Archived Lottery News for November, 2004

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

• 7:40 am – Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $127 Million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $127 million, with a cash option of $69.9 million.
• Syndicate Misses Out on Lottery Fortune.  A school cleaner apologized to other members of his Lottery syndicate Friday after failing to put on a winning line that could have scooped them a share of an £8.5 million (US$16.2 million) jackpot.
• Tennessee grants fewer lottery scholarships than projected.  Tennessee's HOPE scholarship program gave out fewer grants in its first year than state officials had expected.
• Record Oregon lottery jackpot still unclaimed.  Nobody has claimed the record $30 million prize in the two weeks since the six winning numbers turned up on a ticket sold in Milwaukie.
• Satellite failure stops Nebraska lottery ticket sales.  According to Nebraska Lottery, communication between the Nebraska Lottery and retailers was interrupted early Sunday morning after a communications satellite failed.
• 7:20 am – Tenn. Lottery Director Gets Pay Cut.  Tennessee Lottery director Rebecca Paul is getting a pay cut under a new plan adopted by the state’s lottery board Monday.

Sunday, November 28, 2004

• 1:07 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Delaware, 1 from Indiana (1 with Power Play), 2 from Louisiana, 1 from Montana, 1 from New Hampshire and 2 from Tennessee.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, November 27, 2004

• 2:11 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: 2 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Texas and 1 from Washington.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Friday, November 26, 2004

• 12:40 pm – Powerball Jackpot Feast at $110 Million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $110 million, with a cash option of $60.6 million.
• Honest Virginia man rectifies $1.8 million bank error.  Last week, Mike Kainrath opened his mail and found a notice from his bank: "We credit your account $1,789,830.61."
• Minnesota Lottery plans to add new game.  Minnesota's new lottery director said the state will need to introduce a new lottery product if the lottery hopes to meet its revenue goals.
• 12:20 pm – Colorado Lottery trims costs by nearly $1 million.  A year after a state audit criticized spending at the Colorado Lottery, the agency has cut nearly $1 million from its budget by revamping its marketing, eliminating jobs and other measures.
• One Florida Lotto ticket wins $60 million.  One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $60 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
• Nebraska Lottery Issues Scam Warning.  Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning today warned consumers about an e-mail scam that tells recipients they have won a prize from the “Nebraska Lottery/Bill Gate (sic) Foundation” and eventually asks for a processing fee.
• Ad blitz fuels Massachusetts Lottery success.  Massachusetts lottery profits are on a record-setting pace this year, but officials are retooling the sagging Keno operation and launching new games to maintain the growth of state-sanctioned gambling revenues.

Thursday, November 25, 2004

• 8:40 am – Happy Thanksgiving!.  A happy and prosperous Thanksgiving to all!

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

• 11:50 pm – There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Kansas (1 with Power Play), 1 from Missouri, 1 from New Hampshire, 1 from Pennsylvania, 1 from South Carolina and 1 from Tennessee.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
• 1:56 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Illinois and 1 from New York.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

• 8:40 am – Powerball Jackpot Soars to $95 Million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $95 million, with a cash option of $51.9 million.
• Judge Orders $5 M Seized In Lottery Scam Go To Charities.  A Cincinnati judge has ordered that nearly $5 million seized in a statewide gambling scam be sent to the charities it was supposed to reach in the first place.
• 7:40 am – New York man wins $149M Mega Millions jackpot.  Sunday, New York Lottery authorities declared Juan Rodriguez the winner of the largest jackpot ever won in the state, $149 million.

