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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $18 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Counties support North Dakota lottery. County officials from north central North Dakota are urging the state legislature adopt a lottery and give counties more of a say in determining property values.Indiana lottery sales jump in last year. Lottery sales were up $78 million to $626 million in the year ending June 30 compared to the previous fiscal year, lottery officials said Wednesday. Profits also were up $14 million from 2001.New lottery game tickets under $1. The Georgia Lottery Corp. announced a new game aimed at players who don't want to spend a buck on the lottery. The Change Game will allow players to buy a chance at a daily drawing for anywhere from 25-cents to 99-cents.New Texas Cash Five Game Starts On Sunday. Sales for the Texas Lottery's newest game - Cash Five - begin on Sunday, July 28. The first drawing for the revamped game will be held on Monday, July 29, at 10:12 p.m., and every night thereafter except Sundays.R.I. Lottery Commission delays vote on expanded slots. The Rhode Island Lottery Commission delayed indefinitely its vote on expanding the number of video slot machines at the state's two gambling facilities until a new legislative panel has time to study the issue.
Thursday, July 25, 2002
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Five Philadelphia Co-Workers Share $175,000 Mega Millions Prize. A group of five co-workers won the second prize of $175,000 in the July 5th Mega Millions drawing worth $96 million. The group correctly matched all the numbers drawn except the Gold Mega Ball to win the second prize of $175,000.Michigan Resident Shocked To Win $175,000 Mega Millions Prize. G.A. Niles of Middleville, Michigan was surprised to learn he had won a $175,000 Mega Millions prize after matching the first five numbers in the July 16 drawing.Lottery operator appeals contract award. Lottery operator GTECH has appealed a state panel's decision to dismiss the company's complaint over how the South Carolina lottery contract was awarded to a competitor.
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
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Massachusetts lottery prize reduction less likely. The Massachusetts House voted overwhelmingly to override acting Gov. Jane Swift's veto of a $1.1 billion tax package and sent the measure to the Senate, which is expected to follow suit. The measure would supercede Swift's alternative plan to siphon more money away from the state lottery by reducing prizes.N.J. Lottery posts highest sales ever. Money from the lottery's ticket sales increased 14.5 percent in fiscal 2002, state officials announced yesterday. The $2.07 billion in revenue is the highest in the state lottery's 32-year history. More: N.J. treasury biggest lottery winner.University employee wins Powerball jackpot. A University of Kentucky employee claimed the winning $41.5 million Powerball jackpot ticket Tuesday at Kentucky Lottery headquarters.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 3 in New York, and 1 in Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $12 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Easley demands quick action on lottery. North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley revived his push for a lottery Monday, this time to finance a state judge's demand for immediate action to better educate North Carolina's neediest students.Lottery wins big in counties with poorer residents. Poor counties in South Carolina sell more lottery tickets per person than other counties in the state, but whether that means more poor people are buying tickets still is up in the air.Canadians gambling more. Canadians are increasingly getting into gambling, with gambling revenues contributing $7 billion ($10.7 billion Canadian) to federal and provincial coffers in 2001, almost four times the level of net revenue in 1992, Statistics Canada reports.Michigan Resident Claims $175,000 Mega Millions Prize. Luck was with L. Morris of Detroit when she matched the first five numbers drawn in the July 16 Mega Millions drawing to win a $175,000 prize.Virginia man finds old Big Game ticket worth $150,000. Ray Kimbro of Mechanicsville, Virginia had been walking around for more than eleven weeks with a winning $150,000 Big Game ticket in his wallet.Mega Millions winner expected to come forward soon. The holder of a winning $165 million Mega Millions lottery ticket will soon submit it to claim their prize, a lottery official said Monday. "We've made contact with their attorney and they are coming in," said Carole Hedinger, the lottery's acting executive director. The claim could be made early this week, she said.
Monday, July 22, 2002
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Easley: Court's censure may revive lottery hope. A court ruling slamming North Carolina leaders for failing to fix the state's public schools -- and giving them 10 days to do better -- should give new life to the lottery, Gov. Mike Easley said Saturday. More:
Governor Using Court Ruling To Bolster Support For Lottery
Vote on lottery is stuck on hold
Governor makes pitch for lottery. Alabama Governor Don Siegelman says Alabamians will approve the lottery if given another chance.Luck that won lottery left years ago. A Pennsylvania man won $1.87 million in 1987 and then began losing. The spiral involves casinos, a foreclosure, and an arson case.Ohio woman wins millions with the "wrong" lottery ticket. Karen White bought the wrong lottery ticket, and now she's $3 million richer.Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Kentucky. One winning ticket was sold in Kentucky for Saturday night's Powerball drawing. The winner of the $41.5 million Powerball jackpot now has to decide if they want the 25-year annuity or the $23.4 million cash option.Maryland Man Claims $175,000 Mega Millions Prize. A white stretch Lincoln Navigator limousine pulled up to the Maryland Lottery Headquarters. Ronnie P. Ehrlich, his wife Sandra is at his side, emerged from the car and was greeted by Maryland State Lottery Director Buddy Roogow and staff.Rendell suggests adding Keno to Pa. lottery menu. Ed Rendell, the Democratic nominee for governor, said that Pennsylvania should consider adding Keno to its menu of lottery games to shore up revenue for programs for the elderly.Lottery Terminals Axed To Up Sales. UK National Lottery operator Camelot is to axe sale terminals from hundreds of outlets in a bid to stem falling sales.
