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.
 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
The New York
Lottery Rings In The New Year with Exciting New Ways to Win, Improved Odds and
a Fresh Focus to Celebrate 40th Birthday!
SCHENECTADY, New
York, USA (December 28, 2006) -- The New York Lottery celebrates 40 years of
success in 2007 with a host of exciting new ways for New Yorkers to win big!
New York Lottery Director Robert J. McLaughlin announced the New York
Lottery’s plans for the coming year along with eight new
millionaires............................Subscribers New York Lottery Officials Announced 2006's 100th Lottery
Millionaire
NEW YORK, USA (November 24, 2006) -- A Bronx
man helped the New York Lottery set a new milestone on Friday, when lottery
officials announced he was the state's newest millionaire - courtesy of his
turning in a winning LOTTO ticket worth $20
million............................Subscribers Robert J. Mclaughlin Named Director of The New York Lottery
NEW YORK, USA (November 3, 2006) --Robert J. McLaughlin
of Guilderland, New York was named today as Director of the State Division of
the Lottery. As Deputy Director and General Counsel at the New York Lottery
since May of 2004.............................Read the full story at: Vol.37 No.6
Lottery Director Joins New York Daily News as
Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Corporate
Communications
NEW YORK, USA (October 27, 2006) -- Nancy
Palumbo is joining the New York Daily News as senior vice president of
strategic marketing and corporate
communications...........................Subscribers New York Lottery Adds $5 Million Ticket
NEW
YORK (October 26, 2006) -- After announcing its 91st millionaire in 2006, the
New York Lottery announced that it will add a $5 million Extravaganza According
to the sourcesr the new scratch-off ticket offers players three different prize
levels of $5 million, $2 million and $1 million, with over a half billion in
prizes....................................Subscribers New York Lottery Shines at Annual NASPL
Conference
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (October 24, 2006) --
The New York Lottery was recently awarded top honors, receiving the prestigious
Batchy and Hickey Awards at the North American
Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) Annual Meeting held
in Chicago.................................Subscribers New York Lottery to Become Presenting Sponsor of Travers
Stakes
NEW YORK, USA (July 18, 2006) -- Officials of the
New York Lottery and New York Racing Association announced that the New York
Lottery will become the presenting sponsor of the 2006 Travers Stakes
............................Subscribers Response to VLT Venue Surpasses Expectations
NEW YORK, USA (July 10, 2006) -- State Senator Thomas Libous and other
officials at Tioga Downs handed out hundreds of scratch-off New York Lottery
tickets to consumers who attended the VLT venue’s ribbon-cutting ceremony
this morning..........................Subscribers Baseball Fan Scores on Subway Series Scratch-Off and Record
Number of Millioniares Claim in One Day!
SCHENECTADY, New
York, USA (June 30, 2006) -- Millionaires have been coming forward in droves
this year! The New York Lottery has already awarded more
than..............................Subscribers Convenience Store Clerk Charged Over Attempted Lottery
Scam
NEW YORK, USA (June 25, 2006) --A man who bought a
Lotto ticket worth $1 million at a Huntington Station store was almost swindled
out of his winnings by the clerk..........................Subscribers New York Lottery Numbers Game Sets Record
SCHENECTADY, New York (June 19, 2006) -- New York Lottery Daily Numbers
players had a major pay day last week winning more than $8.3 million
playing...........................Read the full
story at: Vol.35 No.12 New York
Lottery Celebrates 30th Birthday of the Scratch-Off Ticket
$3,000,000
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (June 2, 2006)
-- New York Lottery Director Nancy A. Palumbo today announced the launch of
$3,000,000 Jubilee, an Instant scratch-off ticket that will produce an amazing
thirty-five new millionaires............................Read the full story at: Vol.35 No.10
New York Lottery Offers Chance of a Lifetime
to One Lucky New York Baseball Fan
SCHENECTADY, New York,
USA (May 15, 2006) -- The New York Lottery, already the home of “a
dollar and a dream”, is making Shea Stadium some lucky New York
baseball fan’s “field of
dreams”.........................Subscribers State of New York and Major League Baseball Team Up To
.....
