Scratch-off cards have become a huge money-maker for lotteries. It’s only natural that they will continue to evolve. From KCRG-TV9 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
This fall Iowa will become the first state to test an electronic version of a scratch-off lottery game.
A market trial for “Quarter Play” will start in October.
The game is a battery-powered card costing 20 dollars that will offer 80 plays of instant-type games.
Gambling critics say it’s just another expansion of the state’s one-billion-dollar a year gaming industry.
Electronic Lottery Game Planned for Iowa
Though the article was telegraphically short, I think this is a significant story. Like Cyber Slingo, New Jersey’s try at an “online” lottery that is not online, it pushes the boundaries of lottery-dom.