Public
referendums:
ACT 104, which was approved in the 1990 session
of the Louisiana legislature, amended the state constitution to create a state
lottery.
More than 67% of Louisianians approved the measure in a statewide
election on October 9, 1990.
 Louisiana Lottery Pays out $13.6M in
October
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (November 13, 2009) -The
Louisiana Lottery paid out more than $7.6 million in October from draw-style
games, while players buying scratch-off tickets collected $6
million...................Subscribers
Lottery Kicks off Fiscal
Year with a Bang, $33 Million Transferred to State
NEW
ORLEANS, Louisiana (October 27, 2009) - In the first quarter of fiscal year
2010, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation transferred more than $33.4 million to
the state treasury, exceeding last year's first-quarter transfers by more than
$3 million....................Subscribers
Louisiana Gambling
Revenue Fairs Better Than Most States
BATON ROUGE,
Louisiana (September 23, 2009) - A nationwide study shows the recession has
affected gambling revenue less in Louisiana than in most states, with casino
revenue down 3.5 percent in fiscal 2009......................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery to
Launch New Orleans Saints Theme Scratch-Off Sept. 8th
NEW
ORLEANS, Louisiana (September 1, 2009) - Collect all three exciting designs
today!!! Less than a week before the New Orleans Saints' first regular season
game, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation will launch a Saints game of its own -
a $5 scratch-off emblazoned with the team's marks and logos. It hits retailers
on Sept. 8.......................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery
Reports More Than $7.6 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than
$5.7 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets during July
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (August 10, 2009) - Donating to their church,
purchasing back-to-school clothes, and saving for a vacation are just a few of
the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's draw-style games plan to spend the
more than $7.6 million won in July. The Louisiana Lottery also reported more
than $5.7 million in winning tickets claimed from scratch-off games last
month.....................Subscribers
NFL Member Teams Doing
Very Well from Lottery Deals
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (July
27, 2009) -- The National Football League cleared the way in May to allow its
member teams to strike deals with their respective state
lotteries................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery's
Second-Best Fiscal Year Gives Louisiana a Reason to Smile
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 27, 2009) -- Exceeding what the state expected
by about $12.2 million, the Louisiana Lottery had no problem fulfilling its
mission to maximize revenue for public education with cumulative fiscal year
2009 transfers to the state at their highest level since
1993................Subscribers
Saints and Louisiana
Lottery Partner on New Lottery Opportunity
Lottery
Partners With the New Orleans Saints to Offer Scratch-off With Fan Experiences
as Second-Chance Prizes
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 16, 2009) --
The New Orleans Saints' 2009 season may be sold out with a waiting list of over
50,000 fans, but Louisiana Lottery players will still get a chance at tickets
when a Saints-branded scratch-off game is launched in early
September....................Subscribers
New Orleans Saints and
Louisiana Lottery Working On Partnership
NEW ORLEANS,
Louisiana (June 17, 2009) - Look for officials from the Saints and Louisiana
Lottery, to announce a new partnership on a scratch-off ticket featuring the
team's logo in the very near future....................Subscribers
Saints Pursue
Partnership With State Lottery
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (June
3, 2009) – News reports Ben Hales, the Saints’ vice-president of
marketing and business development, team officials are "scratching'' the
surface on a new advertising partnership with the Louisiana Lottery
Corporation..................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery
Reports More Than $8.3 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than
$6.5 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets during April
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (May 14, 2009) - Landscaping projects, home
decorating and charitable donations are just a few of the ways winners of the
Louisiana Lottery's draw-style games plan to spend the more than $8.3 million
won in April. The Louisiana Lottery also reported more than $6.5 million in
winning tickets claimed from scratch-off games last
month.......................Subscribers
New Home for Lottery
Show in Shreveport
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 16, 2009)
-- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced the new home for the Lottery's
drawing show in the Shreveport area will be KTAL News Channel
6................Subscribers
Lottery Receives
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial
Reporting
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 13, 2009) --
President Rose Hudson announced that
the Louisiana Lottery Corporation has received the Certificate of Achievement
for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 11th consecutive
year....................Subscribers
Lottery Reports More
Than $6.3 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $7.4 Million
Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets during March
BATON ROUGE,
Louisiana (April 13, 2009) -- Buying a house, paying off business loans and
taking a nice vacation are just some of the things that March winners of
Louisiana Lottery draw-style games said they would do with the more than $6.3
million won last month......................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery Selects INTRALOT, Seventh Contract in the
