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1 February 2015 Volume 28 Number 2 Presidents Message Editors Desk Lotovention 2015 Information Ticket Update Instant Ticket Collectors Article Birthday Club Collectible CATEGORIES Classified Ads

com 2921 Avenida Nevada NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 Secretary / Treasurer - Walter Johnston #8 781-925-1318 Walter.johnston@comcast.

- Art Chamberlin #869 941-379-9449 Acham941@aol.com 4326 Meadowland Circle Sarasota, FL 34233 GLCS - Dedicated to the collecting, recording, and promotion of Lotology. In this issue.

2 Lotologist Monthly February 2015 Volume 28 Number 2 Global Lottery Collectors Society GLCS Officers and Staff President / Newsletter Mailing Steve Gilbert # Stegil919@aol.com 412 Rennard St Philadelphia, PA VP / Newsletter Editor / Webmaster Gil Davis # hotairline@hotmail.com 2921 Avenida Nevada NE Albuquerque, NM Secretary / Treasurer - Walter Johnston # Walter.johnston@comcast.net 68 Mountford Road Hull, MA US Ticket Compiler - Ron Moermond # rmsnake@aol.com 9036 W Asbury Drive Lakewood, CO Classifieds / Data Mgt. - Art Chamberlin # Acham941@aol.com 4326 Meadowland Circle Sarasota, FL GLCS - Dedicated to the collecting, recording, and promotion of Lotology. In this issue. 1 Editor s Desk Gil Davis 2 President s Message Steve Gilbert 3 Lotovention 2015! Steve Gilbert 3 Treasurers Report Walter Johnston 4 Instant Ticket Collectors La Fleurs 5 US Ticket Update Ron Moermond 10 Birthday Club 10 Classified Ads Data Conversion - Mark Chandler # markchandler@gmx.com P. O. Box 795 Grimes, IA Board Member: Arthur Rein # lotteryfan@aol.com 642 Locust St Apt 2J Mt. Vernon, NY On the Cover: Welcome to the new Collectibles! Write to us you can contact the GLCS using the contact form on our website Send a letter to the editor: Gil Davis - hotairline@hotmail.com Postal mail: 2921 Avenida Nevada NE Albuquerque, NM 87110

Editor s Desk When I joined the GLCS a few years back, the bylaws stated that the club was devoted to lotology; the collecting of lottery tickets and lottery memorabilia.

3 Editor s Desk When I joined the GLCS a few years back, the bylaws stated that the club was devoted to lotology; the collecting of lottery tickets and lottery memorabilia. For most of us, that world of memorabilia consisted of scratch-off lottery tickets, as demonstrated by the 50,000+ tickets we have in the scratcher list. For a small group of the other collectors, there were other items that some members also possessed, but weren t specifically identified, track, and published in any club guide. I have a couple of bags of buttons, pins, coins, and other goodies that I received at Lotoventions, with a collection passed on to me, or from a lottery agency. I really didn t pay much attention to these other items except admiring them when I happened to be looking for a particular scratch ticket. Over the past year or so, interest arose in adding the Passive ticket guide to the website lotology.net. This information was based on the Passive ticket guide developed by Walter Johnston and passed on to me by Mary Martin. At first I attempted to simply add a new section of the website. But around the 1 st of January I did some rethinking on that strategy and decided to add all those other collectibles. In essence they are all candidates for a collectible item. We needed to separate them somehow, but make them appear in a format that people were used to. Categories was the answer! So I embarked on a two day re-programming exercise for the website, and added Category as a piece of information we now track for every item (no longer just scratcher) in the database. On the cover of this month s issue you see examples of the five categories we now have in the lotology.net database. They are (drum roll) button, pin, pull-tab, passive and scratcher. We now track these separately in the database, by state. I am in the process of adapting the lists of items on the lotology.net and club websites to this world of collecting. Watch the websites for a new way to select the category of item you wish to see. At the moment, everything defaults to scratchers, but that will soon be changing. I found some tickets! What do I do with them? Occasionally we receive from someone filling out a contact form on the club website. It goes something like this: I was cleaning out a basement and I found a box of lottery tickets worth millions! Do you know someone who would be interested in them?. We would respond with a polite trying to help the person decide what to do with the new find. In some cases we spent time simply trying to find someone to go pick the tickets up before they went in the trash! We have now developed a standard response and will be adding information to the club website about out what to do. Namely, we will accept tickets from anyone who wishes to send them in. We ll take a look and add any that are unknown or needing an image scan to the online guide. The tickets will then be advertised as a lot or perhaps broken up into smaller lots in the club newsletter for all members to see. If they are purchased by a club member, the person donating will receive 50% of the proceeds with the other 50% going to the club treasury. That way, the person can contribute to the club with the possibility of receiving something back if the membership sees value in the items. The submitter s investment is a little time and postage. If they have a large number of tickets and they are destined for recycling, we ll still pursue arranging to have them picked up. Hopefully this standardized response from the club will make it easier for all of us. LOTOVENTION 2015!. Steve Gilbert has secured our space at the Sheraton Four Points for this year s Lotovention. Make your room reservation early and we ll see you there, along with mountains of tickets! Look for information on page 3 in this issue of Lotologist Monthly. Gil Davis #939 GLCS Newsletter Editor and Webmaster VP Lotologist Monthly February

