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Multi-State Lottery Association

January 15, 2023

"MUSL" redirects here. For the C library software, see musl.

The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is an American non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 34 member lotteries. MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, most notably Powerball.

Map of U.S. states and territories which are part of the Multi-State Lottery Association

MUSL was formed in December 1987, by seven U.S. lotteries. Its first game was launched in February 1988, Lotto America. That game was changed to Powerball; its first drawing was in April 1992. Powerball was a unique game using two drums, suggested to MUSL by Steve Caputo of the Oregon Lottery.

Powerball/Mega Millions cross-selling

On October 13, 2009, MUSL signed an agreement with the consortium of states that operated the similar Mega Millions lottery, which allowed MUSL members to sell Mega Millions tickets and consortium members to sell Powerball tickets. On January 31, 2010, all but 2 of the 12 Mega Millions consortium lotteries began selling Powerball tickets. The consortium members did not join MUSL;[1] they were licensed by MUSL to sell Powerball, and the consortium coordinates their Powerball participation with MUSL.[2] Likewise, MUSL members may offer Mega Millions through a special MUSL product group that coordinates with the Mega Millions consortium.[3]

Before the agreement, the only places that sold both Mega Millions and Powerball tickets were retailers that sat on state lines and offered multiple lotteries; one retailer on U.S. Route 62 straddling Sharon, Pennsylvania and Masury, Ohio sold both Mega Millions (via the Ohio Lottery) and Powerball (via the Pennsylvania Lottery) before the agreement and continues to be the only retailer to sell tickets for both states' lotteries.[4]

As of 2016, Powerball and Mega Millions were both offered in 46 jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball is also offered in Puerto Rico, where Mega Millions is not currently offered.

Other games

Besides Powerball, MUSL has operated the Hot Lotto and 2by2 draw games, and the Monopoly Millionaires' Club scratch-game series, including the MMC television game show; the game show aired its final episode in April 2016. (Wild Card held its final drawing on February 24, 2016).

Since MUSL games are multi-jurisdictional, these games need unanimous approval before one is changed. In other words, game changes for Mega Millions (46 members) or 2by2 (three members) must be approved by all lotteries offering that game before a new format is implemented. Game changes often are made in hopes of increasing a game's membership.

MUSL has retired several games, including 2by2, Ca$hola (video lottery), Daily Millions, Lotto*America, Rolldown, and the Powerball scratchcard game; the latter was tied to a weekly television game show produced for two years in Hollywood, California called Powerball: The Game Show (hosted by Bob Eubanks); then for two years from the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, called Powerball Instant Millionaire (hosted by Todd Newton. 2by2 was played in a similar fashion as Daily Millions was, but with a smaller top prize. The Hot Lotto game was be retired on October 28, 2017, with a new version of Lotto*America replacing it on November 12.

In September 2007, MUSL launched Midwest Millions, a scratch ticket game, in Iowa and Kansas; it was the country's first multi-jurisdictional scratch game since the Powerball television game shows. Midwest Millions returned in 2008 and 2009.

Ca$hola was retired on May 15, 2011, when its 37th jackpot was won. A replacement multi-jurisdictional video lottery game, MegaHits, began on July 15, 2011 in Delaware, Rhode Island, and West Virginia, the three lotteries which offered Ca$hola; MegaHits was then added in Maryland and Ohio. MegaHits ended on July 31, 2018.

Services

MUSL provides a variety of services for lotteries, including game design, management of game finances, production and up-linking of drawings, the development of common minimum information technology and security standards and inspections of lottery vendor sites; the building of a quantum-based Random number generator (RNG), coordination of common promotions and advertisements, coordination of public relations, and emergency back-drawing sites for lottery games. MUSL also hosts the Powerball website and the websites for more than a dozen U.S. lotteries. The Powerball website averages over 350,000 pageviews per day (over 10.5 million monthly.) MUSL provides these services to the lotteries at no cost. MUSL earns its income from non-game sources such as earnings on its accounts, bond swaps, and licensing of its trademarks. MUSL owns the patents and trademarks involved in its operations, holding them for the benefit of its members.

