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The New York State Lottery is one of the largest and
oldest state lotteries in the US (only New Hampshire's lottery is older). It
runs three jackpot, five daily, and about a dozen scratch-off games through
15,000 retailers and 14,000 online outlets. About a third of the lottery’s
revenue, or $2 billion a year, goes to support New York State education. It
also awards Leaders of Tomorrow scholarships to one eligible graduating senior
from every public and private school in the state (provided they attend New
York universities). The New York Lottery was established by the new state
constitution passed in 1966.
Judge Orders Stop to
Aqueduct Slots Bidding
ALBANY, New York (July 15, 2010) - A
New York state judge has ordered a temporary stop to the bidding process for
the proposed casino complex at the Aqueduct race track
downstate...............Subscribers
Firm Sues State Over
Aqueduct Rejection; Wants Immediate Halt to New Round of Racino
Bidding
ALBANY, New York (July 12, 2010) – As reported
today that Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AFG), which lost the chance to build a
video lottery terminal "racino"
at the Aqueduct Race Track, has filed a lawsuit against the state Lottery
Division in addition to the men charged with approving the
firm.....................Subscribers
NY Lottery Disqualifies Two
Bidders for Non-Conforming Proposals to Develop Aqueduct; Genting Only Bidder
Left
NEW YORK, NY (July 7, 2010) - July 06, 2010 - New York
Lottery Director Gordon
Medenica today announced the disqualification of two of the three proposals
the Lottery received on June 29, 2010, for the development and operation of a
video lottery casino at Aqueduct racetrack in New York City. The proposals did
not conform with the requirements of the competition and, instead, attempted to
negotiate for terms more favorable to the
bidders...........................Subscribers
State Has Choice of
Three VLT Bidders
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (June 30,
2010) --It was reported today that three bids have been for Aqueduct Race
Track’s proposed racino........Subscribers
Lottery At Risk, Not An
Essential State function
NEW YORK, NY (June 11, 2010) - The
State Budget Division says the lottery is not an essential state function, so
if an appropriations bill isn't passed Monday.............Subscribers
Shut Down Of State
Government Gains Attention
ALBANY, New York (June 9, 2010)
- With the state budget more than two months late and continued discord in
Albany, the fear of an unprecedented shut down of state government is getting
more attention among state planners.........................Subscribers
NYRA’s $25 Million
Unsecured Loan Approved By ESDC
NEW YORK, NY (June 8, 2010)
- The Empire State Development Corp. board today unanimously approved a $25
million loan for the New York Racing Association to be handed out in three
instalments starting this month.................Subscribers
Mandatory Bidders'
Conference: Development and Operation of a Video Lottery Facility at Aqueduct
Racetrack
QUEENS, New York (June 7, 2010) -- A mandatory
Bidders' Conference will be held at the Aqueduct Racetrack for all vendors
interested in participating in the New York Lottery's Request for Proposals
(RFP) for the Development and Operation of a Video Lottery
Facility.......................Subscribers
Governor Submits Bill To
Loan NYRA $25 Million
ALBANY, New York (May 24, 2010) -The
state is expected to loan the New York Racing Association (NYRA) $25 million to
preserve thoroughbred racing seasons at Belmont, Saratoga and
Aqueduct............Subscribers
Lottery Revenue Bonds to
Help Close Budget Deficit
NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 25, 2010) -
Arizona, which last week won popular backing for its first tax increase in 10
years, is selling $449.3 million in lottery revenue bonds to help close a
budget deficit that last year led to credit rating
downgrades...............Subscribers
Aqueduct Racino
Contract: Queries Are Pouring In From Potential Bidders
NEW YORK, New York (May 19, 2010) - With the deadline approaching to submit
bids for the fifth running of the race to build and run a racino in Queens,
queries are pouring in from five potential bidders.......................Subscribers
New York (Aqueduct) Slot
Vendor Must Pay State $300 Million, Vendor Could be Chosen by August
1
NEW YORK, New York (May 18, 2010) - The slot machine
supplier that will be chosen to expand gambling at Aqueduct Racetrack must give
New York state $300 million, the same amount that the previous bidder agreed to
pay in exchange for winning the contract.........................Subscribers
New York Lottery Announces
Planned Closure of Customer Service Centers Statewide
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (May 12, 2010) -- The New York Lottery today announced a
planned one-day closure at all seven of its Customer Service Centers statewide.