Saturday, November 20, 2004

• 11:55 pm – There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Delaware, 1 from Maine, 1 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play) and 1 from Vermont.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
• 2:54 am – Jackpot Winner!  There was one $149 million jackpot winner from New York in the Friday, November 19, 2004 Mega Millions drawing.  More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
• Also, 13 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from Maryland, 3 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Ohio and 1 from Virginia.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Friday, November 19, 2004

• 12:20 pm – $83 Million Powerball Jackpot Waiting to Be Won.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $83 million, with a cash option of $45.6 million.
• 12:00 pm – Florida Lotto Soars to $50 Million.  No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers drawn Wednesday night, lottery officials said Thursday, pushing the jackpot to $50 million, the largest in more than a year.
• Colorado Lottery cuts $1 million from budget.  The Colorado Lottery cut nearly $1 million from its $22.8 million 2005-06 budget request in an era when many agencies are looking for additional funding from the already tight state budget.
• Texas Lottery cuts 33 jobs.  In a shake-up billed as a reorganization, the Texas Lottery Commission eliminated 33 jobs Thursday, saying it will save $296,000 annually in salaries.
• Officials Say Oklahoma Lottery Could Take Year To Start.  Oklahoma voters earlier this month ended Gov. Brad Henry's yearslong battle to get a statewide lottery, but the task of making the lottery a reality has just begun.
• Canadian and U.S. officials shut down lottery scams.  Canadian and U.S. investigators said Thursday that they had shut down four lottery scams that preyed on elderly consumers.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

• 11:57 pm – There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Nebraska and 1 from Tennessee.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
• 11:00 am – For some lottery winners jackpot is a 'nightmare'.  For a lot of people, winning the lottery is the American dream.  But some say the reality is more like a nightmare.
• 2:01 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 16 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 4 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 3 from New Jersey, 3 from New York, 1 from Ohio and 1 from Washington.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

• 9:00 am – One ticket scoops $30 million Oregon Megabucks.  One lucky person won the $30 million jackpot Monday in the Oregon Lottery's Megabucks game, the largest single Lottery award in state history.
• South Africa has become hotbed of lottery fraud.  South Africa has become a criminal base for 419 international lottery fraudsters attempting to defraud people from around the world by sending unsolicited emails of false winning notices.

Monday, November 15, 2004

• 9:40 am – Mega Millions jackpot raised to $126 million.  The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $126 million Saturday.
• Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $72 Million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $72 million, with a cash option of $39.3 million.
• $40 Million: Florida Lotto Continues to Grow.  Florida Lotto players have another chance to become a mega-millionaire, as no jackpot-winning ticket was sold for Saturday's drawing.
• 9:20 am – Iowa man wins $100,000 lottery for second time.  An eastern Iowa man has beat extraordinary odds by winning $100,000 from the Iowa Lottery's Cash Game a second time.
• BBC to lose exclusive rights to show UK National Lottery draws.  The BBC is to lose exclusive television rights to the UK National Lottery because Camelot believes its games would be better promoted on rivals such as ITV and Channel Five.

Sunday, November 14, 2004

• 12:20 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Washington, D.C., 1 from Missouri, 1 from New Hampshire, 1 from Oregon, 1 from Rhode Island, 1 from Tennessee and 1 from West Virginia.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, November 13, 2004

• 11:00 pm – Hoosier Lottery asks State Police to join scam probe.  Hoosier Lottery officials Friday asked the Indiana State Police to help investigate their agency after a scandal over a rigged $1 million scratch-off game.
• 2:01 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 from Maryland, 2 from New Jersey, 3 from New York and 2 from Virginia.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Thursday, November 11, 2004

• 4:00 pm – Wisconsin Lottery switches to computers to select winning numbers.  The Wisconsin Lottery is now one of more than a dozen U.S. lotteries to use random number generating computers to select the winning numbers for its nightly on-line games, Michael J. Edmonds, Acting Lottery Director said last week.
• 12:40 pm – Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $63 Million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $63 million, with a cash option of $34.3 million.
• 12:00 pm – $32 Million: Florida Lotto Keeps Rolling.  No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, increasing the jackpot for Saturday's drawing to an estimated $32 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
• Idaho gambling sting nets 50 machines.  Idaho State Police investigators said they seized about 50 illegal gambling machines in a raid of 13 bars across the state, most of them in the Boise region.

