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Someone decided to predict the future and list North Carolina as having an interstate game. While it is almost certain that it will join either Mega Millions or Powerball, nothing is official yet. For now, the number should be 0.--65.144.114.3 08:44, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thanks for leaving a message here, but in the future, you can use the boxed marked "Edit Summary" to explain your changes. Thanks!--Sean|Black 08:46, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

All Lottery in New Jersey will be shut down after a certain date due to the new budget.

States without lotteries

Why are there U.S. states without lotteries? --88.76.236.58 14:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would presume that for the cases of Arkansas, Mississipi, Alabama, and Utah, it's an issue of commonly-held religious belief; for Nevada, because it's already a haven for other forms of gambling; and for Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii, it's an issue of population, or lack thereof. Gus 21:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lottery Fraud

In California, there was an investigation into retails clerk attempting to steal customer's winning ticket by "Dateline NBC".

Source: - http://www.cspnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=585BF2A7FC88401C8D8AB3B0D20DFA4D&AudID=B1DB1F916652441DA5A92F5041234756 - http://redclaycitizen.typepad.com/redclay/2009/05/dateline-nbc-looks-at-lottery-fraud.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by LeeV18 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please add which states require identification to win and which can be annonymous

Looks like Illinois requires identification, but maryland and kansas do not.

What about california? michigan? mass? new york? Do you have to identify yourself to win?

I think this information is important information and encyclopedia worthy. 128.125.28.186 (talk) 19:46, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

you probably could add this information to the current table... just add a new column... I just don't know how to make tables though. 128.125.28.186 (talk) 19:48, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey...updates coming to the page, bro or brodette

I'm going to be moving things in here, working with the Wikimedia Educational Program. Do not delete please. I would love feedback and constructive criticism. I will be watching this page for updates. WCUTHROWS (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WCUTHROWS - not exactly sure how to tell what you added to the page but I'm impressed that you worked on a page that already exists. Mtnthyme (talk) 01:13, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey sorry you are having trouble with your page, I can not really tell what you have done and what the other person has done though. Look forward to seeing it though in the future.--Pabowen1 (talk) 02:24, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review of article

Jamie: I think that the information that you added was relevant to the article and made it better. I know it was a struggle to get everything interwoven into the existing information; I know that you probably had the greatest challenge by doing this. Great job!! Deputygirl (talk) 16:54, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Some of the material was plainly redundant to info already here, and there were some formatting tweaks that needed to be done, but those are great sources to improve the article, which is always a big thing. I did have concerns with the selection bias inherent in only listing a few states (especially when it's more even and comprehensive to just link to the individual articles, which we have), but overall, I'm impressed with the quality of research shown here. Great job indeed! oknazevad (talk) 20:32, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the comments. I was completely OK with the reasoning behind the changes and you are absolutely right. Being that this was my first experience with Wikipedia editing, I was just shocked when some of my work had been taken down. However, you were right to do so. I broke down some of my research into some other articles as well and am happy with that. Thanks again for the comments and your help. WCUTHROWS (talk) 22:03, 3 May 2013 (UTC)WCUTHROWS[reply]

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