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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.
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
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
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