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Economic Crash - What Would Happen to My Winnings?
I've been giving this lots of thought. I did a brief look around on LP and didn't see any related threads. My questions: 1. If I won a major prize, how should I 'crash proof' it? Can a lottery prize be 'crash proofed'? 2. If I made no attempt to protect my winnings from a major economic crash then what is the likely scenario? Everything disappears? In light of the recent, major multistate jackpots. I see where Canada recently passed legislation apparently approving confiscat
May 10, 2013, 5:24 am - Garfield - Lottery Discussion Forum

Illinois Lottery pushes for online expansionNews Story
The Illinois Senate could soon decide to increase the number of ways you can play the lottery online. A committee has passed a bill that would allow players to wager on any of the draw-based games that is, in which the winning numbers are randomly selected, as in Pick 3 and Pick 4. Right now, only Lotto, Mega Millions, and Powerball are draw-based games available online. The legislation would expand that opportunity to all seven, plus any draw-based games the lottery would add in the futur
Mar 25, 2013, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

DE is/will be the First State to allow online gamblingReply
It's been illegal for residents of some states to gamble online for years and other states passed legislation against online gambling after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 became law. i am not sure i like this type of system rolling out. Online gambling began in 1994 so it's hardly anything new. It's been legal to bet on horse racing online in the U.S. and in Kentucky for many years, but illegal to bet on other forms of online gambling in KY. Call it hypocrisy, but
Jul 7, 2012, 4:59 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

How many people are not sure how much they spend on the lottery?Reply
I'm not 21 yet, but studying games like Poker and Blackjack that can give the player a mathemetical edge are preferable than lottery games which don't offer an edge (at least most times). Right now U.S. online poker is stuck in limbo because Congress can't or won't create legislation while the good poker players around the world are making a good living playing online poker. Live poker is still going strong, but just not the same. The World Series of Poker started the other day and millions
Jun 2, 2012, 3:02 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery leaders convene in D.C. to discuss future of gamesNews Story
La Fleur's annual symposium draws hundreds of lottery personnel, vendors By Todd Northrop This week leaders from nearly every U.S. and Canadian lottery met in Washington, D.C. at the annual La Fleur's Lottery Symposium to discuss the future of government lotteries, especially with regard to Internet sales and play. Emboldened by a U.S. Department of Justice opinion issued in Dec. of last year clarifying that the Wire Act only has bearing on sports wagering, state lotteries have immediat
Apr 26, 2012, 3:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Finally after 3 years someone hit the 1 million dollars a year for life scratch off.Reply
Thanks for responding. I sent NY lottery a FOIL request and under the NYS lottery laws they are allowed to destroy all tickets that are not sold but the books are already opened when a business goes out of businees or the business changes hands. This is by law and the only way to change it is through the NYS legislation. simple as that no other way. Even if the business changes hands the owners are required to get a new lottery permit to sell the lottery tickets so all opened books that are unso
Jan 4, 2012, 10:29 am - rgse90 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Massachusetts Lottery to end TV broadcastsReply
rdgrnr says in response, Thanks for your attempt to circumvent truth by a deft comparison of apples and oranges by the liberal husband and wife team of SNOPES when neither of the two (apples or oranges) had anything to do with the topic at hand, Nancy. But it's the thought that counts. Inasmuch as the article I linked to deals directly with your phoney claim that lawmakers excluded themselves from Obamacare, it is precisely on point! Since you reject the Snopes team, perhaps you'll co
Jul 29, 2011, 3:16 pm - jimmy4164 - Lottery News

Kansas House proposal would create tax on lottery ticketsReply
From the OP: The legislation is the latest attempt to tackle the state's growingbudget deficit without more cuts to schools and other state programs. The proposal, which was forwarded to the House on Tuesday, wouldimpose the 5.3 percent state sales tax on all electric, gas and waterbills. The bill would repeal an exemption that allows churches to avoidthe sales tax on their purchases. It also requires a sales tax on lottery tickets a move that wouldactually cost the state money. To part
Mar 3, 2010, 6:03 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery shockwave sweeping AmericaReply
Actually, that is only the same Oct. 13th announcement that every single state talked about on the same date. It is completely different than saying Yes, we are definitely adding Powerball. It is only an announcement that the two big games formed an agreement in principle. That's all. People and some news media sources incorrectly turned it into We're getting Powerball/Mega Millions! That's not what it was. Many lotteries are required to get some kind of approval before they can alter the
Nov 5, 2009, 5:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Connecticut lottery agents protest cut in commissionsReply
I agree, Todd. One percent equals only a penny per ticket for online games; not a significant savings to the lottery or to the state, but it represents one-fifth of a retailer's income from online sales. Scratch-offs account for a greater percentage of sales in Connecticut (compared to their online games), so tickets costing $2.00 to $20.00 or more will really take a bite. The scary part is that once even one state passes such legislation, most other state lotteries will jump on the
May 8, 2009, 3:39 pm - jim695 - Lottery News