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Indian casino sees pluses, minuses with keno (6/4/2013)
(Connecticut) -- A spokesman for a Connecticut Indian tribe says the share from revenue for keno that's coming will help blunt a potential drop in casino business.
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The Keno effect on Conn Indian casinos (6/4/2013)
(Connecticut) -- Keno games coming to Connecticut promise to add more gambling to a market that already is adding casinos and table games.
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Connecticut lawmakers seek expansion of video gambling (6/3/2013)
(Connecticut) -- A day after the House passed a budget that includes state-run keno, legislators from Bridgeport, New Haven, West Haven and Windsor Locks held a press...
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House Approves Budget In Early Morning Vote (6/2/2013)
(Connecticut) -- The state House of Representatives early Sunday approved a $37.7 billion state budget that increases spending by about 10 percent over two years,...
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Malloy, State Democrats, Considering Keno in Connecticut (6/2/2013)
(Connecticut) -- In an apparent about-face on expanding legal gaming in Connecticut, the governor and legislative Democrats are considering legalizing Keno.
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Editorial: Keno? Just say 'no' (6/1/2013)
(Connecticut) -- The governor and some of the legislators have changed since the last time there was a serious push to legalize keno gambling in the state, but the...
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Keno? Speaker Says ‘Likely’ (5/30/2013)
(Connecticut) -- House Speaker Brendan Sharkey said Thursday that Keno will “likely” be legalized as a revenue item under the state budget currently under...
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Commercial Gaming
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Mohegan official says state-run keno still needs tribes' approval (5/30/2013)
(Connecticut) -- State-run keno would require the gaming tribes' say-so. A Mohegan Tribe official issued that reminder Thursday in the wake of a report that the...
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Maryland Gaming
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Maryland gambling exclusion expanded to lottery tickets (5/21/2013)
(Maryland) -- Maryland has become the third state to offer a voluntary system to restrict the ability to play the lottery, officials announced Tuesday.
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Casinos reap benefits as Maryland Lottery revenues drop (4/29/2013)
(Maryland) -- The Maryland Lottery is losing ground thanks largely to the rise of casino gambling in the Free State. Lottery revenue in fiscal 2013 totaled about $435...
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Maryland Lottery revenue taking a hit from state casinos (4/26/2013)
(Maryland) -- Maryland Lottery revenue is down $8.3 million so far this year as some players shift their gaming dollars to the state’s casinos.
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Not Just Fun and Games (12/23/2012)
(Maryland) -- In Maryland, the lottery is ubiquitous: Players can take their chances at bars, restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations and grocery stores, among...
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New Hampshire Gaming
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Our Turn: Lottery history should guide support for casino (5/20/2013)
(New Hampshire) -- We are truly fortunate to be living in such a great state. Each year, we are at or near the “Most Livable” list. Crime is low. Education...
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Capital Beat: More details but few surprises seen in newly released budget bill (3/9/2013)
(New Hampshire) -- It will cost more to get a license to catch striped bass. Foster grandparents still won’t get reimbursed for their expenses. The New Hampshire...
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State lawmakers consider keno proposal (2/7/2013)
(New Hampshire) -- While a lot of people are debating the prospect of bringing a casino to New Hampshire, another new type of gaming is under consideration in Concord.
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Texas Gaming
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LETTER: Implement lottery in lieu of taxes (5/19/2013)
(Texas) -- Do you think it is time for a lottery in this state? The mining industry says no to taxes. Companies will eliminate jobs if we dare to raise taxes on all the...
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Texas House gets caught up in vote over state lottery (4/28/2013)
(Texas) -- Highlights from the action in the Texas Capitol last week. To read them as they happen, go to elpasotimes.typepad.com/capitol.
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Legislature continues state lottery to provide funding for Texas schools (4/25/2013)
(Texas) -- After a near-death experience in the House on Tuesday, the Texas Lottery Commission is still on life support. The House voted 88-54 Wednesday to continue the...