MUSL's former director is Chuck Strutt, who was the association's first employee in 1987. Strutt directly responded to players and writes MUSL's unusual FAQ, which elicits strong responses from readers who may find it humorous or insulting. [5]

MUSL games operate under the same core game rules in each jurisdiction; however, each lottery is free to vary rules pertaining to such things as purchase age, the claim period, and some validation processes.

Hot Lotto fraud scandal

Main article: Hot Lotto fraud scandal

In December 2010, a jackpot-winning ticket for the Hot Lotto jackpot was purchased near MUSL headquarters. However, the ticket was not claimed until just before the Iowa Lottery's one-year deadline. At that time, an attorney from New York state attempted to claim the jackpot on behalf of a Belize trust. The trust later decided not to pursue the claim, to avoid revealing the purchaser's identity.[6]

In January 2015, Edward Tipton, MUSL's Director of Information Security, was arrested. Authorities determined that he was the purchaser by reviewing a convenience store's video footage.[7] In March 2015, a second man, Robert Rhodes, from Texas, was arrested in connection to the fraud.[8]

Tipton was convicted in July 2015 of two counts of fraud and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He posted $10,000 bond and was released pending appeal.[9] Authorities suspected that Tipton rigged drawings in at least four states, and as a result of their investigation he was charged in October 2015 for crimes in 2005 and 2007.[6][10]

Eddie Tipton was sentenced to 25 years in an Iowa court in 2017 for gaming multiple lotteries by installing a rootkit in the computer running the RNG used by MUSL for the drawings. The rootkit changed the behavior of the RNG, allowing Tipton to predict the numbers that would be drawn. The MUSL gaming software had been approved by Gaming Laboratories International.[11]

Members

MUSL's membership consists of 38 lotteries (including those of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands)[1] which offered Powerball prior to the January 31, 2010 beginning of cross-selling with the 12 lotteries operating Mega Millions. Mississippi became the 35th state to join in 2019, with ticket sales planned for 2020.[12]

The 38 MUSL members, alphabetically (and when joined):

References

  1. ^ a b "MUSL - Home". Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. ^ MUSL Powerball Group Rules, January 2010 (per Arkansas Scholarship Lottery)
  3. ^ MUSL Mega Millions Product Group Rules, December 2009 (per Arkansas Scholarship Lottery)
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  5. ^ "Ex-Lottery Official Received Severance Amid Jackpot Scandal". 10 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Jackpot-fixing investigation expands to more state lotteries". Chicago Tribune. December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  7. ^ "Lottery vendor employee charged in Hot Lotto fraud case". Des Moines Register. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  8. ^ Maricle, Kelly (March 21, 2015). "Second Arrest Made in HotLotto Jackpot Mystery". WHOtv.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  9. ^ Rodgers, Grant (September 9, 2015). "Hot Lotto rigger seentenced to 10 years". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  10. ^ Rodgers, Grant (October 9, 2015). "Hot Lotto scammer accused of rigging other lotteries". Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  11. ^ Forgrave, Reid (May 3, 2018). "The man who cracked the lottery". New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  12. ^ Annison, Meg. "Powerball and Mega Millions Coming to Mississippi in 2020!" (PDF). Mississippi Lottery Corporation. Mississippi Lottery Corporation. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  13. ^ Markle, Terri (2019-06-28). "New York Lottery to Join Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL)" (Press release). MUSL. The transition for the New York Lottery to join MUSL is scheduled to begin June 30, 2019.
  14. ^ Northrop, Todd (2014-10-01). "Puerto Rico joins Powerball today". Lottery Post.

