Gambling News by House of Odds

BY BOB STUART Media General News Service The culture of lotteries varies from state to state, according to Ernie Passailaigue, executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery and president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. "A state like New Jersey or Illinois or New York is culturally a lot more aggressive in marketing their lottery," said .

Wyoming was buzzing last week with the presence of Democratic presidential hopefuls. For the first time in nearly 50 years, the state served as a tipping point in the primaries, with just a handful of delegates separating Sen. Barack Obama from Sen. Hillary Clinton in the run-up to Wyoming caucuses.