 T&T Lotto
Rolls to $11.8 Million
PORT-of-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago
(October 27 2008) -- Lotto Plus is on a roll and this Wednesday’s jackpot
now stands at an estimated $11.8 million! No one chose the numbers drawn on
Saturday night: 10, 17, 21, 31, 33 and Powerball 10.................Subscribers
Lotto
Fever Grips T&T
PORT-of-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago
(October 26, 2008) -- The National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) sales were up
significantly as Lotto fever grips T&T nationals. With the jackpot for last
night’s million-dollar Draw 762 easing into double digits, the outlay by
players hoping to get their lucky break, reached frenzied
proportions............Subscribers
National Lotteries Control Board Awaits Budget
Clarification
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (September 29 2008) -- Top
National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) executives are reported to be confused
about the directions for the State enterprise announced in the 2008-2009
national budget..............Subscribers
Lottery Vendors
Disappointed Over Plans to Phase Out Inaugural Game
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (February 27 2008) – According to a published
report several National Lottery Classic vendors yesterday expressed sadness,
disappointment and even anger over plans to phase out the game which has been
in existence for almost 40 years.............Subscribers
National Lottery Classic
Is Going Out With A Bang
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (February 26
2008) -- One of Trinidad and Tobago’s most popular games, the
National Lottery Classic, will have its last draw on March 8
with promises by the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) of a “new
beginning with fabulous new opportunities..................Subscribers
Judge Orders Man to
Repay Money to National Lotteries Control Board
TRINIDAD
and TOBAGO (December 8, 2007) -- A man who scammed the National Lotteries
Control Board (NLCB) out of over $6,000 was released on bond yesterday and
ordered to repay the stolen money.............Subscribers
Lottery Classic to be
Discontinued - Report
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago
(August 12 2007) -- Moves are being made to phase out the National Lotteries
Control Board’s (NLCB’s) Lottery Classic by as early as October this
year...................Subscribers
Court Highly Critical of
National Lotteries Board Chairman's Role in Promotion and Appointment
Case
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (August 3rd 2007) – Justice
James Aboud has handed down a 56-page judgment in a matter filed by Devant
Maharaj against the Statutory Authorities Service
Commission..........................Subscribers
On-Again, Off-Again
Lottery Games
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (July 26 2007) –
According to a local media source Prime Minister Patrick Manning last evening
insisted the gambling industry, including the lottery game Play Whe and
Lotto.......Subscribers
Lotto Vendor Awarded
Nearly $15 Million in Damages, Interest And Costs
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (July 20, 2007) – A Lotto vendor
has reportedly been awarded nearly $15 million from the National Lotteries
Control Board (NLCB) in damages, interest and costs.........Subscribers
Chairman Says Government Has Not Ordered Lotteries
Shut-Down
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (July 19, 2007)
-- National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) chairman said yesterday that neither
the PM nor any other Government minister has issued any...........Subscribers
Prime
Minister Threatens to Shut Down Lottery
Industry
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (July 18 2007)
– According to local media reports Prime Minister Patrick Manning plans to
shut down the entire gambling industry in Trinidad and Tobago......Subscribers
TT
Says No to Caribbean Lottery
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad
and Tobago (July 14, 2007) -- Sports Minister Roger Boynes says Trinidad and
Tobago would not participate in a proposed Caribbean-wide lottery to fund
cricket but is open to the possibility of other forms of assistance.
Boynes
made these comments while addressing a post Cabinet media conference at
Whitehall on Thursday.
New
Caribbean Lottery Gets the Nod
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (July
5, 2007) -- Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell announced yesterday that
regional heads of government have endorsed a financial plan of action involving
the launch of a new Caribbean wide lottery to assist West Indies
cricket.................Subscribers
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