Ohio Lottery Moves Towards Privatization

Posted on September 2nd, 2010

Way back in 1973 Ohio voters approved the creation of the Ohio Lottery Commission. The first Ohio lottery game was launched 1974 and was an instant hit with Ohio lottery players. Thanks to an agreement reached in 2010 Ohio now sells both Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets. In 1979 the Ohio lottery offered players [...]

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Ohio Lottery Posts Record Sales

Posted on July 13th, 2010

During the past two years the Ohio lottery has seen more than its share of troubles. In 2009 a new company started to run the Lottery’s computer system causing a multitude of problems. Some winning lottery tickets were mistakenly identified as losers by the new system and many lottery retailers had trouble logging on to [...]

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Fake Lottery Winner Causes Riot

Posted on October 18th, 2009

An Ohio woman who claimed she had just won the Ohio lottery pulled up in front of a Burlington Coat Factory store in Columbus Ohio and announced she would pay for everyone’s purchases up to $500. Linda Brown of Columbus Ohio went on a shopping spree which began when she hired a Hummer stretch limousine [...]

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