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Online poker group says gov't seized $30M in player payoutsNews Story
In the latest skirmish in the battle over Internet gambling, online poker advocates say the government has frozen more than $30 million in payouts affecting thousands of players. The Poker Players Alliance released a statement Tuesday claiming that the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York instructed four banks to freeze accounts belonging to online payment processors. John Pappas, the group's executive director, claims the frozen accounts contain funds owed to 27,000 players wh
Jun 10, 2009, 7:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Proposition 1C changes how California Lottery funds are usedReply
Proposition 1C would authorize the Legislature, by a two-thirds vote, to make other changes to the lottery's games or operations. That is called a Constitutional Amendment. The Legislature ( Governor) can do that now. The ballot measure also would trim the amount allocated for administration and other overhead from 16 percent to 13 percent. They've been running at 13.5 - 14% for years. Again - no real change. This whole thing seems to turn on the assumption that the Leg
Apr 28, 2009, 12:50 pm - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

INTRODUCE YOURself / Q 'bout stand-alone software.Reply
Ah HA! Got it! Thx, RJOh I've been trying to lean more on Excel... seems to be the only tool out there, designable. Right now, the COUNT and FREQUENCY functions are giving me fits. I'm attempting to take an array of dates and numbers and get results with frequency of numbers to dates - count the freq of numbers. Can't seem to get the onboard formulae to work - durned Help is limited. I'll have to take hat-in-hand and tack a thread on the Math Forum. I have found some software adverti
Aug 4, 2008, 10:37 am - CurtisC - Jackpot Games Forum

Wardens probed over Kenyan prisoners' lottery scamNews Story
Kenya's prison officers are at the center of an investigation over their involvement in a SMS (Short Message Service) syndicate that defrauded the public through nonexistent lotteries. Last weekend, 350 mobile phones and 400 unused SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards were uncovered after a search of prisoners' blocks at the Kamiti Maximum Prison, and an earlier search at the Naivasha Prison uncovered 270 phones. Officers also found a register bearing the names of potential targets. The
Jul 15, 2008, 9:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Software error stalls validation of some winning D.C. lottery ticketsNews Story
Glitch delayed winnings for several dozen ticketholders; cause still sought A mysterious software bug in 17 lottery machines used by the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board in Washington left several dozen winning instant ticketholders unable to immediately cash their prize tickets last week. The problem, according to Jay Young, chief operating officer of the lottery board, was tracked to the proprietary software that validates instant tickets with winning numbers, but the exac
May 9, 2008, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery takes back refund offerNews Story
Today the Tennessee Lottery rescinded its offer from last week to refund tickets purchased with the wrong jackpot amount listed. In a release issued on their web site, the Tennessee Lottery emphatically stated, The Tennessee Lottery is not offering refunds for Powerball tickets purchased last week. The Lottery regrets any confusion or inconvenience created by recent reports concerning some tickets sold on Sept. 6 and the morning of Sept. 7, 2007. The lottery stated that players have
Sep 14, 2007, 2:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Atlantic Lottery adds new ticket security measuresNews Story
The Atlantic Lottery Corp. is introducing more measures aimed at tightening the security of lottery ticket validation, the corporation said this week. Starting Monday, the corporation's online ticket terminals will print two slips whenever a winning ticket is validated for an amount the retailer is to pay, a release Wednesday said. After validating winning tickets, retailers will be required to pay the prize, stamp the winning tickets Paid, and return them along with one of the validation
Aug 12, 2007, 10:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

sales of more than one billion dollars
For the fifth year in a row, NSW Lotteries achieved sales of more than one billion dollars. Sales increased by $7.1 million to a new record of $1,116 million. NSW Lotteries has broken the sales record in 14 out of the last 15 financial years. It was a good year for prizes too, with players receiving more than $692.1 million in prize money during the year. (This report provides an account of the operations of NSW Lotteries Corporation for the financial year ended 30 June 2005)
May 16, 2007, 11:37 pm - Coober*Pedy - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. lottery tickets sold in vending machinesNews Story
Like chips and soda, now you can buy North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets from vending machines. The lottery began installing 500 machines statewide last week. The vending machines sell 24 games costing $1 to $10 each. Many will go into supermarkets including Food Lion and Lowes Foods, said Alice Garland, lottery deputy executive director. Some will land in convenience stores with high ticket sales to free up clerks. Vending machines are not new to state lotteries. Maryland has us
Apr 10, 2007, 11:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Jamaica police make progress into multimillion dollar lottery scamNews Story
The Montego Bay police continue to make inroads into the multimillion dollar lottery scam which saw several arrests being made in recent times. According to Superintendent in charge of St. James, Steve McGregor, two houses regarded as dial up houses, a term used for places where the scam is carried out, have been identified. The first house located on Sun Valley Road in Glendevon, was the scene of a murder last Friday night, where a several hundred thousand dollars was reportedly stolen.
Mar 15, 2007, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News