Powerball, Mega Millions to drop Illinois due to state's budget crisis
Posted June 15, 2017 1:00 am
The association that runs the popular Powerball lottery and Mega Millions games will drop Illinois at the end of June without a budget agreement, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Concern over the state of Illinois' fiscal condition prompted that decision by the Multi-State Lottery Association, according to internal Illinois Lottery communications.
Illinois Lottery spokesman Jason Schaumburg on Thursday morning confirmed that the games will be dropped without a state budget. He said the association has never threatened to drop the games.
He called it "another example of why the General Assembly needs to deliver a balanced budget to the governor."
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