Referendums: November, 1994:
Voters approve referendum to establish lottery April 5, 1995: Governor
signed senate bill creating lottery July 1, 1995: Effective date of New
Mexico Lottery Act April 27, 1996: Lottery startup
New Mexico Lottery Launches
Betty Boop Holiday Scratchers NEW MEXICO
(October 29, 2009) - To warm up the holidays for Scratcher players, the New
Mexico Lottery is bringing back sultry cartoon sweetheart Betty Boop
...................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Approves Mega Millions ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (October
27, 2009) In a special meeting today, the New Mexico Lotterys
board of directors voted in favor of introducing another multi-state jackpot
game similar to Powerball®.......................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery May
Offer Another Multi-State Jackpot Game ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico (October 15, 2009) - A recent industry decision may create an
opportunity for the New Mexico Lottery to offer players another multi-state
jackpot game similar to Powerball®.....................Subscribers
Local Players Win $2.3
Million in New Mexico Lottery Prizes VALENCIA, New Mexico
(October 3, 2009) - Valencia County residents won about $2.3 million
playing New Mexico Lottery games in fiscal year 2009...................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Changes Roadrunner Cash® to Increase Starting Jackpot, Reduce
Odds ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (September 29, 2009) -- The
New Mexico Lottery is changing the in-state Roadrunner Cash ® game to
create a larger starting prize and jackpots that grow larger,
faster......................Subscribers
Players Not The Only
Winners In New Mexico Lottery Lottery Funds
Education Scholarships, Generates Local Revenue ALBUQUERQUE,
New Mexico (September 25, 2009) - For a handful of area residents, scratching,
picking and rubbing has turned out to be lucrative.....................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Launches Bruja Bucks Scratcher
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (September 22, 2009) - The bewitching
Bruja of Spanish folklore is out trick or treating as the
New Mexico Lotterys next Scratcher.......................Subscribers
CSI Scratchers from New
Mexico Lottery ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (September 10, 2009)
-- Television hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the arresting subject
of the New Mexico Lotterys next Scratcher.................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Launches "Red vs. Green" Scratcher ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
(August 4, 2009) The New Mexico Lottery Launches "Red vs. Green"
Scratcher a game that depicts the states favorite cuisine as overheated
chile track stars competing in a frantic footrace..................Subscribers
NM Lottery Misses Its
Original Revenue Forecast But Still Raises $40.8 Million For College
Scholarships In 2009 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (July 30,
2009) - As reported today that the New Mexico Lottery raised $40.8 million for
college scholarships in the fiscal year that ended June 30, the same amount as
the previous year......................Subscribers
Economic Pessimism Seems to Have Spread to NM Lottery
Players LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (January 29, 2009) New
Mexico Lottery revenue is down 5 percent or $4.5 million so far in fiscal year
2009, according to................Subscribers
New
Mexico Lottery to Replace Powerball® Tickets Printed in Error at Two
Stores ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (January 23, 2009) -- The New
Mexico Lottery has discovered that approximately 450 Powerball® wagers were
printed in error earlier this month..............Subscribers
New
Mexico Lottery to Turn on New Gaming System; Better Service, More Information
for Players ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (November 14, 2008)
The New Mexico Lottery will turn on its new gaming system Sunday,
allowing 1,100 retailers statewide to print lottery tickets from new in-store
sales terminals that will provide better service and more information to
players..................Subscribers
New
Mexico Lottery Sells $200 Million Powerball Jackpot
Ticket ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (September 27, 2008) -- The
New Mexico Lottery announced tonight that it sold the winning ticket for the
$200 million Powerball jackpot prize drawn
tonight. It was the only winning ticket nationwide. It is the
largest Powerball prize ever won in New Mexico................Subscribers
Hawkes Appointed to Lottery Board NEW
MEXICO, USA (September 17, 2008) -- Michael Hawkes, executive director of the
Alamo Navajo School Board, was recently sworn in as a member of the New Mexico
Lottery Board.............Subscribers
New
Mexico Lottery Offers Deal Or No Deal To Scratcher Fans
ALBUQUERQUE The New Mexico Lotterys latest
Scratcher is based on Deal or No Deal*, the popular TV game show
that challenges contestants to pick the briefcase holding the most cash while
they contemplate offers to quit the contest in exchange for other cash
prizes.............Subscribers
Lottery Official Resigns ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico, USA (August 14, 2008) -- Albuquerque lawyer Cody Kelley, who was
reappointed to the New Mexico Lottery board by Governor Bill Richardson after
facing charges of drunken driving and domestic violence, resigned his board
position Wednesday..............Subscribers
Attorney Reappointed to Lottery
Board ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (July 25, 2008) -- Cody
Kelley, an Albuquerque attorney, was reappointed to the New Mexico Lottery
Authority board by Governor Bill Richardson. The appointment will run for
five years. SOURCE: Wire Reports.
