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Lottery winner: I'm going to Disneyland. Isabell Delgado says she loves her job as a clerk-typist at a Las Cruces senior center and she doesn't intend to quit it - even though she bought the winning ticket in Wednesday's $32 million Powerball lottery jackpot.
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Powerball winner, bartenders reach deal. The case of $195 million lottery winner Frank Capaci Sr. vs. the two bartenders who claimed he promised them $1 million apiece for buying the winning Powerball ticket for him was settled for an undisclosed sum this week, ending a case that brought opposing claims of greed and broken promises and dulled the luster of the big victory. More: Bartenders, customer settle lottery suit.Lottery fever creates momentary mob. A convenience store sold 40,000 Super Lotto tickets in two days leading up to drawing for $193 million.
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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: 1 in Massachusetts and 2 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
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ADVISORY/California Couple Wins One-Third of Calif. $193 Million Mega Jackpot. Official announcement will be made at a press conference today at 10:00 AM PST. Click the link for details.
Friday, February 22, 2002
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $14 million Big Game drawing results!8 Year-Old Girl Gives Lottery Win to Needy. After winning $777 from a Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket this month, 8-year-old Kelly Bateman decided she would give it all to Operation Blue Angels, a police-affiliated group that buys toys, dinners and emergency supplies for needy families in Port St. Lucie.Lottery scratch-off payouts would grow under bill. The Florida Lottery's popular scratch-off games could produce bigger winnings if a bill sponsored by Sen. Locke Burt becomes law.Lottery spending plan hits wall in S.C. Senate. The differences of opinion are so sharp that Democrats filibustered for nearly 24 hours Wednesday and Thursday before senators gave up and went home.More hints at a Washington multi-state game. Included in the linked story about the pending Washington state budget crisis is details about Gov. Gary Locke's budget proposal, which relies upon proceeds from a multi-state lottery game.Andrew N.S. Glazer: Luck and other misconceptions. Debunking several of the major misconceptions that haunt gamblers.
Thursday, February 21, 2002
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$64.3 million Lotto winner fires himself. "I fired myself today, and my wife called in rich," California jackpot winner Andy Kampe said, nervously beaming Tuesday as he faced the press and lottery chieftains to officially claim his $64.3 million Lotto prize.Lotteries may hit the jackpot with bonds. An inventor has devised a way for states to issue bonds backed by dollars from lottery gamblers looking to win, and sold to investors hoping they won't.
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
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Check out our latest feature:Jackpot Analysis. Of all the feedback we receive, this feature is requested the most often. Now you can see what you would actually win if you hit the Big Game jackpot for both the Annuity and Cash options, listed by state. Anticipating the addition of New York and Ohio into The Big Game, we've included those states as well. As always, we enjoy your feedback, both privately through e-mail and publicly on Lottery Post!
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Half Moon Bay man claims huge Lotto prize. Wearing a bland gray jacket and appearing shy and nervous, one of California's newest millionaires officially stepped forward this morning to claim a piece of the state's largest Lotto jackpot in history. More: Lottery winner 'walking two feet above the ground'.California Schools Also Hit Lottery Jackpot. The three winning ticket holders in Saturday's record-breaking lotto aren't the only ones to cash-in on the jackpot. California schools will also get a cut, over $100 million.Company Claims Lottery 'Bait And Switch'. A company that lost its bid to run South Carolina's online lottery games said Tuesday that its main rival used "deceptive" tactics to win the contract last fall.Politician Mulls Lottery to Lure People to Polls. Thai voters could make instant financial gains from voting in elections, if a plan to set up an election lottery is implemented, newspapers said Tuesday.Conmen use soap in lottery scam. Five men, facing 11 charges of fraud worth millions of rands, sold soap and petroleum jelly as charms to people hoping to win South Africa's national lottery, the lotto, a court heard Monday.New game worries some legislators. Beginning June 1, some Missouri bars, restaurants and fraternal clubs will offer a quick-draw Lottery game. Some legislators say the Missouri Lottery Commission went too far in approving Quick-Draw Lotto, and that the new game is vastly different from weekly or even daily raffle-type games that voters envisioned when they authorized the Lottery in 1984.
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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 New Jersey and 2 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
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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!EDITORIAL - Would Someone Please Deal with the Real Problem. Several U.S. legislators have made it their mission to protect the world from online gambling, and they aren't going to stop until they get their way. But most of what's coming out of Washington these days is a smoke-and-mirrors show, rather than an effort to deal with the underlying problem. Editor: This is an excellent editorial that perfectly encapsulates the issue.Easley: Lottery Could Help Improve Schools. North Carolina could be one step closer to getting a state lottery.Possible winner comes forward in record lottery. A Half Moon Bay, California retailer said Monday he had helped a man validate one of three winning tickets in the biggest single-state jackpot in history.Retailers lose bid to offer online lottery games. Some South Carolina lottery retailers feel they've been handed a losing ticket because they can't offer the number-pick games that start next month.GTECH to file protest. Scientific Games should not have been selected to create and operate the South Carolina lottery's numbers games, rival company GTECH claims in a protest to be filed today.
