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Norman
named Executive Director of the South Dakota
Lottery
Norman Lingle was named Executive Director of
the South Dakota Lottery in January, 2005.
Prior to joining the Lottery,
Lingle served as the manager of the Community Development Block Grant program
for the Governor's Office of Economic Development, where he worked with
communities from across the state on more than 100 development projects. He has
also served as the manager of the state energy program and as an accountant for
the state department of health.
Lingle has a bachelor of science degree in
economics from South Dakota State University and is a certified economic
development finance professional. He is a member of the Pierre Public School
Board; Lingle, 40, and his wife Sarah have three children.
 South Dakota Lottery Relocating Its
Pierre Office
PIERRE, South Dakota (August 22, 2010) - The
South Dakota Lottery on Monday will open its new office in Pierre........Subscribers
Pierre Lottery Office to
Relocate
PIERRE, South Dakota (August 5, 2010) - After more than
20 years in the historic St. Charles Building, the South Dakota Lottery’s
office in Pierre is moving to a new home.....Subscribers
Sioux Falls Man Agrees
to Pay Restitution for Fake Video Lottery Tickets
SIOUX
FALLS, South Dakota (June 29, 2010) - A 28-year-old Sioux Falls man agreed
today to pay restitution to the Sioux Falls bars where he passed a handful of
fake video lottery tickets last fall............Subscribers
Validation Suspension
Lifted for Wild Card 2 Tickets
PIERRE, South Dakota (June
11, 2010) - Holders of Wild Card 2 lotto tickets from the June 9, 2010 drawing
can now have their tickets validated. The South Dakota Lottery had temporarily
halted validations for such tickets beginning yesterday afternoon when it was
discovered that.................Subscribers
Wild Card Lotto Ticket
Validations Temporarily Halted
PIERRE, South Dakota (June
10, 2010) - The South Dakota Lottery has temporarily halted validations for
Wild Card 2 lotto tickets purchased for the June 9, 2010 drawing to correct an
error with the winning numbers.............Subscribers
Mega Millions Lotto Game
Cleared to Begin in South Dakota
PIERRE, South Dakota
(April 21, 2010) - The South Dakota Lottery received final approval to
offer the Mega Millions
lotto game from the Legislature’s rules review committee
Tuesday..............Subscribers
South Dakota Lottery to
Consider Adding Mega Millions
PIERRE, South Dakota (March
23, 2010) -- News reports indicate that the South Dakota Lottery Commission is
preparing to add another lotto game....................Subscribers
Bill Closes Gambling
Voidability Loophole
PIERRE, South Dakota (February 24,
2010) -- A loophole that allowed a South Dakota man to avoid repaying a $33,000
debt because he once lost $1,500 to the lender in a card game would close under
a bill headed to the governor's desk....................Subscribers
Lottery Tickets to be Sold in
Vending Machines Soon
PIERRE, South Dakota (November 6, 2009) -
The South Dakota Lottery wants to try selling scratch-off tickets in vending
machines. The state Lottery Commission decided Thursday to allow a pilot
project .....................Subscribers
State Lottery Office To
Cut Winning Numbers Hot Line
RAPID CITY, South Dakota
(October 14, 2009) -- Citing declining use and the emergence of new
technologies such as their own Web site, South Dakota Lottery officials say the
state will pull the plug on the hot line beginning November
1.....................Subscribers
State Officials Try Out
New Lottery Machines
ABERDEEN, South Dakota (August 29,
2009) - The South Dakota Lottery's new system for selling lotto tickets seems
to be going over well....................Subscribers
New Pheasants Forever
Scratch Game From South Dakota Lottery Targets Pheasant Hunters
The perfect shot could land you up to $12,000!
