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N.J. Lottery scratch games called 'paper slot machines'News Story
Stephen Sunny Big Guy Bernath buys a fistful of instant lottery tickets every day and takes his place on a wooden bench next to a garbage can in front of the Krauszer's R J Food Store in Perth Amboy.There, the heavyset 70-year-old man rubs each ticket with a finger, cusses at it, then tosses it in the trash.Rub, cuss, toss.Rub, cuss, toss.He has been known to do this for hours, filling the garbage can with his losers before going back into the store to try his luck again. Crossword. Betty Boop
Dec 5, 2005, 1:23 am - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery expanding Keno with new Bonus gameNews Story
As of Wednesday, Dec. 14, the Massachusetts Lottery will launch a new way for residents to play the popular Keno game.Keno Bonus is the new and improved form of Keno, a popular Lottery game played by placing a bet, picking numbers and matching them to randomly selected numbers chosen by a computer.As of the official launch date, players will have the opportunity to double their wager, making them eligible for Keno Bonus. A bonus number will be displayed on the computer screen, and players multip
Nov 30, 2005, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery ticket plan may kill video pokerNews Story
One of North Carolina's top lawmakers Friday called for banning the sale of lottery tickets at businesses with video poker machines, a ban one operator said would effectively kill the video poker business.Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight proposed the ban in a letter to lottery commission Chairman Charles Sanders. The Dare County Democrat has long opposed video poker. While the Senate has repeatedly voted to ban the games, the House never has.An ongoing federal probe of the industry last ye
Nov 8, 2005, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Georgia lottery machines knocked offline by software glitchNews Story
A glitch caused by a routine software update knocked Georgia's lottery network offline early Monday, leaving customers and retailers unable to print or redeem tickets for the games. It was a technical issue that happened as a result of a routine software update, said J.B. Landroche, the vice president of corporate affairs for Georgia Lottery Corp .Mr. Landroche said the machines went down early Monday morning, and most had service restored late in the afternoon. He said all the machines shoul
Nov 1, 2005, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Some Oklahoma lottery retailers struggle with last-minute detailsNews Story
Some Oklahoma retailers planning to sell the state's new lottery tickets today spent Tuesday wondering if that would come to pass.Steve Nafus, of Buck's Party Shop in Enid, said he was concerned about the system when he did not have his tickets Tuesday morning.However, his fears evaporated in the afternoon, when the tickets arrived. We were told UPS would deliver them yesterday, but they did come today, he said. Other retailers are probably getting theirs, too. After the tickets showed up, he
Oct 12, 2005, 9:10 am - Lottery News

Gtech lottery, gaming units may be split in saleNews Story
If Gtech Holdings Inc. is sold, as recent reports suggest, it may be marketed in pieces to buyers interested in its global lottery operations and gaming equipment business, analysts told Bloomberg News.The Wall Street Journal published a report Tuesday indicating Gtech received an unsolicited expression of interest from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s private equity unit. Gtech, the world's biggest seller of computerized lottery systems, told Bloomberg News Monday it was considering an unsolicited
Sep 14, 2005, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery plans to unveil pocket-sized slot machinesNews Story
If the Kansas Lottery has its way, thousands of people soon will be carrying small electronic slot machines in their coat or shirt pockets.The lottery plans to begin selling the battery-powered devices in early November for $20 each. They're about the size of a credit card, though a little thicker.The Lottery Commission unanimously approved the yet-unnamed game Monday, and Kansas would be the second state in the nation to try it. Iowa was the first, having started sales in May.Lottery Director
Sep 14, 2005, 6:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery tickets may soon be sold on military basesNews Story
More than 178,000 retail outlets across 41 states and the District of Columbia sell state lottery tickets. Last year these retailers earned more than $3 billion in commissions on ticket sales of almost $49 billion.Military exchanges want a piece of that action.Congress is weighing a first-ever proposal from the Department of Defense to amend current law to allow lottery ticket sales in stateside exchanges, except where such sales would pinch the businesses of blind vendors already selling lotter
Sep 12, 2005, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Will N.C. create a lottery-video poker partnership?News Story
North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, argues that North Carolina's new education lottery will remove the allure of another hotly debated form of gambling -- video poker. People tell me the lottery will probably pretty much do away with video poker, said Black, who backs the video poker industry. Those people who want to do some recreational gambling can certainly get their kicks with the lottery. Other video poker supporters hope the opposite will happen.A few states have made
Sep 12, 2005, 6:51 am - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery to close Muncie officeNews Story
Hoosier Lottery officials say they will close the lottery's Muncie regional office on September 28th and merge its operations with a regional office in Fort Wayne.The regional offices supply lottery retailers with tickets, service lottery machines and pay out prizes from $600 to $10,000.Officials say the Muncie and Fort Wayne offices paid only 70 prizes last year and many Muncie residents drove to lottery headquarters in Indianapolis to collect their money.Lottery officials hope to save $280,000
Sep 7, 2005, 7:42 am - Lottery News