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$145 million winner contacts lottery officialsNews Story
Lotto Texas: Lucky store sees ticket sales riseThe winner of Saturday's $145 million Lotto Texas jackpot who bought the ticket in El Paso contacted the Texas Lottery Commission on Monday. They have passed initial inquiry, meaning they read the unique number off the front of the ticket determining that is the winning ticket, said Bobby Heith, director of media relations for the commission, in a telephone interview from Austin. Hopefully, they are seeking legal and/or financial advice and will c
Jun 22, 2004, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottosync v1.7 bug report !Reply
Quote: Originally posted by WIN D on May 08, 2004 previous quote from Prometheus 2003 . LOLStandard MemberUnited StatesMember #1370April 06, 2003110 PostsOfflineGuru, I said it in the beginning of this thread and I will say it again. There is an obvious disconnect in your system. Normally I would say that this thread was a waste of time, but as long as you are entertaining us, that means you are leaving everyone else in the world alone. Your system is childish, and never takes in to account
May 10, 2004, 2:41 am - dragon - Lottery Systems Forum

UK Lottery sales up for the first time in six yearsNews Story
Camelot, the company that runs the National Lottery, will this week reveal that annual sales have risen for the first time in six years.The announcement will be a relief for Dianne Thompson, Camelot's chief executive, who pledged last year to put an end to years of decline that have hurt the lottery's good causes - the charities and cultural projects that benefit from it - and led to mounting criticism of the company.A year ago Camelot revealed that annual sales had fallen to 4.6bn (US$8.2 bi
Apr 25, 2004, 6:58 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery works to counter revenue lossNews Story
Even as they celebrated the 15th anniversary of the start-up of the Kentucky Lottery and predicted a strong finish to the fiscal year lottery officials acknowledged an uncertain future yesterday.That's due in large part to new competition from a neighbor. Tennessee, whose residents once were responsible for 12 percent to 15 percent of the Kentucky Lottery's sales, started its own lottery this year.Yesterday, Tennessee added the Powerball to its lineup.Kentucky Lottery spokesman Chip Polston said
Apr 20, 2004, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

North Dakota lottery sales still going strongNews Story
The North Dakota Lottery was approaching $1 million in sales through two weeks of play, lottery officials said Thursday.In the first 14 days North Dakota had member status in the Multi-State Lottery Association's Powerball game, players in the state placed $946,674 in bets, according to lottery spokeswoman Liz Brocker.That would put the state on pace for $24.6 million in lottery sales annually. And that's without the introduction of two additional games, Hot Lotto and Wild Card Two, which come o
Apr 9, 2004, 4:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

North Dakota Lottery a model of efficiencyNews Story
As a business with a limited number of potential customers in a sparsely populated territory, North Dakota's state lottery office has been concentrating on ways to keep its expenses down.It has only six employees, including its director. Its main computer sits in Montana, a few feet from another machine that handles the river of numbers for the Montana Powerball game and other lotteries.Because it does not sell scratch tickets, the games that let players know immediately whether they've won or
Mar 29, 2004, 4:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery wastes $1M on needless legal activitiesNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery has incurred out-of-control legal expenses that stem from needless and insignficant legal activities, according to recent reportsThe state lottery became embroiled in more controversy yesterday with the disclosure that the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., which oversees all lottery operations, has been billed for more than $1 million in legal fees since it began work last August.Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul told the legislature's Lottery Oversight Committee that the corporati
Feb 12, 2004, 6:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are Lotteries RiggedReply
Wow. It's hard to believe this topic is still open. It's even more difficult to believe that there are die-hard players out there who refuse to accept the obvious: Corruption and fraud are on the rise in state lotteries.In just the past ninety days, the Colorado Lottery was shut down due to accounting irregularities. Coincidently, their lottery commissioner resigned, and a new one was installed before operations began again. Then, only yesterday, I read that the Minnesota Lottery commissioner
Feb 3, 2004, 2:05 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery Dead Issue in Alabama LegislatureNews Story
Recent news accounts suggest the lottery will be back in the legislature this session due to discussion of budget shortfalls. Sen. Barron (D-Fyffe) said, I think we'll vote to let you vote on the lottery. Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) indicated he would seek to introduce a constitutional amendment legalizing casinos and a lottery and Rep. Randy Hinshaw, (D- Meridianville) stated, We're in the position now where nothing is off the table. The Christian Coalition of Alabama distributes Candid
Jan 16, 2004, 5:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery trying to win back trustNews Story
The Colorado Lottery Commission took an important step toward sprucing up the agency's increasingly tarnished image this week by approving tough new conflict-of-interest rules.For a department that relies on ticket-buying citizens for the bulk of its money, a clean reputation can't be underestimated.The new rules prohibit employees from accepting any gifts from companies that do business with the Lottery. In the past, those same companies wined and dined employees, took them to Denver Broncos ga
Jan 16, 2004, 6:00 am - Todd - Lottery News