NEW YORK, USA (May 2, 2006) -- For the first time in
history, hundreds of average New Yorker's will line up to have a chance to win
the opportunity to throw out the ceremonial
....................................Subscribers America's Favorite Pastime Just Got Even
Better
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (April 4, 2006) -- The New
York Lottery hit a home run today when they unveiled a new Subway Series
Instant game ticket featuring the New York Yankees and the New York
Mets...............................Read the full
story at: Vol.35 No.1 Lottery Lets
New Yorkers Play Ball for Cash
ALBANY, New York, USA (April
3, 2006) – The New York Lottery will reportedly unveil its planned Subway
Series tickets tomorrow, a day after the Yanks and Mets start the
season................................Subscribers New Yorkers Have An Itch for Scratch-Off
Tickets
NEW YORK, USA (February 28, 2006) – Despite the
fact that multi-state lottery jackpots sometimes reach staggering amounts, some
New York Lottery retailers cannot keep the lower prize money instant tickets in
their stores. .................................Subscribers New York Lottery Publication Firm Barred from
Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, USA (February 28, 2006) -- A
New York lottery publication firm and its principals have been barred from any
further business activity in Wisconsin related
to................................Subscribers The New York Lottery Announces New Instant Scratch-Off Ticket
Suppliers
SCHENECTADY, New York (February 10, 2006) –
New York Lottery Director Nancy A. Palumbo today announced that
Scientific Games Corporation has been
selected .............................Read the
full story at: Vol.34 No.7 Pollard
Banknote Named Secondary Supplier of New York Lottery’s Instant Tickets
YPSILANTI, MI (February 9, 2006) -- Pollard Banknote
Limited Partnership (“Pollard Banknote”) has been named secondary
supplier to the New York Lottery................................Subscribers The New York Lottery’s Win For Life Games Keep Growing and
Growing
SCHENECTADY, New York, USA (January 26, 2006) --
New York Lottery Director Nancy Palumbo has announced the launch of the biggest
Instant game ever, with a.............................Subscribers
King Kong is on
the Loose at The Empire State Building
SCHENECTADY, New
York, USA (November 17, 2005) -- New York Lottery Director Nancy A. Palumbo
announces the launch of King Kong Millions, the big jackpot game guaranteed
............................Read the full story
at: Vol.33 No.9 New York Lottery
RFP Instant Lottery Tickets and Specialty Instant Ticket Games
The New York Lottery intends to award primary and secondary contracts for
the design, development and production of instant lottery tickets. In addition,
the Lottery intends to ............................Subscribers New Yorkers Going Ape for the Gorilla of All
Lotteries
NEW YORK, USA (November 8, 2005) -- The New York
lottery's new "King Kong Millions" game is guaranteeing a jackpot of at
least ..........................Subscribers Audit Reveals Lottery Retailers Owe Back Taxes; Lottery
Division Agrees to Match Retailers with Back Taxes Lists
ALBANY, New York, USA (October 31, 2005) — More than 3,000 retailers
licensed to operate New York State Lottery terminals/machines failed to pay
their state taxes, according to .............................Subscribers Lottery Teams with Hollywood for
Cross-Promotion
NEW YORK, USA (October 10, 2005) – The
New York State Lottery is teaming up with Hollywood for an unprecedented
cross-promotion - wedding the multimillion dollar "King Kong" remake to
two new lottery games.................................Subscribers New York Lottery Announces Sponsorship of Progressive Online
Education Tool
SCHENECTADY, New York (September 5, 2005) --
New York Lottery Director Nancy A. Palumbo today announced an exciting new
education program partnership which provides K-12
schools...................................Subscribers The New York Lottery is Taking Mega Millions to the Streets!
Unveils First Ever Electronic Phone Kiosks
SCHENECTADY, New
York, USA (July 19, 2005) -- New York Lottery Director Nancy A. Palumbo today
announced the unveiling of the first ever electronic phone kiosks, which will
immediately display .............................Read the full story at: Vol.32 No.4
Appeals Court Upholds New York's Participation
in Multi-State Lottery
ALBANY, New York, USA (May 3, 2005)
-- New York's Court of Appeals today upheld a law that allows the state's
participation in a multi-state lottery..........................Subscribers Lottery Ends Probe of Quick Draw Keno Venues
ALBANY, New York, USA (April 13, 2005) -- The New York Lottery has
reportedly ended a statewide investigation into possible misuse of its
Quick Draw Keno video
game..............................Subscribers
Lottery Suspends Quick Draw Keno
Vendors
NEW YORK, USA (February 14, 2005) -- As reported
the New York Lottery has suspended the Quick Draw Keno licenses of two more
vendors.....................Subscribers New York Lottery Sales Up 8.7% in 2004
ALBANY, New York (January 17, 2005) -- The state's total lottery sales in
2004 topped $6.13 billion, up 8.7 percent from $5.64 billion in
2003.......................Subscribers State Lotteries Embrace Cole Systems’ Mobile Sales Force
Automation Software
NEW YORK, USA (January 10, 2005) –
Already embraced by several state lotteries across the country, Cole
Systems’ OrderPad Enterprise™ mobile sales force automation software
enables ..................................Subscribers Crunch Announce New York State Lottery Night
SYRACUSE, NY (January 5, 2005) - The Syracuse Crunch announced today that
Saturday, January 15 will be New York State Lottery Night at the
Crunch.......................Subscribers 
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