Saturday, July 20, 2002
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New York, 1 in Ohio, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, July 19, 2002
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $10 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Illinois lottery increases sales and gives millions more to Common School Fund. Illinois Lottery Director Lori Montana today announced that the Lottery closed Fiscal Year 2002 with $1.59 billion in sales, marking an increase of $140.2 million over those of Fiscal Year 2001. In addition, FY 02 sales mark the highest one-year sales increase since Fiscal Year 1989 and the fifth-highest in Lottery history.Maryland Wins Big with Mega Millions Game. Since May, Maryland winners have been well represented at all levels in the Mega Millions lottery game. On Tuesday's drawing alone, more than 40,000 Maryland winners were announced, including a second-tier $175,000 winner.Popular Triples Drawn in The Daily Number Game. Pennsylvania Lottery players whose favorite Number is 6-6-6 can count on a little extra spending money following Wednesday night's drawing.Queens Man Claims $175,000 Mega Millions 2nd Prize. Francisco Ochoa of East Elmhurst, Queens County was one of four second-prize winners from New York to win $175,000 from the Mega Millions drawing held on Tuesday, July 16, 2002.Hawaii gubernatorial candidate proposes lottery. Money from a state-run lottery would be used to supplement existing public education funding in a plan announced Thursday by gubernatorial candidate D.G. "Andy" Anderson.Andrew N.S. Glazer: 6-5 rule hurts blackjack odds. Casinos across the nation have been experimenting with a new blackjack rule, one that will demolish "semi-counter" players.
Thursday, July 18, 2002
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Jersey 'mega man' set to collect $92 million. A Cliffside Park, New Jersey, man is the holder of the single winning ticket in Tuesday night's $165 million Mega Millions drawing, according to New Jersey Lottery officials and the pharmacy owner who sold the ticket. The ticket-holder chose the lump-sum option, which makes his winning ticket worth $92 million before a 27 percent federal withholding tax, lottery officials said. [Editor: NJ has no state tax on lottery prizes.] The unidentified man validated his ticket and picked up a claim form yesterday, but hasn't presented it to lottery officials. The man didn't know he was a winner when he visited the Evergreen Pharmacy in Cliffside Park. "He was speechless," said Clara Yang, the pharmacy owner. "He said he was going home and tell his wife."Pennsylvania Lottery Sets $1.9 Billion Sales Record. The Pennsylvania Lottery ended its 2001-2002 fiscal year approximately $154 million ahead of last year's record-breaking year, with sales of $1.934 billion. Click the linked article for a breakdown of sales by game.Lottery operator loses domain challenge. UK-based lottery provider Camelot Group has lost a challenge under UK-naming authority Nominet's Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) for the domain name camelotto.co.uk. The name is a combination of Camelot's name and the new brand name for the UK's national lottery - Lotto.
Recent $175,000 Big Game Mega Millions winners:
Anonymous Maryland horseman and farmer
Magna Perez of Queens County, New York
Richard Capria and Francis O'Rourke Yorktown Heights, New York
John and Kathleen Costello of Brooklyn, New York
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
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Updates on the Ohio multi-state lottery ruling:
Lottery ruled constitutional
Judge: Multistate lottery does not violate Ohio Constitution
Hand profits of Mega lotto to education, judge orders
Updates on the proposed North Carolina lottery:
N.C. lottery could 'put a dent' in S.C. sales
State lottery faces Carolina competition
Lottery: Big business in Ridgeway
Legislators Against Proposed Lottery Say Delay Has A Purpose
Lawyer's guiding hand to Lottery winners. Mike Quinn, a partner at Manchester firm Hill Dickinson, advises UK National Lottery millionaires on how to handle their newly-acquired fortunes.Virginia lottery sends a record $367.7 million to Virginia's public schools. Without a doubt, the Virginia Lottery experienced its best year ever in fiscal year 2002.Lottery sales hit record numbers. The buzz created by the $165 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing Tuesday night made lottery players line up at convenience stores. But it's the rank-and-file games, scratch-off games like Kudzu Cash or Big Bucks, that made the Georgia Lottery Corp. finish the 2002 fiscal year with record proceeds.
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Jackpot Winner! There was one $165 million jackpot winner from New Jersey in the Tuesday drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 18 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 3 in Illinois, 2 in Massachusetts, 1 in Maryland, 2 in Michigan, 4 in New York, 3 in Ohio, and 2 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $165 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results! We are the only web site that displays the results live as the numbers are drawn.Sales brisk for Mega Millions. Tickets sales for Tuesday night's $165 million Mega Millions jackpot are well ahead of sales for the last big jackpot, the $331 million Big Game back in April. In the first seven weeks of that game, 18.8 million tickets were sold in Georgia, according to the state Lottery Corporation. In the first seven weeks of this Mega Million jackpot, 23.9 million tickets have been sold in the state.Lottery Plaintiffs Hail First Victory Against Mega Millions. Today Judge Hogan of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court ruled a portion of the funding provisions for the Mega Millions Lottery in direct violation of the Ohio Constitution.Woman Loses Thousands In Lotto Scam. A new twist on an old scam is making the rounds, and it cost a Houston-area woman thousands of dollars, according to Texas Lottery Commission officials.Lottery foe now in Easley's camp on referendum. One of North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley's chief lobbyists on a lottery referendum also is featured prominently in the brochures of lottery opponents.Revenge of lottery winner's ex-husband. The estranged husband of Grimsby Lottery winner Jackie King has won his revenge - by buying the mansion she had set her heart on.