Customer Service Centers in New York City, Long Island, Fishkill, Schenectady,
Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo will be closed on Wednesday, May
19th.........................Subscribers
New Yorkers Still Keen
To Support Lottery Despite Downturn
ALBANY, New York (May
2, 2010) – According to local media, New Yorkers are still contributing to
the Lottery in participation of games and purchase of Lottery tickets despite
the economic downturn..........................Subscribers
Sales and Profit Gains in
Both Traditional and Video Gaming Businesses Highlight 10th Consecutive Year of
Record Sales Growth
NEW YORK, N.Y. (April 29, 2010) -With a 10th
consecutive year of record sales, the New York Lottery today announced
full-year, pre-audit results for fiscal year 2009-2010, which ended March 31,
2010. The increases in sales and profit came from both the Traditional Lottery
and Video Gaming businesses.........................Subscribers
Motorcycle Enthusiast
from Buffalo Wins “Fatboy” on Lottery’s Harley Davidson Instant
Ticket Winner Now Has A Second Bike To Add To His
Growing Collection
SCHENECTADY, New York (April 21, 2010) --
Forty-three-year-old Daniel Sullivan of Buffalo, Erie County, is a big time
Harley Davidson fan. On Saturday, April 10th, when he stopped at the
store to pick up some coffee creamer for his mother he saw the New York
Lottery’s Harley Davidson instant ticket and had to try his luck.
The decision paid off. Sullivan instantly won one of ten brand new Harley
Davidson “Fatboy” motorcycles.......................Subscribers
New York Lottery Awarded
National Organizational Leadership Honors
Award
Recognizes Lottery's Exceptional Dedication to Support Education in New York
State by New York Lottery
SCHENECTADY, New York (April 13,
2010) -- Lottery officials today announced that the American Society for Public
Administration (ASPA) awarded the New York Lottery the Center for
Accountability and Performance (CAP) 2010 Organizational Leadership
Award..................Subscribers
Haiti’s Mysterious
Borlette Lottery
Article By: Pooja Bhatia who is
a writer based in Port-au-Prince and a fellow at the Institute of Current World
Affairs.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (April 2, 2010) -- On January
12, an earthquake razed half of Port-au-Prince, it practically decimated the
city’s population, sent hundreds of thousands to the countryside, and
destroyed countless little businesses. But according to Pooja Bhatia writing
for a local newspaper said Haitians still dream, and so they still play the
lottery/......................Subscribers
Consolidating Agencies
Begins To Shrink State Government
Sag Harbor, New York
(March 30, 2010) - Assemblyman Fred Thiele announced that the Assembly has put
forth a plan to consolidate state agencies and promote shared services as a
means of addressing the state's $9.2 billion budget gap. The plan would reduce
the state workforce by over 300 positions......................Subscribers
Players Bet Zero - And
Won Up to $5,000
NEW YORK, New York (February 28, 2010)
- A whole lot of nothing led to something for more than 1,000 lucky New
Yorkers in the Win 4 lottery on Saturday.................Subscribers
Man Admits Altering
Lottery Ticket
BUFFALO, New York (February 25, 2010) –
According to a local news station a Buffalo man has admitted he altered a
Mega Millions lottery
ticket to make it look he'd won and won big....................Subscribers
Top Ten Lottery
Myths
NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 13, 2010) -- Many people who
play the lottery believe things about the lottery that are simply untrue. There
are also many people who choose to not play the lottery because they believe
one or more of the myths concerning the lottery.......................Subscribers
Scratch-Off Hopes Come
in a New Aesthetic: Black
NEW YORK (February 14, 2010) --
As an advertising executive, Leo Mamorsky has promoted instant scratch-off
tickets for two decades. But last spring, when New York’s lottery
commissioner requested a campaign for a sleek, jet black $5
ticket..................Subscribers
Who Said ‘Money
Can't Buy Happiness?’
