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AT&T sued over lottery delay in South Carolina. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Scientific Games sued its partner, AT&T, after the telecommunications giant said it may not meet the deadline to create the lottery network.National Lottery has changed the lives of millions. The UK National Lottery is among the most successful lotteries in the world, and has so far raised more than £12 billion for good causes and made more than 97,000 awards, according to a report publishedby the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.Lottery Express launches six-day promotion tour. For the next six days, a blue and green sport utility vehicle will travel throughout South Carolina to inform residents about the start of the South Carolina Education Lottery.
Wednesday, January 2, 2002
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Lottery official: Store can only sell scratch-off tickets. A small corner-store owner is considering legal action after receiving word that his store will not be permitted to offer all South Carolina lottery games.
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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: 2 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $51 million Big Game drawing results!Hurdle stalls lottery S.C. drawings. Scientific Games Inc. has officially notified the South Carolina lottery that it cannot meet its March deadline for the launch of the lottery's lucrative numbers games.2002: Lucky numbers for lottery players. The winning numbers for the Massachusetts State Lottery's "Daily Numbers" game for Monday, New Year's Eve, were the digits of the new year: 2-0-0-2.Editorial: Lottery officials playing too loose. Shortly after voters approved the California Lottery that gives net profits to the state's public schools, legislators became alarmed because about 16 percent of the Lottery was being spent on administrative expenses. Other large states running lotteries had only a 12 to 14 percent administrative cost.Store clerk lost gamble on lottery. A Kansas store clerk tried to dupe a Topekan into believing he was a $100 winner in the Kansas Cash lottery game when in fact the man had won a quarter of a million dollars.
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Happy New Year 2002 from BigGameLottery.com!
Monday, December 31, 2001
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Lottery winners, soon to be laid off, thankful for timing. For some, hitting the lottery means a new house or a luxury car. For Randy Bretz of Millersburg, Ohio, it means being able to afford health insurance to help pay for his wife's $1,800-a-month medical bills.
Saturday, December 29, 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 Maryland. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, December 28, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $44 million Big Game drawing results!California Seeks Lottery Amends. The state lottery will hold a special $1 million "second-chance" drawing to make up for selling scratch-off tickets for some games years after the big prizes had already been claimed.Mass. Lottery Has Trouble With Scratch Tickets. The Massachusetts lottery said that they are recalling a certain line of popular scratch tickets since some of the tickets do not reveal anything when they are scratched.Lawsuit hovers over start of S.C. lottery. While the first sales of the South Carolina Education Lottery's scratch-off tickets are just days away, the start-up of the game where players pick numbers remains uncertain.Andrew N.S. Glazer: To succeed, pick the right game. In casinos, you'll often find yourself with the option of playing in Game A or Game B. The stakes may be identical, or very nearly; the only significant difference is the collection of players to be found at each table...
Thursday, December 27, 2001
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Lottery jackpot eases fears of 6 facing layoff. Six Ohio metal-factory workers who will be jobless when their Wooster plant closes later this winter have found a new money source: a $7 million Super Lotto jackpot.Student: Games Could Become 'The Littery'. Along with the prizes and education funds that the South Carolina Lottery is expected to bring to the state starting on Jan. 7, there's another by-product – tons of additional trash.
Wednesday, December 26, 2001
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Ohio lottery director puts off choosing multistate game. Ohio is delaying its decision on which multistate lottery to join until early next year, the lottery director said yesterday. The state needs to study the impact of New York and Pennsylvania recently joining lotteries that Ohio had been considering.
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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 Massachusetts and 1 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, December 25, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $40 million Big Game drawing results!
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Merry Christmas from BigGameLottery.com!
Monday, December 24, 2001
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Lottery Club Collects $150,000 Big Game Prize. The members of "Club Lottery For Fun" of Plymouth, Michigan will likely have a little happier holiday season, as they matched the first five numbers in the April 10, 2001 Big Game drawing to win a $150,000 prize.Michigan Resident Collects $150,000 Big Game Prize. Robert Swayne of Metamora, Michigan was smiling from ear to ear upon discovering he had matched the first five numbers in the December 14 Big Game drawing to win a $150,000 prize.Lucky Woman claims $150,000 Big Game Prize. Mary Nagy of Flint, Michigan said she has been playing The Big Game since it started but never thought she would win a big prize.Winning Number in Spain X-Mas Lottery. Schoolchildren chanted the winning number - 18,795 - Saturday for the grandprize in Spain's Christmas lottery, billed as the richest in the world with $1.26 billion in total prize money.Lottery Sales Continued After Top Prizes Gone. The California Lottery allowed the sale of millions of dollars worth of tickets for its most popular lottery games even after all the top prizes had been awarded and purchasers had no chance of winning them, according to court documents.Ohio's secret lottery game. Legislators renounce multistate jackpot while quietly endorsing it: About a third of the members of the Ohio legislature told an Ohio church coalition last year that they would not support expanding the Ohio lottery into a multistate jackpot such as Powerball.The Ohio Lottery and schools. A history of the Ohio Lottery's financial contribution to the state.Deadline Passes For Personally Collecting Lotto Texas Jackpot. A $13 million Texas Lottery jackpot went unclaimed Friday, as no one came forward to personally claim the winnings.S.C. has approved 1,700 lottery licenses. The toughest place to find a lottery ticket in South Carolina next year will be McCormick County, where only two stores are licensed so far to sell tickets when the games start Jan. 7.
