Push to sell lottery tickets online

BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - There is s a push on Beacon Hill to sell Lottery tickets online.

Proponents of the plan – including U.S. Rep. Barney Frank – say it could eventually spike sales by 10 percent to 25 percent, boosting state coffers by as much as $1 billion a year.

Lawmakers will mull a bill Tuesday requiring the state Lottery to launch a pilot program letting players use their credit cards to buy tickets on the Internet.

But the proposal faces some opposition.

"I don’t think we should start it as a pilot program and risk hurting the Lottery itself that has been such an important source of income," State Treasurer Steve Grossman said during an interview with the FOX 25 Morning News.

New York, Minnesota, Virginia, Maryland and North Dakota currently sell lottery tickets online.

Read more: Boston Herald