NEW YORK, USA (February 7,
2010) – An Online magazine ran an article on the popular myth that Money
cannot buy Happiness, in the article the writer questioned the
truism..............Subscribers
New York Lottery Icon
Yolanda Vega Celebrates 20 Years with a Whole Lotto Memories
NEW YORK, USA (February 5, 2010) - The year was 1990. Dark horse
nominee "Dances with Wolves" rode off with Best Picture honours at
the 62nd Annual Academy awards as newcomer Mariah Carey picked up Best New
Artist accolades at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. Nineteen-ninety was also the
year Brooklyn-born Yolanda Vega offered up for the first time what would become
her signature salute – "For the New York Lottery, I am Yo-LAAAHN-da
Vega!" - a simple albeit exaggerated statement of fact that would make her
a celebrity in a world of staid Lottery drawings, and cement her status as the
New York Lottery's most viewed on-air personality of all
time......................Subscribers
Governor Wants Lottery
Funds in Municipal Bonds to Beat Treasury Returns
NEW YORK,
USA (February 1, 2010) - The New York Lottery, the largest in North America,
would sell off a portion of its U.S. Treasuries and put the money in taxable
municipal bonds under a proposal by Governor David Paterson to boost investment
returns and help close a $7.4 billion budget.....................Subscribers
Investigation: Fired Lottery
Employee Eavesdropped On Former Bosses For Revenge
ALBANY, New
York (February 2, 2010) – reports that a former public information officer
for the New York State Division of the Lottery is under fire for eavesdropping
and spying on his former bosses in an attempt to retaliate against
them....................Subscribers
Governor Moves to Eliminate
Limits on Quick Draw and VLTs
ALBANY, New York (February 1,
2010) -- It was reported today that Governor David A. Paterson in his Executive
Budget proposes eliminating restrictions on
Quick Draw KENO and
video lottery terminal (VLT)
operations......................Subscribers
Governor Proposes
Expansion of Quick Draw Lottery Game Hours
ALBANY, New York
(January 19, 2010) - Governor David Paterson will unveil a 2010-11 budget
proposal Tuesday that will seek cuts in aid to schools and health care as the
state grapples with a $7 billion to $8 billion deficit when the fiscal year
begins April 1.....................Subscribers
New York Lottery Sales
Up as Powerball Gets Set to Start
ALBANY, New York (January
11, 2010) – According to reports state lottery officials said Monday the
multi-jurisdictional Powerball
game will begin in New York on February 3...............Subscribers
New York Expected to
Join Powerball Lottery in 2010
ALBANY, New York (December
24, 2009) - Powerball, the
31-state lottery, is expected to be available in New York early next year,
state lottery officials said..................Subscribers
Guilty Plea in NY
Lottery Scam
NEW YORK, New York (November 25, 2009) - A New
York City man has admitted he created phony winning scratch off
tickets.........................Subscribers
New York Lottery Renews
Video Lottery Contract With IGT Through 2017
IGT
Maintains Its Position As A Leader In This Market
RENO, Nevada
(November 24, 2009) -- The New York State Lottery announced today the renewal
of its contract with IGT
through the year 2017.....................Subscribers
Despite Recession,
State’s Lottery Sales Up 3.3 Percent
ALBANY, New York
(October 10, 2009) - Although gambling revenues are on the decline nationally,
New York's lottery and video-gaming venues are outpacing last year's
sales.................Subscribers
New York Lottery
'Sweet Millions' Bunnies Will Turn Your Heart To Sugar
NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 5, 2009) - Another cute commercial from the New
York Lottery for their Sweet Million game. Its Just Plain SWEET!
CLICK HERE to view the latest Commercial on YouTube.
SOURCE: New York Lottery.
