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Unfortunately, Vuklevic shifted his weight the wrong way, and in an instant it was over...
...Administration's proposal drew instant fire from passengers and Amtrak officials. "It's really ridiculous," said Ross Capon, executive director of the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Amtrak executives argued that shutting down the 23,600-mile system could cost more than running it, at least in the short term. The line has $3.1 billion in assets, including train cars and stations, that Amtrak officials say would be worth almost nothing if passenger service becomes extinct. In addition, more than 25,000 workers would demand some $2.1 billion in severance...
...expanded its product range to include business cards, hotel directories and contest tickets. Says Dittler Chairman Gilbert Bachman: "We had already produced literally billions of promotional game tickets for other companies, so it was just a matter of taking our know-how and applying it to the instant lottery ticket concept...
Until the advent of instant lotteries, state-sponsored games were conducted by drawing. While such contests still have 70% of the market, scratch-ticket lotteries are growing in popularity because of the instant gratification--or dejection. Today, for a bet of $1, a lucky player can collect...
About 80% of all instant-win lottery tickets are sold in five states: Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Dittler and Scientific Games expect their business to grow substantially as more states offer contests. Last week Oregon signed a contract calling for the delivery of at least 100 million instant-win tickets in 1985. California is expected to approve a lottery later this year...