External links

  • Official website

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MUSL redirects here For the C library software see musl The Multi State Lottery Association MUSL is an American non profit government benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 34 member lotteries MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi jurisdictional lottery games most notably Powerball Map of U S states and territories which are part of the Multi State Lottery Association MUSL was formed in December 1987 by seven U S lotteries Its first game was launched in February 1988 Lotto America That game was changed to Powerball its first drawing was in April 1992 Powerball was a unique game using two drums suggested to MUSL by Steve Caputo of the Oregon Lottery Contents 1 Powerball Mega Millions cross selling 2 Other games 3 Services 4 Hot Lotto fraud scandal 5 Members 6 References 7 External linksPowerball Mega Millions cross selling EditOn October 13 2009 MUSL signed an agreement with the consortium of states that operated the similar Mega Millions lottery which allowed MUSL members to sell Mega Millions tickets and consortium members to sell Powerball tickets On January 31 2010 all but 2 of the 12 Mega Millions consortium lotteries began selling Powerball tickets The consortium members did not join MUSL 1 they were licensed by MUSL to sell Powerball and the consortium coordinates their Powerball participation with MUSL 2 Likewise MUSL members may offer Mega Millions through a special MUSL product group that coordinates with the Mega Millions consortium 3 Before the agreement the only places that sold both Mega Millions and Powerball tickets were retailers that sat on state lines and offered multiple lotteries one retailer on U S Route 62 straddling Sharon Pennsylvania and Masury Ohio sold both Mega Millions via the Ohio Lottery and Powerball via the Pennsylvania Lottery before the agreement and continues to be the only retailer to sell tickets for both states lotteries 4 As of 2016 Powerball and Mega Millions were both offered in 46 jurisdictions including the District of Columbia and the U S Virgin Islands Powerball is also offered in Puerto Rico where Mega Millions is not currently offered Other games EditBesides Powerball MUSL has operated the Hot Lotto and 2by2 draw games and the Monopoly Millionaires Club scratch game series including the MMC television game show the game show aired its final episode in April 2016 Wild Card held its final drawing on February 24 2016 Since MUSL games are multi jurisdictional these games need unanimous approval before one is changed In other words game changes for Mega Millions 46 members or 2by2 three members must be approved by all lotteries offering that game before a new format is implemented Game changes often are made in hopes of increasing a game s membership MUSL has retired several games including 2by2 Ca hola video lottery Daily Millions Lotto America Rolldown and the Powerball scratchcard game the latter was tied to a weekly television game show produced for two years in Hollywood California called Powerball The Game Show hosted by Bob Eubanks then for two years from the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas called Powerball Instant Millionaire hosted by Todd Newton 2by2 was played in a similar fashion as Daily Millions was but with a smaller top prize The Hot Lotto game was be retired on October 28 2017 with a new version of Lotto America replacing it on November 12 In September 2007 MUSL launched Midwest Millions a scratch ticket game in Iowa and Kansas it was the country s first multi jurisdictional scratch game since the Powerball television game shows Midwest Millions returned in 2008 and 2009 Ca hola was retired on May 15 2011 when its 37th jackpot was won A replacement multi jurisdictional video lottery game MegaHits began on July 15 2011 in Delaware Rhode Island and West Virginia the three lotteries which offered Ca hola MegaHits was then added in Maryland and Ohio MegaHits ended on July 31 2018 Services EditMUSL provides a variety of services for lotteries including game design management of game finances production and up linking of drawings the development of common minimum information technology and security standards and inspections of lottery vendor sites the building of a quantum based Random number generator RNG coordination of common promotions and advertisements coordination of public relations and emergency back drawing sites for lottery games MUSL also hosts the Powerball website and the websites for more than a dozen U S lotteries The Powerball website averages over 350 000 pageviews per day over 10 5 million monthly MUSL provides these services to the lotteries at no cost MUSL earns its income from non game sources such as