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Online Lottery News
Premier sacks Ontario Lottery board and CEO
31 Aug 2009
News brief: Entire board of directors of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has abruptly resigned and chief executive officer has stepped down over potential spending scandal.
B.C. raises stakes for online gamblers
19 Aug 2009
News brief: B.C. Lottery Corp. plans to raise the weekly limit on its Play Now website from $120 to nearly $10,000.
Comparing lotteries and slot machines
18 Jul 2009
Slot Expert John Robison answers your slot and video poker questions.
Mother-of-four's luck finally turns
6 Jul 2009
International news brief: A cancer patient who has suffered the worst year of her life has seen her luck dramatically change with a £2.49million lottery win.
GTECH launches G2
8 Jun 2009
Interactive gaming and sports betting subsidiary to capitalize on convergence of lottery and online gaming industries.
Camelot bets on growth of controversial scratchcards
3 Jun 2009
International news brief: Camelot has raised by 20% the commission it pays retailers on scratchcards in an effort to accelerate sales growth.
Illinois Senate legalizes video poker
21 May 2009
News brief: The state Senate voted to legalize video poker and also allow lottery wagering over the Internet.
Flu keeps Spanish woman from learning of lottery jackpot
13 May 2009
International news brief: 25-year-old Spanish woman only learned of her good luck days later after spending the weekend bed-ridden with the flu.
EuroMillions draw will be 100 million Euros
3 Mar 2009
The lottery is celebrating its fifth year of operation and has announced Friday's draw will feature a 100 million Euro jackpot.
Dream of hitting the big one is more seductive than ever
4 Feb 2009
News brief: Lucky numbers are getting a bit of extra mileage these days.
England: Lottery cash to restore Parker Bowles garden
21 Jan 2009
International news brief: A garden designed by one of the greatest horticulturists of the 19th and 20th centuries is to be restored thanks to a lottery grant.
Lottery 'misprints' cost man $135,000
7 Jan 2009
News brief: A Toronto-area man who won $135,000 on four scratch-off lottery tickets has been told they were printing mistakes.
Bingo Hideout launches five new websites
6 Jan 2009
Following the success of the Bingo Hideout portal, the Web site has launched five new Hideouts focusing on Betting, Casino, Poker, Lotto and Skill Games.
Gidani will roll out new Lotto games
15 Dec 2008
International news brief: Gidani, the South African national lottery operator, to introduce new games in first quarter of next year.
Arkansas voters open state to lotteries
5 Nov 2008
News brief: Lotteries had been banned in Arkansas since 1836 and revenue from them will help finance college scholarships.
Top-10 lottery revenue producing U.S. states
27 Oct 2008
We delve into the 2007 edition of the Casino City's North American Gaming Almanac and dig out which states had the best 2007 when it comes to lottery revenue.
New books focus on lottery, betting on games, Wall Street
23 Oct 2008
People bet billions of dollars annually on lotteries and on Wall Street. Sometimes it's tough to tell the difference between what your chances are of hitting the big one in either endeavor.
Bid to end Italy's lotto fever
22 Oct 2008
International news brief: Italy's main consumer rights organisation has launched a legal battle to have the prize money in the country's national lottery seized.
New Mexico player hits $200 million Powerball
3 Oct 2008
News brief: Somebody in New Mexico hit the big one Saturday. Now the question is, who's holding that $200 million ticket?
Fines coming for gambling with youth lottery sales
3 Oct 2008
News brief: P.E.I.'s new gaming strategy includes making it illegal for retailers to sell lottery tickets to minors.
BC Lottery head paid $94,000 bonus after firing
24 Sep 2008
News brief: The former head of B.C. Lottery Corp. was paid $94,000 in bonuses the year he was fired, despite a scathing report that found the Crown corporation was failing to protect customers from possible fraud
OLG sponsors Peterborough Jazz Festival
11 Sep 2008
Ontario Lottery Gaming to be Gold Sponsor of the Peterborough Jazz Festival.
Quinto goes on promotional tour
29 Aug 2008
The Pennsylvania
Lottery is celebrating the launch of its newest game, Quinto, with a
statewide promotional tour at 19 Lottery retail locations.
Problem gambler loses lawsuit
27 Aug 2008
News Brief: A woman suing Loto-Quebec for ten million dollars has lost one round in court.
Pennsylvania Lottery changes format
26 Aug 2008
The estimated
700,000 television viewers who tune in nightly at 6:59 p.m. to watch the
live Pennsylvania Lottery drawing will see a new format starting Aug. 26.
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