New
Mexico Lottery Returns Record Profits of $40.8 Million; Net Ticket Sales Total
$147.1 Million ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (July 24, 2008)
-- The New Mexico Lottery today announced record profits of $40.8 million on
net sales of $147.1 million for the fiscal year ending June
30..............Subscribers
New
Mexico Lottery Switches to Paperless
Statements Email Distribution to Retailers Will Save
$23,000 a Year ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (April 30, 2008) -- The
New Mexico Lottery now uses email to send weekly billing statements to lottery
retailers, discontinuing paper statements..................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery and
Problem Gambling Council Extend Rehabilitation Services
Contract ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (March 20, 2008) --
The New Mexico Lottery and the New Mexico Council on Problem Gambling will
continue to work together to provide compulsive gaming rehabilitation services
statewide.....................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Serves Up Chocolate-Themed Game ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico,
USA (March 19, 2008) -- The New Mexico Lotterys latest Scratcher game
looks good enough to eat...................Subscribers
New Lottery Vendor
Settles At West Center Albuquerque (March 17, 2008) --
INTRALOT USA, the new equipment supplier
for the New Mexico Lottery is moving into 4,800 square feet at Commercial West
Center, a small industrial park tucked behind one of the metro's industrial
hubs...................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery 2007
Sales Dip on Fewer Mega-Jackpots ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico,
USA (February 25, 2008) -- Although the New Mexico Lottery had its second-best
year in ticket sales in its nearly twelve (12) year history, its total revenue
for the 2007 fiscal year fell to...................Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery Sells
$5.6 Million Hot Lotto Ticket ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(February 9, 2008) -- The New Mexico Lottery has sold the only winning Hot
Lotto jackpot ticket for tonights drawing..............Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Launches Betty Boop Scratcher For Valentines
Day Net Revenues Support Legislative Lottery
Scholarships ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (January 23, 2008) -- To
celebrate Valentines Day, the New Mexico Lottery is bringing back the
popular $10,000 Betty Boop Scratcher game................Read
the full story at: Vol.42 No.4
New Mexico Lottery
Offers Pink Panther Game Net
Revenues Support Legislative Lottery Scholarships ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico (January 8, 2008) -- The Pink Panther stars in
the New Mexico Lotterys first Scratcher game of the new
year...............Read the full story at: Vol.42
No.2
New Mexico Lottery
Enhances Hot Lotto Game; Sizzler Feature Multiplies Prizes by
Three ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (January 3, 2008) -- The
New Mexico Lottery today introduced a feature that will give Hot Lotto players
a chance to win larger prizes..................Read the full story at: Vol.42 No.2
Times Running Out
to Buy New Years Eve Raffle Tickets Prizes
Will Be Drawn on Dec. 31 Even if the Game Doesnt Sell Out
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (December 20, 2007) -- More than 80,000 tickets
remain available for the New Mexicos Lottery first raffle, but even if
the game doesnt sell out, winning numbers for all 106 prizes will still
be drawn on New Years Eve.................Subscribers
Lottery Officials File
Motion to Recover Attorney Fees in Suit NEW MEXICO
(December 17, 2007) -- New Mexico Lottery officials say they have filed a
motion to recover attorney's fees in a case recently decided in their
favor................Subscribers
Judge Dismisses Lottery
Scratch-Off Suit: Retailers Plan To Appeal Ruling
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (December 13, 2007) -- A class-action lawsuit,
filed in August by a group of eastern New Mexico lottery ticket retailers
against the state lottery for pulling scratcher games before all prizes were
awarded, has been dismissed...............Subscribers
Lottery Introduces
Peppermint-Scented Holiday Game ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
(November 14, 2007) -- A scented Scratcher game from the New Mexico Lottery is
available now to holiday shoppers seeking............Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery,
INTRALOT Sign Gaming System Contract ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico (November 15, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery today awarded a contract
for a new computerized gaming system to Georgia-based
INTRALOT, ending a competitive bidding
process that started more than two and a half years ago.............Subscribers
Lottery Starts Countdown
to New Years Eve Raffle ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(October 25, 2007) The New Mexico Lottery is adding raffle drawings to
its line-up of games with the first drawing scheduled for New Years
Eve.............Subscribers
Lottery Ads Earn
National Recognition ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (October
16, 2007) -- A New Mexico Lottery ad campaign designed to raise awareness of
the educational opportunities available through the states community
colleges and Legislative Lottery Scholarships won a first-place prize in a
national competition for lottery advertising...............Subscribers
Lottery Launches
