Michigan to launch “iLottery” next year

Star-Telegram – Michigan will sell lottery tickets and offer games online in a year’s time after two companies were chosen Monday to run an “iLottery” billed as a way to help fund public schools and keep the lottery relevant. The decision came five months after lottery officials indefinitely halted their plans because lawmakers rejected Gov. Rick Snyder’s funding request to launch the online lottery. Legislators, however, did not prohibit the Lottery Bureau from spending existing money in its budget to offer Internet tickets and games on computers and mobile devices. Michigan will become the third state with an iLottery since…