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Will Mega Millions be the ticket for Texas?. Texas' plunge into the multistate lottery market this week with its promise of mega-jackpots and new revenues for the state is a bit of a gamble, supporters and critics agree.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New York and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, November 28, 2003
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$27 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $27 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!$48 Million Powerball Jackpot up for Grabs. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the Saturday jackpot grew to an estimated $48 million, with a cash option of $25.8 million.McDonald's janitor wins $3 million, but won't quit night shift job. A janitor who won $3 million in the lottery doesn't plan to quit his night shift job at McDonald's.Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $14 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $14 million, lottery officials said Thursday.Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prize. Chicago resident Ezekiel "Zeek" Garnett, 27, and his sister, Karen, 24, bought an Illinois Lotto ticket Oct. 4 in Niles, Illinois but threw it out without checking the numbers. Only the collection delay caused by a local garbage strike kept the ticket from being lost forever.
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Powerball winners have cause for thanks. The 16 lottery-winning Holdingford lunch ladies have lots to be thankful for during their first Thanksgiving since winning half of a $190.9 million Powerball jackpot in October.Millions in lottery winnings unclaimed in Singapore. Millions of dollars in lottery prizes have gone unclaimed in Singapore by people who struck it rich but did not collect the prizes, it was reported on Thursday.Lottery players vent fury. Outraged Canadian lottery players made their voices heard yesterday with complaints about the 6/49 lottery doubling its price to $2 next year.
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $27 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $21 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing, worth $27 million will be Friday.Atlantic Lotto boosts 6/49 ticket prices and jackpots. Atlantic Lottery Corporation's Lotto 6/49 is getting a face lift - its first since the game's inception in 1982.
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$40 Million Powerball Drawing Tonight. Lottery players from around the world are hoping their numbers come up in tonight's $40 million Powerball drawing. If you haven't yet purchased your tickets, now's the time!
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Tenn. Lottery bypasses rules to hire Memphis law firm. A Memphis law firm selected to provide legal counsel for the Tennessee Lottery was actually formed the day the selections were announced, and was chosen despite the fact that it did not meet minimum requirements outlined by the Lottery's board of directors.$10.5 mil. ticket rescued from trash. Illinois lottery officials said they will announce today that the winners of the Oct. 4 Illinois Lotto drawing -- a brother and sister from Chicago -- almost lost their ticket when they accidentally tossed it into the trash.
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$24,000 stolen in lottery scheme. Authorities are looking for a man and woman who duped a Lake Worth-area, Florida businessman into withdrawing $24,000 from his bank in a scheme involving a winning lottery ticket.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 2 in New York, 1 in Ohio, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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$21 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $21 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Some say Michigan gaming could be hitting capacity. The number of casinos, slot machines, and lottery games in Michigan has skyrocketed in recent years, giving gamblers plenty of chances to spend their money and send some of it to state coffers.One Ticket Wins $21.7 Million Oregon Megabucks Jackpot. One person won the $21.7 million jackpot Monday night in the Oregon Lottery's Megabucks lotto game, returning the jackpot to $1 million for Wednesday's drawing.Kentucky Lottery Drops Keno Plan. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. has shelved its plan to start fast-paced keno gambling after the game was criticized by Gov.-elect Ernie Fletcher, lottery President Arch Gleason said yesterday.Workers get 10% bonus if lottery launches on time. Tennessee lottery workers can earn as much as 10% of their salary in incentive bonuses — about $18,000 for the highest-paid executives — if tickets for the scratch-off games and the games played by picking numbers are on sale by their deadlines.
Monday, November 24, 2003
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Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $40 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 375,715 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.3 million in prizes in America's Game.N.D. lottery supplier nearly picked. Organizers of North Dakota's new lottery have interviewed companies that are competing to sell tickets, and a potential supplier -- and a new promotional logo for the game -- may be approved as early as next week.
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Chairman of Oregon Lottery calls it a career at 94. Two decades after voters retired him, and three decades after most people retire themselves, E.D. "Debbs" Potts of Grants Pass said farewell Friday to his last state position as chairman of the Oregon Lottery Commission.Tennessee man lottery scam victim. Not many people would send almost $2,000 to a person who called them on the phone out of the blue one day and said they were a winner in a lottery that they had never even entered, but one Tullahoma man says he did.Lottery applicants diverse. Lottery tickets aren't just for convenience stores anymore. Beauty salons, coin-operated laundries, used-car lots and barbecue joints have put in applications to sell tickets for the Tennessee lottery, set to begin Feb. 10.
