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U.S. Justice Dept. Gives Lukewarm Support to Goodlatte Bill. Justice has "technical and other concerns" about Goodlatte's bill and another Internet gambling bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Leach, Republican-Iowa, and will reveal those "following additional interagency consultations."
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in Illinois and 1 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, December 4, 2001
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Lottery places bets on pricey TV spot. The Colorado Lottery hopes to "hit the jackpot" with a $130,000 animated TV commercial promoting three new Holiday Scratch Games.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $16 million Big Game drawing results!Minnesota man claims Powerball jackpot. A man laid off from his job as a sheet metal worker a month ago claimed a $29.4 million lottery jackpot Monday.Cherie Takes Lottery Ticket Case. Cherie Blair is to take up the case of the couple who missed out on a £3m lottery jackpot because they lost their winning ticket.Kildare couple in court over ticket mix-up. A County Kildare couple have been granted a High Court injunction preventing the National Lottery from paying out half of Saturday night's Lotto jackpot.Lottery ads allowed in North Dakota. Radio and television stations in North Dakota will be allowed to air lottery advertisements, after reaching a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission.Gambling on finding the winning slogan. A humorous look at some alternative South Carolina Lottery slogans.
Monday, December 3, 2001
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Warsaw, VA man wins $150,000 Big Game prize. Michael Chambers of Warsaw, Virginia came to the Lottery's headquarters office in Richmond to claim his $150,000 prize from the November 20, 2001 drawing of The Big Game.Lawmakers Eye Web Gambling Law. Critics of Internet gambling are hoping that a new bill will succeed where past efforts to ban the activity have failed.Lottery Ticket Worth $29M Sold In Minnesota. A Powerball ticket bought in Minnesota was the lone winner in Saturday's national drawing, and the tiny slip of paper is worth $29.4 million.Ohio-Pa. lottery still not sure bet. Though several hurdles still exist, a joint Ohio-Pennsylvania lottery game still may become a reality.State to screen lotto sellers. South Carolina plans to regulate lottery ticket sales better than the flawed video poker system.
Saturday, December 1, 2001
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, November 30, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $13 million Big Game drawing results!Arlington, Virginia man wins $150,000 Big Game prize. Thomas Carter of Arlington, Virginia came to the Lottery's northern Virginia regional office in Woodbridge to claim his $150,000 prize from the November 23, 2001 drawing of The Big Game.Hailed by Dame Fortune. It's been nearly three weeks since Ihsan Khan took the winning Powerball ticket out of his taxicab glove compartment, and he already has acquired the alluring mystery of a multimillionaire, and a way of looking at the award ceremony and press hoorah with an air of amusement.Andrew N.S. Glazer: Odds are worse on sequence bets. Many times when pondering wagers, gamblers make bad bets because they misunderstand how unlikely it is for a long sequence of events to occur. To show you how to make such a calculation, let's suppose a friend from St. Louis was taunting you about the Detroit Lions, and he wanted to bet you that the highly skilled Rams would win their last six games. He wants you to give him some odds, and asks you for 2-1. How do you calculate whether you have been offered a good bet?
Thursday, November 29, 2001
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Spanish Lottery Fans Seek Fortune. The terrorist attacks in the United States have put a morbid twist on one of Spain's merriest events - the $1.2 billion Christmas lottery.Powerball Winner Staying in U.S.. The Pakistani-born taxi driver who won the $55 million multistate Powerball lottery thought about taking his winnings back to Pakistan. Then he thought again.Lottery love lost in seven year itch. Falling ticket sales have led to a dramatic plunge in profits for Camelot, apparently signalling the end of the UK's love affair with the National Lottery.Lottery Refuses to Pay Portland Man. The Oregon State Lottery is refusing to pay an $8 million jackpot to a Portland man who claims he holds the winning ticket.Committee OKs plan to use lottery to pay anti-terrorism costs. All or part of the $17 million that Illinois Gov. George Ryan is seeking for anti-terrorism measures could be raised through a series of special statewide lottery drawings proposed by a Chicago-area lawmaker.
