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| News
2010 |
| Dec 28, 2010 |
Maine Lottery Contract
Set to Spark Fierce Court Battle |
| Nov 23, 2010 |
Panel Hears Lottery
Contract Award Dispute |
| Nov 16, 2010 |
Gambling Control Board to
Lose Chairman and Executive Director |
| October 28, 2010 |
Lawmakers Denounce Contract
That Would Send Lottery Jobs Interstate |
| Oct 17, 2010 |
Dispute Rages Over Maine's
Lottery Contract |
| Oct 4, 2010 |
Lottery Contract
Questioned |
| Sept 30, 2010 |
Maine State Lottery
Celebrates 35th Birthday in Grand Style |
| August 22, 2010 |
Lawmakers Agree All
Aspects Of Lottery Operations Should Be Reviewed To See If They Could Be Done
More Efficiently |
| August 2010 |
Patriots and Maine State
Lottery Introduce New Instant Ticket |
| July 23, 2010 |
Maine Lottery Teams Up
With NFL Patriots |
| July 4, 2010 |
Preliminary Figures
Indicate State Lottery on Target to Set Sales Records |
Legislature Committee
Unanimously Endorses Mega Millions
MAINE (March 15, 2010)
-- The Legislature's Appropriations Committee has approved adding the game to
help close the state's budget gap, now estimated at about $310
million....................Subscribers
Appropriations Committee
Believes Multistate Lottery Games Not Expansion of Gambling
AUGUSTA, Maine (February 24, 2010) - Maine may get another big jackpot
lottery game, Mega Millions, if lawmakers approve a proposal discussed by the
Appropriations Committee on Wednesday....................Subscribers
Lawmakers Recommend
Expansion of Maine Lottery
AUGUSTA, Maine (February 12,
2010) – Reports Maine lawmakers say they want to expand the state lottery
by adding a video version of KENO and joining the multistate Mega Millions, but Governor
John Baldacci is said to be against the idea.......................Subscribers
Lawmakers Discuss Keno
Proposal
AUGUSTA, Maine (February 2, 2010) – Would
adding Keno to the list of
state-sponsored gaming significantly expand gambling in
Maine?....................Subscribers
Governor Announces
Nominations To Ethics Commission And Gambling Control Board
AUGUSTA, Maine (January 12, 2010) -- Governor John E. Baldacci today
announced the nomination of Margaret Matheson to the Commission on Governmental
Ethics and Election Practices. He also announced that he has nominated Joseph
Laliberte and Harry Stickney to the Gambling Control Board................Subscribers
Maine Looks to Expand
Gambling; Lawmakers Consider Keno to Raise More Revenue
AUGUSTA, Maine (January 11, 2010) – reports that the
Legislature’s Legal Affairs and Veterans Services committee, the panel
with oversight of gambling legislation, on Monday heard about
Keno, a game used by several
states........................Subscribers
State-Wide Lottery Ticket Sales in
Decline
ELLSWORTH, Maine (January 29, 2009) -- The lure of
striking it rich with a lucky lottery ticket has lost its luster in Maine over
the past 18 months..................Subscribers
Maine
Gambling Revenues Take A Hit During Downturn
AUGUSTA, Maine
(January 21, 2009) – As the gambling industry takes a hit during the
recession, so are Maine’s tax collections from lottery games and casino
gambling.................Subscribers.
Sales
of Maine Lottery Tickets Decline Amid Recession
PORTLAND,
Maine (January 6, 2009) -- The recession appears to be taking a bite out of
Maine lottery revenues, according to a local media report...............Subscribers
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