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Most Kentucky Lottery players don't know where the money goesReply
Hi folks. Chip from the KY Lottery here. I'm seeing a tremendous amount on conjecture and misinformation in the posts that precede mine, so I hope you'll give me a minute to set the story straight. How someone could say there's no accountability here is surprising. We're on open book - check our website at www.kylottery.com to see where our proceeds go, how many scholarships and grants have gone to each county and each school in our state, etc. If the info you want isn't there, let me know an
Nov 1, 2010, 9:49 am - Chip P - Lottery News

£9 million lottery winner drank himself to deathReply
End what, you say? Allowing them to be corrupt. Allowing them to become the ruling class. Allowing them to do whatever the hell they want to do. Allowing them to have the audacity to think that they are above the laws they place on us. I heard Obama on the news yesterday saying that he knew the people didn't want government run healthcare but he did it anyway because it was the right thing for America. Tell me this Nino, if it's the right thing for America, why is it not
Oct 29, 2010, 7:42 am - rdgrnr - Lottery News

Washington Lottery prizes in search of ownersNews Story
Every year, $9 million in Washington Lottery winnings go unclaimed. Case in point: Someone bought a Mega Millions ticket earlier this month at a 7-Eleven on North 36th Street in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood but has yet to collect the $250,000 in prize money that goes with it. Right now there's about $400,000 in prize money that can still be claimed before the deadlines imposed by the state are reached. A winner has 180 days from the date of a drawing to collect winnings. A prize of $1
Aug 30, 2010, 8:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Why do people play QP's?Reply
It looks like one thinks that QP s are lucky. The flip side to that bent coin; http://www.newscientist.com/blog/shortsharpscience/2007/01/is-poker-skill-or-luck-court-will.html Steady losers tend to argue for luck. Those who make their living at poker argue for skill. Having spent a couple years among the latter, I've always encouraged the donators to curse their luck and try again. But recent legislation causes me to consider sending copies of Mason Malmuth's Theory of Poker t
Jul 8, 2010, 2:37 am - Delta Draw - Lottery Discussion Forum

CT Gov. faces challenges bringing Keno to stateNews Story
Faced with strong skepticism from the Democrat-controlled legislature, the Rell administration started talks last week with Connecticut's two Indian tribes so that the state can legalize keno a gambling game that is currently offered in the casinos. Gov. M. Jodi Rell believes that keno is a lottery-style game and that the state's quasi-public lottery corporation can begin the game without approval by the legislature in the same way that it can start other lottery games. Officials said keno is
Mar 3, 2010, 8:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Poland proposes online gambling banNews Story
Following weeks of political scandal, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is determined to ban online gambling in the EU-member state. The new legislation will outlaw all gambling that takes place outside land-based casinos, including online gambling, while imposing higher taxes on legal gambling operators. The first draft of the proposed reform will be ready in two weeks. Internet gamblers may shrug off yet another crack down on their favorite past time, given that numerous countries have i
Nov 11, 2009, 3:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ark. Lottery Commission Web site launches MondayNews Story
The new Arkansas Lottery Commission has been in operation for a little more than a week, and on Monday its own Web site will go live. The URL for the new, not-yet live site is: www.LotteryCommission.Arkansas.gov. At publication time, entering that address into one's Web browser displays an under construction message. In addition, the commission will soon decide the name for the official state lottery Web site for the Arkansas lottery games. The commission is holding a two-day working
May 15, 2009, 4:50 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Nevada Gov. flip-flops on lotteryNews Story
True or not, it doesn't really matter Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons might not remember it, but the record shows he has flip-flopped on the issue of a state lottery. Gibbons told a town hall audience in Minden last week, I have no problem with a lottery. As they have for decades, lawmakers are again considering creating a state lottery in Nevada. Asked about his stance in an interview, Gibbons said, I never have opposed a lottery. When did you hear that? Gibbons' previous opposition is in
May 11, 2009, 6:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery winner opens nude dude ranchNews Story
You've heard of nude beaches, but how about a nude dude ranch? A multi-million-dollar lottery winner in Florida is riling some by opening up his own. Tim Clements hit a $3.3 million jackpot in 2004, and wanted to return to the farm life he grew up in. Clements, 50, became fed up with strangers asking him for money in Ormond Beach, Florida, so he bought a secluded ranch on the other side of the state. He and David Jennings, co-owner of the ranch, say the farm is secluded enough to be in
Apr 19, 2009, 8:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery CEO blames lagging sales on PowerballNews Story
Hey, you wanted to be in the gambling business... Tennessee officials are hedging their bets on Powerball to lift the lottery out of a sales slump that could hurt revenue projections for education. Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul Hargrove says lottery sales have been running about $400,000 less per week than last year since the fiscal year began July 1. She blames Powerball. The jackpot went over $300 million at one point last year but hasn't reached that level yet this year. Bigger jackpots i
Nov 18, 2008, 5:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News