USA
ATHENS, Greece (April 1st, 2009) --
INTRALOT’s subsidiary, INTRALOT
Inc., was selected by the Louisiana Lottery Corporation as the successful
vendor for the provision of a new online and instant gaming system including
associated gaming products and support services. The conversion to the new
system will..............Subscribers
Lottery Achieves Industry Quality Assurance Best Practices
Verifications
LOUISIANA, USA (March 30, 2009) -- The
Louisiana Lottery Corporation (LLC) achieved verification for two distinct
lottery industry Quality Assurance (QA) best practices under the
North American Association of State and
Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) Standards Initiative (NSI) Verification
Program..................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery’s Fiscal Year Total Transfers to the
State Treasury Up From Prior Fiscal Year Total
Over $11.9 Million in
February Revenue Transferred to the State Treasury
BATON ROUGE,
Louisiana, USA (March 20, 2009) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced
that over $11.9 million in February revenue has been transferred to the state
treasury department, bringing its fiscal year total transfers to $87.7 million,
an increase of..................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery Reports More Than $8.3 Million in Winning
Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $7.9 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off
Tickets during February
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (March 17,
2009) -- Taking a family trip to Disney World, purchasing a brand new truck,
and buying a big screen TV are just some of the things that February winners of
the Louisiana Lottery scratch-off games said they would do with the more than
$7.9 million claimed last month. During February, the Louisiana Lottery also
reported more than $8.3 million in winning tickets for its draw-style
games................Subscribers
Lottery Show Has New Home
BATON ROUGE,
Louisiana (March 2, 2009) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced the
new home for the Lottery's drawing show in the New Orleans area will
be....................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery Corporation Launches Free Speakers' Bureau
Service
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (November 10, 2008) --
The Louisiana Lottery Corporation has launched the Speaker Box, a free
speakers’ bureau service for civic, professional, social and other
organizations wanting to gain greater insight into the Lottery............Subscribers
Lottery Suspends Powerball Multidraw in Preparation for 2009
Game Changes
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (October 6, 2008) -- In
order to prepare for Powerball game changes coming Jan. 4, 2009, the Louisiana
Lottery Corporation announced that it would temporarily and progressively
suspend the multidraw purchase option for Powerball tickets, beginning Oct. 22,
2008...............Subscribers
Lottery Headquarters to Reopen, Gustav Cuts Sales in
Half
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (September 6, 2008) -- Roughly
450 of the Lottery's 2,600 retailers are unable to sell tickets as of Saturday
morning, down from nearly 800 on Wednesday. Toward that end, Lottery sales for
the week through Friday were $2.4 million, less than half of what they were for
the same time period last week, although................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery Transfers Hit $2 Billion to the State
Treasury Since Inception
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (August 26,
2008) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced today that it has
transferred more than $10.4 million from July revenue to the state treasury
department, bringing its total cumulative transfers to $2 billion since the
Lottery began in 1991.................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery Announce Best Fiscal Year Since
1993
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (July 24, 2008) -- Amidst
rising costs for other consumer products, Lottery tickets have maintained their
price tag and popularity, with the Louisiana Lottery recording its best fiscal
year since 1993. With 2008 fiscal year-end revenue of..................Subscribers
Governor Announces New Appointments to State Lottery Board of
Directors
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (July 17, 2008) -- On
Wednesday, Governor Bobby Jindal announced new appointments to the Board of
Directors of the Louisiana State Lottery Corporation................Subscribers
Lottery Reports More Than $10 Million in Winning Draw-Style
Tickets and More Than $6.4 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During
March
LOUISIANA, USA (April 21, 2008) -- The Louisiana
Lottery Corporation reported more than $10 million in winning tickets for its
draw-style games during March, highlighted by four Easy 5 jackpot-winning
tickets totaling $342,073. Also during the same month, scratch-off
players claimed more than $6.4 million in cash prizes..................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery
Corporation Revenue
Lottery Transfers Over $11.9
Million to State Treasury from February Revenue
LOUISIANA, USA
(April 1, 2008) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced today that it
has transferred more than $11.9 million from February revenue to the state
treasury department, bringing its fiscal year total transfers to $85.8
million......................Subscribers
Lottery Receives Tenth
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial
Reporting
LOUISIANA, USA (April 4, 2008) -- President
Rose Hudson announced that the
Louisiana Lottery Corporation has received the Certificate of Achievement for
Excellence in Financial Reporting for the tenth consecutive year from the
Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and
Canada...................Read the full story at:
Vol.43 No.2
$10 Millionaire Raffle
Game is Sold Out!
