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lottery website.
• Another new game that took off two months ago in the state will be reviewed by commissioners.
• Play It Again is a second chance game which allows people with losing tickets to retry for success online. After its first week, the number of weekly entries shot up. Entries leveled off to about 700 or 800 weekly in May and June.
• "We're happy with the launch so far, because it's totally new for South Dakota," Thompson said. She added that similar games in the past required payers to mail in their losing tickets. Now people can register in the drawing online.
• The tickets entered so far have come from Wyoming, North Dakota, Arizona, Minnesota and Montana in addition to South Dakota.
• Instant ticket sales and total revenue from video lottery machines are up fractions of a percent compared to this time last year.
• Officials estimate total revenue will still be down $2 million this year compared to 2013. They anticipate $105.5 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30.
• The Lottery Commission is made of up seven members appointed by the governor and approved by the state Senate. They will meet Thursday morning in the Capitol in Pierre.
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Officials deny causing Missouri River floods
JOSH FUNK, Associated Press
• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shouldn't be blamed for causing major flooding along the Missouri River that has affected five states regularly since 2006, the federal government says in its initial response to a lawsuit.
• More than 200 landowners claimed in their March lawsuit that they should be compensated for the extensive damage they experienced -- particularly during the extended 2011 flooding that devastated hundreds of thousands of acres of mostly farmland in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
• When the Corps decides how to manage the Missouri River's reservoirs, officials balance flood control and other potential uses of the river, including barge traffic, hydropower, recreation and providing habitat for fish and wildlife. The landowners say the government is putting less emphasis on flood control because of efforts to restore habitat for endangered species.
• Government lawyers deny that in a 56-page response filed Thursday. They argue that authorities never promised to stop all flooding on the Missouri River, and that providing habitat for endangered species didn't exacerbate flooding.
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