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Special Saturday news update for BigGameLottery.com readersLottery hopefuls pick their numbers. With the Big Game jackpot continuing to rise, hopeful players have a lot to say about the game.Three suspects sought by police in NJ lottery scam. Three police officers handed out fliers on Speedwell and Sussex avenues Thursday to warn Hispanic residents of an ongoing lottery scam in Morristown, NJ.Texas Lottery official resigns after harassment complaint. An audit manager for the Texas Lottery has filed a criminal complaint against a state lottery commissioner, alleging that he harassed and injured her last month at a Houston restaurant.Move to let S.C. public officials play state lottery fails. Notaries public and other public officials cannot legally play the lottery now, and odds are it will stay that way after the S.C. House defeated a measure Thursday calling for a November referendum to change the state constitution.Inglewood, Calif. store sells winning lottery ticket. One of three winning tickets in Wednesday night's California SuperLotto drawing for $87 million was sold at the Bank of Scotland Liquor store in Inglewood, California.Missouri Lottery to go ahead with keno game, regardless of lawmakers' complaints. The Missouri Lottery says it is going ahead with plans for a keno-style game in restaurants and bars, regardless of opposition from a large number of state lawmakers.Casino industry concerns are latest obstacle for Internet gambling ban. The casino industry is opposing the latest effort to ban gambling on the Internet, adding a new obstacle for lawmakers who have tried for six years to arrest a burgeoning online activity. The American Gaming Association, which represents commercial casinos, says a bill by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., gives special treatment to the horse racing industry while adding unwarranted new restrictions on casinos.Lottery grant funds UK youth Internet access. Young people can now get free Internet access at a youth centre in Oxford, which is part of a regeneration project funded by East Oxford Action from a £200,000 Lottery grant.Lottery payout boost for sports facilities. The New Opportunities Fund is Scotland's largest ever lottery-funded sports programme with the announcement confirming a total of £87 million of funds going to transform sporting opportunities for schools and communities nationwide.Lottery cash to pay for new village hall. Community groups in Hatton are celebrating after being awarded a £250,000 National Lottery grant which will finance the building of a new community hall.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, 1 in Massachusetts, 1 in Michigan, and 3 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, March 22, 2002
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Friends Share Lottery Winnings. The winning California Super Lotto ticket bought in San Francisco, one of three that had all the right numbers for Wednesday night's $87 million jackpot, was purchased by a pair of Bay Area men who have been friends for 20 years, lottery officials say.
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Scientific Games files to sell 12.5 mln shrs. Lottery ticket services provider Scientific Games Corp. filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 12.5 million class A common shares currently worth about $106 million.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $56 million Big Game drawing results!Woman Claims She Tossed Winning Scratch Ticket. A Marlboro, Massachusetts woman is claiming that she threw away a grand prize scratch ticket a year ago, and now she wants it back.Lottery Ticket Scam Used To Rob Woman. Hollywood, Florida police are looking for two suspects who used a lottery scheme to rob a woman of $10,000.S.F. store strikes Lotto gold
Customer buys ticket there, wins $29 million. Two lucky winners who bought a total of $10 in Lotto tickets from the D&T Smoke Shop in downtown San Francisco came forward yesterday and claimed one-third of Wednesday's $87 million jackpot, the first of three winning tickets to be turned in.One of three winning lottery tickets sold at Verdi near Reno. One of three winning tickets in Wednesday night's drawing for the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game was sold at the Gold Ranch store east of Reno.
Thursday, March 21, 2002
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Henry to lead initiative petition drive for Oklahoma lottery. A legislative attempt to create a state lottery was abandoned today by a lawmaker who says he now intends to establish one through an initiative petition drive. State Sen. Brad Henry, D-Shawnee, said that while support for a lottery is lacking in the Oklahoma Legislature, the public is in favor of it.Lottery finds big is better for sales. The California SuperLotto Plus jackpot is mushrooming to dreamy levels – Saturday's drawing is for $87 million – just a month after it reached a record $193 million. The California Lottery's move to tweak the game in the summer of 2000 – making it tougher to win so that jackpots would bulge – is having the desired effect and then some. The linked article also compares the situation to the upcoming Big Game changes.Federal appeals court reverses Idaho tribal lottery case. A federal appeals court in California says the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe is free to sell lottery tickets to buyers off the reservation thorough a toll-free number.Boy claims he lost $3,000 in lottery scam. A 13-year-old boy lost $3,000 in a lottery ticket scam Tuesday, according to a police report.Lottery gambling is kept sacred from British bookmakers. The Government is expected to reject calls from British bookmakers to allow side betting on the National Lottery when new gaming legislation is unveiled next week.
Recent Michigan Big Game $150,000 winners:
H.J. Terrell of Pontiac
Patricia Johnson of Detroit
Rick Sellers of Bridgman
Temperance Lottery Club
Gary Gerrans of Muskegon
Michael Fleury of St. Clair Shores
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
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S.C. Lottery to launch five-number game in June. The S.C. lottery plans to launch a five-number game, tentatively titled Carolina 5, in early June. The game will feature twice-weekly drawings and a top prize of $100,000, after taxes. Also notable is that the S.C. Lottery will be meeting with representatives from The Big Game and Powerball to discuss the pariticpation in a multi-state game.Fortune Teller: Winning Lotto Stolen From Dreams. An Argentine fortune teller who accused a lottery ticket seller of "stealing" winning numbers by entering her dreams may face prosecution for threatening to burn down his house, police said on Monday.Lottery critic appointed to VA lottery board. A vocal critic of the Virginia Lottery has been appointed by Gov. Mark Warner to the State Lottery Board.Reno-based company forms lottery division. Reno-based slot manufacturer International Game Technology announced it has formed a lottery division, which will oversee business lines acquired in IGT's acquisition of Anchor Gaming late last year.