LOUISIANA, USA (April 4, 2008) -- The
Louisiana Lottery announced that as of 3:10 p.m. today, tickets for its $10
Millionaire Raffle game are sold out, with 11 days left until the April 15
drawing for a top cash prize of $1 million.................Subscribers
Lottery Will Launch
Power Play 10® Promotion Beginning March 30
LOUISIANA,
USA (March 26, 2008) -- The Louisiana Lottery will launch its popular Power
Play 10X® promotion beginning March 30. Powerball players who purchase the Power Play
option on their ticket for drawings during the month of April will have the
chance to multiply any nonjackpot-related prize up to 10
times...................Subscribers
Lottery Announces No
Pick 3 or Pick 4 Drawing on Easter Sunday
LOUISIANA, USA
(March 19, 2008) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced there will be
no Pick 3 or Pick 4 drawings on March 23, Easter Sunday, in accordance with
Lottery policy...............Subscribers
Lottery Reports More
Than $8 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets and More Than $6.8 Million
Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During February
BATON
ROUGE, Louisiana (March 18, 2008) --The Louisiana Lottery Corporation reported
more than $8 million in winning tickets for its draw-style games during
February, highlighted by one Easy 5 jackpot-winning ticket worth
$185,656. Also during the same month, scratch-off players claimed more
than $6.8 million in cash prizes..............Subscribers
Lottery Transfers Over
$10.8 Million to State Treasury from January Revenue
Louisiana, USA (February 25, 2008) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation
announced today that it has transferred more than $10.8 million from January
revenue to the state treasury department, bringing its fiscal year total
transfers to $73.9 million................Subscribers
Pick 4 Pays $1.6 Million
on 5-5-5-5
Louisiana, USA (February 6, 2008) -- For the
first time since the Louisiana Lottery launched Pick 4 in March 1999, the
numbers 5-5-5-5 were randomly selected with more than $1.6 million won for the
Jan. 27 drawing.....................Subscribers
New Millionaire Raffle
Sales Set to Start February 18
LOUISIANA, USA (January 28,
2008) -- The odds of winning $1 million have never been better for Louisiana
Lottery players starting Monday, Feb. 18. That's when sales begin for the
Lottery's first-ever $10 raffle game, Millionaire Raffle.................Subscribers
Local Artist's Work
Featured on Mardi Gras Scratch-Off
LOUISIANA, USA (December
26, 2007) -- New Orleans artist Darrin Butler holds an oversized version of Let
the Good Times Roll, a $2 Mardi Gras-themed scratch-off featuring his work of
the same name..............Read the full story
at: Vol.41 No.14
Sparkle. Scratch.
Smile. Share the Holiday Magic
LOUISIANA, USA (November 21,
2007) -- Tis the season to spread holiday cheer with the Lottery's latest
holiday scratch-offs! With five games ranging in price from $1 to $5, your can
purchase a gift that's as fun to give as it is to get.................Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.10
Louisiana Lottery
President Rose Hudson Received 2007 Marketer of the Year Award
LOUISIANA, USA (November 19, 2007) -- Sales and Marketing Executives
International's (SMEI) Baton Rouge chapter recognized Louisiana Lottery
President Rose Hudson as a 2007
Marketer of the Year.............Read the full
story at: Vol.41 No.9
Lottery Reports More
Than $21.2 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets and Nearly $6 Million Claimed
from Scratch-off Tickets During September
LOUISIANA, USA
(October 3, 2007) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation reported more than $21.2
million in winning tickets for its draw-style games during
September..............Subscribers
Lottery Announces End
of Sales for $100,000 Hold 'Em Poker Scratch-Off Game
LOUISIANA, USA (September 28, 2007) -- The Louisiana Lottery announced
today that it will end sales for its World Poker Tour® $100,000 Hold 'Em
Poker® scratch-off game............Subscribers
Lottery Transfers Over
$13.3 Million to State Treasury from August Revenue
LOUISIANA, USA (September 21, 2007) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation
announced today that it has transferred over $13.3 million from August revenue
to the state treasury department...........Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery Now
Offers Easy 5 Game
LOUISIANA (September 23, 2007) -- A new
lottery game -- Easy 5 -- is being offered by the Louisiana Lottery Corp.
