Archive for July 12th, 2008
State lottery gains revenue (The Auburn Citizen)
NEW YORK - The New York Lottery is reporting a 4 percent increase in revenue this year - thanks partly to the video-lottery parlor at the Yonkers Raceway. Empire City at the Raceway is the state’s biggest video-lottery terminal, with 5,500 machines and high-priced scratch-off games. So far this fiscal year, the lottery’s growth has […]
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As economy slumps, state’s lottery revenue up (The Auburn Citizen)
The New York Lottery is reporting a 4 percent increase in revenue this year — thanks partly to the video-lottery parlor at the Yonkers Raceway.
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Hoosier Lottery tells stores to pull some game tix (WLFI Lafayette)
Associated Press - July 12, 2008 4:44 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A report today says the Hoosier Lottery is telling its retailers to stop selling scratch-off tickets for games in which the top…
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Hoosier Lottery tells stores to pull some game tix (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A report today says the Hoosier Lottery is telling its retailers to stop selling scratch-off tickets for games in which the top prizes already have been won.
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Hoosier Lottery tells stores to pull some game tix (22 WSBT South Bend)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Hoosier Lottery has told its retailers to stop selling scratch-off tickets for games in which the top prizes already have been won, a report Saturday said.
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State lottery revenue up, helped by Yonkers Raceway (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Associated Press - July 12, 2008 12:15 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Lottery is reporting a 4% increase in revenue this year - thanks partly to the video-lottery parlor at the Yonkers…
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Judge tosses lottery lawsuit (Orlando Sentinel)
A judge has thrown out the lawsuit of a Geneva man who accused his longtime live-in girlfriend of refusing to share a $1 million lottery win, thereby breaking a long-standing promise. Howard Browning, 54, had sued Lynn Anne Poirier, 54, a special-education teacher, in January, but his lawyer quit three months later and Browning couldn’t […]
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Halter’s office to report lottery-related travel expenses (Arkansas News Bureau)
By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - A spokesman for Lt. Gov. Bill Halter said Friday he was not sure whether Halter had to report the expenses of staff members who travel the state speaking on Halter’s lottery proposal, but he said the lieutenant governor would report any expenses over $500 anyway.
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Lottery revenues ahead of last fiscal year’s pace (Poughkeepsie Journal)
ALBANY - Buoyed by strong sales of high-priced scratch-off games and the growth of video lottery terminals at Yonkers Raceway, the New York Lottery has had a 4 percent increase in revenue this fiscal year despite the sputtering economy.
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Lottery to pull scratch-offs if top prizes have already been won (The Indianapolis Star)
Retailers will remove the tickets, but one has question about the Hoosier Lottery’s new directive.
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