Lottery and Lotto News
Lack of State Grab Leaves Canadian Gambling Jackpots BiggerGambling and lottery winnings in Canada are in practice larger than equal rewards in the US, as Canada recognizes that a tax on profits means money won has already been taxed once....
Powerball and Mega Millions, the two biggest lottery jackpot games in the US, have reached agreement to sell each others' tickets inside what had been exclusive state divisions....
Online casinos and instant lotteries are the rage in Russia, the result of the government's ban on land casinos and slot machines....
The Iowa state lottery director told the governor and assorted gaming authorities that online casinos are likely to receive federal regulation, and it would behoove the state to move first....
New Hampshire has decided its large cut of lottery sales isn't enough, and now taxes gambling winnings an additional ten percent....
Warner Brothers music acts are the latest to lend their names and images to lottery gambling, as the California Lottery releases new scratch-offs....
Free instate college may become available to all Michigan high school graduates if a state legislator's plan to use gambling and lotteries to fund higher education passes....
The Advertising Standards Authority of the UK said an ad for online lottery gambling encouraged excessive play, and thus is banned....
The Mega Millions lottery has people gambling on a $333 million jackpot, just days after Powerball paid out $260 million....
Officials at the British Columbia lottery are raising the maximum weekly betting total accepted at their online gambling website....
Arkansas is eager to begin its state lottery, but has failed to address demands in the law legalizing the lottery requiring problem gambling treatment and education....
Delaware attorneys say sports leagues pushing for expedited decisions to avoid having the intricate ties between gambling, organized crime, and sports publicly examined....
Illinois adds forms of online gambling to the state's legalized gaming, even though the US Department of Justice somehow claims all Internet gambling is illegal....
A study shows that lottery gambling is disproportionately supported by poor and minorities, but foes of casino gambling are relatively silent....
Defying reigning Governor Bob Riley's decree that no gambling be permitted in Alabama, gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks called for the introduction of a state lottery, along with casino taxation....
Representatives of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation announced they will institute a comprehensive series of programs to educate the public about problem gambling, and help treat it....
The Ontario Lottery is combating problem gambling by deploying facial recognition technology at all its land casinos, preventing self-excluded players from entering....
Florida gaming officials are planning to install scratch-off vending machines in groceries to boost lottery sales....
The company that manages the British national lottery announced record sales, driven largely by boosted Internet gambling....
The Supreme Court of Delaware yesterday unanimously said the state was within its rights to institute its new sports betting lottery....
Present sports betting numbers in the US are certain to total well over $400 billion, but only one percent is legal and regulated, says a casino spokesman....
A European association of state-run gambling operators selected Sweden's Svenska Spel as the first state-owned online casino company to meet its new problem gambling standards....
The National Football League's decision to let teams partner with lotteries on gambling games just further exposes a pattern of hypocrisy toward online casinos and gaming in general....
The New England Patriots led a rush of NFL teams signing deals to split profits with state lotteries on gambling games employing team logos and names....
A growth in online gambling participation in the UK raises the question as to what might happen to levels of play in the US come regulation....
A bill seeking to improve the California lottery and increase state gambling revenue was defeated as voters were perturbed by clauses borrowing future money for today....
A speaker at a gaming law convention says the Frank bill to strike the UIGEA is unlikely to pass Congress, leaving online gambling to the states for rulings....
The iMEGA case asking the law against Internet gambling payment transactions be declared void for vagueness will be heard in July....
Lotteries are losing money to online casinos, and regulating Internet gambling to remove UIGEA confusion may be the best way to boost state revenues....
States are desperate to increase revenue by growing lottery sales, and online gambling seems to be the best path, if the UIGEA would stay out of the way....
Several states plan to use the exemption granted in the UIGEA to host intrastate online gambling, but concerns of unwarranted UIGEA interference arise....
Illinois lawmakers are considering plans to legalize and regulate online gambling on horse races and the lottery....
The Department of Justice blocked a move by iMEGA to update its case against the UIGEA online casino ban to include evidence showing the law isn't working properly....
The head of the Illinois state Senate wants to introduce Internet gambling to the state's gaming selections, allowing for the purchase of lottery tickets online....
Online lottery sales in New Hampshire continue to be blocked by credit card companies fearful of the law against online casino payments, while the US Treasury seems indifferent....
Developers in Atlanta want to turn the historic Underground Atlanta site, scene of music, drinking, and gambling from Prohibition times, into a renovated site hosting a casino....
A survey conducted every four years in Nova Scotia found rates of individuals at risk for problem gambling to have dropped significantly since the last study....
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has reached over $200 million for any lucky customer with the right six numbers....
Offering more hours and games on racino video lottery terminals may give New York needed revenue without the onerous process of a casino constitutional amendment....
James Dobson's Focus on the Family fringe religious group has denounced lotteries as a dangerously addictive form of gambling, even though simple common sense shows greater danger in many things, including religious zealotry....
With the exception of Nevada, most states have treated sports gambling as an unspeakable evil, but things are changing now that money for state tax coffers is being generated....
Data from a variety of sources shows that the gambling industry is not suffering from economic downturns unless the casino or venue discussed is really a conglomerate in which gambling is only a part....
A woman who won $13 million in a lottery drawing is broke and going to jail for tax evasion after blowing her gambling winnings....
A leader of the Catholic Church attacks gambling in the Philippines, disregarding the direct contributions legalized Philippino gambling makes to fight poverty....
In a move way out of bounds, the Lottery in Washington entered into an agreement with candy manufacturers to use their brands to promote scratch-off tickets....
Power Lotto is the new online lottery game available in the Philippines, with revenue generated going to help the poor....
A multi-state task force from New York and New Jersey took down a numbers racket that prospered in direct competition with the lottery....
Research indicates online lottery ticket sales would allow states to reap large benefits....
Massachusetts is ready to begin their journey into casino gambling, but the state is concerned that one of the top lotteries in the nation may be affected....
The state of Kansas is so excited about its potential casino gambling, that developers have begun the gambling before anything is even built....