4 President s Message Now that we are in the middle of the winter season, I hope you are getting a chance to work on updating your collections. Also, please continue to collect new tickets to send to Ron this month. I m sure your state lottery has issued some Valentine Day themed ones. Our web master has been designing some additions to our web site. Mary Martin and myself have been busy sending material to Gil for him to add to these additions. When they are ready, look for announcements in Lotologist Monthly. An article written about our hobby for the lottery trade magazine La Fleur was finally published. I was interviewed after meeting the author at the NASPL lottery convention in Atlantic City, NJ last September. Hopefully you will enjoy reading it. I believe the next NASPL convention will be held in Dallas, TX in the fall. If you are interested in attending contact me. Remember our next Lotovention is July 31st to August 2nd, 2015 in Philadelphia. Mark the dates on your calendar and plan on attending. If you have any suggestions on what you would like to do or see at this year s Lotovention please send them to me. I m always looking for new ideas to make the Lotovention bigger and better for you, our membership. Also, it is not too early to think about sending your extra tickets and raffle items to me. I will gladly store them until the Lotovention. Happy collecting! Steven Gilbert Vice - President( ) President ( ) stegil919@aol.com Lotologist Monthly February

27 th Annual Lotovention Reserve the dates: July 31, August 1, 2, 2015 Four Points by Sheration 9461 Roosevelt Boulevard - Philadelphia, PA 19114 Phone # for Reservations: 215-671 -9600 www.

5 27 th Annual Lotovention Reserve the dates: July 31, August 1, 2, 2015 Four Points by Sheration 9461 Roosevelt Boulevard - Philadelphia, PA Phone # for Reservations: Call and make your reservation now to get the special room rate Please tell the hotel you are with the Global Lottery Collector s Society GLCS meeting room rate: $99 (plus tax, of course) Hotel Features Include: Free parking Indoor pool Non Smoking Hotel 32 inch TV Restaurant (great breakfast!) Free WiFi Fitness Center and.a Bar! Treasurer s Report (As of 12/31/ Submitted by Walter Johnston GLCS Secretary/Treasurer) Members who owe dues: (final notice expired 11/2014): 575, 931 First Notice: 376 Expiring January: 4,14,19,20,87,98,102,118,120,145,153,189,283,492,646,958 Expiring February: 804 Reinstated Members: Steven B. Chappell - #810 Lancaster, CA USA Treasury: Previous ending balance $ Credits $ Expenses -$ Ending Balance: $ Lotologist Monthly February

Usually, La Fleur s Magazine focuses on only the new things in this industry the newest games, the newest promotions.

