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Tennessee Lottery committee recommends aganst gambling warningsNews Story
Measure not dead yet, legislative sponsors sayEfforts to strengthen the message to lottery players about the dangers of problem gambling failed to get a favorable recommendation yesterday from the Tennessee legislature's Lottery Oversight Committee.One of the measures would replace the message on lottery machines and paraphernalia from Play Responsibly to WARNING: GAMBLING, INCLUDING PLAYING THE LOTTERY, CAN BE ADDICTIVE. State Rep. Glen Casada, R-College Grove, the bill's sponsor, noted that
Mar 23, 2004, 4:28 am - Lottery News

Players win $56,330 in first Tenn. Cash 3 drawingNews Story
Yellow balls spun in a clear acrylic container and spit out the three winning numbers -- 5-6-6 -- that netted players a total of $56,330 as the Tennessee Lottery debuted its Cash 3 game Monday night.About 500,000 people played the first Tennessee game where they could choose their own numbers, which was enough to please lottery chief executive Rebecca Paul. I'm real comfortable with this, she said with a glass of wine in her hand as she stood among a crowd of about 50 lottery officials, televis
Mar 2, 2004, 5:53 am - Lottery News

Eight win lottery thanks to fortune cookiesNews Story
Eight people in Brazil won the lottery after getting the numbers from fortune cookies.The Caixa Economica Federal Bank launched an investigation because they were all from the same region.Eight of the 15 people who won the lottery in the north-east of Brazil told investigators they got the numbers from fortune cookies.The bank found out that the numbers had appeared in fortune cookies sold by the same company to more than 50 restaurants in the north-eastern states of Brazil.The lucky numbers wer
Feb 24, 2004, 5:54 am - Lottery News

Woman hits $10 million jackpot at MGM GrandNews Story
First a military veteran hit a Megabucks slot jackpot shortly after Veterans Day, then a woman who was born on Christmas Eve hit Megabucks shortly before Christmas.Friday, a 49-year-old woman who said she dreamed two weeks ago she would win a lot of money did not let the unlucky Friday the 13th superstition stand in the way of fulfilling her dream at a Megabucks machine at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.The winner, a woman from another country who asked to remain anonymous, hit for $10.2 milli
Feb 16, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News

GTECH Moves Jobs From Ohio To Rhode IslandNews Story
GTECH, one of the largest suppliers in the lottery industry, will eliminate 130 jobs in Ohio, moving those job functions to Rhode Island.Starting April 1, Interlott Technology Inc. will be moved by parent company GTECH Holdings Corp. to its headquarters in West Greenwich, R.I. The move should be completed by September, company officials said.Interlott makes instant ticket lottery machines, and was acquired by GTECH in September for $85 million.A company spokeswoman said relocation assistance wi
Feb 2, 2004, 5:11 am - Lottery News

Oregon pays lottery sites larger share, audit findsNews Story
Leaders say the report shows retailers' portion of proceeds should be cut, but a lobbyist disagreesThe Oregon State Lottery pays retailers a bigger cut than similar operations do, a state auditors' report says, a finding that could bolster a long-standing drive to lower the compensation that bars and taverns get for carrying video poker machines.Oregon retailers receive on average 32 percent of the net proceeds from video poker -- about $159 million last fiscal year -- according to the report re
Jan 30, 2004, 6:50 am - Lottery News

Self-service machines coming for Texas Lottery gamesNews Story
The Texas lottery is joining the high-tech revolution.Lottery officials plan to install about 1,000 ATM-like machines at retail outlets across the state that will dispense tickets for such games as Lotto Texas, Mega Millions and Cash Five. The machines will not only sell tickets, but they will also be able to scan tickets from previous drawings and tell players whether they have won any money. We think the players will like them, said lottery spokesman Bobby Heith. You can purchase your ticket
Jan 29, 2004, 6:12 am - Lottery News

Tenn. will launch Cash 3 within 60 daysNews Story
Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation CEO Rebecca Paul announced Monday the first online game called Cash 3 would be up and running within 60 days.Playing Cash 3, gamblers pick three numbers and if they match the numbers drawn can win up to $500.Cash 3 drawings will be televised daily. Paul said three ball machines would be used to find the winning combination. Each machine holds 10 balls numbered from 0-9 and someone will draw the final three numbers.The lottery corporation sent out requests
Jan 27, 2004, 5:59 am - Lottery News

Three arrested, charged with altering Louisiana Lottery ticketsNews Story
Three people were arrested Monday and a fourth is wanted for allegedly stealing and altering a Louisiana Lottery ticket worth $100,000, state police said.The arrests were made after the suspects arrived at the state lottery offices in Metairie to try to collect the money. Officials detected that the original signature on the ticket had been scratched out and replaced with another.Arrested were Hang Nguyen, 43, of Amelia, Nhat Nguyen, 25, of New Orleans, and Ngoc Tran, 46, of Amelia. Police are s
Jan 27, 2004, 5:57 am - Lottery News

Simple solution fixes store's lottery machineNews Story
Three days after everyone else, the only lottery store in Harrogate, Tennessee is finally selling tickets. And the solution to what seemed a complicated problem, was simple.It wasn't a lottery technician who helped solve the problem at the Chevron D and B Quick Stop. It was a customer.For the last three days, Quick Stop workers had to turn away customers wanting lottery tickets. They don't like it and I've had to turn them down several times, said Penny Overton.But Friday morning, things chan
Jan 23, 2004, 8:34 pm - Lottery News