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Fight over lottery's legality returns to N.C. courtNews Story
The first scratch-off games have been unveiled, computer terminals installed at thousands of convenience stores, and prelaunch television ads edited. But the North Carolina Education Lottery will have to get past one more challenge before the first tickets are sold March 30. Attorneys were ready to appear in a Wake County court Monday over a lawsuit filed by taxpayers, lawmakers and advocacy groups questioning whether the General Assembly followed the constitution when it approved the lott
Mar 20, 2006, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Winner Still UnknownNews Story
There's a mega mystery surrounding the Mega Millions jackpot. There is still no word from northwest Ohio town of Lyons. Everyone has been waiting to find out who is the winner of this week's Mega Millions Jackpot, but that person may not want their identity revealed. Whoever won is obviously a very private person and is smart about it, said Annie Barden, a Lyons resident. I completely would do the same thing. You'd have friends you never knew; people would be knocking on your door.
Mar 3, 2006, 4:07 pm - Lottery News

464 gaming machines seized in S.C.News Story
Businesses say despite payouts, games aren't illegal gambling South Carolina authorities seized 464 gaming machines and computers Thursday from 13 York County businesses accused of hosting illegal gambling just over the N.C. state line. Drawing attention were an increasing number of Internet cafes where customers played video slots with prepaid cards. Business owners defended them as legal sweepstakes. Authorities, however, said the cafes, which pay out money to winners, are thinly veile
Mar 3, 2006, 3:43 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery may end video pokerNews Story
The establishment of a state lottery in North Carolina will have no legal effect on video poker games in North Carolina, at least not immediately. However, some who would like to see video poker banned altogether won't rule out using the lottery as one means of curtailing the use of the video games. Gov. Mike Easley even mentioned last fall at a press conference called to discuss the startup of the lottery that the state-sponsored gambling games could lead to an end of video poker.
Feb 24, 2006, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Stores OK with releasing Iowa Lottery TouchPlay dataNews Story
Iowa convenience store operators, whose sales information has been made public for years by the Iowa Lottery, say they won't try to block the release of financial information requested by The Des Moines Register about TouchPlay machines. We don't have a dog in the fight. We don't care, the president of the trade group that represents convenience stores said Thursday. It's always been public. All lottery sales are public information by location. Dawn Carlson of the Petroleum Marketers a
Feb 24, 2006, 7:11 am - Lottery News

In Canada, betting on hockey is no gambleNews Story
In the packed food court beneath the Hyatt Regency at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance, Christian, a 19-year-old part-time college student, tosses the North Face jacket on the chair across from him and sits down with his A W cheeseburger, fries and Coke. And begins poring over his sports betting slips. Between bites, Christian fills in circles like he is taking a sports SAT, pausing to think before committing to his answers. On this day, the subject is Olympic hockey.
Feb 20, 2006, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Once again, U.S. tries to shut down Internet gamblingNews Story
Legislation focused on cracking down on the thriving business of online gambling was introduced in Congress this week to tighten existing laws that outlaw the practice in the U.S. The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, sponsored by Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rick Boucher (D-VA), would update the U.S. Wire Act, which prohibits gambling over telephone wires, to cover use of the Internet to operate a gambling business. The bill not only forbids a gambling business from accepting payment
Feb 20, 2006, 7:29 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball lottery won by one NebraskanNews Story
Someone, somewhere in Nebraska held the only winning ticket for the record $365 million Powerball jackpot, but likely wasn't in a rush to come forward, lottery officials said Sunday. The only ticket matching the winning numbers drawn Saturday night for the multistate lottery was sold at a a U-Stop convenience store in Lincoln, Nebraska Lottery spokesman Brian Rockey said. It was the biggest jackpot on record for any lottery in the United States. No one had come forward to claim the j
Feb 20, 2006, 6:35 am - Lottery News

Judge: N.C. lottery can keep working, but challenge remains aliveNews Story
The North Carolina lottery can continue preparing for a March 30 kickoff while a court considers a legal challenge to the way the Legislature passed the lottery law last year, a Wake County judge ruled Wednesday. The decision is somewhat of a loss for both parties in the legal fight. While Superior Court Judge Henry Hight denied a motion by taxpayers, lawmakers and advocacy groups who sought to temporarily stop work on the lottery, he also declined the state's request to dismiss the complaint
Feb 16, 2006, 9:48 am - Lottery News

Lawsuit Challenging N.C. Lottery Still AliveNews Story
Critics of the N.C. Education Lottery won't be able to stop the state's plan to launch the game next month. But they can keep a lawsuit going that says lawmakers cut legal corners in approving the game, according to two court rulings Wednesday. In fact, the court hearings on whether the lottery is legal could continue as the lottery starts. The next court date is scheduled for March 20, 10 days before the lottery's instant winner scratch-off tickets are supposed to go on sale. Wake Coun
Feb 16, 2006, 9:00 am - Lottery News