Not the lottery directors, but the consumers who appreciate the hard work lottery officials put into each game. In the summer of 1992, Steve Gilbert was out with his friend Gene in Philadelphia.

Amazed, Gilbert commented that Gene really liked scratch tickets. Stand down public relation lottery officers; his friend did not have a gambling problem.

6 Usually, La Fleur s Magazine focuses on only the new things in this industry the newest games, the newest promotions. But sometimes it is a good thing to take a look back, and that is exactly what this story is on. Not the lottery directors, but the consumers who appreciate the hard work lottery officials put into each game. In the summer of 1992, Steve Gilbert was out with his friend Gene in Philadelphia. The friend asked him where he could find the nearest Pennsylvania Lottery retailer. When they finally found the retailer, Gene bought five of each ticket. Amazed, Gilbert commented that Gene really liked scratch tickets. Stand down public relation lottery officers; his friend did not have a gambling problem. In fact, Gene was collecting instant games for an organization that shares new and used tickets. At first, Gilbert had no intention of become a collector. He simply helped his friend by sending him scratch tickets, and his friend would send him back tickets from other states. But it didn t take long for this non-collector to acquire a large collection of scratch tickets from around the world. Gilbert was hooked, and he quickly joined the organization known as the Global Lottery Collector s Society. Instant Ticket Collectors (reprinted by permission La Fleur s Magazine) The Global Lottery Collector s Society is a group of collectors who prefer collecting instant games over playing them. These collectors go out of their way to find tickets from around the world. The organization held its first meeting in 1989 at the home of its first president and cofounder, Bill Pasquino. The gathering is now an annual event. It has been dubbed Lotovention. Members come and bring thousands of tickets to trade with other members. And the event truly is global. One couple in the club journeys all the way from France. Their collection includes a ticket from Some members collections include tickets that are valuable, and they sell their tickets online through ebay. Gilbert himself has never sold his tickets for his own profit because his goal is to collect. The club has at times auctioned tickets off with part of the profits going to members who needed support to get tickets that they otherwise could not get. Fast forward two decades, you can imagine that Gilbert s collection has grown to quite a large size. His oldest ticket is the first ticket issued in Massachusetts in 1973/1974. The name of game was as simple as it possibly could be The Instant Game. The first tickets that started in my collection were from Pennsylvania. There were three sets for sale in The first was Cook Out Cash. It is a set of six tickets with a food coupon attached. The second was another set of six tickets called Forest Fortune. These six tickets featured an attached design of forest animals that formed a picture when you bought all six and left them attached. The third was called Monster Cash. This is a set of eight tickets featuring a Halloween theme of Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy and Werewolf in two different colors of orange and violet, he explained. Gilbert s favorite tickets though aren t his oldest. He loves any ticket that has to do with sports (hockey, football or baseball) as well as entertainment themed tickets (movies and TV shows). However, one of the tickets that Gilbert used to collect but is not widely available anymore is the state vacation spots. These tickets costs $1 to $2 and depicted photos of destinations within that state. For instance, in Pennsylvania, tickets would include photographs of the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and Bushkill Falls. As a collector, Gilbert believes that scratch tickets games will always be popular, and he isn t worried that lotteries instant games will take away from physical scratch tickets. In fact, he believes going online would be a good thing for the lotteries. Anything new to the lottery, I feel would be welcome as long as the average game is not too complicated to understand and play. Change is always good. It keeps it fresh for the players to try something new, said Gilbert. Lotologist Monthly February

