| Archived Lottery News for April, 2004Friday, April 30, 2004 Thursday, April 29, 2004 Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:40 pm – UK lottery players soon to buy tickets at the grocery checkout. Shoppers will be able to buy UK National Lottery tickets from supermarket check-outs under plans announced today.
- 10:30 am – $120 Million Powerball Drawing Tonight. Lottery players from around the world are hoping their numbers come up in tonight's $120 million Powerball drawing. If you haven't yet purchased your tickets, now's the time!
- 8:00 am – Mega Millions jackpot increases to $45 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $45 million Wednesday.
- Store clerk accused of stealing lottery winnings. Port Washington, Wisconsin police have cited a convenience store clerk for theft after he allegedly pocketed a customer's $250 in lottery winnings.
- Georgia lottery sales continue setting records. Georgia lottery sales continued to set records during the first quarter of this year, easing worries that the lottery-funded HOPE scholarship may run dry.
- 7:40 am – N.D. Powerball lottery sales reach $2 million. In the first month since North Dakota joined the Powerball lottery, more than $2 million worth of Powerball tickets have been sold at the state's 400-plus participating retailers, the state lottery director says.
- 2:20 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 10 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Maryland, 1 in Michigan, 3 in New York, 2 in Texas, and 3 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Monday, April 26, 2004 Sunday, April 25, 2004 Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 2:05 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Illinois, 1 in Michigan, 2 in New York, 2 in Texas, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, April 23, 2004 Thursday, April 22, 2004 Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 7:00 am – Mega Millions jackpot increases to $28 million. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot grew to $28 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $20 million drawing.
- S.C. Senators welcome lottery windfall. State senators were excited Tuesday to learn the South Carolina lottery is bringing in more money than expected and, therefore, more money for the state to spend.
- 2:05 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, and 1 in Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 Monday, April 19, 2004 Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 2:45 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Michigan, 1 in Texas, and 2 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, April 16, 2004 Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 8:20 am – Powerball Jackpot Soars to $75 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $75 million, with a cash option of $41.7 million.
- 8:00 am – The Two Titans of the Lottery Industry. For investors, the curious thing about the lottery business is that once you peel back the glossy governmental layer, it's virtually a duopoly. Practically all of the games in this country are managed directly or indirectly by just two companies: Rhode Island-based GTech Holdings and New York-based Scientific Games.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:40 am – Super 7 lottery win both heartwarming and amazing. It may be the feel-good lottery win of all time: a single mom who can now help her kids, and a father of three who proved lottery lightning can strike twice.
- Virginia Lottery has largest payout ever in Pick 4. Lady Luck waived her wand just right Tuesday for more than 1,500 Virginia Lottery ticket holders who played 7-7-7-7.
- Wisconsin Lottery sorts mixup on Badger 5 numbers. The Wisconsin Lottery will pay on two sets of winning numbers from Monday's Badger 5 drawing after a mix-up caused confusion over which five numbers were actually drawn, a lottery official said Tuesday.
- 2:00 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Georgia, 1 in Michigan, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 8:20 am – Euro Millions $30.5 million lottery winner 'shocked'. A British woman who scooped the biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot was said Monday to be "pretty shocked".
- Minnesota Senate wants lottery examined. After soundly rejecting a call to abolish the state lottery, Minnesota senators voted unanimously Monday night to study ways to change its management and business practices.
- Lottery is bright spot in S.C. revenue. The South Carolina lottery has funded more than 300,000 college scholarships and sent tens of millions of dollars to aid primary education, buy new school buses and support an endowment fund for the state's three research universities, said Ernie Passailaigue, the lottery's executive director.
- Texas Lottery sales up for the year. Overall lottery ticket sales are up this year even as Lotto Texas, the state-run big jackpot game, is down about 26 percent, Texas Lottery Commission officials said Monday.
Monday, April 12, 2004 - 5:20 am – UK player wins record Euro Millions lottery jackpot. The biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot has been won by a British ticketholder for the first time, Camelot said today.
- 5:00 am – Man bets all on roulette and wins. A British man who sold all his possessions, including his clothes, stood in a rented tuxedo on Sunday surrounded by family and friends and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel — and won.
Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 1:50 am – Make Mega Millions a Better Game. After you check your tickets, be sure to take a minute to sign the Megaplier Petition. Only Texas players currently have the Megaplier, which allows them to multiply their non-jackpot prizes, just like Powerball players can. If you want this feature in your state, we urge you to sign the Megaplier Petition to let your state Lottery Director know!
- Jackpot Winner! There was one $105 million jackpot winner from Maryland in the Friday Mega Millions drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
- Also, 22 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 5 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Maryland, 2 in Michigan, 8 in New York, 3 in Ohio, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, April 9, 2004 - 1:00 pm – Michigan authorities break up private lottery, seize $2.2 million. Authorities have seized $2.2 million and broken up a private lottery that they say mimicked the Michigan State Lottery but paid off significantly more money for matching winning numbers.