..........Subscribers
Lottery Announces Easy 5
Sales Start on September 16
LOUISIANA, USA (September 7,
2007) -- For the first time in eight years, the Louisiana Lottery will launch a
new draw-style game, Easy 5, with a starting pari-mutuel cash jackpot of
$50,000 that keeps growing until it is won by matching five numbers in a field
of 1 to 37............Read the full story at:
Vol.40 No.12
The Louisiana Lottery
Announces the End of Sales for Cash Quest
LOUISIANA, USA
(August 15, 2007) -- The Louisiana Lottery announced today that it will be
ending sales for Cash Quest in preparation for the launch of a new draw-style
game, Easy 5, on Sept. 16.........Subscribers
Lottery Rolls Out a New
Web Page
LOUISIANA (August 3, 2007) -- The Louisiana
Lottery would like to introduce you to the newest addition to our Web
site.........Subscribers
Lottery Announces
Record Fiscal Year With Highest Transfer to the State Treasury in 13
Years
LOUISIANA, USA (July 24, 2007) -- The Louisiana
Lottery Corporation announced today that it had a record fiscal year,
transferring more than..........Subscribers
State Lottery Revenue
Highest in 13 Years
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (July 24.
2007) -- Following the pattern of other forms of legalized gambling in
Louisiana, the state lottery saw a...............Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery
President Named Influential Woman in Business
LOUISIANA,
USA (June 15, 2007) -- Louisiana Lottery President
Rose Hudson is pictured here with her
husband, Donovan, at the Business Report's luncheon honoring the 2007
Influential Women in Business...............................Subscribers
Lottery Reports More
Than $5 Million Won in Draw-style Games and More Than $6.1 Million Claimed from
Scratch-off Tickets During May
LOUISIANA, USA (June 5,
2007) -- Louisiana Lottery reported more than $5 million in winning tickets for
its draw-style games during May, highlighted by...................Read the full story at: Vol.39 No.11
Lottery Announces New
Shreveport Regional Manager
LOUISIANA, USA (May 21, 2007)
-- President Rose Hudson announced that
Orsvon Doty has been promoted to Shreveport regional manager for the Louisiana
Lottery Corporation...........................Subscribers
Lottery Announces New
Monroe Regional Manager
LOUISIANA, USA (May 21, 2007) --
President Rose Hudson announced that
David Morton has been named the Monroe regional manager for the Louisiana
Lottery Corporation........................Subscribers
Lottery President Rose
Hudson Receives Award from the Public Administration Institute at
LSU
LOUISIANA, USA (April 30, 2007) -- The Public
Administration Institute at LSU recognized Lottery President Rose Hudson as the
2007 LSU Masters of Public Administration Alumnus of the Year at the Spring
PAISA Day Luncheon...........................Read
the full story at: Vol.39 No.6
Lottery Honored With Two
Awards from The Videographer Awards 2007 Competition
BATON
ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (April 18, 2007) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation was
honored with an Award of Excellence and an Award of Distinction in
..............Read the full story at: Vol.39
No.6.
Power Play 10X Promotion
is Back!
LOUISIANA, USA (March 27, 2007) -- The Louisiana
Lottery is bringing back the Power Play 10X promotion.
Powerball players who purchase the Power Play
option .............Subscribers
Lottery Receives Ninth
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial
Reporting
LOUISIANA, USA (March 9, 2007) -- President
Rose Hudson announced that the
Louisiana Lottery Corporation has received the Certificate of Achievement for
..................Read the full story at: Vol.38
No.12
Lottery First to Receive
Verification of Quality Assurance Processes
LOUISIANA, USA
(January 4, 2007) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation is the first lottery in
the country to receive industry verification of its quality assurance
processes..........................Read the full
story at: Vol.38 No.3
Lottery Announces End of
Sales for $1,000,000 Spectacular Second-Chance Drawing Entry
Deadline
LOUISIANA, USA (November 6, 2006) -- At the stroke
of midnight on New Year's Eve, the Louisiana Lottery will end sales of its
blockbuster scratch-off game................Subscribers
Lottery Announces New
Director of Human Resources
LOUISIANA, USA (October 4,
2006) -- President Rose Hudson announced that Robin Schooling has been named
director of human resources for the Louisiana Lottery Corporation.