7 US TICKET UPDATE February 2015 Prepared by Ron Moermond #384 CALIFORNIA: / (OVERSIZED) N: /14 LUCKY HORSESHOES (OVERSIZED) N: /14 WILD WEST POKER (OVERSIZED) N: /14 EMERALD 10'S (OVERSIZED) N: S 11/14 HAPPY HOLIDAYS (SET OF 3) N:1145 A POLAR BEAR 1.00 B PENGUIN 1.00 C SNOWMAN /14 SEASON'S GREETINGS (OVERSIZED) N: /14 MONEY BAG MULTIPLIER (OVERSIZED) N: /14 CROSSWORD CASH (OVERSIZED) N: COLORADO: /14 SWIFT 7s (OVERSIZED) /14 SUPER (OVERSIZED) /14 TWISTED (OVERSIZED) /14 VERY BERRY TWIST /14 FRANKLIN'S FORTUNES (OVERSIZED) /14 SUPER SPECIAL BLOCK PARTY BINGO (BLACK) (OVERSIZED) CONNECTICUT: /14 BLACKJACK TRIPLER (OVERSIZED) /14 VIVA LAS VEGAS (OVERSIZED) / S 12/14 10X CASH "10TH EDITION" (SET OF 3) 1273 A BLUE (OVERSIZED) B GREEN (OVERSIZED) C RED (OVERSIZED) DELAWARE: 874 9/14 BINGO (OVERSIZED) N: /14 STRAIGHT UP 7'S (OVERSIZED) N: /14 LUCKY 13 N: A 10/14 FIRE & ICE (RED PLAY AREA) (OVERSIZED) N: B 10/14 FIRE & ICE (BLUE PLAY AREA) (OVERSIZED) N: /14 TWISTER (OVERSIZED) N: /14 SILVER 7 (OVERSIZED) N: /14 CLASSIC CASH (OVERSIZED) N: /14 CASH BLIZZARD N: /14 SNOWBALL BUCKS (OVERSIZED) N: /14 ICE COLD CASH (OVERSIZED) N: FLORIDA: /14 CASH TO GO! N: /14 $25,000 DREAM MAKEOVER (OVERSIZED) N: /14 LOTERIA (OVERSIZED) N: /14 BIG MONEY CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: Lotologist Monthly February

8 INDIANA: / N: /14 MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! (OVERSIZED) N: S 12/14 JEWEL JACKPOT (SET OF 3) N:2081 A DARK RED (OVERSIZED) 5.00 B GREEN (OVERSIZED) 5.00 C BLUE (OVERSIZED) /14 CASH FREZY VALUE BOOK (OVERSIZED, SIX GAMES) N: MAINE: 1085S 10/14 SNOW DAYS (SET OF 3) N:246 A SNOWMAN ON SKIIS (OVERSIZED) 2.00 B SNOWMAN ON A SLED (OVERSIZED) 2.00 C SNOWMAN ON SKATES (OVERSIZED) 2.00 MICHIGAN: 1533??/14 $100,000 BINGO (GREEN) (OVERSIZED) MINNESOTA: /14 SUPER CASH CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: /14 TRIPLING CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: /14 TRIPLE BLACK 777 (OVERSIZED) N: /14 CASH STORM (OVERSIZED) N: /14 $1,000 WILD CHERRIES N: /14 $20,000 WILD CHERRIES (OVERSIZED) N: /14 $100,000 WILD CHERRIES (OVERSIZED) N: /14 $200,000 WILD CHERRIES (OVERSIZED) N: /14 $3,000,000 CASH BLOWOUT LIMITED (OVERSIZED) N: /15 I'M IN THE MONEY (OVERSIZED) N: /15 LUCKY BUCK$ N: /15 SPICY CASH (OVERSIZED) N: /15 10X CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: MISSOURI: /14 $100,000 SAFE CRACKER GM /14 MARDI GRAS GM NEBRASKA: /14 COUCH CUSHION CASH (OVERSIZED) N: /14 MONOPOLY (OVERSIZED) N: /14 GET IN LINE N: /14 BONUS QUICK 7'S (ORANGE) (OVERSIZED) N: /14 QUICK 7s (MAROON WITH YELLOW OUTLINE) N: Lotologist Monthly February

