{"id":131042,"date":"2020-03-24T16:44:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T23:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=131042"},"modified":"2020-03-24T17:02:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T00:02:42","slug":"lotto-quebec-halts-land-based-lottery-sales-amid-pandemic-but-most-us-states-couldnt-follow-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/lotto-quebec-halts-land-based-lottery-sales-amid-pandemic-but-most-us-states-couldnt-follow-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto-Quebec Halts Land-Based Lottery Sales Amid Pandemic, But Most US States Couldn\u2019t Follow Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"
While many US state lotteries are closing their offices to the public, their operations are going on as normal during the coronavirus crisis. The physical sale of tickets and scratch-offs continues as the only form of land-based gambling available, even in hard hit states like New York.<\/p>\n