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Ever wonder who won that $73 million Big Game jackpot in July? Susanna D. Correia of East Freetown, Massachusetts won the big prize, and elected to take her winnings in one lump sum. That's a sweet $38,020,809, reduced to $25,473,942.03 after taxes. I could live with that.
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The Big Game is currently the fifth-largest jackpot in the nation. Here's the rundown, starting with the largest: 1. $88 million - California Super Lotto (drawing on Sat., 8/19) 2. $50 million - Florida Lotto (drawing on Sat., 8/19) 3. $30 million - New York Lotto (drawing on Sat., 8/19) 4. $24 million - Ohio Lotto (drawing on Sat., 8/19) 5. $21 million - Big Game Lottery (drawing on Fri., 8/18)
Don't forget to sign up for the Jackpot Alert, which lets you know when the Big Game Lottery jackpot is higher than the amount you specify.
Wednesday, August 16, 2000
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There no was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but there were two $150,000 winners: one in New Jersey and one in Georgia. See the Winning Combinations page for the complete rundown of number of winners by prize category.
Monday, August 14, 2000
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The Michigan Lottery has posted two stories about $150,000 Big Game winners (story 1 and story 2). The stories include the locations where the tickets were purchased.
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If you're able to purchase California lottery tickets, this Wednesday's jackpot is now $82 million. You can purchase tickets up until 7:45 PM Pacific Time Wednesday.
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Sandbox.com just announced the largest free lottery available online. Also unique to the new $100 million daily lottery is that non-internet users can play by phone. Of course, you need to read the fine print to find out that the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 2.4 billion.
Sunday, August 13, 2000
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Here's a small story about a New Jersey couple who won the $150,000 Big Game prize on July 21. The story includes the location where the ticket was purchased.
Saturday, August 12, 2000
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Just a reminder: if you were expecting to receive a Jackpot Alert this morning and did not get it, verify that you entered a valid e-mail address. Our policy on invalid e-mail addresses is to remove the address from our system if the alert e-mail bounces back two drawings in a row. FYI, only those who requested a Jackpot Alert for the $15 million level or less should have received an alert this morning. If you wish to change your alert level, name, or e-mail address, simply go back to the Jackpot Alert page, and reenter your name, e-mail address, and alert level.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but four players won the $150,000 prize: 2 in Georgia, 1 in Massachusetts, and 1 in Michigan. See the Winning Combinations page for the rundown of other prize-winners.
Friday, August 11, 2000
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We'd like to introduce a new section to our site: Feature Articles. This new section is devoted to full-length feature articles that are relevant to lotteries and gaming. Click over to see the first two online articles. In the future we'll present articles that are written by yours truly, in addition to contributed stories by guest authors. If you'd like to contribute an article, please contact us.
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Just a reminder: don't forget to come back tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the LIVE Big Game $13 million drawing. Also, if you haven't already done so, be sure to sign up for our Jackpot Alert by tonight so that you can receive your first alert e-mail early tomorrow morning. (That is, if the jackpot reaches the level you choose.)
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We've got links to four stories featuring $150,000 Big Game winners. Story 1 is from New Jersey, Story 2 and Story 3 are from Michigan, and Story 4 is from Virginia. Click the links to see who won the prizes and where they purchased their tickets.
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The Tuesday drawing was pretty tough: no jackpot winner, and no $150,000 winners. You can see how many players did win a prize by clicking over to the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, August 8, 2000
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Have you seen our improved Statistics page yet? We have added new statistical values, added a flexible sorting capability, and segmented the statistics to account for the change in Big Money Ball pool size on January 15, 1999. We'll continue to add new statistics from time to time, so please tell us what you want to see!
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Don't forget to check back tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the LIVE $10 million Big Game Lottery drawing results.
Saturday, August 5, 2000
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If you were expecting to receive a Jackpot Alert this morning and did not get it, verify that you entered a valid e-mail address. We noticed that a couple folks entered wrong e-mail addresses, so they did not receive an alert for the $10 million jackpot. Our policy on invalid e-mail addresses is to remove the address from our system if the alert e-mail bounces back two weeks in a row. FYI, only those who requested a Jackpot Alert for either all drawings or the $10 million level should have received alerts this morning. If you wish to change your alert level, simply go back to the Jackpot Alert page, reenter your name and e-mail address, and select a new level.
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There was no jackpot winner in Friday's drawing, but one lucky New Jersey player won a $150,000 prize for matching the first 5 numbers. For the number of winners in all the other prize categories, see the Winning Combinations page.
