NJ Lottery, QuickChek launch partnership with new online courier
Published: June 3, 2021
Powerball button on the NJ Lottery machine at Quick Chek in Lawrence Township (Dan Alexander, Townsquare Media NJ)
It s not the first digital courier program available in the Garden State, but Thursday s launch of Lotto.com in New Jersey creates a new way for lottery players to press their luck.
The scratch-built platform allows people to take a chance on a drawing simply by going to a website, rather than downloading an app such as Jackpocket.
Lotto.com CEO Thomas Metzger hopes it will enhance the e-commerce experience of playing the lottery by making the process more inclusive for younger, more affluent and more tech-savvy users.
When asked in the fall, close to 50% of New Jersey adults in a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll were not on board with receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Today, just one in six adults remain unwilling, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton findings. And more than half of the parents surveyed say they will definitely or probably get their child vaccinated when one is available for their child s age group.
In the poll results released on Thursday, 73% of New Jerseyans say they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine; another 10% say they re likely to roll up their sleeve for a shot.
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There were a lot of changes in 2020 when it came to the election process and how you cast ballots and where and so forth but with less Covid rules and restrictions in place this year, things are getting back to normal at the polls as well.
Perhaps by the general election in the fall, even more changes could be coming.
For now, there are a few things you need to know which will clear up any confusion about casting a ballot in person or submitting one via the mail or drop box.
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In 2020, it was a primarily mail-in ballot election conducted in July for the primaries, not the case this year, it ll be in-person and in June.
Some towns and beaches have fees to get onto the sand, but a new bill that just received approval in the state senate would allow towns to waive fees for military veterans.