PIERRE,
South Dakota (August 26, 2009)- Pheasant hunters and conservationists in the
nation’s “Pheasant Capital” will have another way to
scratch that pheasant itch this fall with the new Pheasants Forever $2 scratch
game from the South Dakota Lottery. ....................Subscribers
South Dakota Lottery
Machines Get Upgrade
PIERRE, South Dakota (July 25, 2009) -
Beginning in just a few weeks playing the lottery will get easier in South
Dakota. A brand new machine promises to make the lives of retailers and
players much easier........................Subscribers
State Upgrading Lottery
System; Lotto Players Encouraged to Turn in "Old" Tickets Before
Conversion
PIERRE, South Dakota (July 27, 2009) - With the
South Dakota Lottery converting to a new system for selling lotto tickets early
next week, Lottery officials encourage players who may be holding lotto tickets
generated by the current system to bring those tickets in to their Lottery
retailers before Aug. 1...............Subscribers
South Dakota State
Lottery Changing To New Lotto System
PIERRE, South Dakota
(June 20, 2009) -- news sources reported today South Dakota Lottery Director
Norm Lingle said that effective August
2, 2009 new terminals for lotto tickets will be up and running in the
state................Subscription
Commissioners Accept
Video Lottery Contract
PIERRE, SOUTH Dakota (June 1, 2009)
- According to local media reports the South Dakota Lottery Commission
approved a new contract last week that will allow video lottery establishments
to continue using the highly popular but obsolete VLC model 8700 gambling
terminals....................Subscribers
State Lottery Sales Down
Across The Board
PIERRE, South Dakota (May 27, 2009) –
According to reports presented Wednesday to the South Dakota Lottery
Commission, sales for video lottery, lotto and instant-tickets are all down for
the budget...................Subscribers
Slumping Economy Not Hurting Video Lottery
Sales
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, USA (November 14, 2008) --
The slumping economy is not stopping South Dakotans from taking a gamble.
According to local media reports people invested nearly $662 million into the
state's video lottery machines during the 2008 fiscal year,
that's..................Subscribers
GTECH
Selected By The South Dakota Lottery To Negotiate Five-Year Integrated Services
Contract, Following Competitive Procurement
PROVIDENCE,
Rhode Island (October 28, 2008) – GTECH
Corporation announced that it has been selected to negotiate a five-year
online lottery contract with the South Dakota Lottery to provide a new online
central system, terminals, and ongoing lottery and marketing consultancy
services................Subscribers
S.D.
Gambling Revenues Increasing
PIERRE, South Dakota (August
27, 2008) - Gambling revenues are holding their own, both in Deadwood casinos
and South Dakota lottery games - despite the weak economy.............Subscribers
Sturgis Event to Launch Sales of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Scratch Game
PIERRE, South Dakota (April 25,2008) -- Sales
of the South Dakota Lottery’s new Sturgis Motorcycle Rally instant scratch
game will start on April 30 with a special event in
Sturgis................Subscribers
SD Lottery to Release
“Sturgis Motorcycle Rally” Instant Scratch
Game
STURGIS, South Dakota, USA (February 28, 2008) - The
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally announced this week that the South
Dakota Lottery will release an instant scratch game in celebration of the 68th
Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a first for both the Lottery and the
Rally...............Read the full story at:
Vol.42 No.10
Lottery Raffle Going as
Planned
PIERRE, South Dakota (December 14, 2007) - A South
Dakota Lottery official says more than 43,000 Dakota Raffle tickets have been
sold since the first-ever statewide raffle game began on September
30th...............Subscribers
“Family Guy”
Is a Top Seller in South Dakota
Animated Sitcom
Proves Popular Among Lottery Players
ALPHARETTA, Georgia, USA
(September 12, 2007) -- After the first three weeks of sales, “Family
Guy,” the Emmy® Award-winning animated series, remains the top
selling $2 instant ticket over all other $2 games currently on the market in
South Dakota...............................Read
the full story at: Vol.40 No.12
State Lottery Marks
Twenty Years
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, USA (August 27,
2007) -- State government in South Dakota has received more than $1.5 billion
in revenues from state lottery games since they were legalized two decades
ago..........................Subscribers
South Dakota State
Lottery to Feature First Raffle
PIERRE, South Dakota, USA
(August 22, 2007) - The first-ever state lottery raffle will be held later this
year to mark the 20th anniversary of legalized lottery games in South
Dakota...........Subscribers
Lottery Revenue Tops
$1.5 Billion
PIERRE, South Dakota, USA (July 12, 2007) --
The total amount of revenue raised by the South Dakota Lottery topped more than
$1.5 billion at the recent completion of the state’s fiscal
year...........Read the full story at: Vol.40
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