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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, 2 in Michigan, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
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Callahan revises gambling proposal. Regulation of Kentucky slot machine casinos at horse tracks would be put under the auspices of the Kentucky Lottery Corp. in a revised proposal put forth Monday. Rep. Jim Callahan, D-Wilder, said using the lottery and its existing structure adds credibility to the plan and could also mean getting slot machines up and running three to six months faster than if an entirely new regulatory agency had to be created.Lottery introduces new game. The New York Lottery has formed a partnership with Empire State Development to offer a new scratch-off instant game with the "I Love New York" theme.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $48 million Big Game drawing results!New Big Game jackpots could hit $500 million. According to acting Michigan Lottery Director Jim Kipp, the revised Big Game could become real big, possibly reaching jackpots in the $500 million range. Although the linked article indicates that the new game will begin in April, other sources have previously indicated a start date of May 17th.
Monday, March 18, 2002
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Another lottery hot spot: Ga. border. Four stores on the Georgia-South Carolina border were among the Top 25 in first-week sales of the S.C. Lottery's inaugural numbers game. That's a 180 degree turnaround from the previous nine years, during which S.C. residents spent an estimated $110 million annually on Georgia lottery tickets.'Gambling Free Tennessee' Launches Anti-Lottery Campaign. The Gambling Free Tennessee Alliance kicked off a statewide barnstorming tour here Friday morning, promising a major voter education and registration effort between now and November.Minnesota's lottery winnings reach $1 billion. Sales of Minnesota lottery tickets since the lottery's inception nearly 12 years ago passed $1 billion this week.S.C. lawmakers want lottery ruling. Five Upstate Republican lawmakers have asked for an opinion from state Attorney General Charlie Condon on the legality of South Carolina joining a multistate lottery game such as The Big Game.
Saturday, March 16, 2002
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in Georgia, 2 in Illinois, and 3 in Massachusetts. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, March 15, 2002
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $42 million Big Game drawing results!Illinois man wins $150,000 Big Game prize. Warren Cofoid of Oglesby, Illinois was stunned when he watched his first five quick pick numbers flash on the TV screen.California Lottery Goes Back in Review. After naming DDB in Los Angeles the "apparent successful bidder" in January, the California State Lottery is putting its four-year, $100 million creative and media account back in review.S.C. lottery spending in dispute. Despite passing a recent lottery spending bill, many members of the South Carolina House are criticizing how lottery proceeds are spent.Andrew N.S. Glazer: Forget systems; odds always win. One of the most popular approaches scam artists use to sell worthless systems involves money management that they claim can be used as some kind of magic tool to defeat the casino.
Thursday, March 14, 2002
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Man wins record Korean Lottery prize with tickets bought on the Internet. A self-employed man living in Incheon, west of Seoul, hit the jackpot with winning lottery tickets worth 5.5 billion won ($4.17 million), the largest-ever lottery prize in the country, the Korea Local Finance Association (KLFA) said yesterday.Lottery Drawing Is a Cliffhanger After Mishap. For players, it is a nightly moment of truth. But when the New York State Lottery ended its televised numbers drawing last night, it was more like a moment of red-faced confusion. Check out what happened when one of the lottery machines ran out of air at the wrong time. (nytimes.com registration required)S.C. House approves multi-state lottery games. Big, multi-state lottery games such as The Big Game could be operating in South Carolina this summer under a proposal adopted by the S.C. House Wednesday.Andrew N.S. Glazer: Don't look at clock for payout. "Is it a casino practice to set machines to pay off more frequently at certain times of the day? For example, could one have better odds at winning at the same video poker machine at 9 p.m. than at 9 a.m. on the same day?" A key to answering this question is to understand there are some big differences between regular slot machines and video poker machines.
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
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House Subcommittee OKs Internet Gambling Ban. This linked article proves the point that an Internet gaming ban has nothing to do with "protecting" you and I from the "evils" of gaming -- it's all about money. Namely, the money that foreign governments reap from wisely regulating operators of gaming web sites, while permitting their operation. Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte (and friends) feels that banning gaming companies from operating out of the US is the answer, but his one-track thought process misses the obvious revenue potential that regulation would offer.
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New Big Game to debut May 17th. According to a statement released by Buddy Roogow, Director of the Maryland State Lottery, the updated Big Game, which will include the addition of New York, a new prize structure, and a revised number pool, will have its first drawing on Friday, May 17, 2002. In addition, the name of the game will be changed. Although the new name, prize structure, and number pool have not yet been released, we've been informed that each of these things has already been decided. Thanks to Patrick for his work with us on this ongoing story.S.C. eyes multi-state game. South Carolina State law currently does not allow multi-state lottery games, but the House is expected to approve a measure today changing that, said Rep. Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.S.C. finally decides how to spend lottery money. The South Carolina Senate compromised on how to spend lottery money last week, ending a long filibuster.Pa. Lottery Announces a $30M Winner. Someone has stepped forward to claim last Saturday night's Pennsylvania Lottery "Supper Six Lotto" prize of more than $30 million - the largest single-payment payout in the Lottery's 30-year history.Winner of lottery verifies ticket. The person who holds the $20 million winning lottery ticket that was purchased at Martin's IGA Plus in Effingham this past weekend knows he or she is a winner, according to Anne Plohr of the Illinois State Lottery.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, and 1 in Illinois. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
