FILE – A customer purchases Powerball tickets in Haverhill, Mass., last October. With an online lottery coming next year, some retailers worry that their in-person sales will take a hit — which ...

GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY SIGNED IT INTO LAW TODAY. FROM POWERBALL TO MEGA MILLIONS. SOON, PEOPLE IN MASS WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THE LOTTERY ONLINE. WE’RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS HERE AT THE MASS LOTTERY.

Lottery couriers, which are licensed to sell lottery tickets to New Yorkers online and through a phone application, join increasingly mobile-based gaming like sports betting and fantasy sports. A ...