Monday, February 18, 2002
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Michigan Resident Surprised to Win $150,000 Big Game Prize. Donald Watkins of Plymouth, Michigan was thrilled to discover he was holding a winning $150,000 Big Game ticket from the February 5 Big Game drawing.Virginia Man Wins $150,000 Playing The Big Game. Melvin Lightfoot of Richmond, Virginia matched the first 5 numbers in the February 12 Big Game drawing for a $150,000 prize.Record California jackpot produced three winners. Stories from before and after the drawing:
Three Tickets Match in Calif. Lottery - AP
Three tickets match winning numbers for $193 million lottery - San Francisco Chronicle
3 winning tickets in $193 million lottery - CNN
State in Throes of Lottery Madness - Los Angeles Times
Patrons, Retailers Dream Big - Los Angeles Times
Workers Unite for a Big Payday - Los Angeles Times
Big lottery winners know a lot about what not to do - San Francisco Chronicle
Nevadans line up for chance to win long-shot jackpot - Las Vegas Sun
A record jackpot -- and wealth of potential pitfalls - Sacramento Bee
Lottery dreams by the millions - Daily Breeze
Five-month-old jackpot lottery ticket found in glovebox. A Canadian couple have found a £2 million winning lottery ticket among a stack dating back five months.Dreaming of Pigs Still Good for Winning Lottery. What does it mean if Koreans see pigs in their dreams? Having dreams of pigs was still found to be effective in predicting a winning lottery ticket.Connecticut lottery celebrates 30 years, $6.8 billion in prizes. "When ticket sales began in 1972, even the lottery's strongest supporters could not have envisioned today's success," said James J. Vance, lottery president and CEO.
Sunday, February 17, 2002
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Record Calif lotto had 3 winning tickets. Three tickets had the winning numbers in California's record $193 million state lottery drawing, officials announced Sunday.
Saturday, February 16, 2002
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 1 lucky player from Illinois matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, February 15, 2002
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Ohio hopes Big Game a winner. New confirmation of upcoming Big Game changes:
The Big Game states have officially voted to include Ohio as a member
Big Game tickets will be sold in Ohio starting late May or early June
The Big Game may surpass Powerball as the game consistently having the largest jackpots
The Big Game will be reconfigured to include a larger pool of numbers to select from
"Astronomical jackpots" to rival or surpass the U.S. record $363 million Big Game jackpot awarded in May 2000 may happen multiple times per year
We can't wait!
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $9 million Big Game drawing results!Is Big Game A Big Mistake?. Millions of dollars are expected to flow into Ohio now that the state has agreed to carry the Big Game lottery, but opinions in Tri-State are mixed about its arrival.Record jackpot has California in a frenzy
Lottery pools spring up for chance at $170 million jackpot - San Diego Union Tribune
No winner in lottery jackpot, next drawing estimated at $170 million - The Mercury-News
Giant jackpot sets hearts to racing - San Francisco Chronicle
Lotto jackpot soars to record $170 million - MSNBC
$171 Million Dollar Lotto Jackpot for Saturday - KPIX
Lottery machine licenses available, but officials satisfied with revenue. West Virginia State lottery officials told the committee that the licensing and installation of the machines in bars, clubs and fraternal organizations is running ahead of projections, even though licenses to operate nearly 3,300 machines remain unclaimed.Instant lottery prize
remains unclaimed. A $100,000 West Virginia Lottery instant ticket prize has yet to be claimed, although only 65,000 game tickets remain for sale, according to a news release.Lottery player hits on dream number. Ming Vo told Virginia Lottery officials the numbers 3-1-0-2 came to him in a dream. So when the Greensboro man woke up Monday, he headed across the state line to Danville, Va., and bought 100 tickets for the Pick 4 daytime drawing. By selecting those four numbers in that exact order, Vo's dream came true. Each $1 ticket was a winner worth $5,000, for a grand total of $500,000.Speaker proposes to extend Colorado Lottery to 2024. The Colorado Lottery would be extended to 2024, allowing 20-year bonding of land-conservation purchases by the state, under a bill advancing in the Legislature.Lottery ticket thief suspect caught when numbers come up. A New Jersey man who allegedly stole dozens of lottery tickets was arrested trying to cash one which won.
Thursday, February 14, 2002
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Saturday's California Lottery Jackpot to Set Record: Estimated at $170 Million. Oops! We were mistaken when we reported earlier today about Saturday's California Lottery jackpot being $135 million -- it is actually $170 million! I guess we jumped the gun this morning with the time difference. (Thanks for the tip, Patrick.)
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California Lottery jackpot reaches $136 million. As it stands now, $136 million is the second-largest jackpot in the 16-year history of the California state lottery. Depending on sales over the next few days, the jackpot could easily eclipse the current record of $141 million.Big lotto jackpot not what it seems. All you lottery dreamers salivating over the California Lottery jackpot, try this: Take the fortune in your bank account. Buy 41,416,353 Super Lotto Plus tickets, one for every possible combination. Then, no matter the winning number, you win. Sound impossible? It's been tried before.Texas Lotto Numbers Are In -- And They're Down. The Texas Lottery Commission says average weekly sales were down 2% in the first six months of the state's fiscal year.Tribe Vows to Reopen Texas Casino. A casino operated by the Tigua Indians has been shut down as required by court order, but the tribe's leader vowed that it would reopen.