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Rollercoaster Ride For The Texas Lottery Commission (4/25/2013)
(Texas) -- House Bill 2197, which is authored by Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, was set to continue the funding for the Texas Lottery Commission for the next 12 years.
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Opinion: If the lottery is in trouble, so is Texas (4/25/2013)
(Texas) -- The initial House vote Tuesday to abolish the Texas lottery was: (A) a righteous moral stand against taking advantage of poor people, (B) a symbolic way to...
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Seminole Tribe
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Powerball Players Hope To Win Massive Jackpot (5/18/2013)
(Florida) -- Imagine the millions of things one could do with an extra $600 million dollars. It’s possible, that by the end of the night, that dream for one lucky...
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Canada Online
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P.E.I. Lotteries Commission late for audit (5/2/2013)
(Prince Edward Island) -- The Opposition wants to know if the government is hiding something in financial statements provided late by the P.E.I. Lotteries Commission....
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Ontario Canada Still Waiting for Legal Online Gambling (3/9/2013)
(Ontario) -- Recent news that a single mother has won a big lottery prize of $30 million CND after buying only one ticket at a local store in Ontario has many punters...
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Michigan Gaming
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Michigan eyes online lottery project (5/1/2013)
(Michigan) -- In the United States, the Governor for the state of Michigan, Rick Snyder, has requested three million dollars in funding from the next budget for the...
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E-Lottery: Snyder Wants To Put Wagering Just A Click Away (4/28/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Michigan Lottery will sell tickets online next year -- unless legislative critics block that. A showdown between Gov. Rick Snyder and opponents of...
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Governor requests money for online lottery (4/28/2013)
(Michigan) -- People who play the Michigan Lottery could start buying tickets on the Internet and possibly playing lottery games online as early as next year. Lottery...
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Michigan Lottery eyes Internet despite opposition (4/27/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Michigan Lottery sees the Internet as its new frontier for business, where more tickets can be sold and games can be played to ultimately pump more...
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State ready to gamble on Internet lottery (2/25/2013)
(Michigan) -- Michigan's thousands of lottery retailers soon could see a new competitor on their ticket-selling turf: iLottery. The Snyder administration plans to...
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Illinois Gaming
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Illinois Lottery war puts state official under a microscope (4/29/2013)
(Illinois) -- As the top state official overseeing the Illinois Lottery, records show, Michael J. Jones has: Tried to get the private company that runs the lottery to...
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West Virginia Gaming
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WV 'Interagency Agreement' Tabled by Panel (4/16/2013)
(West Virginia) -- The West Virginia Racing Commission April 16 deferred action on a controversial agreement that would place the commission and other agencies under the...
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Vikings Stadium
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Lottery's role may grow in Vikings stadium funding (4/8/2013)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Lottery may end up playing a larger role than originally anticipated in the funding of the Vikings stadium. Gov. Mark Dayton told reporters...
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Online Gaming
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U.S. Internet Lottery Expansion Gathers Pace [sub. req'd] (4/1/2013)
(USA) -- A growing number of state lotteries are moving forward with plans for Internet gambling, but legislative battles lie ahead amid concern among casinos and...
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Crown Ltd
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Hoosier Lottery expands hours that tickets can be sold (3/30/2013)
(Indiana) -- The Hoosier Lottery is expanding the number of hours during which retailers such as gas stations and convenience stores can sell lottery tickets.
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Kentucky Gaming
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Kentucky Lottery OKs keno, online ticket sales to boost revenue (3/22/2013)
(Kentucky) -- In effort to help a “fiscally starved” state treasury, the Kentucky Lottery Corp. board voted Friday to sell lottery tickets and scratch-offs...
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Oregon Gaming
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Changes Loom Over Lottery Row (3/20/2013)
(Oregon) -- If Oregon House speaker Tina Kotek has her way, change is coming to Hayden Islands troubled "Lottery Row". The Democrat who represents the the...
