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Lottery Cheats Ruin Players' ChancesNews Story
When it comes to the lottery, there are lots of games, and we all know they're games of chance. When we play, we expect a fair chance. But that's not always the case. Eyewitness News learned your odds of winning were hurt at times - sometimes by thieves stealing entire cases of lottery tickets and other times by the very people selling you the tickets.Drew Lowe was a clerk at a Brownsburg Shell Station until he was caught doing something the lottery calls fishing - when an employee literally
May 23, 2005, 9:24 pm - Lottery News

Ohio lottery player cries foul over scratch ticketNews Story
Charles Straight has the name of a poker champ. I love to play poker, I love to play the lottery, but when I win, I like to be paid, said Straight, 68.And he said that hasn't happened with a Hold'em Poker instant Ohio Lottery ticket he bought. The front of the card, he said, shows him holding a 6 through 10 straight, which beats the three 8s he said the dealer holds, and he deserves the $2,000 the ticket pays out.But the Ohio Lottery disagrees. Basically, the man didn't have a winning ticket,
Sep 27, 2004, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery Ignites Controversy with Computerized DrawingsNews Story
Lottery Post ExclusiveFalling in lockstep with a controversial industry trend, the Missouri Lottery decided to change its lottery drawings from mechanical lottery ball machines to a random number generator computer system.Opponents of the computerized drawings say that computers cannot achieve the true randomness of a physical drawing mechanism, mainly due to computers' inherent non-random properties.In addition, with computer hacking, viruses, and tampering on the rise, concerned citizens worry
Jul 21, 2004, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Verizon Network Failure Halts Penn. Lottery SalesNews Story
Verizon, the telecommunications provider for the Pennsylvania Lottery, experienced a network failure in Central Pennsylvania around lunchtime Tuesday.The problem was resolved within approximately an hour and a half and all retail operations have been restored.The failure affected 274 Pennsylvania Lottery retailers in the Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Tamaqua, Nanticoke and State College areas.Some Lottery terminals in the (717), (570), and (814) area codes began experiencing technical problems ar
May 5, 2004, 7:28 am - Lottery News

Massachusetts awards lottery prize to rightful ownerNews Story
For someone who said she only had $400 to her name before yesterday, Erika Schmitt is smiling at 35 times that amount after finally getting the $14,000 she won playing a Lucky Stars lottery game. This is a lot for me, Schmitt said yesterday after Joseph Sullivan, director of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, handed her a check. I'm going to get a haircut and a car. The 18-year-old Westborough resident waited more than a month for the money because a Westborough store clerk allegedly
Mar 4, 2004, 4:19 am - Lottery News

Security heads list of lottery prioritiesNews Story
There could be a lot of winners after scratch-off lottery tickets go on sale at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow.But it won't be because the lottery manipulated the games to produce more winners right away to entice more people to play.''It will appear there are more winners the first day than the second day,'' said Rebecca Paul, president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.''We'll sell more tickets the first day so we'll have more winners based on the fact that you sell more
Jan 19, 2004, 7:18 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery launches Web siteNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery unveiled its new site Thursday, five days before selling the first instant games. Its new online address is www.tnlottery.com.The new site, which the Tennessee Lottery calls colorful and easy-to-use, contains information on the Lottery's new games, its business, and its education mission. The site includes some features geared towards players, including one that allows users to perform a zip code search to locate nearby participating Lottery retailers.When the Lottery's
Jan 16, 2004, 5:48 am - Lottery News

Tenn. lottery officials show off security measures for ticketsNews Story
The lottery signs are going up, and anxious players like Agnes Smith are talking about the launching of the Tennessee Lottery on Tuesday.Smith said, Somebody's going to win so, why not be me? But before you start scratching, know there are security measures ensuring your ticket is valid. So the minute you buy a ticket, here's what'll happen behind the store counter. You're gonna run it through the machine...you have to enter in your correct code, whether its a 5050 or your store code number, an
Jan 15, 2004, 5:30 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery announces online lottery gameNews Story
New Jersey plans to take the lottery to the Internet next year.The new game, called Cyber Slingo, has a scratch-off instant ticket portion and an online component, giving players two chances to win. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 23.To access the online portion, players will log on to the state's lottery Web site, input an access code printed on the ticket and play a five-minute version of the popular online game Slingo.Game results are predetermined and are not based on skill, but are intended as
Dec 23, 2003, 5:28 am - Lottery News

Lottery Retailer Approvals In Full SwingNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery is moving swiftly to sign up retail outlets across Tennessee that want to be part of the lottery's kickoff on or before February 10, officials said.After approving the first two dozen retailers late last week, the Lottery's group of retail outlets had grown to nearly 2,000 by early Wednesday. As the approval process kicks into overdrive, we're adding retailers on a daily and even hourly basis, said Rebecca Paul, president and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery.Authorized retaile
Dec 11, 2003, 4:49 am - Lottery News