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N.D. lottery ticket sales, profits continue slideNews Story
Despite hefty increases in promotional spending, lottery ticket sales and profits have declined in North Dakota during the past two years and led to a large reduction in the lottery's financial reserves. Ticket sales of the North Dakota Lottery's four games Powerball, Hot Lotto, Wild Card 2 and 2by2 have dropped by 4 percent, to $21.7 million, from 2007 to 2009, according to lottery financial statements. Profits in the 2009 budget year alone dropped 15 percent, to $5.78 million, primarily bec
Sep 14, 2009, 10:32 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery picks Scientific Games for instant ticketsNews Story
A Georgia lottery equipment company will supply scratch-off tickets to Arkansas' fledging lottery, an oversight panel decided Wednesday. The Arkansas Lottery Commission awarded an instant ticket contract worth 1.75 percent of net ticket sales to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Scientific Games Corp. The deal is expected to be worth millions of dollars based on a $400 million annual sales estimate. Commissioners also awarded an advertising contract to a Little Rock firm, as the panel speeds toward a
Aug 10, 2009, 9:07 am - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery panel to recommend salary survey for auditor positionNews Story
Commission feeling the heat as outcry over high salaries continues The audit committee of the Arkansas Lottery Commission decided Wednesday to recommend a national survey of salaries paid to lottery auditors before setting pay for the person to be hired as internal auditor of Arkansas' lottery program. The panel agreed it would recommend the commission ask the Bureau of Legislative Research conduct the survey. Internal auditor is one of two lottery positions for which the commission is dir
Jul 22, 2009, 8:18 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery to end live broadcast of midday drawingNews Story
Is $100,000 in cost-savings worth the loss of midday drawing broadcasts? Beginning Friday, the New Jersey Lottery Commission will stop airing live drawings at 1 p.m. on the state's public television network in an effort to save money. Only summaries of the results of the Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries will be shown on New Jersey Network at 1 p.m., the state Lottery Commission said today. Video of the actual drawings will only be available on the commission's Web site. The midday winning
May 11, 2009, 10:41 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery posts record salesNews Story
Lottery posts small gains in traditional lottery games; higher sales but lower profits in video gaming The New York Lottery is feeling lucky despite the woes of the economy. According to Director Gordon Mendecina, the New York Lottery sold $7.66 billion in lottery tickets in the last fiscal year. $2.54 billion of that went to education, and another four billion dollars was given away as prizes to lucky winners. NY Lottery divides its revenue into traditional lottery (jackpot games and s
Apr 14, 2009, 10:36 am - Lottery News

N.J. store seeking owner of $2.5 million winning lottery ticketNews Story
Wanted: The winner of a $2.5 million Pick 6 Lotto ticket. The Quick Mart on Washington Valley Road has posted a letter from the New Jersey Lottery congratulating the store owners for having sold the top winning ticket in the Dec. 29, 2008, Pick 6 Lotto drawing, but those who work there can't figure out who bought the winning ticket. When people ask who won, we say, We have no idea,' said Tony Cirelli, a store employee. The store still has the Pick 6 Lotto winning numbers posted on the
Feb 22, 2009, 11:24 am - Lottery News

Alaska lottery fundraiser hits the jackpotNews Story
With a half-million-dollar payoff as the lure, a lottery of unprecedented scale in Alaska has proven immensely popular, with tickets selling out in shops across the state as the initially scheduled drawing time approached Wednesday evening, according to organizers. In the end, though, late-arriving ticket stubs from the Bush prompted organizers to postpone the drawing a week. But liquor stores, pull-tab parlors and restaurants in nearly 30 communities had already sold about 130,000 tickets
Jan 1, 2009, 11:41 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery reports record revenues, lower profitsNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery brought in record revenues despite a souring economy, an audit released Wednesday showed. The audit of the Kentucky Lottery showed that the lottery brought in $778.2 million up about 4.6 percent from the previous year but its profits were down about 2.7 percent. That's because the lottery increased its prize payouts to players and paid higher retailer commissions. But the amount of money the lottery paid to state scholarship programs, including the Kentucky Educational
Nov 28, 2008, 10:54 am - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery does not make vendor pay for mistakesNews Story
The Wisconsin Lottery has repeatedly declined to seek the maximum amount of damages allowed against a contractor whose technical failures have disrupted ticket sales and operations, records show. The Lottery has contracted with GTECH Corp. since 1989 to operate its ticket system, including 3,200 terminals at retailers statewide and a related telecommunications network. Under the contract, the Lottery can assess damages when its telecommunications systems fail or tickets cannot be validated.
Nov 28, 2008, 9:28 am - Lottery News

Bill would allow gifts for California lottery workersNews Story
Tucked inside California's thick budget package is a bill that allows the state lottery director to spend money on employee gifts, a practice that came under scrutiny after staff members were treated to a $46,336 party last year. Guests took home a Nintendo Wii console, iPods, cameras and other rewards. Under the bill passed by lawmakers, Lottery Director Joan Borucki would have the legal authority to spend money on employee incentives as part of California's push to increase lottery sales
Sep 26, 2008, 8:45 am - Lottery News