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N.D. lawmaker quits anti-lottery groupNews Story
The North Dakota Senate's top officer has quit a lottery opposition group, saying it has become too partisan. No Lottery 2000 Inc. has become closely affiliated with ambitious Republican politicians who are exploiting the lottery debate by attempting to convert the issue into one that is partisan, Senate President Pro Tem John Drummond, D-Ninety Six, wrote to the group's chairwoman, Kathy Bigham. Mr. Drummond said he would continue to oppose the lottery that the Democratic Party's leade
Mar 9, 2006, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery company misses bid deadlineNews Story
One of the two major American lottery companies Tuesday let a key deadline pass for winning the right to operate a major chunk of North Carolina's new lottery games.Rhode Island-based GTECH Holdings said it did not submit a letter of intent to bid for the right to operate instant-winner scratch-off ticket games in North Carolina. The letters signal a company's interest to the state and keep the company in the loop for more contract information.GTECH's unwillingness to bid so far increases the od
Dec 28, 2005, 6:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery: Promises and pitfallsReply
Rip Snorter said: If that's the smoke and mirrors trick it takes to cause voters to allow lotteries to exist, let her rip. The 'support' side of the equation almost certainly involves political rhetoric. ___________________________________________________________________________________You're absolutely right, Jack. Political Rhetoric. What a wonderful term that is! We use it to describe what the politicians regurgitate during their bids for public office, and the politicians use it to under
Dec 26, 2005, 11:47 am - jim695 - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery misunderstandings could derail bondsNews Story
The new North Carolina lottery is supposed to help fund education, but local school officials and advocates are worried that the newly created state game could shut off a vital source of funding. Our worry is that the public will see the lottery as being this great boon and will say, 'Well, we don't need to vote for this bond. The lottery will take care of it,' said Margaret Arbuckle, director of the Guilford Education Alliance, a business group that is a booster for public schools.Bonds are n
Dec 26, 2005, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery to change Lotto game back to 6/54 formatNews Story
Texas lottery commissioners moved one step closer Friday to returning the Lotto Texas game to its original format by signing off on a plan to bounce the so-called bonus ball from the format that decides how the multimillion-dollar jackpots are won.Meanwhile, the two sitting commissioners who oversee lottery operations deferred a decision on who will be hired to run the agency, which generates $1 billion a year for the state. But both offered high praise for former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin, a H
Nov 19, 2005, 9:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scientific Games wrote parts of N.C. lottery lawNews Story
A company that hopes to land the multimillion-dollar contract to run North Carolina's gambling operation used a link to House Speaker Jim Black to have the new lottery law written to its liking.Alan Middleton, vice president of Scientific Games, wrote to Black's office, saying he wanted to write a law that excluded other companies. Middleton had an inside connection to the speaker's office, according to hundreds of pages of e-mail messages, memos and other documents released by Black's office Th
Oct 14, 2005, 9:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maddogs Mega Millions Challenge 10/4Reply
MD, and other participants in this Challenge:Would you mind if I propose a plan, for just entertainment purpose?Simply allow me to participate in this Challenge but with a different matrix.As you are already aware, the current challenge matrix (15+5) is equal to 15,015 combinations. What I would like to do is for me to personally challenge with a different matrix. That is, (10WBs+46MBs). That matrix covers only 11,592 combinations, fewer than the current by 3,423. (For your reference, 10 WBs
Oct 4, 2005, 10:31 pm - anonymous77 - Jackpot Games Forum

Still no consensus in N.C. lottery talksNews Story
Differences over a proposed North Carolina lottery surfaced from the budget negotiations Monday, as time dwindled before an end-of-the-week deadline to approve a spending plan for state government.North Carolina is the only East Coast state without a numbers game, but House and Senate leaders and Gov. Mike Easley all Democrats are trying to create one before the Legislature adjourns for the year.The House passed a lottery game in April by a two-vote margin. But the Senate approved a budget p
Aug 2, 2005, 8:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. lottery vote may happen todayNews Story
The North Carolina House could vote on whether to start a North Carolina lottery as early as today, House Speaker Jim Black said Tuesday, but there could be plenty of reasons for a delay.Lottery supporters and opponents say there still doesn t appear to be enough votes to pass a bill, the details of which were still being worked out by leaders of a committee picked by Black. I m still thinking about (Wednesday), Black said of a floor vote. But he d be willing to wait, especially if he doesn t h
Apr 6, 2005, 10:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Speaker pushing for lottery vote within 2 weeksNews Story
House Speaker Jim Black said he wants lawmakers to vote on a state lottery in the next two weeks, and he virtually guaranteed Wednesday that the proposal would reach his chamber's floor.A state numbers game, a regular winner in the Senate that typically dies in the House, could fail in a House committee -- in theory. But Black, D-Mecklenburg, said the education lottery plan he and Gov. Mike Easley are pushing would be heard by a special committee.Black, a lottery supporter, will appoint the comm
Mar 24, 2005, 8:49 am - Todd - Lottery News