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Help Wanted: NC Lottery Seeks DirectorNews Story
The ad says the lottery commission wants an experienced professional to implement and run North Carolina's new numbers game.The North Carolina Education Lottery is running an advertisement seeking someone to be its executive director. The ad appears in Sunday's newspapers and online job listings, including the state's own jobs Web site.The ad says the lottery commission wants an experienced professional to implement and run North Carolina's new numbers game.State Government Radio says the ne
Oct 17, 2005, 6:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Is it possible....Reply
Todd i agree with you when you said: and it will cause regular players to bail, because who wants to play a game, when some group is guaranteed to win? I am glad that they pass that legislation that would make it impossible to do again i wish all state did the same.....But guys if you think about it, notice when you are writing down your numbers...If you write down your numbers on the playslip too hard, the computer would not accept it and you will have to do it again...This is something one has
Sep 13, 2005, 3:24 pm - pumpi76 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery law sets rivalry in motionReply
I agree with Tenaj but for different reasons Pick 3 and Pick4 are simple, but not for people who haven't ever played. You have to launch them when the lottery first starts up and people will invest the effort to learn how to play their numbers. Numbers games aren't jackpot driven - they are the gift that keeps on giving. You can always add a big jackpot game soon after start-up. Once again, a legislature tries to get cute and ends up writing stupid enabling legislation. They need to tweak the
Sep 1, 2005, 7:05 pm - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

Drug dealer must forfeit lottery jackpotReply
It's part of the War on Drugs and money laundering legislation that was passed during the 80s and early nineties. It's been going on a while.The only rights you have are those the government allows you. This isn't an issue involving ideals, or 'rights'. It's an issue of what the government is allowed to do (allows itself to do) to any citizen it sees fit.If the court says what they did is legal, by definition it's legal.Nobody's been asked to vote for, nor against it in a referendum. It is r
Aug 19, 2005, 4:34 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

Reporter investigates Internet lottery scamReply
If the people who respond to these things are desparate, there's cause to believe we have some idea why they're desparate. They probably got there by similar choices in the past.Con artists have been around forever and suckers have been around forever. It's not even certain which came first.But these people you feel sorry for are responsible for my spam guard catching about 50 emails a day, and another five or so slipping through to be deleted manually. These suckers are causing you and me an
Jul 26, 2005, 8:27 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

Mega Millions fuels California lottery sales recordNews Story
Californians jumped on the chance to join a multistate lottery by purchasing a record $2.4 million on the first day of sales for the Mega Millions game, state lottery officials said Thursday.The statewide sales Wednesday surpassed the $1.7 million sold on New York s first day in 2002, officials said in a statement.California is the 12th state to join the Mega Millions game, which had a U.S. record $363 million jackpot in May 2000. It also had a $331 million jackpot in April 2002.Players pay $1 f
Jun 24, 2005, 8:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

If you win, become an artist
If you win, become an artist and move to IrelandIn Ireland, all income from a creative work such as a novel, play or song is exempt from tax.Ireland is left guessing as to how much or how little Bono and the members of U2 benefit. But a list of more than 1,000 artists and writers who have claimed tax-free status since 1998, released under freedom of information legislation, has caused sharp intakes of breath.Cecelia Ahern, daughter of the Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, who received a reputed $1
Jun 20, 2005, 12:08 pm - goldrush - Lottery Discussion Forum

Nevada Democrats try to revive lottery planNews Story
Nevada Democrats are trying to breathe life into their state lottery proposal, an idea Senate Republicans say is dead for the 2005 session.Although the resolution was voted down by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, says he's negotiating with Senate Republicans leaders with the hopes of reviving it.The resolution would let the state create a lottery to pay for school supplies and class-size reduction. Democrats say it could bring in as much as 50 million dollars an
May 17, 2005, 12:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery industry firms eye N.C. prizeNews Story
The biggest players in the $46.5 billion U.S. lottery management industry are casting their eyes toward North Carolina, wondering whether the only state on the Eastern Seaboard without a lottery is about to pull the trigger. What have you heard? Angela Geryak Wiczek, a spokeswoman for Rhode Island-based GTECH Corp., asked a reporter. What do you hear about its chances? GTECH, which has paid a lobbyist in the state for more than a decade, is expected to be first in line if and when the state le
Apr 18, 2005, 10:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mass. lottery winners cash in on new prize lawNews Story
Massachusetts lottery winners are rushing to cash in on a recent change in state law that allows them to negotiate with private companies for a lump-sum buyout of all or a portion of their 20-year income stream.Since November, when the change in the law took effect, nearly 270 lottery winners have made the decision to give up a chunk of their future prize payments in return for a lump sum that can be used for such immediate needs as buying a new house or paying off existing loans and debts.But n
Apr 11, 2005, 12:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News