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
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Lottery panel OKs letting pawn shops sell tickets. Pawn shops should not be barred from selling lottery tickets simply because of the nature of their business, the South Carolina Lottery Commission decided Monday.$33 Million Jackpot Winner Going Home. Cabbie Ihsan Khan is using some of his winnings in the multimillion-dollar Powerball lottery jackpot for a trip back to Pakistan.Winner Of State Lottery Ticket Faces Week Deadline To Claim $2.1 Million. There's a winning Washington state lottery ticket out there somewhere and its owner has until 5 p.m. Monday to turn it in for $2.1 million.'Just Plain Fun!'. Every advertisement for the S.C. lottery will feature this tag line: "Just Plain Fun!" The lottery commission adopted the slogan Tuesday, after deciding that "Just Play'n Fun!" sent the wrong message because "Play'n" is not an actual word.
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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 Massachusetts, 1 in Maryland, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $11 million Big Game drawing results!Michigan resident wins $150,000 Big Game Prize. Judy Kortas of LeRoy, Michigan said she could hardly believe her eyes when she looked at her Big Game ticket and saw she had matched the first five numbers in the November 9 drawing to win a $150,000 Big Game prize.$150,000 Big Game winner laughs, screams, and giggles. Annette Bender of Detroit, Michigan recently made the "catch of the day" when she matched the first five numbers in the November 9 Big Game drawing to win a $150,000 prize.$150,000 winning Big Game ticket sold in Michigan set to expire soon. Check your coat pockets, wallet, desk drawers, the glove box of your car, or wherever it is you keep your old Lottery tickets, because you may be sitting on a $150,000 winning Big Game ticket.Lottery Has Some Unusual Applicants. More than 3,000 businesses -- mainly grocery stores, gas stations and convenience stores -- have applied to sell lottery tickets, but there have been a few unusual names.Beware Of Canadian Sweepstakes Scam. Better Business Bureau President Ran Hoth said a sweepstakes scam, run out of Canada, has targeted southeastern Wisconsin -- and it cost one area family nearly $70,000 dollars.Camelot fails to halt slide. Figures out this week from Camelot are expected to show that the UK National Lottery operator has failed to arrest the decline in ticket sales. The news will renew fears about whether the operator will be able to meet its pledge to raise £15 billion for good causes over the course of its new licence.Officials hope 'Fate' ends slump in sales of state lottery tickets. Nebraska state lottery officials are hoping that "Fate," a black-shirted, balding actor named Joe James of Chicago, who touts the benefits of gambling, new games and new interest in scratch games, will help stem the slowdown in state lottery gambling.
Monday, November 26, 2001
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Leslie Nielsen Gets Lottery Gig. Actor Leslie Nielsen has a new shtick - a gig with the Ohio Lottery.Crews Begin Shooting Lottery Commercials. People won't be able to buy a lottery ticket in South Carolina until Jan. 7, but the South Carolina lottery is already paying off for some Upstate residents.Oklahoma voters may see another lottery plan. Supporters of an Oklahoma state lottery to help education believe they can overcome historical voter opposition to gambling if they can get the proposal on a statewide election ballot.Lawsuit Alleges Wheel of Fortune Slot Machines are Rigged. When is a spin on the Wheel of Fortune not really a spin? That's the question at the heart of a recent Michigan lawsuit, pitting a disillusioned slot machine player against the nation's biggest gaming equipment maker and two of the largest casino operators.Measure diverts lottery profits. With the Ohio Lottery riding a losing streak in delivering cash to classrooms, Gov. Bob Taft long has wanted to pump up profits for schools by adding Powerball or the Big Game. However, not a single cent of the $41 million in estimated annual profits from Ohioans' wagers on a multi-state lottery game would find its way to public K-12 schools.
Saturday, November 24, 2001
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in Illinois and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
