game through the supply chain. Here's a link to the cooperative services page at Scientific Games: http://www.scie
Dec 5, 2005, 5:29 pm - Todd - Lottery News

trying to find if a person wonReply
Well if he had a contract of some kind, or was receiving alimony or child support, then he would probably have easy access to her address.
Nov 27, 2005, 7:58 pm - bellyache - Lottery Discussion Forum