Legalizing online lottery ticket sales might be one way to prevent the first year-over-year decrease in lottery ticket revenue in 15 years from turning into a trend.

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House and Senate versions of Gov. Martin O'Malley's operating budget proposal attack the future of Internet lottery sales in different ways, potentially setting up a mini-showdown over the fate of iLottery.

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The Senate quietly passed legislation this week that would prevent what some have called an enormous electronic expansion of gambling, but the bill seems unlikely to move much further along the the legislative process.

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The Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency is asking lawmakers to kill legislation that would strip the agency of some regulatory authority.

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In what some experts call a step toward full-fledged online gambling, the Maryland State Lottery Agency appears poised to join a handful of states that run Internet programs through which players can buy — and then play — an Amazon.com-like shopping cart of lottery games.

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