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Panel worrying about S.C. lottery ads. Progress is being made on South Carolina lottery tickets and finding retailers to sell them, but lottery officials are concerned about spreading the word about the games.Popular Triples Drawn in Pennsylvania. The total payout for The Daily Number 0-0-0 drawn Monday, October 22, 2001, of $2,940,800 represents approximately 2.4 times or $1.74 million above the amount players wagered. There were 11,972 players who chose the winning numbers. Triple 0s have hit a total of eight times since The Daily Number drawing began in March 1977. The last time 0-0-0 was drawn was February 25, 2001. The last time any triples hit was September 23, 2001, that number being 2-2-2.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Massachusetts, and 1 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Keith Tacklyn of Bermuda, who won $100.00 in the Tuesday Big Game drawing! The lucky winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and selected his own numbers to match 3 of the first 5 numbers plus the Big Money Ball.
Tuesday, October 23, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $7 million Big Game drawing results!Michigan Resident Takes Home $150,000 Big Game Prize. Joseph Fountaine of Pontiac, Michigan has a little more money in his pockets after matching the first five numbers in the October 9 Big Game drawing, to win a $150,000 prize.Unclaimed Big Game ticket sold in Virginia set to expire. A Big Game ticket that was purchased for the May 4, 2001 drawing turned out to be a $150,000 winner. It was purchased at Ararat Grocery, 4846 Ararat Highway in Patrick County, just a few miles from the Virginia / North Carolina state line.N.C. General Assembly gives lottery low priority. With a tax increase approved, a budget adopted and state legislators now preoccupied with drawing their own districts, the question of a North Carolina state lottery has moved to the back burner in the General Assembly.
Monday, October 22, 2001
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Falls Church, VA Man win $150,000 Big Game Prize. Melake Alemayehu of Falls Church, Virginia came to the Lottery's northern Virginia regional office in Woodbridge to claim his $150,000 prize from the September 25, 2001 drawing of The Big Game.Cochran, GA Woman is First Lotto South Winner. Violet Butler of Cochran, Georgia correctly selected the numbers in the October 13 drawing and won the $11 million jackpot. Ms. Butler chose the cash option and received $5,768,590 before taxes.Judge rejects lawsuit to repeal Oregon state lottery. Judge Paul Lipscomb rejected a lawsuit to throw out the 1984 ballot measure that created the state's lottery, ruling that the challenge was filed too late to be valid.
Saturday, October 20, 2001
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Dog wins lottery three times. A dog has won a pub lottery three times, netting £294.Ex-lender calculates his $14m lottery win. Forgive Paul Ware for struggling with a shot or two during his Thursday morning golf game at Kings River Country Club. He had a lot on his mind as he was shooting his 84. Namely, how to spend the $14 million he won the night before in a California SuperLotto Plus drawing.In Albany, Getting Serious About Casinos. The outlines of a sweeping agreement that would include casinos, New York's participation in the multistate Powerball lottery and the installation of video lottery terminals at horse-racing tracks emerged this week from talks among the Senate, the Assembly and the governor's office.Florida's $7 Million Lotto Ticket Expires. After the Florida Lottery launched its first-ever search for a winner of an unclaimed Florida Lotto ticket for an estimated $7 million, the ticket expired last night at the midnight deadline. By law, the ticket holder had 180 days from the April 21, 2001 drawing to claim the jackpot, however no one came forward.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 2 in Georgia and 1 in Illinois. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Victor Hugo Can Echeverria of Mexico, who won $150.00 in the Friday Big Game drawing! The lucky winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and used a Quick Pick to match 4 of the first 5 numbers.
Friday, October 19, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $5 million Big Game drawing results!New York man wins $150,000 in Big Game Lottery. A man from Orangeburg, NY won the second prize of $150,000 in the Big Game lottery drawing held on Tuesday, October 2, 2001. For of our readers, this should answer one of the most often-asked questions, "Can a resident of a non-Big Game state win a top Big Game prize?"Lottery Brings Back Michigan Rolldown 'Bonus Play' Promotion. Beginning October 22, Lottery players all across Michigan will again be telling their local Lottery retailers to "gimme five" when purchasing Michigan Rolldown tickets. That's because the Lottery -- for the third time -- is bringing back its very popular Michigan Rolldown special promotion: "Bonus Play."Andrew N.S. Glazer: The best bad advice with a grain of salt. Some of the best pieces of bad advice about gambling.
Thursday, October 18, 2001
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Terrorist Legislation Passes, Spares Net Gambling. The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed HR 3004, more commonly known as The Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, but removed all references to Internet gambling from the final bill. While net gambling was (quite logically) removed from the anti-terrorist bill, those who value their freedoms on the Internet need to be prepared to help in the fight against similar measures that will come before congress in the future. The anti-Internet gambling forces have proven that they will employ every possible underhanded tactic they can to push through their personal agenda. It really makes you wonder why those anti-Internet forces aren't spending their time in congress finding more important things to legislate.Two firms make bids to run S.C. lotto. Two companies have bid to run the S.C. lottery's most high-profile games, but a third firm bowed out over fears that the Jan. 7 deadline to launch the lottery is unrealistic.
Wednesday, October 17, 2001
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Jackpot Winner! There was one $53 million jackpot winner from New Jersey in the Tuesday drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey and 1 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $53 million Big Game drawing results!Georgia Lottery Transfers Record First Quarter Amount to Education. The Georgia Lottery Corporation transferred its fiscal year 2002 first quarter profits to the State Treasury's Lottery for Education Account in the amount of $167,915,000, the largest first quarter transfer in the history of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.
Monday, October 15, 2001
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$26 million NJ Pick 6 winner claims prize. The New Jersey State Lottery announced that Eleanor Alston from Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey, has won the $26 million jackpot for the Pick 6 Lotto drawing held on September 24, 2001.First-ever Lotto South winning ticket sold in Georgia. A Lotto South ticket worth $11 million was sold in Georgia, lottery officials said Sunday.Copperfield Says German Lottery Forecast No Trick. American illusionist David Copperfield said Sunday he was bombarded by requests for tips on the winning numbers in Germany's national lottery Saturday night -- numbers he said he had predicted seven months ago.Delaware Lottery Revenue on Upswing. The Delaware Lottery added $204.6 million to the state's general fund last year, pushing lottery contributions to more than $1 billion over its 26-year history.Con artists run scam as lottery winners. A pair of con artists used a lottery scam to swindle a 67-year-old Modesto, CA woman out of $9,000, police reported.Andrew N.S. Glazer: Double-up betting will cost you plenty. Any system that is based on any pattern of increased bets, no matter how bizarre or impressively intricate it might seem, eventually runs into the same problem -- to wit, the long losing streak.
Sunday, October 14, 2001
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BigGameLottery.com increases capacity. This morning we have completed a move of our web site to a new, more powerful web server. The move has been in the works for several weeks, and represents a big step for us. With the increased power and capacity, we are able to handle many more site visitors than before, as our site's volume increases daily. Also, we have simultaneously made improvements to our database which powers the web site. Together, the improved web server and database will give BigGameLottery.com 99.99% uptime, which means we'll be here when you need us. If you experience any problems (or just want to send us a congratulations!) you can e-mail us at [email protected]. Good luck!
