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Quinn picks firm with state ties to run Illinois Lottery
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 3:36 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today picked a company with state experience to take over day-to-day operations of the Illinois Lottery. Northstar Lottery Group won the deal to run the lottery, pending a background investigation......... -
Quinn defends Illinois Lottery contract amid appeal to put it on hold
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 7:42 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today defended the state’s handling of deal that transfers management of the Illinois Lottery to a private company, saying the winning firm was fully vetted by the state and will...... -
Pennsylvania Lottery System Down For Hours
Staff reporterPennsylvania Lottery officials say the statewide computer network that sells terminal-based games and validates winning tickets was unavailable from 6 a.m. this morning until 11am causing some stores to turn customers away. The Lottery and its vendor,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Pennsylvania, Casino and Gambling, Lotteries
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Betting on the lottery
Californians could be forgiven for worrying that an important state asset -- the state lottery -- is in grave danger. In recent weeks, a rhetorical barrage, bordering on the hysterical, has been directed at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to...Tags: Science and Technology, Death, Casino and Gambling, State Budgets, Tourism and Leisure
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Maryland explores pseudo-slots
Sun StaffAmid a rancorous legislative debate over the prospect of legalizing slot machines, Maryland lottery officials are looking into whether they could license machines that look and play like slots but are legal under current laws. Lottery officials say...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Calvert County, Electronics, Lotteries, Arts and Culture
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Men under scrutiny in bet had college link
Sun StaffA Baltimore man whose $3.1 million windfall on a horse racing wager is under investigation attended the same college and lived in the same fraternity house as the computer engineer who has been fired over the processing of the bet. Derrick Davis and...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Science and Technology, Networking, Casino and Gambling, Lotteries
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Slots companies lobbying heavily within Maryland
Sun StaffThe prospect of thousands of slot machines at Maryland racetracks and elsewhere in the state has attracted intense attention from manufacturers, which are pouring money into lobbying efforts in hopes of expanding their market. A gold rush by companies...Tags: Contracts, Lifestyle and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Casino and Gambling
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Man fired in possible $3 million bet fraud
Sun StaffAn employee of the company that processed a suspicious wager on Saturday's Breeders Cup races was fired yesterday as investigators continued to probe the circumstances under which a Baltimore man stands to win $3.1 million. Autotote said it fired an...Tags: Science and Technology, Electronics, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Career and Workplace
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The Poor Play More
Courant Staff WritersWhat are the odds that a streetwise section of Hartford's North End and a rural farm town that once hosted a Ku Klux Klan rally would meet at the top of any demographic list? By most measures, they seem worlds apart. But a Courant analysis of the state's...Tags: Advertising, Science and Technology, Connecticut, Vehicles, Jefferson Davis
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States Manipulate Lottery Dreamers
Courant Staff WriterRick Guskey believes in fate, so when he spied a winner cashing in a $30 scratch-off ticket on his mother's birthday, the 42-year-old Wal-Mart employee knew just what to do. "That's a sign I'm supposed to buy one of those tickets," Guskey concluded. So,...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Westport, Connecticut, Casino and Gambling, Texas
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