9 NEW HAMPSHIRE: /14 BLACKJACK BONUS /14 MONEY ROLL (OVERSIZED) /14 SUPER JOKER SLINGO (OVERSIZED) /14 NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED (OVERSIZED) NEW JERSEY: /14 SUPER CROSSWORD (GREEN) (OVERSIZED) N: /14 HOLIDAY CASH N: /14 HOLIDAY LUCKY TIMES 10 (OVERSIZED) N: /14 HOLIDAY MAGIC (OVERSIZED) N: /14 HOLIDAY GOLD (OVERSIZED) N: /14 CANDY CANE CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: NEW YORK: /14 WINNER WONDERLAND (OVERSIZED) /14 'TIS THE SEASON (OVERSIZED) A 11/14 NAUGHTY OR NICE (BED) (OVERSIZED) B 11/14 NAUGHTY OR NICE (DARK BLUE) (OVERSIZED) S 11/14 HOLIDAY CHEER (SET OF 4) 1184 A DARK RED 1.00 B PURPLE 1.00 C GREEN 1.00 D BLUE 1.00 OHIO: /14 NEW CA$H EXPLOSION (OVERSIZED) N: OKLAHOMA: 358 1/15 LUCKY 7'S N: /15 MAD MONEY N: A 1/15 MONEY MULTIPLIER (RED TITLE) (OVERSIZED) N: B 1/15 MONEY MULTIPLIER (BLUE TITLE) (OVERSIZED) N: TEXAS: /14 $3.000 SPOT N: /14 HOT 'N SPICY TRIPLER (OVERSIZED) N: S 12/14 CAESARS (SET OF 3) N:1645 A BLACK (OVERSIZED) 5.00 B DARK RED (OVERSIZED) 5.00 C YELLOW (OVERSIZED) /14 BONUS CASHWORD (BLUE) (OVERSIZED) N: /14 10X THE CASH (OVERSIZED) N: /14 20X THE CASH (OVERSIZED) N: /14 50X THE CASH (OVERSIZED) N: Lotologist Monthly February

10 WASHINGTON: /14 CROSSWORD EXPRESS N: /14 TRIPLE TRIPLER N: /14 CAMPING CROSSWORD (GREEN CAMPER) (OVERSIZED) N: /14 CAMPING CROSSWORD (RED CAMPER) (OVERSIZED) N: /14 BLOCKBUSTER CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: /14 LUCKY 13 (OVERSIZED) N: /14 SNOW SUITS (OVERSIZED) N: /14 JACKPOT MANIA (OVERSIZED) N: /14 ALL ABOUT THE BENS (OVERSIZED) N: /14 DID I WIN? N: /14 BLACKJACK N: /14 YEAR OF THE SHEEP (OVERSIZED) N: /14 DID I WIN? (OVERSIZED) N: /14 DID I WIN? (OVERSIZED) N: /14 DID I WIN? (OVERSIZED) N: /15 BINGO (OVERSIZED) N: /15 LUCKY CHARM SLINGO (OVERSIZED) N: /15 BLOCK BUSTER CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: WEST VIRGINIA: 838??/14 SAPPHIRE 7s (YELLOW TITLE, DARK BACKGROUND) (OVERSIZED) 839 9/14 BLIZZARD BINGO (OVERSIZED) /14 THE BIG CHEESE A 9/14 TURKEY PAYOUT (OVERSIZED) B 9/14 COLD TURKEY (OVERSIZED) / GRAND (OVERSIZED) /14 SEASONS GREETINGS /14 HOLIDAY MAGIC (OVERSIZED) WISCONSIN: /14 LADY LUCK N: /14 BINGO TWIST TRIPLER (OVERSIZED) N: /14 PENG WIN (OVERSIZED) N: /14 LUCKY DAY (OVERSIZED) /14 $500 FRENZY (OVERSIZED) N: /14 $200,000 CROSSWORD (OVERSIZED) N: Lotologist Monthly February

