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Lotto.com Launches In Nebraska, Digital Courier’s 9th State

The company arrives with 1.8 million customers, providing them online access to purchase scratch tickets or tickets for lottery draw games.

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Black Market Lotteries In The U.S.: When The Policy Game Ruled The Day

Lottery Geeks explores the world of black market lotteries and why they have become extinct in the modern-day gambling scene.

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Powerball Jackpot Worth $1.09 Billion For Wednesday Drawing, Mega Millions Slowly Building Back Up

Mega Millions is building back up after someone won $1.13 billion last week. Powerball can surpass that number if nobody wins Wednesday.

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EQL Games Providing eInstants In Virginia As Part Of State’s iLottery Push

“EQL Games’ platform allows us to access games from studios across the world," said the Virginia Lottery's Scott Kenyon.

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From Jamestown To Jackpocket, The History Of Lottery Play In America

Thomas Jefferson once said of lotteries, which have come and gone across the last 500 years, "They are indispensable to the existence of man."

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Power-Billion: Jackpot Estimate For Monday Powerball Drawing Inflated To An Even $1B

With ticket sales running a bit hotter than anticipated, Powerball officials announced Monday that the estimate had been adjusted upward.

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Overwhelming Bipartisan Support For Lottery Legalization In Nevada, Poll Indicates

There was mild variance based on party affiliation, but left, right, and center all came out in favor of lottery legalization in the state.

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The Lotto Matrix: Sports Betting Dinging Mass Scratcher Sales, Powerball Jackpot Winner on The Run, More

“If we had online lottery, we’d be able to do what they call ‘electronic instant tickets’... [What we call] the ‘instant’ ticket really isn’t instant anymore,” the director said.

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Powerball Approaches $1B, Mega Millions Back To $20M For Weekend Drawings

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Lucky Ticket Sold In New Jersey Hits $1.13 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot, 8th Biggest In U.S. History

The anonymous (at least for now ) winner will claim an estimated $1.13 billion prize — $537.5 million if taken as a lump-sum cash payment.

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The Holdouts: Examining The Five States That Do Not Offer A Legal Lottery

One state — Alabama — is close to lottery legalization, while four decidedly more reluctant long shots remain.

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Plot Points: Kristen Wiig Spends $15 Million On An Unhinged Talk Show In ‘Welcome To Me’

Without wasting any time, [Wiig] then tells the studio that she wants 100 episodes of a talk show in which she does nothing but... talk about herself.