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West Virginia Lottery rule change raises safety issueNews Story
Limited video lottery retailers and machine distributors raised concerns Wednesday that a proposed West Virginia Lottery Commission rule change could put their employees at greater risk of being robbed. The commission is attempting to clarify state Lottery law regarding how video lottery retailers bar and club owners and machine distributors are to split their share of video lottery profits. As drafted, the rule change would clarify that, under state law, payments between distributors and
Sep 29, 2011, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery resumes ticket sales ThursdayNews Story
By Todd Northrop After being shut down for nearly three weeks due to a state government budget impasse, the Minnesota Lottery will begin selling lottery tickets again, starting Thursday, July 21. The resumption of ticket sales follows a special legislative session that put an end to the government shut down. The state's Democrat governor relented, allowing the state budget to follow the Republican-majority state legislature's plan. The lottery suspended operations on July 1. Beginning a
Jul 20, 2011, 4:26 pm - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery suspended during government shutdownNews Story
By Todd Northrop The budget impasse in the Minnesota state capital is having a widespread effect across the state including at the state lottery. Many state services, including the Minnesota state lottery, ceased operations Friday. The Lottery closed all its offices 5 p.m. Thursday, and no lottery tickets were available for sale after 11:59 p.m. During the shutdown, lottery tickets cannot be validated or paid out. Players currently holding winning tickets should sign them immediately
Jul 2, 2011, 9:51 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery upgrading retailer systemsNews Story
Iowa Lottery officials are ready to roll out a new computer system in April at 2,400 retail sites in hopes that it will boost sales of popular games such as Powerball and Mega Millions and reduce crime. The first new system in a decade will offer Iowa Lottery customers the promise of speedier service and a reduced chance of being cheated out of a jackpot by unscrupulous retail clerks, state officials said. For die-hard lottery players, and thousands of Iowans fall into this category, the b
Mar 16, 2011, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Decision on privatizing Illinois Lottery 'within days'News Story
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn could select a private firm to manage the Illinois State Lottery as soon as next week, but some lawmakers would rather keep the lottery under state government. Two bidders are vying for the right to privately manage the Illinois State Lottery. Earlier this week at a public hearing held in Chicago, the Northstar Lottery Group and the Camelot Group both presented their proposals to a state commission. The Northstar Lottery Group is a combination of three different com
Sep 10, 2010, 8:37 am - Lottery News

Computer glitch takes down Penn. Lottery terminalsNews Story
Pennsylvania Lottery officials said they've fixed a computer glitch that took down game terminals across the state for more than seven hours Thursday. Lottery officials in Harrisburg told local media that the machines always shut down overnight, and come back online at about 5:30 a.m., but that didn't happen Thursday morning. Officials said that a computer network problem affecting terminal-based games and ticket validation functions lasted until about noon. Lottery officials s
Jul 9, 2010, 1:01 pm - Lottery News

3 companies bid to run lucrative Texas LotteryNews Story
Three major gambling companies entered the competition by Tuesday to run Texas' lottery a massive operation that could pay $100 million per year to the winning bidder. Scientific Games Corp., Intralot Inc. and GTECH Corp., which holds the current Texas operations contract, submitted cost proposals for the games, said Texas Lottery Commission spokesman Bobby Heith. All are prominent companies in the lottery and gambling business worldwide and frequently compete with one another for U.S. sta
Jul 1, 2010, 9:24 am - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery solicits companies for privatizationNews Story
Lottery seeks 'private manager' to solve many of it problems The Illinois Lottery today asked private firms for expressions of interest in managing its operations for a period of up to 10 years. The Illinois General Assembly mandated private management of the Lottery in late 2009. Initial expressions of interest are due May 24 and the private manager is expected to be named before the end of the year. The General Assembly mandated private management of the Lottery, together with sale of
May 13, 2010, 3:49 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery operator switch has some glitchesNews Story
A new company began running the Ohio Lottery's computer system on Wednesday, causing frustrating problems for some retailers and leaving some winning tickets incorrectly coming up as losers. Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said the problems were being worked out. What we saw early were mostly common problems we had predicted, such as some calls from retailers who had forgotten sign-on passwords. But overall, selling has been going well, Kilbane said. The Ohio Lottery decided last yea
Jul 1, 2009, 7:41 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery switches to Greek operator IntralotNews Story
Greek company takes over operation of games At 11:59 p.m. today, in an office park in Strongsville, state officials and a gaggle of computer technicians, some from Greece, will change how Ohioans get their lottery tickets. Success will be measured by how few people notice. What happens inside the 80,000-square-foot, unadorned brick building not far from the Lorain County line is being watched like Y2K, at least in the world of state lotteries. A lot of people are rooting for us, and
Jun 30, 2009, 8:26 am - Lottery News