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Tennessee lottery study criticizedNews Story
Tennessee State Senator Steve Cohen is criticizing the states lottery board saying an $85,000 independent study to develop a permanent employee pay plan is unnecessary and that more bonuses should not be awarded those who work for the corporation.Cohen (D-Memphis), who pushed for the states upstart lottery in the General Assembly for roughly two decades, says Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TEL) head Rebecca Paul brings with her a record of awarding lavish benefits in her former job at
Jul 2, 2004, 8:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Washington Lottery to Discontinue Televised DrawingsReply
It could be worst, it could read:The Washington Lottery said yesterday that it will not renew its contract to have lottery drawings.All drawings will end July 1.Lottery officials said the decision was based on research that found that less than 1 percent of players routinely expected to win anything.RJOh
Jun 9, 2004, 9:01 am - RJOh - Lottery News

Warning about Lottery UniverseReply
It's not legal for them to sign it if they have already entered into a legal contract with you saying it's yours. I know quite a bit about this subject.
Jun 2, 2004, 11:21 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

GTech Profit Up as Lottery Sales RiseNews Story
GTech Holdings Corp., a leading lottery systems operator, on Thursday said quarterly earnings rose 14 percent, on acquisitions and higher lottery ticket sales driven by big jackpots.The fiscal fourth-quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates, but GTech stock fell slightly. It was a good quarter, but not a phenomenal one, Farmhouse Equity Research analyst J.P. Mark said. People expected them to beat estimates. For the fiscal fourth quarter ended Feb. 28, the West Greenwich, Rhode Island, co
Apr 16, 2004, 9:33 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

The Lottery Post going public.Reply
Okay, JADE; I'll play your little game.IF you were able to find someone to underwrite the IPO, which you won't, and IF LotteryPost manufactured a salable product or produced an on-demand service, which it doesn't, and IF the site had a viable research project or government contract in the works, which it hasn't, then I would be glad to read Todd's prospectus.The message here is, unless you're voting your shares of this What IF company with those of JADELottery, your vote is discarded. Why both
Mar 26, 2004, 12:39 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ga DrawingsReply
Hi there, I found out that the Columbus station didn't renew there contract to air lottery drawings and I don't know why they didn't but you can get it on the Atlanta station I believe it is WSB...I don't know exactly where you are located in Ga..but I am able to see the lottery drawings on the Macon station..Where are you located?..If you have cable, you should be able to get the lottery drawings on one of these stations...especially the Atlanta station...I live in the Southwest Ga area..only
Feb 24, 2004, 2:59 pm - Jammboogie - Pick 3 Forum

Would you tell or not?Reply
Good point Intel,who needs long lost relatives that could care less about family ties or every profiteer hounding you? I ran into these particulars last year along with sob storys...ad nasium!Don't advertize what you have won unless the questioneers are willing to double your winnings...and that contract needs to be iron clad!Teufellj
Feb 22, 2004, 9:09 pm - Teufellj - Lottery Discussion Forum

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

Lottery law firm pick didn't meet bid requirementNews Story
The Tennessee lottery hired a Memphis law firm to help handle legal issues for the games even though board members knew it didn't meet a bid requirement of being in business for three years.In fact, Spence Wade PLLC was not officially formed until the day the lottery's legal services' selections were announced. The law firm was part of a consortium of four firms - led by Nashville-based Waller, Lansden, Dortch Davis - chosen in August to represent the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.The oth
Dec 4, 2003, 5:49 am - Todd - Lottery News