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New Mexico Lottery unveils new logoNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery unveiled a new, streamlined logo today, saying it's necessary to be recognizable on social media. Our new logo keeps the iconic roadrunner because the bird is so important to the image of both the state and the lottery, said New Mexico Lottery CEO David Barden. In the new interpretation, the roadrunner logo has been fine-tuned for digital media, an environment that didn't exist when the lottery was created 18 years ago. We're entering a new era of great new game
Aug 6, 2014, 10:28 pm - Lottery News

N.C. school construction lottery money doesn't really build schoolsNews Story
Includes video report Where does the North Carolina Education Lottery money go? You know, you buy a ticket, you put money into the education lottery, and you think all that money goes to North Carolina schools. But that is not quite how it works. Of every dollar, 61% goes back into the lottery for prizes, 28% goes to education, and 11% go back to retailers and the lottery for administration. Of that 28 percent for schools, the Education Lottery website says 45.8% goes to teacher pay, 20
Jul 10, 2014, 8:50 am - Lottery News

Keno opens a new fight over Arkansas lotteryNews Story
Arkansas lottery officials won't just be making the case for why they should be allowed to expand their games to include offerings such as keno when the Legislature meets next year. They'll also be making the case for not completely overhauling their structure. Legislation approved in a special session last week that bars the lottery from launching monitor games such as keno until March 13, 2015, ensures that the issue will be at the top of the agenda when lawmakers convene for next year's se
Jul 8, 2014, 8:06 am - Lottery News

NJ court rules against union's effort to stop state lottery privatizationNews Story
A state appeals court last week ruled against a public workers union in its effort to stop New Jersey from privatizing parts of the state lottery. Despite months of objections from Democratic lawmakers and union leaders, the state announced last June that it signed a 15-year contract for a private company, Northstar New Jersey, to manage the sales and marketing branches of the lottery. Gov. Chris Christie's administration said the move will bring New Jersey a surge in revenue. But the Comm
Jul 8, 2014, 7:27 am - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery adds midday Pick 3 drawingNews Story
By Todd Northrop Starting Monday, New Mexico's Pick 3 lottery game will offer a 1 pm midday drawing in addition to the 9:30 pm evening drawing. Players can choose the midday drawing, the evening drawing, or both. In Pick 3, players win by matching three numbers from zero to nine in one of three play styles selected when the ticket is purchased. Tickets cost $1 per play per drawing. Drawings are Monday through Saturday. Prizes range between $5 and $500. Our goal is keep lottery ga
Jun 6, 2014, 6:57 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery celebrates 10 years, unveils new logoNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Tennessee Lottery celebrated 10 years in business in the Volunteer State by unveiling a new logo and announcing another record quarter. The Lottery to-date has raised a total of more than $2.91 billion for education-related programs. The corporation celebrated this milestone anniversary Tuesday with a short program at the Lottery's headquarters in Nashville. During the program a new logo was unveiled and retailer partners with a Board Resolution were honored, and
Jan 22, 2014, 12:05 pm - Lottery News

Alabama legislator lobbies for state lotteryNews Story
Faces mountain of resistance The Democrat leader in the Alabama House is calling for the Legislature to use its election-year session to approve a state lottery. Republican leaders say Rep. Craig Ford is carrying a losing ticket for 2014. Ford, D-Gasden, said a state lottery could produce $250 million annually for education purposes and keep money at home that is now going to lotteries in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. That is why I plan to propose a lottery bill during the 2014 le
Dec 10, 2013, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery starts Keno on MondayNews Story
Keno is coming to Kentucky, beginning Monday at 5 a.m. It should mean more money for the Kentucky Lottery Corporation and more money for the state, and be easy to play. When you go into a retailer it is going to look exactly like when you buy your Pick 3 or Pick 4 tickets, says lottery spokesman Chip Polston. Keno is a lottery type game. Starting at one dollar, players will attempt to match the numbers randomly selected by the lottery. It is a game that will be played almost constantly.
Nov 2, 2013, 1:49 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery revives Million Dollar Raffle, plans 46 new instant gamesNews Story
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery will roll out a new statewide raffle game with a top $1 million prize and more than 40 new instant tickets in the next year, officials said Monday. Agency director Bishop Woosley said at a lottery commission meeting that the second Million Dollar Raffle will have some key differences from the first one in 2010, in which ticket sales started off slowly because a draw date wasn't set. Woosley said ticket sales for the new raffle will begin soon with four draw
Aug 27, 2013, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Fla. senator proposes online Florida Lottery sales, againNews Story
Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Miami, wants to make Florida Lottery tickets just a click or two away. Margolis has reintroduced a proposal (SB 98) for the 2014 session that would allow the Florida Lottery to create a program so anyone 18 or older could purchase lottery tickets online. The Florida Lottery doesn't offer tickets by mail, fax, or via the Internet, requiring tickets to be purchased from among 13,000 authorized retailers. The proposal comes as a legislative study is underway on the fu
Aug 21, 2013, 10:49 pm - Lottery News