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Arkansas Lottery scratch tickets, logo revealedReply
I agree. And, while I'm not anti-religion by any means, I also tend to agree with the poster who suggested that the reason for the prominence of the scholarship stuff is to placate religion-based anti-lottery sentiment in Arkansas. I have lived in Arkansas for more than twenty years. One of the reasons it has taken so long for Arkansas to get its own state lottery -- and after several previous attempts, some of which were halted by reasons so transparently contrived it was laughable -- is tha
Sep 17, 2009, 2:42 pm - Mike Frazier - Lottery News

Should Lotteries Revenue go To Fix Health Care Or Medicare...Reply
The usa fed's have just increased the tax on cigarettes.... by as much a 80 cents in some states Charging more for lottery tickets would only create problems for the payout structure. Nobody is going to want to pay an additional dollar to play pick 3 or 4 games or any other games unless they increase the payout to match the expense of playing. On February 4th, 2009, the Federal Government enacted legislation to fund the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S
Apr 4, 2009, 11:35 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

Arkansas Lottery Commision takes shapeNews Story
Confusion over salary cap for director position Arkansas House Speaker Robbie Wills appointed three members to the newly created Arkansas Lottery Commission, and his lottery cleanup bill to clarify the salary of the commission's director cleared a committee Wednesday. Wills appointed Joe White of Conway, Mike Malone of Fayetteville, and Susan Ward-Jones of Marion. I established a criteria [for appointees] of honesty, integrity, and state and community responsibility, Wills said. These
Apr 4, 2009, 10:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery bill signed into lawNews Story
May be up running this year Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed identical House and Senate bills into law today to create an Arkansas Lottery to fund scholarships to Arkansas college students. You could look at this as Arkansas becoming the 43 state to have a lottery, but there's another way to look at it. We're the first state where all of the lottery proceeds will go to college scholarships, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, who spearheaded the drive for the constitutional amendment voters passed last
Mar 26, 2009, 6:41 pm - Todd - Lottery News

CEO: Bonuses in lottery business are necessaryNews Story
In a year in which the state is cutting back on spending, freezing pay and laying off staffers, Georgia Lottery CEO Margaret DeFrancisco received a $150,000 bonus. In all, lottery staffers received about $2.5 million in bonuses this year. DeFrancisco said the incentives are necessary to keep the lottery which set sales records again this year competitive with other businesses in the market for top workers. The whole point is to attract and retain really talented people, DeFrancisco sai
Dec 29, 2008, 10:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Councilor seeks city-only lottery gameNews Story
In the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, a council member is suggesting that the city launch its own lottery game to raise money for cash-strapped public schools. District 1 Councilor Joffrey Smith is asking the city manager to file special legislation that would authorize the State Lottery Commission to create scratch ticket game that would be sold only in Worcester. Smith says proceeds from the game would do directly to public schools in the state's second-largest city. Smith says he has
May 9, 2008, 11:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pi and the Lottery.Reply
Well, here's something: Alabama Changes the Value of Pi TheApril 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newslettercontained an article claiming that the Alabama state legislature hadvoted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159to the 'Biblical value' of 3.0. Before long the article had made itsway onto the internet, and then it rapidly made its way around theworld, forwarded by people in their email. It only became apparent howfar the article had spr
Apr 13, 2008, 3:03 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Systems Forum

Calif. Lottery fails to meet Mega Millions deadlineReply
Or are they hoping there are at least a few Jackpots that go unclaimed? That's an interesting question because it sounds like California wants to assume ownership of the entire jackpot prize from an unclaimed ticket sold in that state even though the majority of the tickets were sold in other states. In most states when there are 2 or more jackpot winners and one of the tickets goes unclaimed that portion goes back to the states. Mega Millions probably has provisions covering that in the
Jul 20, 2007, 9:06 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Schwarzenegger may try to privatize California LotteryReply
First - CA games are all parimutuel because the Supreme Court (with its head up its a_ _) ruled they had to be. Second, the Governor had a deal with the CA Teachers Assn to stay neutral on a bill to raise payouts. The CTA deal and opposed the bill - they already get (mostly in bonuses to teachers that may or may not be performing well) the vast majority of lottery money (over 70%). Not many people know that and the CTA does not publicize it - they see the Lottery as their own cash cow.
May 12, 2007, 4:07 pm - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

Lawsuit challenges N.C. LotteryReply
Whether or not other people pay it has nothing to do with whether or not it's tax. There are all sorts of taxes that only tax some of the people. Nobody expects people who don't own property to pay their fair share of property taxes, and nobody expects people who don't smoke or drink to send in tax payments for the cigarettes and alcohol they didn't buy. Contrary to popular opinion, all taxes are voluntary. If you don't want to pay a particular tax just don't meet the requirements for paying t
Apr 30, 2007, 12:59 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News