Magic 8 Ball® Scratcher ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico, USA (October 11, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lotterys latest instant
Scratcher ticket is based on Magic 8 Ball®,* the
fortune-telling toy that has been answering yes-or-no questions both
silly and serious for more than 60 years...................Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.4
Lottery Scares Up
Halloween Fun ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (October 1,
2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery has conjured up two Scratcher games for
Halloween.........Subscribers
Lottery Achieves Revenue
Goal ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (August 24, 2007) -- The
New Mexico Lottery met its new legislative edict to put at least 27 percent of
its revenues into the lottery scholarship fund in July........Subscribers
Lottery Gives Powerball
Players Free Hot Lotto Tickets ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
(August 20, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery will give Powerball players
free quick-pick Hot Lotto tickets in a campaign designed to promote the
lotto-style game known as Little Powerball .........Subscribers
New Mexico Sells $1
Million Hot Lotto Ticket ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(August 6, 2007) -- New Mexico has sold its first winning
Hot Lotto jackpot ticket. One winning
ticket was sold in New Mexico for tonights drawing,..............Subscribers
Lottery Posts
Second-Best Year of Sales at $148 Million; Scratcher Sales Reach Record of
$91.4 Million ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (August 2, 2007)
-- The increasing popularity of Scratcher games and the introduction of
.......Subcribers
Retailers Sue State
Lottery Over Scratch Off Games ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(July 2, 2007) -- A group of eastern New Mexico retailers contends the New
Mexico Lottery is pulling scratch off games from sales before all the prizes
are awarded.............Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Launches Monopoly Scratcher Game
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (June 27, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery
today launched an instant Scratcher ticket based on
Monopoly, the best-selling board game in the world. The
$3 ticket is available now at 1,100 lottery retailers statewide.........Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.1
New Mexico
Lottery: Dont Play Games With Scam Artists
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (June 14, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery is
urging residents to be suspicious of people who approach them seeking
assistance in claiming a lottery prize...........Subscribers
Lottery Names Giant
Sundial A Lucky Landmark For Selling Winning Powerball Jackpot
Ticket CHAMA, New Mexico, USA (June 7, 2007 The New
Mexico Lottery today christened Giant Sundial No. 5 in Chama as a
Lucky Landmark lottery retailer after the store sold last
months $62.8 million Powerball jackpot
ticket...........Read the full story at: Vol.39
No.11
Lottery Ads Spotlight
Non-Traditional Students, Careers NEW MEXICO, USA (May 4,
2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery is preparing to launch an advertising campaign
showcasing the non-traditional career fields students can enter through
two-year college programs, courtesy of the state's Lottery Success
Scholarship...........Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery, City
of Roswell Launch Space Invader® Scratcher Game to Celebrate UFO
Anniversary ROSWELL, New Mexico, USA (April 25, 2007) --
Sixty years after a rancher discovered the possible remains of an alien
spacecraft on his land north of Roswell, the space invaders are returning to
New Mexico -- and this time they're bringing prizes..........Subscribers
Former Employees
Threaten Discrimination Suit Against Lottery SANTA FE, New
Mexico, USA (April 14, 2007) -- Two sales representatives who resigned on
Friday from the New Mexico Lottery are considering an age-discrimination
lawsuit against the lottery........Subscribers
Group Wants Lottery to
Divulge Names of Firms Seeking Online Contract ALBUQUERQUE,
New Mexico, USA (April 13, 2007) -- The New Mexico Foundation for Open
Government (NMFOG) has reportedly criticized state lottery officials for
refusing to release the names of companies that responded to a January request
for proposals to run New Mexico's online lottery system.......Subscribers
$1.3 Million Paid in
Prizes Over Consecutive Friday the 13ths Since Lottery Start-Up
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (April 5, 2007) -- While some people stay in
bed on Friday the 13th, other people are out playing lottery games and claiming
big prizes............Read the full story at:
Vol.39 No.3
Lottery Bringing Back
Popular Trucks & Bucks Instant Ticket
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (March 29, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery is
bringing back the popular Trucks & Bucks instant ticket
Scratcher game. The $5 game goes on
sale........Read the full story at: Vol.39
No.2
Lottery Reduces
Operating Costs: Officials Reduce Budget by $3M
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (March 23, 2007) -- State lottery officials
reportedly approved more than $3.1 million in budget cuts .......Subscribers
Lottery To Seek Budget
Trims ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (February 23, 2007) --
New Mexico Lottery CEO Tom Romero
reportedly told state Lottery Authority Board members on Thursday that measure
(SB 364), introduced by Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez and supported by
