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Details about Arkansas Lottery emergeNews Story
In a memo to House members late Monday afternoon, House Speaker Robbie Wills, D-Conway, provided an overview of draft legislation to create Arkansas' voter-approved lottery for college scholarships. As it stands now, the legislation which may be more than 100 pages when the final version is filed calls for net proceeds from the state-run lottery to fund a new scholarship program to be known as the Arkansas Opportunity Scholarship Program. A new division of the state Department of Higher Ed
Feb 10, 2009, 9:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Californians to get a full year to claim Mega Millions lottery prizesNews Story
California lottery players originally had just 6 months to claim Mega winnings, while those in other states had 12. The change takes effect Jan. 1. Californians who keep their winning Mega Millions lottery tickets in their sock drawers will soon get an additional six months to dig them out and cash them in. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Wednesday that extends the time for claiming a jackpot in the multi-state lottery game from six months to a year. The change, effective
Apr 24, 2008, 1:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

US House votes to kill Internet gamblingReply
Quote: Originally posted by LOTTOMIKE on July 17, 2006 i hope this lobbyist running his mouth doesn't backfire on all of us. Last week Carruthers told Reuters he thought that a U.S. Republican-written, House of Representatives-approved bill to crack down on Internet gambling by banning banks and credit card companies from processing the payments was bound to fail due to the mountainous backlog of other U.S. legislation. U.S. Republican-written, House of Representatives-approved
Jul 17, 2006, 8:45 am - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

betting online and your financial outlookReply
Quote: Originally posted by bellyache on July 14, 2006 I voted no to the poll. I don't bet online so it really won't effect me, but that doesn't mean I want the ability to play online to be taken away. Ah those hard times, those post-Y2k survival challenges. An anecdote concerning online casinos, and what's likely to come of this legislation: A few years ago, 2003, maybe, a meth-cook named Dan Shaulis, from over in the East Mountain, whom I briefly thought was a friend (that's
Jul 14, 2006, 7:10 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery Discussion Forum

S.C. may ban illegal aliens from claiming lottery prizesNews Story
South Carolina State Rep. John Graham Altman said Friday that Fox News wants him to be a guest on Your World with Neil Cavuto on Monday to discuss his bill that would prohibit illegal aliens from collecting South Carolina lottery winnings. The Charleston Republican filed his bill in February. It'll have a good chance if I can get on Fox. Everybody says it's a good idea, he said. Cavuto's hour-long live show is billed as the No. 1 business news program on cable TV. It airs at 4 p.m.
Apr 23, 2006, 11:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery lawsuit dismissedNews Story
North Carolina lottery will not be blocked A Superior Court judge ruled today that the lottery legislation is not a tax, and threw out a lawsuit challenging how lawmakers created the state lottery. Superior Court Judge Henry Chip Hight of Franklin County dismissed the lawsuit filed by the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law representing several taxpayers and interest groups. No person is forced to purchase a lottery ticket, Hight wrote in an 11-page ruling. The lottery act does n
Mar 21, 2006, 2:17 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Reporter investigates Internet lottery scamNews Story
Editor's Note: The Lottery Post staff continually receives e-mails from people who are trying to trace the company that has sent an e-mail about a big win in a Internet lottery. Be warned: if you supply your banking details you may end up poorer than before your mysterious windfall. Police caution strongly that you should never agree to meet these con artists. The following article appears as-written in the online magazine, Expatica.On receipt of an e-mail from an Internet scam outfit, the
Jul 15, 2005, 9:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Anti-lottery group sues to end Mega Millions in CaliforniaNews Story
The California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking an injunction to shut down the state's two-week-old Mega Millions multistate lotto.The coalition will formally notified the California State Lottery of the action Wednesday, and then publicly announced it in a press release [see below], the group's attorneys from the Sacramento and Woodland Hills areas told Lottery Post.The coalition, represented by Sacramento-area attorney Fred Jones and Woodland Hills busines
Jul 8, 2005, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee gambler addiction program delayedNews Story
Tennessee officials have yet to start a promised $200,000, state-funded treatment program designed to help compulsive gamblers who may be tempted by the Tennessee Lottery, despite hopes by supporters to have the program in place as early as last fall.Now, the program may not be up and running until June one year after the governor signed off on the proposal.The state health officials charged with creating the program, which is supposed to include a hot line for problem gamblers to call and train
Jan 25, 2005, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Online lotteries in BrazilReply
slampen,I can't believe you continue to support this scheme (WGI). What about the fact that they are lying about being registered in Norway?But wait, there's more. My great anonymous tipster sent me some more in-depth materials about them.This time from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commissions, including charges against CEO, Greg Kennedy and WGI's parent company, World Play Services for pyramid selling. His trial ended June 9, 2004 and the proceedings were adjourned for judgement.
Jul 23, 2004, 1:17 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum