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Arkansas lottery players now can buy tickets with debit cardsReply
. I wonder if this is going to have any tax implications, for people of Arkansas, like the online thing, in some state(s), as I was clued in on, by another member here. Whereas, if you do sign up to purchase tickets online, OR by ccard, is the IRS or any part of the Fed Gov. going to keep tabs on you, from here on out, just for having purchasing them, that way? I would expect it rather than not expect it. It's time to be paranoid: The Feds are looking. They want their share. T
Apr 17, 2017, 1:15 pm - Groppo - Lottery News

Preliminary hearing rescheduled for Tommy Tipton in lottery rigging caseNews Story
The latest case in a large-scale lottery rigging scheme is headed to the courtroom next week. Tommy Tipton turned himself in earlier this month after being charged with ongoing criminal conduct. Tommy's brother is former Multi-State Lottery Association employee Eddie Tipton, who is currently serving prison time for tampering with lottery equipment. Police say Eddie rigged the Hot Lotto game electronically to win him a jackpot for $16 million in December of 2010. Prosecutors recently
Apr 22, 2016, 9:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Question about taxes for Ohio Pick 4 winningsReply
At 15% rate, $375 will be due to the Feds. If you (or the friend, if they claim it) work another job, it's likely an excess has been withheld over the course of the year that would likely cover most, if not all, of the additional $375. Typical tax refund for many is well over $1,000. Ohio tax is a little more tricky to calculate exactly, but figure on it being around 4%; around $100. Total tax due between state and federal being around $475 at 15% and 4% rates, respectively... If one's fed
Jan 1, 2015, 5:07 am - Ron5995 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Audit: Stores buying Michigan lottery tickets from playersReply
Stack47, Atlantic City did a lot to ruin the business and what you described is part of it. And sadly most river boast casinos follow the AC model. the pit bosses are down in the lowest deck of the boat looking at computers and doing paperwork. The floor calls down and says some one wants a $5,000 marker and the pit says, Who is this guy? Sad. No dealers don't ask for ID, dealers have enough to do just dealing the game. The floor asks, Would you like to have your play rat
Nov 21, 2014, 7:26 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Keno opens a new fight over Arkansas lotteryNews Story
Arkansas lottery officials won't just be making the case for why they should be allowed to expand their games to include offerings such as keno when the Legislature meets next year. They'll also be making the case for not completely overhauling their structure. Legislation approved in a special session last week that bars the lottery from launching monitor games such as keno until March 13, 2015, ensures that the issue will be at the top of the agenda when lawmakers convene for next year's se
Jul 8, 2014, 8:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pa. considers expanding lottery gambling to WebNews Story
The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett said Friday that expanding Pennsylvania Lottery gambling to keno and online games will be one of the best ways to produce more revenue from the $3.5 billion lottery system that funds programs for the elderly. The administration made the statement as part of an update on its talks with companies about privatizing the management of the $3.5 billion lottery system under a 20-year agreement. Asked about it Friday, Corbett would only say that the ideas are
Nov 12, 2012, 1:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery glitch causes many duplicate Quick Pick ticketsNews Story
Mary Ellen Reiter felt like she got one losing ticket for the price of two after discovering that eight sets of numbers on one Illinois Lottery quick-pick ticket that she bought matched eight sets of numbers on another. I think that they should make it right, said Reiter, 52, of Evanston, who bought the duplicate tickets Sunday at a convenience store in the northern suburb. The way I figure, I should at least receive back $5 of free quick-picks. About 3,000 tickets were similarly affecte
May 7, 2012, 12:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery fires second VPNews Story
The Arkansas Lottery has fired the last of three top officials brought in to launch the games two years ago, and the lottery commission's chairwoman called the move an opportunity for change. Ernestine Middleton, the lottery vice president for administration, was fired Wednesday two days after the resignations of embattled director Ernie Passailaigue and another vice president, David Barden. Passailaigue announced last month he would be leaving, but Barden and Middleton had said they wanted t
Oct 7, 2011, 6:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

West Virginia Lottery rule change raises safety issueNews Story
Limited video lottery retailers and machine distributors raised concerns Wednesday that a proposed West Virginia Lottery Commission rule change could put their employees at greater risk of being robbed. The commission is attempting to clarify state Lottery law regarding how video lottery retailers bar and club owners and machine distributors are to split their share of video lottery profits. As drafted, the rule change would clarify that, under state law, payments between distributors and
Sep 29, 2011, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery VPs hope to stay after director leavesNews Story
Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue is moving on, but the two top executives he brought with him from South Carolina say they hope to stay put. Soon after Passailaigue left his job as director of South Carolina s lottery to become director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery in the summer of 2009, he hired two South Carolina lottery officials, David Barden and Ernestine Middleton, to be his vice presidents in Arkansas at nearly $100,000 more than their salaries back home. On Monda
Sep 20, 2011, 8:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News