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Lottery 'casinos,' problem bars face crackdown at Oregon Legislature (3/20/2013)
(Oregon) -- Bars where parking lot fights are common. Delis where the main source of profit appears to be the bank of video gambling machines in the corner.
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Lottery 'casinos,' problem bars under assault by Oregon House speaker (3/20/2013)
(Oregon) -- Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek launched a frontal assault Wednesday on problem bars and lottery outlets that she thinks have overrun Hayden Island and...
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Ontario Gaming
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Kathleen Wynne to meet with OLG bosses to discuss lottery sell-off and casinos (3/19/2013)
(Ontario) -- Premier Kathleen Wynne is meeting Ontario’s gambling czars to get some “clarity” on casino expansion and the lottery sell-off.
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Wynne urges expanded lottery system to maximize revenue for Ontario (2/26/2013)
(Ontario) -- Kathleen Wynne says Ontario must forge ahead with a plan to expand its lottery system and contract out its operation because the province needs the money.
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Cash-strapped Ontario preparing to privatize its lotteries (2/25/2013)
(Ontario) -- Ontario is taking steps to privatize the operation of its lucrative lottery business in hopes that the move, which would be a first among Canadian provinces...
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Delaware Online
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Delaware Lottery: Launch Online Gaming by September 30 (2/5/2013)
(Delaware) -- Delaware gaming officials have taken another step toward launching online poker. The state lottery issued a request for proposal in order to implement the...
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Online Legislation
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Iowa Lottery official: Online gaming could become states' rights issue (2/3/2013)
(Iowa) -- Terry Rich believes the Iowa Lottery has the authority to operate online poker and other Internet gaming, but he warned lawmakers that Iowa may face...
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US Lottery Officials Plan To Lobby Against Online Gambling Bill (1/24/2013)
(USA) -- The legalization of online gambling in the USA has a long and uneven road to go before there is any agreement as to how to go about satisfying all of the...
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Ohio, other lotteries fight for chance at online market (12/30/2012)
(Ohio) -- Proposed federal regulation of Internet poker in the United States would block state lotteries, including Ohio's, from selling many games online or...
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Massachusetts Online
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Internet Gambling Bill Could Hurt Local Dealers (1/26/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- The state legislature is considering a bill that would allow the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission to create internet gambling. Lottery players...
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Rhode Island Gaming
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RI to Face $307M Budget Hole from Lost Lottery Revenue (1/21/2013)
(Rhode Island) -- Despite a November ballot measure which approved the implementation of table games at Lincoln’s Twin River Casino, the state of Rhode Island is...
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Aqueduct
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Lottery revenue hits record $9 billion in New York (1/5/2013)
(New York) -- New York’s lottery hit the jackpot in 2012, reaching a record-breaking $9.1 billion in sales and revenue, state records show. The windfall for the...
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Lottery sales jump 12% as Aqueduct racetrack racino rakes in $667 million (1/5/2013)
(New York) -- Booming business at the Aqueduct racetrack racino helped push total state lottery sales up 12% in 2012, the Daily News has learned.
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Iowa Online
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Iowa Lottery Urges Congress To Reject Online Gambling Proposals (1/4/2013)
(Iowa) -- According to a recent report by Omaha.com, the Iowa Lottery is appealing Congress to reject the proposals of federal regulation for online gambling. Terry Rich...
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Iowa Lottery CEO lobbies against federal regulation of online gambling (1/1/2013)
(Iowa) -- The Iowa Lottery wants Congress to turn down proposals to authorize federal regulation of internet gambling. Lottery CEO Terry Rich recently traveled to...
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Other News
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Despite deal, lottery not coming to Nevada any time soon (6/16/2013)
(Nevada) -- Scientific Games Corp.’s $1.5 billion acquisition of slot machine manufacturer WMS Industries doesn’t mean a statewide lottery is headed to...