Saturday, November 22, 2003
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Board chooses GTECH, Scientific Games to run Tennessee lottery. Tennessee's lottery will have two industry giants -- GTECH Corp. and Scientific Games International -- create and run its games for the first seven years.
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The were no jackpot winners and no $175,000 winners in the Friday Mega Millions drawing. For the complete rundown of winners in each of the other prize categories, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, November 21, 2003
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$16 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $16 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Longtime Florida Lotto Player Finally Hits $6 Million Jackpot. A custodian for the Brevard County School Board, who's been playing Florida Lotto since it started 15 years ago, today claimed the estimated $6 million Lotto jackpot from the Saturday, Nov. 15 drawing.
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Maine legislators back video gambling, Powerball. Efforts to expand gambling in Maine took a step forward Thursday when a legislative committee endorsed both a bill to let nonprofit groups offer video gambling and a proposal for the state to join the Powerball lottery.Lottery ticket thief out of luck. Whoever stole 250 "Weekly Grand" scratch-off lottery tickets from an Orange, Texas Super Food Mart won't have much luck cashing the winners in.Va. Lottery: Gambling or Gold Mine?. Fifteen years after the Virginia Lottery was created in September of 1988, some area residents play every day. But even though revenues go to public education, some still oppose it.
Thursday, November 20, 2003
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Powerball Grows to $33 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $33 million, with a cash option of $17.8 million.
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$3M lottery win is ticket to retirement. Robert and Karen Hanson, Denville, New Jersey residents for more than 30 years, are the latest New Jersey couple to win the Pick 6 Lotto jackpot -- and the second consecutive jackpot winner from Morris County.
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GTECH scrutinized in bid for Tennessee lottery contracts. GTECH Corp., the lottery giant bidding for Tennessee contracts, has been praised for quick startups and leading technology, and criticized for aggressive lobbying and a series of missteps in the 1990s that led to the criminal conviction of one employee and culminated in an overhaul of top managers three years ago.
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Ohio Supreme Court upholds state joining multistate lottery. Ohio can participate legally in a multistate lottery but cant take profits from the lottery away from education, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that largely favored the state.Texas Lottery Closes Five Claim Centers. The Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) has announced the closure of five claim centers to be effective January 30, 2004.
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
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Colorado Lottery Director Takes Early Retirement. The director of the Colorado Lottery has retired, saying he chose to take advantage of a state personnel program, which allows early retirement with reduced benefits.
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $16 million. The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $16 million after no tickets matched all six numbers in the Tuesday drawing.Powerball revenue surges in Indiana. A record number of Indiana jackpots has sent Powerball revenues skyrocketing, with the state selling nearly twice as many tickets in the past four months as it did during the same period a year ago.Passing through, worker hits lottery for $100,000 at mall. man from Hershey, Pennsylvania found some extra holiday cash at a lottery dealer at the Schuylkill Mall on Oct. 3 and collected his winnings Thursday.Lottery fund may face changes. Two powerful Colorado legislators said they will push for changes in the state's management of the Conservation Trust Fund, a $43 million pot of lottery profits that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation.
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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: 2 in Illinois and 1 in Massachusetts. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
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$12 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $12 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Indiana Resident Claims $12 Million Powerball Jackpot. A Muncie, Indiana man got the call of a lifetime recently when a store clerk told him that he won a $12.8 million Powerball jackpot.California Lottery Kicks Off Review. The California Lottery today posted to its Web site a request for proposal for its four-year, $100 million general market advertising account.Lottery may make early contract picks. The Tennessee lottery board is still on track with the Nov. 24 deadline to decide on contracts for gaming vendors.
Monday, November 17, 2003
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Powerball Jackpot Grows to $25 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 303,827 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.1 million in prizes in America's Game.
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One ticket wins $6 million in Florida Lotto. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.Reaction to keno vote is mixed. The Kentucky Lottery Commission authorized the creation of a new keno game Friday to shore up a cash-strapped state scholarship program despite opposition to the move by state political leaders.
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Lottery winnings at heart of lawsuit. Deer hunting, snack food and Powerball have propelled two Laotian immigrants into a Polk County (Iowa) court battle over how they should split the proceeds of a winning lottery ticket.Lottery-ticket company wooing Tennessee. Already the country's leading supplier of instant lottery tickets, Scientific Games International is now moving into online gaming — and hopes to make Tennessee its newest customer.