Switch to Lotto Extra A
Plus For Manhattan Lottery Player: Winner Of $283,780 Second
Prize
SCHENECTADY, New York (October 1, 2009) -- Long-time
Lotto subscriber Guenter Haselein of Manhattan recently upgraded his annual
subscription for the Lottery's twice-weekly drawing to include a new feature
called Lotto Extra........................Subscribers
State Gambling Revenue
Declines in 2009 – Rockefeller Institute of Government
Report
NEW YORK, N.Y. (September 21, 2009) - Today, the
Rockefeller Institute of Government released its latest numbers on the subject
of falloff in gambling across the country, and the lower gambling tax revenues
that have resulted.......................Subscribers
New York Lottery
Launches Sweet Millions Jackpot Game
Strong
Ticket Sales Precede Inaugural Drawing
NEW YORK, USA
(September 17, 2009) - The New York Lottery today announced the debut of its
new Lotto spin-off game, Sweet Million, offering players a twice weekly chance
to win up to $1,000,000 in cash. The Lottery reports strong player interest in
the game as measured by initial sales.......................Subscribers
Nobody Won $1 Million In
The First Drawing Of New York's Newest Lottery Game
NEW
YORK, NY (September 18, 2009) - Nobody won $1 million in the first drawing of
the state's new Sweet Million game...................Subscribers
New York State Lottery
to Introduce New Lotto Game
NEW YORK (September 8, 2009) -
The New York State Lottery is introducing a new lotto game next week that will
send players to the Internet to learn if they've become the state's next
millionaire................Subscribers
'Sopranos' Actor Sues
New York Lottery
NEW YORK, USA (August 31 (August31, 2009)
– Reports a New York actor whose credits include "The Sopranos" and
"Analyze That" is suing the state lottery over a misprinted scratch-off
ticket.....................Subscribers
Makeover for New York's
Classic Lotto Game
Article By: Brendan Scott, Post
Correspondent
ALBANY, New York (August 24, 2009) – According
to Brendan Scott, Post Correspondent, it's makeover or bust for New York's
classic Lotto game...................Subscribers
Lotto Fever Hits as
Multistate Jackpots Grow
NEW YORK, USA (August 16, 2009) --
The Powerball lottery game, played in more
than 30 states, now has a jackpot of $245 million for Wednesday night's
drawing. The other big multistate lottery Mega Millions now has an estimated
jackpot of $170 million for Tuesday night's drawing.....................Subscribers
Many States Post Decline
in Revenue for Casinos, Lotteries
NEW YORK, NY (August 10,
2009) - U.S. states' revenues from casinos, slot machines and lotteries are
falling for the first time in many of the 48 states that have grown to depend
on gambling as a crucial source of income.....................Subscribers
New York Lottery
Drawings Back on the Air in the Capital Region
NEW YORK,
New York (July 30, 2009) - The New York Lottery and Time Warner Cable’s
Capital News 9 today announced an agreement that awards News 9 with the
exclusive rights to air all Lottery drawings in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Designated Market Area (DMA)..................Subscribers
Time Warner Wins TV
Lottery Drawing Rights
ALBANY, New York (July 29, 2009) -
The New York Lottery has awarded Time Warner Cable’s Capital News 9 the
exclusive right to carry its drawings in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy market for
the next six years..................Subscribers
New York Lottery OKs
Video Table Games
Albany, New York (June 23, 2009) -- The
New York Lottery will permit state-run casinos to add video roulette, baccarat,
craps and blackjack next year even if the Assembly fails to authorize the
move....................Subscribers
Naming-Rights Deal Puts
Logos on Giants' Practice Jerseys
NEW YORK, NY (June 18,
2009) - The Giants organization, once one of the most conservative and
traditional in the NFL, is joining into the world of corporate synergy with a
sponsor's logo on their practice jersey, and their own logo on state lottery
tickets...................Subscribers
Jets Are About To Win
The Lottery And The Payoff Could Be Big
NEW YORK, USA (May
30, 2009) -News services reported thursday that the Jets and New Jersey are in
serious discussions about the state using the Jets logo on a scratch-off
lottery game during the upcoming 2009 NFL season....................Subscribers
New York Lottery to
GIVE OUT Free Coupons at Brewerton Speedway this Friday
BREWERTON, New York (May 27, 2009) -- Brewerton Speedway announced today
that on Friday, May 29, officials from the New York Lottery will be on hand.
