Idahoans in the state legislature voiced concerns that Australian states participating in Powerball could use their lottery revenue from the game to further advocate anti-gun policies both at home and in foreign relations. 

But with MUSL revealing that Powerball’s expansion to Australia will not happen this year, the Idaho Lottery says it will stay in the association through at least 2021. 

The potential decision to withdrawal from MUSL and Powerball participation certainly would have come with repercussions for some Idahoans. 

Lottery retailers that sell Powerball tickets receive commissions on each ticket sold. Of the $2 Powerball purchase price, the retailer, such as a convenience store owner, pockets a five% commission or 10 cents.

Retailers also receive financial rewards when they sell a winning ticket. For example, the convenience store that sold the January $731.1 million winning jackpot received a $100,000 bonus. 

Large Powerball and Mega Millions of jackpots also push customers into such businesses to buy tickets. Unlike some other states, the Idaho Lottery does not sell tickets online.

Powerball expansion “is just not happening this year”

Powerball is currently played in 45 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. MUSL had planned to take the game to Australia beginning this August.

MUSL now says that its goal is to have Powerball operational in Australia, as well as the UK, at some point in 2022. 

Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson told the House State Affairs Committee “That doesn’t mean that we won’t be back next year to try to address this because it’s my understanding that this is inevitable. It’s just not happening in 2021.”

Editing by Rachel Hu

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Jiang earned around $27,000 a year working for Crown’s China-based VIP marketing team. The department was tasked with recruiting high rollers to gamble millions at the Crown Melbourne’s high stakes baccarat tables.

In June 2017, 16 of her colleagues, including three Australians, were sent to prison by the Baoshan District People’s Court of Shanghai for promoting gambling. Jiang was released earlier than the others because she did not play a direct part in enlisting gamblers.

In July 2019, she turned whistleblower. Jiang became the only detainee to talk to the media about the experience. She described the Shanghai Office as a “Wolf of Wall Street” style operation, with huge bonuses and vacations to Las Vegas on offer for the most successful employees.

Also, she described the time incarcerated among “drug dealers, pickpockets, and prostitutes,” and the overwhelming shame she felt about her criminal record and the stigma it had brought to her family.

She said she received no apology from Crown Resorts. She also refused a $60,000 hush money payment from the gaming giant.

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