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

• 11:55 pm – There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Iowa, 1 from Kansas, 1 from Minnesota and 1 from Pennsylvania.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
• 1:40 pm – Mega Millions jackpot increases to $106 million.  The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $106 million Wednesday.
• Informant reported lottery scam.  Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Tuesday that Hoosier Lottery officials knew for months there were potential problems with a scratch-off game, but failed to notify police about their suspicions of a possible scam.
• 1:20 pm – Ex-lottery official charged in $1 million payout scam.  A former security officer for the Hoosier Lottery is accused of conspiring with two other men to rig a $1 million scratch-off game.
• 2:11 am – 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 from Massachusetts, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New York and 1 from Virginia.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Monday, November 8, 2004

• 8:20 am – Mega Millions jackpot increases to $90 million.  The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $90 million Saturday.
• 8:00 am – $52 Million Powerball Jackpot Up for Grabs.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $52 million, with a cash option of $28.6 million.
• Winner of a Lottery Jackpot Is Accused in Check Fraud.  People who win millions of dollars in the lottery often find long-lost friends stopping by, but a Long Island woman who recently hit for $5 million found herself suddenly popular with Nassau County detectives.
• UK National Lottery Celebrates 10 Years.  Celebrations to mark 10 years of the National Lottery have taken place across the UK on Saturday.
• Suit seeks $213M in lottery winnings.  A Mississippi man filed suit last week against the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. saying he lost a Powerball ticket worth $213 million after the lottery's telephone voice recording gave him the wrong winning numbers.

Sunday, November 7, 2004

• 12:12 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Minnesota and 3 from Pennsylvania.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, November 6, 2004

• 11:08 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 11 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 2 from Michigan, 2 from New York, 2 from Ohio, 2 from Texas, 1 from Virginia and 1 from Washington.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Thursday, November 4, 2004

• 1:20 pm – Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $44 Million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $44 million, with a cash option of $24.4 million.
• Florida Lotto Rolls to $20 Million.  No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win the Wednesday jackpot of $15 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
• 1:00 pm – Educators, Lawmakers Pleased With Oklahoma Lottery Vote.  Oklahoma school officials called State Question 705 a victory for the state's education system Wednesday after voters passed the measure overwhelmingly.
• Oklahoma Store Owners, Governor Anxious To Get Lottery Running.  Oklahoma will soon have a state lottery, and some Oklahoma City-area store owners were already wondering Wednesday how soon they could buy a lottery machine.
• New York man claims $3 million lottery prize.  Wouldn't it be great if one day you found out you were a millionaire and you had no clue?  That's what happened to one New York man after he won more than a million bucks.
• Oklahoma voters approve a state lottery.  In Oklahoma, voters approved one measure creating a state lottery for education and another expanding gaming at Indian casinos and racetracks Nov. 2.
• 12:40 pm – Orgeon Megabucks reaches record $25.5 million.  Oregonians are lining up for a chance to win $25.5 million -- the largest Megabucks prize in the 19-year history of the Oregon Lottery.
• 12:18 am – There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Missouri and 1 from West Virginia.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Wednesday, November 3, 2004

• 9:20 am – Mega Millions jackpot increases to $77 million.  The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery has grown to $77 million.
• 2:10 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 from Illinois, 1 from New Jersey and 1 from New York.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Tuesday, November 2, 2004

• 11:00 am – Powerball Jackpot Reaches $35 Million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $35 million, with a cash option of $19.5 million.
• Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $66 Million.  The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $66 million Saturday.
• NJ Lottery adds second Internet game.  New Jersey, the first state to unveil an Internet lottery game earlier this year, is forging ahead with a second online offering in an effort to lure younger players.
• No South Carolina lottery sales today.  There will be no lottery sales today, according to a press release from the South Carolina Lottery.

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