Saturday, November 15, 2003
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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 Michigan, 1 in New York, and 4 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, November 14, 2003
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Michigan Man Claims Share of $70 Million Mega Millions Jackpot. A Battle Creek, Michigan man has claimed his share of the November 11th $70 million Mega Millions jackpot.
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$10 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $10 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Lottery nixes man's bid to buy 7 million tickets. A deep-pocketed mystery man from Chicago tried to bet an odds-skewing $7 million on the Mass Millions numbers game this week after Lottery officials opened the door by helping him buy 60,000 of the dollar tickets just last week.
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Airman Returned From Iraq Wins Lottery. An airman in the Pennsylvania National Guard, who served in the war in Iraq, is $100,000 richer, and he credits the number 13 for his winnings.
Thursday, November 13, 2003
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Georgia man hits the Mega Millions jackpot twice. A Georgia man held two of three winning tickets for a $70 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, good for a cash option prize of $26.6 million before taxes, lottery officials said.NJ Woman Wins Cash 5 Jackpot. A winning lottery ticket from the One Stop Shoppe on Corkery Lane landed a Monroe Township woman the claims to the Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot.House GOP pushes for gambling. Republican leaders of the Alaska state House are pushing ahead on video poker and a state lottery and are pointing to a new poll as evidence that Alaskans are interested in more gambling.
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California Man Hits Big-Spin Pay-Dirt. Ricky Rehberg, who said he has been playing scratch-off tickets for about 16 years, won $120,000 on the California Lottery's Big Spin television program that aired Saturday.
Alleged Lottery Ticket Thieves Arrested. Two men who allegedly stole several stacks of lottery tickets Oct. 22 from a Virginia donut shop were bonded Tuesday in Winchester General District Court.Patton proposes Keno to raise funds for scholarships. Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton has urged the state lottery to launch a Keno game to raise more money for college scholarships, and lottery officials will discuss the proposal tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
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3 Tickets Split $70 Million Mega Millions Jackpot. Three winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's $70 million Mega Millions drawing.No share and share alike for fugitive lottery winner. A Spanish judge has ordered a six million euro (seven million dollars) lottery win be withheld after the winner disappeared with the winning ticket bought by a syndicate comprising himself and 19 former friends, judicial sources said.
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Former police chief wins millions in lottery. After 20 years of buying lottery tickets with the same pre-selected numbers, Glenn Phenicie's casual decision on Friday to buy a Maryland Lotto ticket with computer-generated random numbers netted him a $3.4 million payoff.
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Jackpot Winner! There were 3 jackpot winners in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing: 2 in Georgia and 1 in Michigan. The winners will equally share the $70 million jackpot prize. More details to follow after the winners come forward to claim their prizes.
Also, 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in Illinois, 1 in Maryland, 2 in Michigan, and 3 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
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$70 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $70 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Special projects shrink lottery proceeds. Almost $1.8 billion worth of Georgia lottery proceeds that could have gone for HOPE scholarships has instead been spent on a long list of other projects, including museums, security fences and metal detectors, and renovations of historic buildings.
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Campaigning for an Oklahoma lottery to begin soon. A referendum on an Oklahoma lottery plan is still a year away, but Governor Henry says he's planning on campaigning for the lottery proposal.
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Legislators mulling changes to lottery law. Plans to amend Tennessee's lottery law are already in the works, less than six months after the Legislature authorized the games.
Monday, November 10, 2003
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Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to Estimated $70 Million. The excitement is growing in the game with the largest jackpot in North America.Delray Beach ticket wins $15 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $15 million, lottery officials said Sunday.Lottery funds misused. A multimillion-dollar Colorado state lottery fund that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation is being used for everything from cellphone bills to air conditioners and Christmas parades.
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Ohio Lottery joins the effort to find missing children. Working with the Northern Ohio Amber Alert, the Ohio Lottery Commission will display the names and descriptions of abducted children in a "crawl" across the screens of its sales terminals.State to display odds of winning. When Tennesseans start playing the lottery next year, they'll know something dreamers in many other states don't: the odds of winning. State law doesn't require the odds to be advertised, but Tennessee lottery chief Rebecca Paul believes it's good business to do so.
Paul's pay checked. With Tennessee's new lottery set to begin in just three months, Rebecca Paul has a lot to do and little time to do it.