The first 500 fans, 18 and over, in attendance will receive a Take 5 coupon,
courtesy of the New York State Lottery..................Subscribers
USTA Director Faraldo
Takes Issue With Lottery Chief's Comments
COLUMBUS, Ohio,
USA (May 02, 2009) --- Earlier this week, New York Lottery Director
Gordon Medenica took a verbal swipe
at racing by saying the industry is taking money away from education in the
state..................Subscribers
New York Lottery Seeks
New Television Partner
New York Lottery drawing is
off the air, for now
SCHENECTADY, New York (May 4, 2009) --
It will be at least another three weeks before you'll be able to watch New York
Lottery drawings on television. After failing to get any takers, the state
Lottery on April 20 re-issued its request for proposals...................Subscribers
Lottery Chief Targets
Racing
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (April 30, 2009) –
New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica
is reported as saying the state’s harness tracks are draining state
education of $100 million worth of gaming revenue
annually.................Subscribers
Mega Millions States
Consider Selling Powerball Tickets To Increase Revenue
ALBANY, New York (April 22, 2009) — The New York Lottery hopes to
start selling Powerball lottery tickets to
boost revenue, news sources reported today. New York is already part of the
multistate Mega Millions game..................Subscribers
With Comodo, New York
Lottery Wins
Comodo Provides NY Lottery with SSL
Certificates
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (April 16, 2009) - The New
York State Lottery has decided to secure its online transactions with SSL
certificates from Comodo CA......................Subscribers
State Governments Need
to Lift Constraints if They Want to Bank on More Lottery
Revenue
NEW YORK, USA (April 14, 2009) -- With budget
shortfalls from this fiscal year through 2011 projected to total more than $350
billion, lottery officials say they can help bridge the gap by $14 billion by
going after a bigger audience........................Subscribers
New York Lottery Posts
Annual Financial Results
Small Gains in Traditional
Lottery Games; Higher Sales but Lower Profits in Video Gaming
SCHENECTADY, New York (April 10, 2009) -- With a ninth consecutive year of
record sales, the New York Lottery today announced the full-year, unaudited
results for the 2008-09 fiscal year.....................View the full story at Vol.47 No.3
Lottomatica’s GTECH Subsidiary Chosen as Preferred Bidder
by the New York Lottery for New Online/Instant System Lottery Contract
Expected Revenues to GTECH in Excess of $ 550 Million Over The
Seven-Year Contract Term
ROME (Italy) and PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island
(March 23, 2009) -- Lottomatica
S.p.A.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, announced that it has been
chosen as the preferred bidder to negotiate a seven-year integrated services
contract with the New York Lottery to provide new online lottery solutions and
services. The Lottery has the option to extend the contract for an additional
three years..................Subscribers
New
York Lottery Announces GTECH Wins Award for New Full Service System
Contractor
SCHENECTADY, New York (March 20, 2009) --
The New York Lottery today announced the award of a new contract for its full
service lottery system to GTECH
Corporation. The new contract allows the Lottery
to.....................Subscribers
New
York Racetrack Video Lottery Parlors Bucking Downward
Trend
MELVILLE, New York (March 16, 2009) -- New York State
Lottery gaming machines are bucking the trend in Las Vegas and Atlantic
City....................Subscribers
Big
Investors Shun New York Lottery as it Eyes Equities
NEW
YORK, USA (March 10, 2009) - Banks and insurers have stopped buying deals
backed by payments New York owes its lottery winners because they fear Governor
David Paterson's plan to invest the prize money in equities may erode their
security, industry experts said on Tuesday..............Subscribers
Investments by Lottery strong -- Lottery Director Clarifies
Investment Strategy
Letter to ‘Times Union’ by
Gordon Medenica, Director, New York Lottery
SCHENECTADY, New York
(March 5, 2009) -- A February 15 editorial, "N.Y.'s pipe dream,"
criticized a plan by the New York Lottery to make smarter investment decisions,
