Ohio Lottery Slots Plan in Limbo

Posted on November 16th, 2010

The Ohio lottery is one of the nation’s largest and millions purchase Ohio lottery tickets every week. The Ohio lottery is also one of the oldest state lotteries and the first games were launched in August 1974. The Ohio Lottery Commission also oversees charitable bingo in the state and ranks 10th in the country in [...]

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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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