People could be playing with a new system when they buy their Iowa Lottery tickets next month.
Officials say their new computer system soon will be in play at 2,400 retail sites, offering speedier service and lower chances of cheating by unscrupulous clerks.
Larry Loss is the lottery's vice president of sales. He said that the system will be phased in starting the first week of April, with about 300 sites getting new hardware and software each week until the project is finished.
The software and computers, printers, flat-panel screens and self-serve ticket checking devices are part of a $50.3 million state contract with Scientific Games of Georgia.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Officials say their new computer system soon will be in play at 2,400 retail sites, offering speedier service and lower chances of cheating by unscrupulous clerks.
Larry Loss is the lottery's vice president of sales. He said that the system will be phased in starting the first week of April, with about 300 sites getting new hardware and software each week until the project is finished.
The software and computers, printers, flat-panel screens and self-serve ticket checking devices are part of a $50.3 million state contract with Scientific Games of Georgia.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