but you seemed to base your entire opinion on a badly misinformed wire story,
without checking the facts...................Subscribers
NY
Lottery 4th Qtr Sales Down
BULLVILLE, New York
(February 26, 2009) -- The economic slowdown may be taking its toll on the New
York State Lottery..................Subscribers
New
York Lottery Looks for a Better Return for Its Prize
Fund
NEW YORK, USA (February 10, 2009) – The New York
Lottery is considering moving its $1.3 billion prize fund out of the safe haven
of U.S. Treasuries and into stocks, bonds, real estate, and hedge
funds...................Subscribers
New
York Lottery Sales Surge 3.2% in the Last Nine Months of
2008
ALBANY, New York (January 14, 2009) – New York
Lottery sales were up $177 million - or 3.2 percent - in the last nine months
of 2008, fueled by growth in big-jackpot games and gains at video lottery
parlors...................Subscribers
Scientific Games, Inc. and New York Lottery Sued by Gameologist
Group LLC for Willful Infringement on the BLING
Trademark
NEW YORK, USA (January 12, 2009) -- According to
Balestriere Lanza PLLC, the Gameologist Group LLC (Gameologist), a New Jersey
based and minority-owned small business filed a complaint in New Jersey Federal
District Court, suing the New York Lottery (the Lottery) and
Scientific Games, Inc. (Scientific
Games), for infringing on its trademark...................Subscribers
New
York Lottery Sees Growth Despite Economic Decline
NEW YORK,
USA (December 30, 2008) – State records show even with the economy
reeling, the New York Lottery continues to see growth in sales, fueled by a
nearly twelve (12%) percent increase in revenue at its eight video-lottery
"racinos"..................Subscribers
Governor Releases Budget Proposal; Quick Draw Keno Regulations
Relaxed
NEW YORK (December 16, 2008) – The New York
Lottery's Quick Draw lottery game, derided as Crack Draw by gambling opponents,
would see restrictions relaxed for................Subscribers
Balestriere Lanza PLLC Alleges That New York Lottery and
Private Gaming Company Appropriated Trademark From Small
Business
NEW YORK, New York, USA (November 21, 2008) --
According to Balestriere Lanza PLLC, the Gameologist Group LLC (Gameologist), a
New Jersey based and minority-owned small business, filed a complaint in New
Jersey Federal District Court, suing the New York Lottery (the Lottery) and
Scientific Games, Inc. (Scientific
Games), for infringing on its trademark...............Subscribers
Lottery Looks to VLTs to Sustain Revenue
Growth
ALBANY, New York (November 10, 2008) - With lottery
ticket sales growing slowly, New York Lottery is increasingly depending on
video gaming machines at horse tracks to keep gambling revenue flowing into
state coffers.............Subscribers
Paterson Administration Refuses To Release Report On Lottery
Sale
ALBANY, New York (October 16, 2008) -- Taxpayers paid
nearly $500,000 for an outside consultant to study whether New York should
privatize its lottery, but the Paterson administration is reportedly refusing
to release the report. The report was reportedly completed last summer by
Rothschild, a global financial-services firm...................Subscribers
New
State Panel to Study Privatizing Lottery and Other Public
Assets
ALBANY, New York, USA (October 1, 2008) –
Governor David A. Paterson’s administration reportedly said on Tuesday
that it would set up a commission to explore ways to privatize public assets,
including the lottery system..............Subscribers
Official Resists Calls To Boost Some Lottery
Payouts
BUFFALO, New York (September 5, 2008) -- The New
York Lottery director on Thursday is reported to have again resisted calls to
boost prize winnings for Win 4, Daily Numbers and other online numbers games
that are allegedly.................Subscribers
Hearing Set on Alleged Disparity in State Lottery
System
BUFFALO, NY (August 28 2008) -- An Assembly committee
wants to hear about how the disparity in the state’s lottery sales and
winnings affects the poor in Buffalo, who are less likely to win when they play
the lottery, based on the types of tickets they buy.................Subscribers
New
York Lottery Unveils Biggest Scratch-Off, Costs $30 A
Ticket
NEW YORK (August 29, 2008) -- New York State
Lottery's newest jackpot is huge. It will be the largest instant jackpot in the
history of the Lottery. After taxes, a Big Apple winner's earnings add up
