
Daily Archives: September 12, 2009
Ohio Lottery OKs concessions to racetracks (WFMJ Youngstown)
CLEVELAND (AP) – The Ohio Lottery Commission has made concessions to the state’s horse racing track owners to increase the likelihood they will meet a key deadline for getting video slot machines running by May 2010.
A day after striking it rich on a lottery scratch game, #BurlingtonIA man loses his winnings. Literally. (The Hawk Eye)
A day after cashing thousands of dollars in lottery winnings, a Burlington man lost every single cent of his jackpot after apparently falling victim to a theft.
First Shipment Of Arkansas Lottery Tickets Arriving (KTHV Little Rock)
The first shipment of Arkansas’ lottery tickets are arriving in the state next week.
Lottery Trick: Derren Brown Explains Stunt (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Derren Brown has revealed how he apparently predicted Wednesday’s National Lottery numbers – he combined the random guesses of members of the public.
Arkansas Lottery scratch tickets, logo revealed (Lottery Post)
The first shipment of Arkansas Lottery tickets is being transported, and will arrive in the state Monday, Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue said Friday, and the lottery revealed its new logo.
Derren Brown: How to Win the Lottery (Channel 4) (Times Online)
The big news by ten o’clock last night was meant to have been: Derren Brown reveals how he predicted Wednesday’s lottery results. Let me give you my bongs. Bong! We still don’t know. Bong! Magician breaks promise to a nation.
Fired lottery chief files $9M lawsuit (Lottery Post)
The fired chief executive of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is seeking $9 million from taxpayers in a wrongful dismissal suit for her lost $400,000-a-year job, sources say.
Bond, fee OK’d for lottery sites (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
With the first shipment of lottery tickets due to arrive Monday and ticket sales to begin in 15 days, the Arkansas Lottery Commission took steps Friday to protect the lottery from the loss of ticket revenue collected by retailers.
Derren Brown reveals how he ‘predicted’ lottery (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Illusionist Derren Brown stunned the nation after apparently predicting the winning lottery numbers on live television, but he claimed it all came down to mathematics.