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farmers will have difficulty selling their crops.
• BNSF spokeswoman Amy Casas said Monday the railroad expects to be prepared for this fall's harvest. Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF has reduced its systemwide backlog of grain shipments from 14,618 carloads in mid-April to 9,175 carloads as of last Friday.
• "We have steadily moved increasing volumes of grain and grain products over the last several months, moving more year-to-date in 2014 than the same period in 2013," Casas said in a statement for the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
• Canadian Pacific spokesman Ed Greenberg said Monday that officials at his Calgary, Alberta-based railroad were still reviewing the Surface Transportation Board order, but he said Canadian Pacific is working to address congestion in the Midwest and meet customer requirements.
• The weekly reports to regulators will be required until BNSF and Canadian Pacific have dealt with the backlogs.
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South Dakota lottery to offer Monopoly-type game
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Lottery Commission will consider Thursday the state's participation in a multistate lottery game with ties to the board game Monopoly and a related cable television show.
• The state lottery's oversight board will discuss details of the new Monopoly Millionaires' Club game, lottery sales and the rollout of the recently introduced Play It Again game for losing tickets.
• The Monopoly lottery game will launch nationally this October and state lottery officials hope to establish rules by then, said Kelly Thompson, director of advertising and public relations for the South Dakota Lottery.
• Thompson said most participating states will be ready in October, but some may follow a few months later.
• The Multi-State Lottery Association, of which more than 30 states including South Dakota are members, announced that its members are moving forward with the new game.
• The show will be broadcast on the Game Show Network and include players of the corresponding lottery game from all states that offer it.
• "This is a different type of game," said Norman Lingle, executive director of the South Dakota Lottery. In addition to possibly winning a spot on the show, he said there are digital add-ons that gamers can access through the Players Club on the (Continued on page 29)
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