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Harry Reid pushing to legalize online poker for American casinos, horse tracksReply
I DON'T like Dingy Harry pandering for votes with this legislation. He could give a crap about people ....... it is about HIS power. If people want to play on-line poker ....... that is their business!
Dec 8, 2010, 11:57 am - dpoly1 - Lottery News

Decision on privatizing Illinois Lottery 'within days'News Story
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn could select a private firm to manage the Illinois State Lottery as soon as next week, but some lawmakers would rather keep the lottery under state government. Two bidders are vying for the right to privately manage the Illinois State Lottery. Earlier this week at a public hearing held in Chicago, the Northstar Lottery Group and the Camelot Group both presented their proposals to a state commission. The Northstar Lottery Group is a combination of three different com
Sep 10, 2010, 8:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Senate approves Internet sweepstakes banNews Story
Includes video report The North Carolina Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday to shutter hundreds of new businesses that bill supporters argue are offering just another form of illegal video poker where people buy phone or Internet time, then play games on computer screens to win cash and prizes. By a vote of 47-1, the chamber continued its long history of opposing video gambling, this time through electronic and computer-based devices springing up at new sweepstakes cafes o
Jun 22, 2010, 9:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Which states and lottery games will you play once online gambling is legal?Reply
Good point BE. Throw that into the mix along with the Report Card grades in state competition online and we could see some big changes. My only concern is that greedy politicians could enact preemptive legislation of some sort to circumvent anything that would empower players or enhance their ability to affect change in the whole system and/or elicit serious consideration of players' issues. Let's face it; it's unfortunately in the best interest of the less desirable state lotteries to kee
Jun 9, 2010, 9:26 am - rdgrnr - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ark. lottery forced to revise budget after law change foundNews Story
Arkansas' lottery director said Wednesday he wasn't aware that the Legislature changed how money from unclaimed prizes is to be managed a move that required lottery officials to revise their 2011 budget. The revised lottery budget allocates $11 million less for scholarships and overall revenue is projected to drop by $14 million. However, the lottery has been taking in money above projections, and the original scholarship budget target of $116 million could still be met. We will do our be
Apr 9, 2010, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay upReply
There's aspecific legal definition, and your concept of what that means doesn't appear to be based in reality Lottery retailers are called licensed retail sales agents on the license application and in the Texas Revised Code chapter 466, section .002 DEFINITIONS (subsection (9): sales agent or sales agency means a person licensed under this chapter to sell tickets . It's obvious the person holding the license is in fact selling and redeeming lottery tickets on behalf of the TLC and I'm not
Nov 1, 2009, 1:26 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

N.C. Supreme Court keeps lottery law in placeNews Story
Lottery barely avoids being deemed illegal The North Carolina Education Lottery can still operate after the state Supreme Court deadlocked Friday over whether the votes creating the games were lawful. Three of the seven justices agreed Friday the lottery law was unconstitutional and three others upheld the law. A seventh justice, Mark Martin, had recused himself from oral arguments in the case in September and did not vote. The 3-3 decision means a March 2008 state Court of Appeals ruli
Mar 23, 2009, 2:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery bill nearing completionReply
I hope they are smart enough to keep the language simple... Payouts shall be at least XX (like 55%) of sales The games shall be operated so as to maximize net dollar proceeds to the beneficiary . This is the best way to avoind most of the pitfalls other lotteries are still dealing with today. You don't want to have a new piece of legislation every time you want to add or change a game.
Feb 25, 2009, 5:52 pm - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

the future of the lottery as you see it...Reply
Contact, and continue to contact your state representatives and senators, even the Governor's office about those computer draws. Rebecca will not change any of her decisions unless legislation mandates drawings revert to ball drop ......... and lawmakers are so money hungry if she can convince them they'll have more pork in the pot from computer draws, they'll stall and do nothing until it's demanded by people that they do. The situation is only impossible if people resign themselves to b
Feb 21, 2008, 9:40 am - konane - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tenn. players picked up on new odds before lottery revealed glitchReply
You're right, lottoscorp; they're doing some major damage control. I'm afraid most of it is geared toward the fraud issue, though. If fraud is discovered to be the cause behind the glitch in the Tennessee Lottery, the resulting reverberations would cast suspicion on all remaining RNG states, and the players in those states would begin demanding investigations of their own lotteries when their tickets missed by one digit. Whether or not they're run in an honest and forthright manner, s
Oct 28, 2007, 2:55 pm - jim695 - Lottery News