Governor Bill Richardson, appears headed for passage...........Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery Posts
Record Scratcher Sales ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico,
USA (February 13, 2007) --The New Mexico Lottery announced today that it sold a
record number of instant Scratcher tickets in the week
ending Feb. 10. Sales totaled.......Read
the full story at: Vol.38 No.8
Lawmaker Introduces
So-Called Lottery Reform Bill NEW MEXICO, USA
(January 25, 2007) -- Senate Majority Leader Michael Sánchez this week
introduced a bill (Senate Bill 364) demanding that 30 percent of the New Mexico
Lottery revenues go into college scholarships........Subscribers
Governor Orders Lottery
Contract to be Cancelled ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(January 16, 2007) -- Governor Richardson has reportedly ordered state
officials to cancel a contract with a lobbyist hired by the New Mexico Lottery
Authority to monitor legislation.........Subscribers
Lottery Seeks Proposals
For New Gaming System Contract ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(January 10, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery Authority has issued a formal
request for proposals (RFP) for its lottery gaming system and related products
and services...........Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Profits Top $300 Million ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(January 5, 2007) -- The New Mexico Lottery has surpassed the $300 million mark
in money raised for public education in New Mexico.........Read the full story at: Vol.38 No.3
Sunday's a Winner for
Lottery: Popularity Grows For Extra Drawing ALBUQUERQUE,
New Mexico, USA (November 29, 2006) -- In May, New Mexico Lottery CEO
Tom Romero initiated the state's first
Sunday lottery drawings. Roadrunner Cash drawings previously had been held the
other six nights of the week..........................Subscribers
New Mexicos Hot
Ticket to Cool Cash; New Game Has Players Picking 6 Numbers to Win 7
Figures ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (November 7, 2006) --
Lottery players in New Mexico will soon have a hot new way to win a cool
million when tickets for Hot Lotto go on sale November
12...............................Read the full
story at: Vol 37 No 6
Lottery First Quarter
Sales Surge More Than 14 Percent ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico,
USA (October 27, 2006) -- The New Mexico Lottery finished the first quarter of
fiscal year 2007 with gross sales of $37,797,219 14 percent or $4.7
million above first quarter sales for the previous fiscal
year..................................Read the
full story at: Vol.37 No.5
N.M. Lottery to Rebid
Online Contract ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (September 30,
2006) -- The New Mexico Lottery is reported by the local media as saying it
plans to re-bid its contract for online lottery services by the end of the
year................................Subscribers
Deal Or No
Deal -- Scratcher & Giveaway ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico, USA (September 19, 2006) -- Ready for a new take on the hit television
show Deal or No Deal? The popular TV game watched by millions has
inspired the release of a new Scratcher ticket by the New Mexico
Lottery..................................Read
the full story at: Vol.36 No.12
Lottery Urged to Cut Expenses; Group Wants State To Re-bid
Lottery Contract NEW MEXICO, USA (September 3, 2006) --
Think New Mexico (TNM) is advocating several steps to get more
lottery money to college students, including re-bidding the states
lottery contract.......Subscribers
Lottery Kicks Off
Filler Up Promotion ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico, USA (August 29, 2006) The New Mexico Lottery has teamed up with
Brewer Oil Company and Town & Country Food Stores to offer a three-week
customer promotion............Read the full story
at: Vol.36 No.9
Musical Groups Chosen
for New Series of Powerball TV Commercials ALBUQUERQUE, New
Mexico, USA (July 13, 2006) -- Three musical groups have been selected to join
forces with the New Mexico Lottery in their third set of television commercials
to promote Powerball, one of the
Lotterys most popular games............Subscribers
Lottery Launches Musical
Talent Search for Powerball Television Commercials
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (June 5, 2006) The New Mexico Lottery
has launched a statewide search for musicians to be featured in a new series of
Powerball television commercials...........Read
the full story at: Vol.35 No.10
New Mexico Lottery Names
New CEO ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (June 1, 2006) -- The
New Mexico Lottery Authority board of directors met today and named Tom Romero
as its new chief executive officer............Subscribers
New Mexico Lottery
Marking Tenth Anniversary Tomorrow ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico,
USA (April 26, 2006) Its been nearly 10 years since the New Mexico
Lottery introduced the first Scratcher games, New Mexico Lottery Match
3 and Big Fun Big Help, causing long lines at
convenience and grocery stores across the state. Since then, scratching
has become somewhat of a New Mexico pastime........Read the full story at: Vol.35 No.4
New Mexico Lottery
Passes $200 Million Milestone for Lottery Success Scholarships
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA (February 28, 2006) -- The New Mexico Lottery
Authority announced Tuesday that it has passed the $200 million mark
..............Read the full story at: Vol.34
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