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Mississippi Lottery to add midday drawings and new Fireball feature to Cash 3 and Cash 4 gamesNews Story
By Kate Northrop Today the Mississippi Lottery announced a second daily drawing for two of their popular draw games, plus a new add-on feature called Fireball. Starting July 31, Mississippi lottery players will be able to participate in two daily drawings for both Cash 3 and Cash 4, with an additional midday drawing set to take place at 2:30 PM CT. That will be in addition to the current nightly drawing scheduled at 9:30 PM CT. Many of our players are well-versed with lotteries in o
Jul 18, 2022, 11:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Camelot to sue UK Gambling Commission over lottery operator selection processNews Story
Current National Lottery operator claims they were duped in scoring system By Kate Northrop Camelot Group, who currently holds the license to operate the UK National Lottery, has announced that it is filing suit against the Gambling Commission for allegedly botching the final scoring during the selection process for the Lottery's next license holder. This week, Camelot will launch a legal battle against the UK Gambling Commission following claims that it broke the law in choosing t
Mar 29, 2022, 6:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery drawings supervisor receives top industry awardNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that its drawings supervisor, who helped lead her team to design the first in-house draw studio, was presented with a top industry award for her significant contributions to the lottery through her exceptional job performance. Conchita Daniel, who is responsible for pioneering optimal traditional draw practices in the industry, received the 2021 Powers Award at the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) dig
Oct 8, 2021, 3:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Alabama Senate passes lottery, gaming legislationNews Story
Tuesday night, Alabama state senators passed a constitutional amendment, along with three companion bills, to allow a lottery to be created in the state and allow for casino-style gambling. The constitutional amendments include a comprehensive plan that incudes a simple lottery one that only allows people to buy tickets in person or online, and creates a broader system that would also allow for casino-style gambling. Senators passed the constitutional amendment 23-9. It now goes to the sta
Apr 14, 2021, 7:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Post breaks down every state lottery's response to COVID-19Reply
Idaho still doesn't have anything on their website that I have found, but they did send an email to their Club members yesterday. Effective today at the close of business, the Idaho Lottery will close our Boise office to the public with all essential employees working from home, in compliance with Governor Brad Little s Statewide stay-home order. This comes in response to the growing public health emergency posed by COVID-19. We are living in unprecedented times in our country.
Mar 26, 2020, 2:03 pm - HoLeeKau - Lottery News

SA: No criminal wrongdoing found in horse deaths at Santa AnitaReply
Santa Anita postpones opening day due to rainy forecast :-( December 21, 2019, 3:08 PM PST Santa Anita is postponing the opening day of its winter-spring meet by two days to Dec. 28 ahead of next week's forecast that calls for rain. The Southern California racetrack announced its decision on Saturday. It will be the first time since 1973-74 that the meet doesn't open on its traditional date of Dec. 26. Santa Anita last opened on Dec. 28 in 1971. A total of 37 horses have died at Sa
Dec 22, 2019, 5:30 pm - eddessaknight - Gaming Forum

Double cancer survivor wins $4.6 million lottery jackpotNews Story
An Oregon cancer survivor's lucky streak continued this month with a $4.6 million lottery win, according to state officials. I am a very lucky guy, winner Stu MacDonald of Bend said in a statement released by the Oregon Lottery on Friday. I have survived cancer twice and here I am. This is amazing. MacDonald bought the winning Oregon's Game Megabucks ticket Sept. 7, according to the Oregon Lottery. The Megabucks winning numbers for Sept. 7, 2019 were 12, 13, 16, 35, 36, and 45. McDond
Sep 14, 2019, 7:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mississippi hires experienced executive for its new lotteryNews Story
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation announced Wednesday that it is hiring an experienced executive as its first president. Thomas N. Shaheen, 66, begins June 1 and will oversee operations as Mississippi prepares to join most other states in offering scratch-off tickets and other game of chance. In an interview on Tuesday in Jackson, Shaheen said Mississippi could start selling lottery tickets by the end of this year. We'll work at a pace to get it started off as quickly as possible bec
May 8, 2019, 10:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mississippi lottery board adopts rules on ethics and recordsNews Story
The governing board for the upcoming Mississippi Lottery is setting rules for ethics and public records. It is also taking steps to hire bankers to provide financial services and a person to run day-to-day operations. Mississippi is one of the last states to create a lottery after legislators voted to do so in August, partly as a way to provide money to pay for roads and bridges. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant nominated the five lottery corporation board members several months ago, and th
Apr 16, 2019, 2:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery will go offline for systems upgrade on April 15News Story
Florida Lottery officials say they don't anticipate problems as a multimillion-dollar upgrade of a vending system goes into place this month. But rather than press their luck, players are urged to buy earlier than normal as the new system is expected to require the main office to go offline for several hours April 15. The vast majority of the upgrade will occur overnight on the 15th, causing minimal inconvenience, lottery spokeswoman Keri Nucatola said. Still, we are encouraging our frequ
Apr 1, 2019, 4:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News