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Auditor general finds no fault with Pa. Lottery, but unusual wins remain unexplainedNews Story
Pennsylvania's Auditor General says that he has full confidence in the integrity of the Pennsylvania Lottery following a review in response to an investigation in 2017 that found some Pennsylvanians have claimed lottery tickets with seemingly improbable frequency. In an interview Monday, Eugene DePasquale said he met with lottery officials and was given a thorough tour of its operations and an explanation of its security procedures. DePasquale added that the lottery told him it had investi
Feb 6, 2018, 11:35 am - Lottery News

Georgia Senate passes bill that would give lottery winners anonymityNews Story
A proposal that would allow Georgia lottery winners to remain anonymous took an important step forward Monday. The state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that allows any Georgian who wins more than $250,000 in a lottery to keep their name from being disclosed. The bill's proponents have said eight states have laws that allow winners partial or complete anonymity. The legislation now goes to the state House of Representatives. The lawmakers who drafted Senate Bill 331 said the legislatio
Feb 6, 2018, 8:33 am - Lottery News

Tennessee bill would remove cash-only obstacle when purchasing lottery ticketsNews Story
A billed filed by Tennessee legislators would make it easier to purchase lottery tickets. How many times have you wanted to get in on the latest Powerball craze only to realize once in line you don't have any cash? Under current law, all lottery tickets can only be purchased in-person and only with cash. SB 1996/HB 2057 is sponsored by Franklin's Republican Senator Jack Johnson and Republican Representative Charles Sargent. The bill authorizes the use of money orders, debit cards, an
Feb 1, 2018, 9:24 am - Lottery News

Georgia bill would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous — for a priceNews Story
The Georgia Senate's higher education committee voted in favor Tuesday of allowing a bill to move forward that would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous but they would have to pay for that privacy. Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson, the lead sponsor of Senate Bill 331, said the legislation is aimed at protecting multi-million dollar lottery winners from scam artists and other criminals. It could put you at risk, Henson said during Tuesday's committee meeting. Henson said eight
Jan 31, 2018, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Georgia group fights to prevent lottery winners from claiming anonymouslyNews Story
An open-government advocacy group has denounced a bipartisan proposal being considered by the Georgia Senate that would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation said in a statement that the proposed legislation raised transparency concerns. Clearly, letting a government agency hand out millions of dollars to private citizens with no public record is a bad idea, the group's statement said. Democratic Sen. Steve Henson of Stone Mountain, who sponsored
Jan 29, 2018, 8:30 pm - Lottery News

Wyoming would tap lottery money under proposed billNews Story
A legislative panel has endorsed a proposal that would allow the state of Wyoming to grab some of the statewide lottery earnings. The Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee voted 9-3 Thursday in Cheyenne to sponsor a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would allow the state to take 5 percent of the gross proceeds earned by the Wyoming Lottery. State coffers would be enriched by about $1 million a year. WyoLotto started selling tickets in 2014 after the Legislature author
Jan 19, 2018, 3:01 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut lawmaker may request hearings over costly drawing errorNews Story
It should have been so easy for the five-member team in charge of a Jan. 1 lottery drawing to enter and verify the right numbers in a machine that electronically selected the winners of the Connecticut Lottery Corp.'s New Year's $1,000,000 Super Draw game. Such an easy thing, but now so many problems. The team members had the benefit of illustrated, step-by-step instructions that you or I could follow in the form an Official Drawing Procedures manual for the game in which $10 tickets were
Jan 6, 2018, 6:17 pm - Lottery News

Mississippi lawmakers could debate creation of a lotteryNews Story
Mississippi residents for years have been crossing into Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee to buy lottery tickets. In 2018, lawmakers could debate whether Mississippi will join the large majority of states that offer games of chance. Supporters say money being spent on lottery tickets elsewhere could, instead, be spent in Mississippi, creating revenue to help pay for highways, schools or other state government services. If that money is going to go to educate children and it's going to
Dec 27, 2017, 11:42 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania expands gambling to pay for budgetNews Story
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday affixed what he hopes will be a final patch on a $2.3 billion budget deficit by signing into law sweeping new gambling provisions. The state has doubled-down on its investment in the commercial gambling market, with new expectations of revenue from Internet-based games and a second string of casinos scattered around the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Senate passed the far-reaching gambling expansion bill Wednesday that would legalize Internet games, aut
Oct 30, 2017, 5:08 pm - Lottery News

Mississippi lottery committee plans final meetingNews Story
What is expected to be the final meeting of House Speaker Philip Gunn's lottery study committee is scheduled for Nov. 16 at the Mississippi Capitol. Gunn formed the study committee in April in response to efforts in the House to pass lottery legislation. After the November meeting, the plan is for legislative staff to compile the information garnered by the nine-member committee into a report to be presented to the Mississippi House before the 2018 session starts in January. The study comm
Oct 29, 2017, 9:26 am - Lottery News