earnings on its accounts bond swaps and licensing of its trademarks MUSL owns the patents and trademarks involved in its operations holding them for the benefit of its members MUSL s former director is Chuck Strutt who was the association s first employee in 1987 Strutt directly responded to players and writes MUSL s unusual FAQ which elicits strong responses from readers who may find it humorous or insulting 5 MUSL games operate under the same core game rules in each jurisdiction however each lottery is free to vary rules pertaining to such things as purchase age the claim period and some validation processes Hot Lotto fraud scandal EditMain article Hot Lotto fraud scandal In December 2010 a jackpot winning ticket for the Hot Lotto jackpot was purchased near MUSL headquarters However the ticket was not claimed until just before the Iowa Lottery s one year deadline At that time an attorney from New York state attempted to claim the jackpot on behalf of a Belize trust The trust later decided not to pursue the claim to avoid revealing the purchaser s identity 6 In January 2015 Edward Tipton MUSL s Director of Information Security was arrested Authorities determined that he was the purchaser by reviewing a convenience store s video footage 7 In March 2015 a second man Robert Rhodes from Texas was arrested in connection to the fraud 8 Tipton was convicted in July 2015 of two counts of fraud and sentenced to 10 years in prison He posted 10 000 bond and was released pending appeal 9 Authorities suspected that Tipton rigged drawings in at least four states and as a result of their investigation he was charged in October 2015 for crimes in 2005 and 2007 6 10 Eddie Tipton was sentenced to 25 years in an Iowa court in 2017 for gaming multiple lotteries by installing a rootkit in the computer running the RNG used by MUSL for the drawings The rootkit changed the behavior of the RNG allowing Tipton to predict the numbers that would be drawn The MUSL gaming software had been approved by Gaming Laboratories International 11 Members EditMUSL s membership consists of 38 lotteries including those of the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands 1 which offered Powerball prior to the January 31 2010 beginning of cross selling with the 12 lotteries operating Mega Millions Mississippi became the 35th state to join in 2019 with ticket sales planned for 2020 12 The 38 MUSL members alphabetically and when joined Arizona 1994 Arkansas 2009 Colorado 2001 Connecticut 1995 Delaware 1991 District of Columbia 1988 Florida 2009 Idaho 1990 Indiana 1990 Iowa 1988 Kansas 1988 Kentucky 1991 Louisiana 1995 Maine 1990 1992 and 2004 present Minnesota 1990 Mississippi 2019 Missouri 1988 Montana 1989 Nebraska 1994 New Hampshire 1995 New Mexico 1996 New York 2019 13 North Carolina 2006 North Dakota 2004 Ohio 2002 Oklahoma 2006 Oregon 1988 Pennsylvania 2002 Puerto Rico 2014 14 Rhode Island 1988 South Carolina 2002 South Dakota 1990 Tennessee 2004 Texas 1992 US Virgin Islands 2002 Vermont 2003 West Virginia 1988 Wisconsin 1989 References Edit a b MUSL Home Retrieved 2020 10 28 MUSL Powerball Group Rules January 2010 per Arkansas Scholarship Lottery MUSL Mega Millions Product Group Rules December 2009 per Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Penn Ohio Lottery amp Deli in Sharon PA 16146 724 347 5506 Archived from the original on 2013 10 29 Retrieved 2016 01 09 Ex Lottery Official Received Severance Amid Jackpot Scandal 10 January 2017 a b Jackpot fixing investigation expands to more state lotteries Chicago Tribune December 18 2015 Retrieved December 19 2015 Lottery vendor employee charged in Hot Lotto fraud case Des Moines Register Retrieved April 14 2015 Maricle Kelly March 21 2015 Second Arrest Made in HotLotto Jackpot Mystery WHOtv com Retrieved December 19 2015 Rodgers Grant September 9 2015 Hot Lotto rigger seentenced to 10 years The Des Moines Register Retrieved December 19 2015 Rodgers Grant October 9 2015 Hot Lotto scammer accused of rigging other lotteries Des Moines Register Retrieved November 21 2015 Forgrave Reid May 3 2018 The man who cracked the lottery New York Times Retrieved May 5 2018 Annison Meg Powerball and Mega Millions Coming to Mississippi in 2020 PDF Mississippi Lottery Corporation Mississippi Lottery Corporation Retrieved 25 August 2019 Markle Terri 2019 06 28 New York Lottery to Join Multi State Lottery Association MUSL Press release MUSL The transition for the New York Lottery to join MUSL is scheduled to begin June 30 2019 Northrop Todd 2014 10 01 Puerto Rico joins Powerball today Lottery Post External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Multi State Lottery Association amp oldid 1132879078, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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