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Video gambling a cash cow even for smaller statesNews Story
Surveying West Virginia's rural neighborhoods, where most people lack broadband access to the Internet, you would never guess the state is a lottery cash cow. That is until you drove by the racetracks that dot major population centers. There you would see crowds of people shoving streams of dollars into buzzing and blinking video lottery terminals the reason this small state, with one of the country's lowest per-capita incomes is home to one of the most lucrative lotteries in the natio
Jan 30, 2007, 8:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery sales fall shortNews Story
North Carolina's lottery sales have tumbled since July, and the game's director predicts that under the best scenario the lottery will generate $75 million less for education than projected in the current state budget. The sales of numbers games, such as Powerball and Cash 5, are up slightly since July, but scratch-and-win ticket sales have plummeted. Scratch, or instant, tickets are supposed to provide the growth in lotteries nationally, but in North Carolina, sales shrank from $52 milli
Dec 26, 2006, 10:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

1200-year-old problemReply
Something of a proof why -1 ¹ 0 and -1 > 0 1 - If -1 = 0 , then 0 + -1 = 0 0 + -1 = 0 0 + ( 1 / ) = 0 0 ( / ) + ( 1 / ) = 0 ( ( 0 * ) / ) + ( 1 / ) = 0 ( 0 * + 1 ) / = 0 0 * + 1 = 0 * ( 0 * ) - ( 0 * ) + 1 = ( 0 * ) - ( 0 * ) 0 + 1 = 0 1 = 0 1 = 0 , is false \ -1 ¹ 0 2 - If -1 > 0 , then 0 + -1 > 0 0 + -
Dec 11, 2006, 5:15 am - JADELottery - Mathematics Forum

Another Gamble for Online BettingNews Story
Legal wrangling in the U.S. is clouding the prospects for the industry world-wide Two recent arrests of online-gambling executives in the U.S. are drawing attention to a spirited but so far unsuccessful effort in Washington to clarify the legal status of Internet gambling and resolve the political and legal issues of regulating it. Earlier this month, Peter Dicks, at the time nonexecutive chairman of Sportingbet PLC, Britain's largest publicly traded Internet-gambling company, was arrested
Sep 22, 2006, 7:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Bail set at $1m for UK internet gaming bossNews Story
The former BETonSPORTS chief executive David Carruthers is likely to be released on $1m bail within days under a deal with the American government which would allow him to live in the Midwestern city of St Louis until his trial for organizing illegal gambling. Mr. Carruthers was one of eight people connected to BETonSPORTS who appeared in Missouri's federal court yesterday to enter pleas of not guilty in relation to charges of fraud, racketeering and unlawful gaming. Among the others caugh
Aug 1, 2006, 10:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Who's Afraid of Online Gambling?
Chicago Tribune 7-23-06: Steve Chapman WHO'S AFRAID OF ONLINE GAMBLING? Published July 23, 2006 In the last few decades, legal gambling has gone from being the exception to being the norm. Once upon a time, you had to look hard and travel far to find it. Nowadays, if you chance to venture out the front door, odds are good it will find you. It's available through lotteries, casinos and racetracks across the country. It's allowed in some form in every state
Jul 24, 2006, 10:27 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Analysts say online gambling law a bad ideaNews Story
'Moral crusade ... is wrong for about 1,000 reasons' Yesterday, the Department of Justice [DOJ] announced charges against 11 individuals and four companies accused of taking sports bets from U.S. residents in the $12 billion a year online gambling industry. The charges focused on the persons and companies that supported BetonSports PLC, a U.K. incorporated, publicly traded company and popular Internet sportsbook that claims to have 1.2 million registered users. The view of the DOJ is a
Jul 19, 2006, 8:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Gambling industry adjusting after CEO arrestNews Story
Next week's big online gambling conference in Las Vegas may turn out to be a washout as a number of individuals invited are thinking of cancelling their trip in the wake of the indictments of senior directors at BetonSports. The annual conference, organised by Bodog.com, is a must-go event for industry executives, but the arrest of the BetonSports chief executive David Carruthers on entry to the US has made people think twice about attending. Bodog.com's chief executive, the Canadian maver
Jul 19, 2006, 8:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery shake-up sparks optimismNews Story
The Texas Lottery's enforcement division was restored this week and the role of a longtime agency official has been reduced in a shake-up that follows nearly a year of public scrutiny over security, ethics and the treatment of employees at the $3 billion agency. Employees and lottery observers said Tuesday they were optimistic about the changes, hoping they can improve employee morale, security and public confidence in the agency. I have hopes and aspirations it will be a good deal, but i
May 31, 2006, 6:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canada lottery employee wins $8.5 million jackpotNews Story
Technical whiz, 50, becomes first Canadian lotto worker to win jackpot Subjected to intense security check before being allowed to pick up prize An Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. tech whiz known to his colleagues as Mr. BlackBerry has won an $8.5 million jackpot, the first Canadian lottery employee to take home the top prize. And Stephen Cook, an operations analyst who has worked for the lottery corporation for the past 18 years, didn't hesitate during celebrations at a downtown hotel
Apr 8, 2006, 8:54 am - Todd - Lottery News