MADISON (AP) &#8212 Illegal pull-tab games are costing the Wisconsin Lottery millions in revenue, but prosecutors rarely go after their operators, according to an audit released Thursday.

The contract extends the 21-year relationship between Pollard Banknote and the Michigan Lottery, which began in 1996 with an instant ticket contract. Since 2003, the company has printed nearly ...

Since 1987, American Games has produced more than one billion pull-tab tickets for the Lottery and, since 1991, has installed more than 4,000 vending machines in Iowa.

The Lottery offers 10 such games ranging in cost from 50 cents to $2 per ticket. Players pull back tabs and win money if their tickets reveal certain symbols, such as three cherries in a row.

Lottery players place their money into the machine, which would dispense a ticket. Symbols would flash on a video screen as the pull-tab ticket passed through a bar code scanner.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The state is turning to a new gambling source in hopes of pulling in $20 million a year in additional revenue. Iowa Lottery officials are installing about 4,000 high-tech ...