As
director of human resources, Schooling will serve as administrator for the
Lottery's human resources, compensation and benefits programs for its 137
employees.
Prior to joining the Lottery, Schooling was the recruitment
manager for Amedisys, Inc.
She holds a Senior Professional in Human
Resources (SPHR) designation and is a member of the board of directors of the
Greater Baton Rouge Society for Human Resource Management.
SOURCE: Louisiana
Lottery.
Lottery Transfers Over
$10 Million From August Revenues to State
LOUISIANA, USA
(September 20, 2006) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced that it has
transferred over $10 million from August revenues to the state treasury
department.......................Subscribers
Louisiana Lottery Names
Two New Vice Presidents
LOUISIANA, USA (August 30, 2006) --
Louisiana Lottery President Rose Hudson
announced that Dianne Brandon has been named vice president of sales and Steve
Rosales has been named vice president of internal
audit..............................Read the full
story at: Vol.36 No.9
Lottery Brings
Excitement of the World Poker Tour® to a Scratch-Off
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 28, 2006) -- The Louisiana Lottery will bring
the excitement of poker to a scratch-off on July 31 with the launch
of..........................Read the full story
at: Vol.36 No.5
Lottery Sales Exceed
$300 Million for the Fifth Consecutive Fiscal Year
BATON
ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (July 21, 2006) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation
announced that it has just completed its fifth consecutive fiscal year in which
sales have exceeded $300 million. In addition..........................Read the full system at: Vol.36 No.4
Governor Confirms
Interim Lottery President
LOUISIANA (June 27, 2006) --
Rose J. Hudson was confirmed today by
Governor Kathleen Blanco, as the fourth president of the Louisiana Lottery
Corporation.....................................Read the full story at: Vol.35 No.13
Lottery Transfers Over
$11 Million From March Revenues to State
BATON ROUGE,
Louisiana, USA (May 3, 2006) -- Louisiana Lottery players won over $14.1
million in prizes in April, highlighted by two Lotto jackpots
................................Subscribers
Lottery Transfers Over
$14 Million From February Revenues to State
BATON ROUGE,
Louisiana, USA (March 24, 2006) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced
that it has transferred over $14 million from February revenues to the state
treasury department...............................Subscribers
Lottery Board Names
Interim President
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (March 14,
2006) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced today that its board of
directors has named Rose Hudson Interim President The Louisiana Lottery
Corporation.
Hudson, who serves as the Lottery's senior vice president of
human resources and legislative affairs, will temporarily fill the position
vacated by President Randy Davis. Davis recently tendered his resignation to
the board in order to pursue an opportunity in the private sector with Future
System Advisors, LLC, a Baton Rouge-based development firm of wealth management
systems and life insurance product design concepts. "While we're truly going
to miss Randy's leadership, we're confident that Rose will continue to carry
out the Lottery's mission with the same unquestionable degree of integrity and
public trust that has been a hallmark of the Lottery's operations," said
Board Chairman Carl Bauer.
SOURCE Louisiana Lottery
Louisiana Lottery’s
New Orleans Regional Office to Reopen on Feb. 3.
LOUISIANA,
USA (February 1, 2006) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced today
that it will reopen its New Orleans regional office, located in the Clearview
Palms Shopping Center in Metairie, on Feb. 3, about five months after Hurricane
Katrina destroyed it...................................Read the full story at: Vol.34 No.5
Louisiana Lottery
Transfers Over $106.4 Million in Revenue to State for Calendar Year
2005
LOUISIANA, USA (January 20, 2006) -- The Louisiana
Lottery Corporation announced that it has transferred over $9.9 million from
December revenues to the state treasury department, bringing its calendar year
total transfers to $106.4 million........................Read the full story at: Vol.34 No.4
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