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Northstar Lottery Group

Recent News About Northstar Lottery Group

  • Class action: Ex-IL Lottery managers owe jackpot for manipulating games to reduce big prize payouts

    By Jonathan Bilyk |
    Two players of the Illinois Lottery’s scratch-off games have asked a court to award a jackpot from the former operators of the state lottery system, alleging Northstar Lottery Group owes them and others who played the state’s instant games for flooding the market with tickets to greatly reduce the odds players could win grand prizes, contrary to advertised odds, allowing the Lottery to pocket millions of dollars more than it should have.