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California Lottery adds self-service ticket machines
The California Lottery placed an order with GTECH Corporation which among other things, will allow residents to purchase lottery tickets at self-service machines.The GTECH order included a variety of lottery products including additional Altura terminals, Instant Ticket Vending Machines (ITVMs), and other self-service lottery solutions. GTECH is constantly looking for ways to enhance the performance of our lottery customers, while, at the same time, considering the various needs of retailers and
Sep 1, 2005, 5:51 pm - Lottery News
Indiana Lottery banking on fairness, cuts
The Hoosier Lottery has run into some rough times lately whether it is sagging profits or employees leaking the location of a winning ticket.But the new head of the quasi-governmental agency is focused on running things more efficiently with an emphasis on integrity. It is our absolute focus, said Esther Schneider a 40-year-old native of Las Vegas. We have a moral obligation to make sure our games are fair. When she arrived, Schneider said there was a lot of loosey-goosey activity, inclu
Aug 9, 2005, 9:27 am - Lottery News
Man let lottery winner go first
A man has revealed he missed out on the $136 million Euro Millions lottery jackpot because he let winner Dolores McNamara buy her ticket first.Larry Moriarty stepped aside as they both queued for lucky dips in the EuroMillions rollover reports The Sun. I left the pub to buy a ticket at the shop. Dolores was outside and we chatted. Then I let her go ahead of me in the queue, Moriarty said. So I was directly behind her when the machine gave her the winning numbers. He added, It could not have
Aug 1, 2005, 12:42 pm - Lottery News
Pennsylvania lottery machines knocked out by lightning
A lightning strike at a control center put more than two-thirds of the terminals selling Pennsylvania lottery tickets out of commission for almost four hours Wednesday evening, which officials said would certainly mean reduced sales.The lightning struck an online vendor facility in the Harrisburg area at about 4:25 p.m., Pennsylvania Lottery security director Jim Morgan said. The bolt damaged control equipment for a high-speed data line that allows the lottery machines to operate in convenience
Jul 28, 2005, 2:54 pm - Lottery News
Indiana lottery sales decline has officials probing illegal games
The Hoosier Lottery, faced with slumping profits, is struggling to get more people to play ticket games in a world of electronic gambling.In the budget year just ended, lottery officials expect to see about a 5 percent decline in profits, which reached $199 million last year, according to W. Edward Benton, the lottery's chief financial officer.So what's eating into ticket sales? Smaller Powerball jackpots, for one thing, something Hoosier Lottery officials can't control.The approximately 22,00
Jul 11, 2005, 12:06 pm - Lottery News
Oregon to add gaming machines at horse track
In a move that supporters say will help save horse racing in the state, the Oregon House approved a bill that would expand the number of slot and video-poker machines at Portland Meadows.Wagering at the racetrack has been relatively flat in recent years as bettors have turned to other forms of gambling. Lobbyists said that more machines are needed to entice bettors to the track.Under the terms of the bill approved Wednesday, the track could have 30 machines, triple the current number. The bill g
Jul 8, 2005, 1:09 pm - Lottery News
Honest store clerk returns $100,000 lottery ticket
Leslee Hobson isn't just lucky when it comes to lottery tickets. She is lucky she buys her coffee from John Martin each morning.Hobson brought three Powerball tickets into the Circle K convenience store in Stayton, Oregon on May 29.Martin, a clerk at the store, went through the tickets and returned her winnings of $3. One of the tickets, however, couldn't be processed. Something came up on the screen on the Lottery machine I'd never seen before, Martin said. It said, This is not a ticket.' Ho
Jun 27, 2005, 7:42 pm - Lottery News
Rhode Island lawmakers to create separate lottery division
The idea of abolishing the legislator-dominated Rhode Island Lottery Commission got its first hearing and a warm welcome from the governor at the General Assembly last night.The question of what to do with the board which is responsible for the state's third-largest revenue source has been an issue since the November passage of a separation-of-powers constitutional amendment. The amendment bars lawmakers from sitting on state boards and commissions with executive functions.The Lottery Co
Jun 24, 2005, 12:54 pm - Lottery News
Texas lottery board charges bingo machine supplier fixed prices
A bingo machine supplier has been charged with fixing prices and selling its products directly to charities, according to state records and public filings.The Texas Lottery Commission will hear evidence Friday against Game Tech International, the largest supplier of electronic bingo machines in Texas.The allegations concern the behavior of a former employee and are untrue, said Andrejs K. Bunkse, general counsel for Game Tech. We will actively defend ourselves and believe there will be no findin
Jun 21, 2005, 8:09 am - Lottery News
Idaho Lottery insists that Powerball winner reveal identity
The 33-year-old Idaho man who won a $220.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot Memorial Day weekend came out of hiding Thursday after the Idaho Lottery refused his request for anonymity.Brad Duke, a regional fitness director for a chain of health clubs and and unmarried former Boise State University pole-vaulter whose garage contains five mountain bikes, chose to take a one-time lump sum payment of $125.3 million, rather than the 30 annual installments of $7.4 million. That works out to approximat
Jun 17, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News