- 11:00 am – Elderly Woman Loses $10,000 In Lottery Scam. Tampa, Florida Police are looking for a man and woman involved in scamming an elderly woman out of $10,000 by convincing her they held a winning lottery ticket.
- 10:45 am – $105 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $105 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
- 10:40 am – Winning $4 million Hoosier Lotto ticket sold in South Bend. There is only one winning ticket from Wednesday night's $4 million Hoosier Lotto drawing and it was purchased in South Bend, Indiana.
- 7:40 am – California Lottery CEO Resigns. California Lottery chief executive officer and director Anthony Molica has resigned after only seven months, a lottery representative confirmed.
- Tennessee lottery board member Fair dies. Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation board member Morris Fair has died in Memphis of complications of treatment for esophageal cancer. He was 74.
- North Dakota lottery sales still going strong. The North Dakota Lottery was approaching $1 million in sales through two weeks of play, lottery officials said Thursday.
- Ohio Lottery Seeking Input on New Lottery Game. The Ohio Lottery posted the details of two possible replacements for the Super Lotto Plus game, and is asking readers for their opinion.
- 7:20 am – Man to bet all on Vegas roulette spin. A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel.
Thursday, April 8, 2004 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 - 11:20 pm – Mega Millions Jackpot Soars to $105 Million. What would you do with $105 million? That's what Lottery players everywhere are thinking as they place their order for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing.
- 6:40 am – Tennessee Senator criticizes Lottery vacation, sick leave policy. For employees of the Tennessee Lottery, it could pay not to get sick. Employees can build up sick days and be paid for half of the unused ones when they leave. They earn one day per month, and there's no maximum on how much can be accrued or rolled over from year to year.
- 6:20 am – Tennessee Lottery to launch Powerball on April 19. The eagerly-anticipated Powerball game is rolling into Tennessee in just 12 days, the Tennessee Lottery announced Tuesday.
- 3:10 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Illinois, 4 in New York, 2 in Ohio, and 1 in Texas. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Monday, April 5, 2004 - 2:20 pm – GTech to buy Leeward Islands Lottery. GTech Holdings Corp., the world's largest lottery systems operator, on Monday said it would acquire a lottery operator based in the Caribbean for $40 million in cash.
- 10:00 am – Mega Millions jackpot increases to $90 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $90 million Saturday.
- 9:40 am – Powerball Jackpot Grows to $47 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $47 million, with a cash option of $26.1 million.
- 7:40 am – $19 million winning Lotto South ticket sold in Georgia. Officials said a single ticket sold in Suwanee, Georgia matched all six numbers to win the $19 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto South drawing.
- Texas Lottery 2003 sales rank in top 10 worldwide. The Texas Lottery ranks in the top 10 of worldwide lotteries in terms of total sales for the calendar year 2003, according to La Fleur's Magazine, which annually calculates sales of all lotteries around the world.
- 7:20 am – Port Richey ticket wins $3 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One lucky shopper at Gulf View Square Mall matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a $3 million jackpot, lottery officials said Sunday.
- 7:00 am – Paul, 3 lottery executives paid $300,000 when they quit Georgia jobs. When Rebecca Paul quit her Georgia job last fall as the nation's highest-paid lottery director to become Tennessee's lottery chief, she left with one final perk — a check for $125,139.
Saturday, April 3, 2004 - 2:20 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, 1 in Massachusetts, 2 in Michigan, and 1 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, April 2, 2004 - 11:05 pm – Hundreds Sign Megaplier Petition; Still Seeking More. The grass-roots drive to add the Megaplier to all eleven Mega Millions states is still going strong, as lottery players from all over the nation add their names to the petition. Megaplier.com is operated by Mega Millions players whose sole motivation is to enable all Mega Millions players to have the option to multiply their prizes with the Megaplier. Editor: BigGameLottery.com fully supports and endorses the efforts of Megaplier.com, and we would like to see the Megaplier option available to all Mega Millions players. We encourage all of our visitors to sign the petition.
- 7:20 am – $75 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $75 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
- Lottery winner waited 50 weeks to pick up $30 million. Raymond Sobeski waited almost an entire year before coming forward to claim his prize of $30 million because, he says, he didn't want to "do anything rash."
- Woman's love of lottery pays off big. Marlene Morrisette is a $1 million winner in New Yorks's Win For Life instant lottery game.
Thursday, April 1, 2004 - 4:20 pm – Record Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed by retired truck driver. Retired truck driver J.R. Triplett is on Easy Street: He stepped forward Thursday to claim a $239 million Mega Millions lottery prize, the second-biggest undivided jackpot in U.S. history.
- 7:20 am – Virginia hoping the joke's not on them. Virginia Lottery officials said yesterday that they believe that the winner of last month's $239 million prize has finally, through a lawyer, come forward and is expected to provide the winning Mega Millions ticket for confirmation today. On the other hand, maybe someone is playing the ultimate April Fools' joke.
- 12:20 am – Mega Millions Winners to Claim $239 Million Jackpot Thursday. The winners of a record $239 million Mega Millions jackpot have come forward more than a month after the winning ticket was sold, the Virginia Lottery said Wednesday.
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