to..................Subscribers
New
York State May Revisit Privatizing Lottery -Sources
NEW
YORK, USA (August 13, 2008) - New York state may revisit a public-private
partnership as a way of extracting more dollars from the state lottery, sources
familiar with the discussions said on Wednesday..............Subscribers
New
York Lottery Sales Surge 4% Year-on-Year
ALBANY, New York,
USA (July 11, 2008) -- Buoyed by strong sales of high-priced scratch-off games
and the growth of video lottery terminals
(VLTs) at Yonkers Raceway, the New York Lottery has had a four (4%) percent
increase in revenue this fiscal year.............Subscribers
Lottery Series Misses Key Facts on Players,
Payouts
NEW YORK (June 28, 2008) -- The recent News series
about the Lottery drew some overly
simplistic conclusions based on what appear to be some preconceived old
stereotypes about Lottery players..................Subscribers
The
Sopranos - Actor Vella Threatens Legal Action After Lotto Ticket
Mix-Up
NEW YORK, USA (June 17, 2008) -- Former ‘The
Sopranos’ star Vinny Vella is threatening legal action against New
York state lottery officials after they rejected what he believes is his $5
million (GBP2.5 million) winning ticket................Subscribers
Numbers Rackets Alive and Well in New
York
NEW YORK, USA (June 10, 2008) -- Last month, eighteen
(18) people were arrested when authorities busted a $200,000-a-week illegal
lottery operation based on the Dominican Lottery, or "Los Numeros," as
the Dominicans call it................Subscribers
New
York Lottery Virtual Talent Search Yields Three New Draw Team Members
SCHENECTADY, New York (June 6, 2008) -- New York Lottery
Icon Yolanda Vega today introduced three new additions to the Lottery draw
team. The three new spokeswomen were selected from among the more than 1,000
resumes received from as far away as Michigan following the launch of the
Lottery’s first-ever virtual talent search................Subscriptions
Lawsuit Claims Lottery Exaggerates the Likelihood of
Winning
NEW YORK, USA (May 5, 2008) -- A lawsuit, filed in
U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday claims the New York State Division
of Lottery is tricking people into playing its Take Five lottery game by
exaggerating the likelihood of winning................Subscribers
New
York Lottery Makes History Closing 40th Anniversary Year With Record $2.6
Billion In Earnings For Education
2007-08 Fiscal
Year Marks Seventh Consecutive Year of Revenue Growth
SCHENECTADY,
New York (April 30, 2008) -- Building upon seven consecutive years of growth,
the New York Lottery today announced it achieved another record-setting year in
fiscal year 2007-08 for its sole mission to earn revenue for
education..................Subscribers
Traditional Lottery Game
Sales Flat
ALBANY, New York (April 16, 2008) -- New York
Lottery officials have reportedly said they brought in $2.6 billion for
education spending in the last fiscal year..................Subscribers
New York Lottery
Officials Closed Down Betting On Hotel Number 871
NEW YORK
(March 13, 2008) -- State lottery officials closed down betting on 871 because
too many New Yorkers were playing the number..................Subscribers
New York Lottery
Launches Virtual Search For Draw Team Talent
Lottery Uses Cyber Search To Attract Statewide Pool of Available
Candidates
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (March 5, 2008) - The New
York Lottery today announced the launch of a virtual talent search to find a
few new faces to join the Lottery’s popular drawn team. The cyber search
is intended to help the Lottery attract a statewide pool of available
talent...............Subscribers
Crunch Announce Details
of Lottery Night at the Crunch
SYRACUSE, New York (February
11, 2008) - The Syracuse Crunch announced today that their Friday, February 15
game against Binghamton will be New York State Lottery Night at the
Crunch............Subscribers
Italian-American Group
Lodge Complaint About Lottery Ad
ALBANY, New York (February
4, 2008) -- The New York State Lottery has reportedly apologized to
Italian-Americans after it aired a series of TV ads that featured Sopranos-like
mob characters rapping................Subscribers
Privatization Would
Broaden the Demographic of Lottery Customers
ALBANY, New
York (January 19, 2008) – According to a report several Wall Street firms
believe the New York Lottery has a broad untapped market of middle and upper