11 COMMENTS: 1. Again, a lot of states are missing. CATALOG CORRECTIONS / ADDITIONS: ARIZONA: 949 3/14 CROSSWORD (LIGHT GREEN) (OVERSIZED) CONNECTICUT: 1144S 8/14 THE THREE STOOGES (SET OF 16) /14 BONUS NUMBERS (OVERSIZED) /14 WHITE ICE NEW YORK: /14 LUCKY STREAK (OVERSIZED) PENNSYLVANIA: /14 $1,000,000 PEPPERMINT PAYOUT (OVERSIZED) N: /14 FREEZIN' GREETINGS (OVERSIZED) N: /14 HOLIDAY GIFTS (OVERSIZED) N: /14 MERRY & BRIGHT (OVERSIZED) N: /14 SECRET SAMTA (OVERSIZED) N: /14 COOKIE DOUGH N: OHIO: /14 LOTS OF 50s (RED) N: S 11/14 FROSTY FUN (SET OF 6) N: E AQUA, SNOWMAN WITH BROOM (OVERSIZED) F LIGHT GREEN, SNOWMAN ON A SLED (OVERSIZED) /14 MILLIONAIRE MADNESS (WHITE) (OVERSIZED) N: TENNESSEE: 348X 1/12 LADY JUMBO BUCKS (OVERSIZED) N: Monthly Ticket Update Mailing List The Monthly Ticket Update can be ed to you each month! When the monthly ticket update is released, it is added to the online database at lotology.net. As a service to our members, you can also receive an each month with the updated listing of tickets. The list is available in Excel Spreadsheet and Word Document. To receive this service, send Mark Chandler an at markchandler@gmx.com. Include your name, GLCS# and preference of Excel Spreadsheet, Word Document, or both. Members in good standing will receive the monthly ticket updates via as soon as it is available. Thanks to Mark Chandler for providing this service to our club membership. Lotologist Monthly February

12 GLCS Birthday Club Here are the honorees for February (none for January) with ready-to-print mailing labels: Patrick Morel - #931 7 allee Henri-Matisse LA BUISSE France Curtis E Hoover - # Amazon Ave Jacksonville, FL Charles N Kelsey - # Alba Street Lake Elsinore, CA To join the birthday club, just visit the club website at Select Birthday Club in the MEMBER section and sign-up online! Or - send your name, address, GLCS # and birthdate (month/day) to: Gil Davis 2921 Avenida Nevada NE Albuquerque, NM When your birthday month arrives you should receive tickets from each member of the Birthday Club. Your responsibility is to check this birthday listing each month and mail tickets to the monthly honorees. It s that easy and a great way to increase add to your ticket collection! If you are not a member yet, join up today! California Set of 8 California catalog number 510x set of 8 scratched tickets. Tickets only sold at selected lottery outlets, trade for your.25 cent 90% coin. Other trades available: Dennis J. Klaszewski 960 W. Channel Islands Blvd Oxnard,CA djtrader42@yahoo.com RUN AN AD Small ads are free to GLCS members. Become the GLCS Classified Ads Manager If you are interested please contact Steve Gilbert. Please take a look at my web site at "elumt" where I'm selling Expired Lottery Unscratched Mint Tickets. GLCS Members in good standing will receive a 15% discount from the prices shown, and will not pay the $2.50 shipping and handling charge. Glen R. Faulhaber #102 CLASSIFIED ADS Submissions are due by the 8 th of the month for the next month s issue Small classified ads are free to all current club members. Send your ad to Art by the 8 th of the month for inclusion in the next month s GLCS advertising section. Please state how many times you would like your ad to be published if more than once. To place an ad, contact Art Chamberlin #869 Phone: Acham941@aol.com Address: 4326 Meadowland Circle - Sarasota, FL Lotologist Monthly January

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