Saturday, November 8, 2003
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 2 in Illinois, 1 in Maryland, and 3 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, November 7, 2003
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$60 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $60 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Indiana scores Powerball 3-peat. The announcement of Powerball's third consecutive winning ticket makes Indiana the only state to sell three in a row an unparalleled three times.Missouri Lottery Saves Players Thousands Through Web Site. During the past three years, the Missouri Lottery has been doing more than just saving its players time when entering promotions on-line at its Web site; it has saved players more than $97,000 in postage.Elderly man loses $8,000 to con men. San Jose police Thursday released composite sketches of two men sought in a recent lottery scam in which an elderly man lost $8,000 cash while trying to help a man he believed held a winning ticket.
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Cohen says Tenn. lottery tickets will be on sale by Jan. 27. The Tennessee Legislature's leading lottery advocate predicted Thursday that Tennessee will be selling lottery tickets by Jan. 27 and said the startup date could have been Jan. 1.£2.6m Lottery win goes unclaimed. A £2.6 million UK National Lottery jackpot has gone unclaimed and is to be handed over to good causes.
Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Indiana Again. People that say lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice haven't spent much time in Indiana. For the third time in the last four drawings, someone from Indiana has won the Powerball jackpot.Savannah Couple Wins $50 Million. Richard and Robin Mika of Savannah, Geogia won a big Mega Millions jackpot this summer: $50 million.
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Michigan woman wins $1 million in lottery. A Willis, Michigan woman recently scratched off a Michigan Lottery "$1,000,000 Player" instant ticket to reveal a $1,000,00 prize.Tenn. lottery chief outlines goals during Pinnacle forum. During a Pinnacle Financial Partners forum Nov. 4, Rebecca Paul, CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., revealed some of the pressure she has been under to get the lottery up and running by February.
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $60 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball, increasing the Friday jackpot to $60 million.Paul says to expect multistate lotto games by summer. Tennesseans hoping to try their luck at big multistate lottery games like Mega Millions or Powerball likely will get their wish by next summer, lottery chief Rebecca Paul said Tuesday.New games are boon for Michigan. Club Keno and Pull Tabs, the Michigan Lottery's latest lottery games, are selling better than expected in their first week.
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State plans to give lottery vendors prizes for ideas to increase sales. Illinois Lottery vendors can win prize money from a pot of $200,000 if they generate ideas on how to entice customers to buy more lottery tickets.Lottery winner imprisoned for buying tickets with drug money. A $12 million Texas lottery winner who bought his lucky ticket with drug proceeds got two strikes today: a 24-year federal prison sentence and an order to return the money.S.C. makes bid to help Tenn. lottery. The South Carolina lottery, much like its neighbor in Georgia, has pitched the idea of helping out with the Tennessee lottery startup.
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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: 1 in Georgia, 2 in New York, and 1 in Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
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Michigan Lottery to End Change Game. According to an exclusive report by Lottery Post, the last drawing of the Change Play game will take place on November 16.
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$50 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $50 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!New Day, New Perspective for Winner of $175,000 Mega Millions Prize. Last Thursday, John Ferguson of Curlew, Washington was concerned about car payments, property taxes, and where he would find his next job. Oh, what a difference a day makes!
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Man gives kids $6M lotto prize. Hector Rivera played the New Jersey Lottery for 20 years, promising any jackpot he won would go to his five children. He stayed true to his word.
Monday, November 3, 2003
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Colorado Lottery Increases the Lotto Cash Value to 50 Percent. Future Colorado Lotto winners will receive an extra 10 percent beginning October 31, 2003 when they choose the Cash Value Option. The Cash Value has been set at 40 percent since it was introduced on July 10th, 1994.
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $50 million. The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $50 million Saturday.Marketing scholarships a challenge for Tennessee Lottery. Even with a new, red-white-and-blue HOPE logo ready to go, Myron Oglesby-Pitts and other Tennessee education officials are realizing the complexities of explaining the scholarship requirements in a way that is concise, catchy, accurate and far-reaching.
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Lottery officials hope pull tabs pull in $20 million a year. Iowa is installing about 4,000 high-tech video pull-tab machines in taverns, restaurants and fraternal clubs in hopes of pulling in $20 million a year in additional revenue.Opinion: Don't be fooled, lottery is not helping education. One drawback to sticking around for a while and paying attention is that you remember old promises made to the public. Topic: Florida Lottery.
Saturday, November 1, 2003
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Bloomington couple claims Powerball jackpot. A Bloomington, Indiana couple on Friday claimed about $5.2 million in cash with the second winning Powerball ticket sold in Indiana in less than a week.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 1 in Illinois, 1 in New York, and 2 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
