Illinois Bill To Pay Lottery Winners Stalls

In a 115-1 vote, the Illinois House passed a bill to use $1.9 billion in already collected gas tax revenue to pay lottery winners and local governments. Governor Bruce...

Published November 16, 2015

BC Lottery Struggles to Understand Market

The British Columbia Lottery Corp. is struggling to deal with a changing gaming landscape that includes customers that it knows little about, other than that they buy lottery tickets....

Published November 16, 2015

Texas, Delaware Lottery Execs Meet

Texas Lottery Commission Executive Director Gary Grief recently met with Delaware Lottery Director Vernon Kirk to discuss sports betting, online wagering and casino games--despite the opposition of conservative Texas...

Published November 2, 2015

Study Shows Poverty Boosts Lottery Sales

A Cornell University study showed Maine’s poorest residents spend up to 200 times more per person on lottery tickets than those in wealthier areas, helping to boost ticket sales...

Published October 26, 2015

New Mexico Signs Second Intralot Contract

The state of New Mexico recently signed a second contract with gambling industry and payments solutions supplier Intralot Inc. to oversee the New Mexico Lottery's central system and software...

Published October 26, 2015

Illinois Lottery Winners Go Unpaid

More Illinois Lottery winners are expected to sign on to a class action lawsuit since the state recently dropped its no-pay limit from $25,000 to $600. Lottery officials said...

Published October 26, 2015

Netherlands Lottery Merger Approved

A unified Netherlands Lottery operator and product will result from the recently approved merger of Staatsloterij and Sichting Nationale Sporttotlisator by the Netherlands' Council of Ministers. Both operators recently...

Published October 19, 2015

Ontario Lottery Embraces Fantasy Sports

Sports fans in Ontario can participate in a new fantasy sports lottery game in which ticket buyers automatically are assigned fantasy team rosters among respective sports and have equal...

Published October 19, 2015

New PowerBall Odds

It’s now harder to win the PowerBall jackpot but easier to win smaller cash prizes after PowerBall officials changed the odds to increase cash awards, generate excitement among players,...

Published October 12, 2015

West Virginia Lottery Sales Dropping

West Virginia Lottery sales fell 2.5 percent from July and 9 percent from August 2014 according to recent official tabulations. Total lottery revenues dropped $300 million from a peak...

Published October 5, 2015

Illinois Fires Northstar After 2014 Losses

For the first time since 2009, the Illinois Lottery lost money last year and private lottery manager Northstar Lottery Group was to blame, said a legislative report. Northstar consistently...

Published September 28, 2015

New Jersey’s Privatized Lottery Leaves $136 million Budget Hole

New Jersey’s privatized lottery has underperformed and created a $136 million hole in the state budget. The state’s controversial move to privatize the lottery—led by Governor Chris Christie (l.)—has...

Published September 21, 2015

Alabama Senate Committee Kills Lottery Bill

Legislation that would let voters decide if they want to join Powerball and other multistate lotteries died in the Alabama Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee. Opponents said that would...

Published September 21, 2015

Bill Proposes Online Florida Lottery Sales

Players could purchase Florida Lottery tickets online if legislation by state Senator Gwen Margolis is passed. The bill is based on the federal government's 2011 opinion that online lotteries...

Published September 21, 2015

$200 Million in Lottery Funds to New York Racing Association

To help it pay off debts, the New York legislature gave the New York Racing Association $200 million in lottery revenues otherwise earmarked for the state’s public schools. The...

Published September 21, 2015

North Carolina Lottery Offers Growth Options

Legislators in North Carolina recently asked state lottery officials for ideas about generating more lottery revenue, which primarily funds education. Some suggestions included increase advertising spending, offer Club Keno,...

Published August 31, 2015

Wyoming Lottery is a Year Old

The Wyoming Lottery is a year old. Generally considered successful, it is also drawing fire for not paying money to local government as the state law that created it...

Published August 31, 2015

Wyoming Lottery Sues Critic

The Wyoming Lottery Corporation wants to silent a frequent critic who claims it doesn’t do all it can to fight problem gaming and has sued him for allegedly harming...

Published August 17, 2015

Puerto Rico Considers Expanding Number of Lottery Terminals

Allowing an unimpeded proliferation of video lottery terminals in Puerto Rico could harm the tourist economy of the territory. So claims the Association of Hotels and Tourism of Puerto...

Published August 17, 2015

NY Lottery Considers Lifetime Jackpot Game

New York State Lottery officials are considering joining Cash 4 Life or Lucky for Life multi-state games that pay winners a top prize of $1,000 per day for life,...

Published August 17, 2015