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Self-service lottery machines popular in PennsylvaniaNews Story
To Billy Kaldes, owner of The Spot in downtown Harrisburg, selling Pennsylvania lottery tickets is the biggest thing for business since the introduction of the Rendell Burger in 2003.Kaldes installed one of the lottery's new self-service ticket dispensers this month, and its first-week sales of $4,297 set a record.It earned him a visit yesterday from The Spot's last big thing, Gov. Ed Rendell, who touted the lottery's growth and picked up a couple of burgers. This terminal allows the player to g
Mar 16, 2005, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery looks to install kiosks at airportNews Story
About 84 million people pass through the Atlanta airport each year, and another 55,000 work there. But if they want to buy Georgia lottery tickets, they're out of luck.Gov. Sonny Perdue and the Georgia Lottery Corp. hope to change that by opening a lottery kiosk in the main terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Other airport locations could follow.Lottery officials are in talks with airport General Manager Ben DeCosta, who said he's open to the idea. If we can make sure it work
Mar 8, 2005, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery to suspend sales for one dayNews Story
Lottery giant GTECH criticizes rival Scientific Games for 'dark day'Colorado plans to halt lottery ticket sales for one day this spring while workers install machines that verify which tickets are winners.New York-based Scientific Games is taking over the job of managing the lottery machines under a state contract worth an estimated $43.5 million. The switch to Scientific Games was supposed to happen Nov. 1 last year, but glitches delayed it twice, pushing the start date to May 2.Lottery sales w
Mar 1, 2005, 3:30 pm - Lottery News

Self-service lottery machines to be installed in Penn. liquor storesNews Story
Officials at two Pennsylvania state agencies are working on introducing player-activated lottery-ticket terminals in state liquor stores. We're interested in anything that helps the state produce revenue, said Bill Epstein, a spokesman for the state Liquor Control Board, which is working with the state Department of Revenue, the lottery's overseer.The terminals allow players to buy instant tickets plus tickets for daily lotteries and Powerball, making them a step beyond the instant-ticket vendi
Feb 28, 2005, 10:11 am - Lottery News

Audit finds gaps in Oregon Lottery securityNews Story
A state audit has concluded that the Oregon Lottery should tighten user access to computer data and improve security at employee workstations.The points were raised in an annual financial audit that the state Audits Division released Wednesday. The audit found no major problems for the year ending in mid-2004 but brought up a few issues that require management's attention, the audit said.A letter accompanying the audit said that Oregon Lottery managers should review computer-access rights when
Jan 6, 2005, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

Technicians hustle to fix Nebraska lottery machinesNews Story
As the $127 million Powerball drawing looms, technicians are hustling to fix the Nebraska's 950 lottery machines.The failure Sunday of a communications satellite for the lottery forced workers to recalibrate all of the state's lottery machines a process that takes about 20 to 30 minutes at each location.Lottery spokesman Brian Rockey said technicians were able to fix 126 machines Monday, after spending most of the day training for the task.Workers were back on the job at 6 a.m. and expect to get
Dec 1, 2004, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Satellite failure stops Nebraska lottery ticket salesNews Story
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $127 million. But Nebraska lottery players can't buy a ticket.According to Nebraska Lottery, communication between the Nebraska Lottery and retailers was interrupted early Sunday morning after a communications satellite failed. We regret the inconvenience to our retailers and customers, said acting Lottery Director Jim Haynes in a news release Sunday. This is an example of circumstances beyond anyone's control, and every effort is being made to resolve the
Nov 30, 2004, 7:21 am - Lottery News

South Dakota Lottery upgrades lottery terminalsNews Story
Some in South Dakota who buy tickets for Powerball, Dakota Cash, Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2 should have a shorter wait in line by next summer.The South Dakota Lottery has signed a new contract with Scientific Games Corp., the company that operates the 355 lotto terminals across the state.The Lottery will pay about $8 million over three years for the company to run the lotto games.But the agreement includes a savings of about $1.5 million and an agreement that Scientific Games will replace all the
Sep 16, 2004, 7:53 am - Lottery News

GTECH rolls out self-serve lottery machinesNews Story
GTECH sees its new vending machines as the next wave in the industryGTECH Holdings Corp. is about to make it easier for shoppers to get in on the big money.The West Greenwich, Rhode Island lottery provider yesterday unveiled a new vending machine that doles out instant and traditional lottery tickets directly to shoppers.These machines not only allow people to buy scratch-off tickets like they buy a can of soda, they also include a touch screen that allows players to choose their own numbers and
Jul 28, 2004, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery unveils self-service ticket machinesNews Story
Lottery players throughout Pennsylvania will soon be able to play the Pennsylvania Lottery's online and instant games using state-of-the-art, touch screen terminals.Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery Ed Mahlman today unveiled the first of the new self-service Player Activated Terminals (PATs) at a retailer in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania is the first state to offer self-service units that sell both instant and online games. The Lottery will instal
May 20, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News