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Fed bill would ban welfare for those who hit jackpot (6/15/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Lottery winners who continue to cash in on food stamps are being targeted by the U.S. Senate in a crackdown being applauded by Bay State welfare...
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Kennewick man to fight state lottery; says new scratch card 'misleading' (6/15/2013)
(Washington) -- A Kennewick man plans to fight the Washington State Lottery in court over a scratch card payoff that didn't pan out.
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BARROW: States Going All In On Gambling (6/9/2013)
(Connecticut) -- Connecticut was finally swept into the Northeast's whirlwind of gambling expansion with the introduction of keno to its lottery portfolio to produce...
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Scratch tickets propelling Minnesota State Lottery to record sales (6/8/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Inside the Clark gas station on Rice Street in St. Paul, just above the bags of potato chips, signs taped to the wall celebrate each time a customer won...
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Mead still mulling state lottery board members (6/8/2013)
(Wyoming) -- Gov. Matt Mead says he's still going over names of people to serve on the board that will bring the lottery to Wyoming.
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Lottery sale in jeopardy over charity's €1.5bn claim (6/8/2013)
(Ireland) -- THE Government is facing a €1.5bn claim for compensation that could jeopardise its plans for the sale of the National Lottery operating licencel.
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Kan. gov.'s chief spokeswoman taking lottery job (6/7/2013)
(Kansas) -- The most visible member of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's staff is leaving next month to become the state Lottery's deputy director.
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Governor Brownback's Chief Spokeswoman Taking Lottery Job (6/7/2013)
(Kansas) -- The most visible member of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's staff is leaving next month to become the state Lottery's deputy director.
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Lottery winners debate between annuity or cash option (6/7/2013)
(Colorado) -- The Florida winner became the latest lottery player to select the cash option instead of the 30-year payout of the annuity. You might think the only reason...
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Upset with lottery, local man taking cause to court (6/7/2013)
(Michigan) -- An Alpena man who has filed a small claims case against the Michigan Lottery picketed Alpena City Hall Friday when Rep. Peter Pettalia, R-Presque Isle,...
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Winner of $590 million Powerball jackpot is 84-year-old (6/5/2013)
(Florida) -- The winner of last month’s $590 million Powerball jackpot is an 84-year-old woman from Zephyrhills, Fla.
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Kalispell man wins $50,000 lottery prize (6/3/2013)
(Montana) -- James Ask of Kalispell has claimed a $50,000 top prize for the "Casino Nights" Scratch game with a ticket he bought from Smith's Food & Drug in Columbia...
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Keno could be win for state budget (5/30/2013)
(Connecticut) -- Keno, which would generate up to $30 million in new revenue for the cash-strapped state budget, is in the working draft that lawmakers are negotiating...
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Louisiana Lottery awaits word from Powerball winner (5/30/2013)
(Louisiana) -- Louisiana Lottery officials in Baton Rouge are awaiting word from whoever bought one of the winning tickets from Saturday's $50 million multi-state...
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W.Va. Lottery revenue down nearly 12 pct. in April (5/29/2013)
(West Virginia) -- West Virginia Lottery revenues are falling but Director John Musgrave says the decline is not as severe as the Lottery Commission expected.
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Big Red Keno 'cast,' 16 years into existence, gets names (5/28/2013)
(Nebraska) -- Walk into Big Red Restaurant and Sports Bar on West O Street at happy hour or on a lunch break, and you likely are to find a table full of people who are...
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College-age lottery winners weigh risks of gambling (5/20/2013)
(USA) -- Powerball = tuition? A near-record $600 million jackpot has college students thinking about the risks -- and rewards -- involved in gambling.
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Small Florida city anxious to learn name of Powerball winner (5/20/2013)
(Florida) -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an...
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Powerball jackpot resets to $40 million after record draw (5/20/2013)
(California) -- And now the Powerball jackpot is back to a paltry $40 million. Thousands of California players woke up Sunday morning disappointed to discover that, in...
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