Ontario Lottery Introduces “Hit or Miss”

“Hit or Miss” a new game by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, has one foot online and the other in retail vendors. It’s drawing a lot of criticism.

Published January 22, 2018

Lottery, Legislative Officials Investigated in Illinois

Jayme Odom, Illinois Lottery chief of staff, and Michael Mahoney, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin's chief of staff, were named in the Chicago Tribune's lottery investigation report for failing...

Published January 15, 2018

Lottery Winners Win Some, Lose Some From New Tax Law

The recent tax laws approved by Congress and signed by President Trump just before Christmas probably won’t make that much difference to winners of the lottery. What the law...

Published January 15, 2018

Mississippi Considers Lottery Legislation

Mississippi ranks among six states without a lottery. Residents annually spend $5-$10 million on Arkansas' lottery and $30 million on Louisiana's. Governor Phil Bryant (l.) said Mississippi should consider...

Published January 8, 2018

Lottery Glitch Could Cost State $20 Million

On Christmas day, a computer glitch turned $1 Holiday Cash Add-A-Play tickets into $500 winners in the South Carolina Education Lottery. Word got around as players rushed to buy...

Published January 8, 2018

Powerball, Mega Millions Jackpots Soaring

Since no one claimed the Mega Millions or Powerball jackpots at the end of 2017, both reached more than $300 million at the same time for the second time...

Published January 8, 2018

NH Keno Starts Operating

Keno 603 games were offered in seven cities in New Hampshire last week with more in line to join them. The games benefit all-day kindergarten.

Published December 25, 2017

Poll Shows Hawaii Lottery Support

Hawaii, one of the last remaining states with no gaming or lottery, could be fertile ground for the lottery. A just commissioned poll shows that a majority of residents...

Published December 25, 2017

French MPS Warn Against Private Investor in Lottery

Two French legislators in charge of evaluating gambling in France warned against bringing in private capital to the Française des Jeux—France’s lottery—under current regulations. The French MPs said such...

Published December 25, 2017

Atlantic Lottery Reboots Online Offerings

Atlantic Lottery, operator of lottery games in Atlantic Canada, has formed a 3-way partnership with IWG and Scientific Games to re-launch its online instant-win games. Scientific Games will provide...

Published December 18, 2017

North Carolina Lottery Stalls Online Sales

In response to retailers and social conservatives, the North Carolina Education Lottery is going slow on expanding games to include digital instants, electronic versions of scratch-off tickets, accessible via...

Published December 11, 2017

Arizona Lottery Yanks Machine: Duplicate Numbers

When a lottery number-selecting machine produces duplicate numbers that sets off figurative if not literal alarm bells. It has happened for the second time in two months with the...

Published December 4, 2017

B.C. Gives Lottery More Regulatory Teeth

British Columbia Attorney General David Eby last week announced a new operational service agreement with the B.C. Lottery Corporation to give it more regulatory teeth to fight money laundering...

Published December 4, 2017

Indian Lottery Profits Decline

New GST rules and increased ticket prices will cause a 6-8 percent drop in lottery profits in Kerala, India. However, despite higher prices, more tickets were sold, officials said....

Published December 4, 2017

Mississippi Lottery May Finally Be Approved

Supporters and opponents of a state lottery presented their opinions at the final meeting of the Mississippi House lottery study committee. Mississippi Gaming and Hospitality Association Director Larry Gregory...

Published November 27, 2017

Michigan Lottery Retailers Stealing Winning Tickets

A Detroit Free Press investigation found employees at some Michigan retailers allegedly kept and cashed customers' winning tickets. The report said the Michigan Lottery Bureau has suspended or revoked...

Published November 27, 2017

Railton Appointed to Head UK Lottery

Former Camelot International CEO Nigel Railton has been appointed UK CEO of the National Lottery by Camelot, which operates the Lottery. His mission will be to reverse the decline...

Published November 27, 2017

Iowa Lottery Extends IGT Contract

Following the end of its current one-year extension with the Iowa Lottery, International Game Technology signed a one-year extension agreement expiring December 31, 2018. Since 2013, IGT has provided...

Published November 27, 2017

UK Reprimands Health Lottery

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has issue a reprimanded to the country’s Health Lottery relating to complaints about a Facebook post the lottery made in January. The post claimed...

Published November 27, 2017

West Virginia Lottery Offsets Racetrack Decline

Higher Lottery sales of traditional lottery products has almost offset lower sales at West Virginia’s four racetracks. Sales this year were basically static at $87.2 million.

Published November 27, 2017