income New Yorkers with discretionary cash.................Subscribers
Administration Says
Revenues Would Increase if Wall Street Firms Take Over NY
Lottery
ALBANY, New York (January 11, 2008) -- The Spitzer
administration's plan of raising billions of dollars from the state Division of
the Lottery could come from savvy Wall Street marketing of the
Schenectady-based agency's scratch-off, numbers and jackpot
games...................Subscribers
NY Governor May Lease
Lottery
ALBANY, New York (January 9, 2008) -- New York
Governor Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday proposed leasing the stream of money
generated by the state lottery to raise billions of dollars for higher
education,..............Subscribers
Lottery Film Could Hit
the Jackpot
NEW YORK, USA (January 7, 2008) -- The director
of the acclaimed spelling documentary Spellbound is trying his luck with a film
about lottery winners..............Subscribers
Woman To Sue For
Lottery Win
NEW YORK (October 22, 2007) -- A New York woman
who said a lottery machine cut her winning ticket in half will ask a court to
force New York Lottery officials to pay her..........Subscribers
Mayor Praises New York
Lottery
ALBANY, New York (October 17, 2007) -- The New York
Lottery celebrated its 40th anniversary at its Schenectady headquarters with
city officials on hand..........Subscribers
New York Lottery
Salutes Its Hometown Winners And Hometown MLB Teams
SCHENECTADY, New York (September 21, 2007) -- The New York Lottery today
awarded $24 Million in prize checks to seven hometown Lottery winners during a
special check presentation.............Subscribers
Governor Names New
Lottery Director
ALBANY, New York, USA (September 18, 2007)
-- Governor Eliot Spitzer announced former New York Times executive Gordon
Medenica as director of the State Lottery.............Subscribers
The New York Lottery
Announces Appointment of New Acting Director
SCHENECTADY,
New York, USA (August 10, 2007) -- The New York Lottery today announced Deputy
Director of the New York Lottery Gardner Gurney has been appointed to serve as
Acting New York Lottery Director...................Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.8
Lottery Issues
Checklist to Ensure Prompt, Accurate Award of Cash Prizes
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (July 25, 2007) -- The New York Lottery has
released a winners’ checklist to ensure the..........Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.5
New York Lottery Honored
With Certificate of Achievement in Financial Reporting
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (March 2007) -- The New York Lottery has been
awarded the prestigious Certificate in Achievement in Financial Reporting for
its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) for the year ending March 31,
2006............Read the full story at: Vol.38
No.12
New York Lottery Extends
GTECH’s Online/Instants System Contract for an Additional Three
Years
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA (March 1, 2007) --
GTECH Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A.,
announced that it has signed a three- year contract extension to continue
providing lottery products and services to the New York Lottery through
February 28, 2010...........Read the full story
at: Vol.38 No.10
Lottery Offers College
Scholarships
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (January 30, 2007)
-- The state Division of the Lottery has sent out nomination packets for its
Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship to more than 1,750 schools
statewide..........Subscribers
Governor To Review
Lottery Operations Following Newspaper Revelations
NEW
YORK, USA (January 29, 2007) – Governor Eliot Spitzer today pledged to
review the New York Lottery operations in response to an ongoing series
published that questioned the lottery’s accounting methods........Subscribers
Raffles To
Riches...There's Never Been Anything Like It
SCHENECTADY,
New York, USA (January 17, 2007) -- “New York has never seen anything
like this before,” New York Lottery Director
Robert J. McLaughlin said as he
unveiled the Lottery’s new Raffle to Riches game designed to produce 12
new Lottery millionaires in just one drawing. “This new limited-time
game works like a 50/50 raffle,” .........Subscribers
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