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Lucky lottery store in N.H. does it again. The winning Powerball ticket, worth an estimated $135.6 million, was sold at a convenience store that is building a reputation as the place to buy lottery tickets.Schwarzenegger spars with Davis on gaming. Two days before Labor Day -- the traditional kickoff of campaign season -- the gloves started to come off in California's untraditional recall election as actor Arnold Schwarzenegger accused Gov. Gray Davis of pandering to Indian gaming interests.
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$135.6 Million Powerball Jackpot Won In New Hampshire. One lucky Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire is worth $135.6 million this morning.
Saturday, August 30, 2003
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$140 Million Powerball Drawing Tonight. The jackpot for tonight's Powerball jackpot stands at $140 million, with a cash option of $72.7 million. It is the highest current lottery jackpot in the United States. Players across the globe are hoping their numbers come up when the drawing takes place tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Michigan, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, August 29, 2003
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $33 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Illinois Rep. Boland Wants to Add Keno. Illinois Rep. Mike Boland says Keno would add $130 million of new state revenue and be a boost to small business owners, many of whom already offer lottery games at convenience stores and gas stations.
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Whittaker in news again. Jack Whittaker, the record West Virginia Powerball winner, helped fund a house for the woman who sold him his ticket, but neighbors of the new homeowner are uneasy about a male sex-offender living there.Brock defends lottery opposition. North Carolina State Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie, continues his strong opposition to a statewide lottery while pushing a proposal to move the start of the public school year to after Labor Day.Michigan Lottery Introduces 'Front Pair Payout' Promotion for Daily 4. Michigan Lottery players will soon have yet another way to win cash prizes with the Lottery's Daily 4 game thanks to the Lottery's newest promotion -- "Front Pair Payout."
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No Tolls Tonight at Bay Bridge Tonight, Lottery Office Will Pay Bill. If you put off your trip to the Eastern Shore in Maryland until after 7 p.m. tonight, you can cross the Bay Bridge without paying a toll.Computerized lotto must wait awhile. Tennesseans would be left to play a scratch-off lottery game for months before they get a chance to play computerized games such as lotto, under plans discussed by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board yesterday.
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Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $140 Million. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, driving the jackpot to an estimated $140 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the world and the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.Father's tardiness nets son $20,000 lottery win. While waiting for his dad at the Bandon, Oregon Quick Mart last Friday, Mark Peters bought a newspaper and an Oregon Lottery Scratch-it ticket, something he does a few times a month.Man wins battle with Hoosier lottery. After a six-month battle, the State Lottery Commission of Indiana agreed to release the time a $100,000 winning ticket was purchased at Joe's Junction in Trafalgar.
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Sen. Criticizes Proposed Tenn.-Georgia Partnership. A Tennessee state senator Thursday questioned a lottery alliance proposed between Tennessee and Georgia.
Thursday, August 28, 2003
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Two men face sentencing in "remarkably unsophisticated" lottery plot. Was it a scheme by a mastermind who developed a "remarkably unsophisticated, but almost successful plot" as prosecutors claimed, or was it "more of knuckleheads in the news" when a scheme was attempted to rig a $20,000 raffle drawing, as a defense attorney claimed?Friends in lottery club win $175,000. Ten women who have been pooling their money to buy lottery tickets for about eight years finally have something to show for it -- $175,000.Forum criticized for including Georgia lottery firms. A lottery forum planned for minority businesses in Memphis next week came under fire yesterday, with some vendors saying that inviting two companies that work for the Georgia lottery to participate makes it appear that a Tennessee-Georgia partnership is a done deal.
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $33 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has increased to $33 million following last night's drawing in which there was was no jackpot-winning ticket.
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Lottery syndicate robbed of winnings at celebration party. An Italian Lottery syndicate won and lost a fortune when members were robbed at gunpoint as they divided up their £30,000 (US$47,000) winnings.
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S.C. lotto questions deal with Georgia. Top officials in South Carolina said Tuesday savings projections acquired by Tennessee lottery board members regarding a potential partnership with the successful Georgia lottery are likely inaccurate.
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N.D. LOTTERY: Board supports two extra games. North Dakota gamblers may have their pick of two additional lotteries next year, which offer smaller prizes and less daunting odds than the more widely played Powerball game.Bigger jackpot means higher lottery sales. Many customers of the Blue Flash Food Mart - the location where the last West Virginia Powerball jackpot winner was sold - are hoping that lightning can strike twice.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Illinois, 1 in Maryland, and 1 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
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Kansas Lottery Winner to Stay Anonymous. Kansas Lottery officials have honored the request of the record-setting winner of the Super Kansas Cash drawing Wednesday to stay anonymous.
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USC, MUSC, Clemson awarded $6 million in matching lotto research funds. South Carolina's three research universities will work together on a project to produce human tissue and organs with the help of $6 million in state lottery funds.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $26 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
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Lottery board sets criteria for ticket sellers. Retailers who want to sell tickets for the new Tennessee lottery must abide by a list of criteria set Monday by the lottery corporation board.
Monday, August 25, 2003
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Lottery Vendors Object to Tenn.-Georgia Partnership. Private lottery vendors say a proposed partnership between the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries would be unfair, expensive, and would hurt Tennessee.
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$115 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For Grabs. There were no jackpot winners in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 759,003 Powerball players across the nation won a total of more than $5.2 million in prizes. The jackpot for the Wednesday, August 27 Powerball drawing is $115 million, with a cash option of $59.5 million.Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $26 Million. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated Friday's $21 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $26 million for the Tuesday, August 26, 2003 drawing.Lawmakers approve change to Oregon lottery law. The Oregon State Senate on Saturday voted 18-9 to change the law so bars and taverns can add a sixth video poker terminal - a move that's projected to generate $22 million.
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Pembroke Pines hits Lotto jackpot for a 4th time. Who said lightning can't strike twice? It hit in this city for the fourth time in 11 years on Saturday when a Florida Lotto ticket, a Quick Pick, matched all six numbers in the $27 million drawing.Lottery alliance winning support. For those prone to wager, a lottery partnership between Georgia and Tennessee looks like a pretty good bet these days.
Sunday, August 24, 2003
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A rank amateur takes on the stars in poker's world championship. Chris Moneymaker, a 27-year-old Tennessee accountant from Spring Hill, Tenn., beat some of the best poker players in the world to capture the World Series of Poker's championship.
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Transmission failure shuts down NJ lottery machines. Lottery machines in a number of New Jersey retail stores shut down early Friday afternoon due to problems with faulty data communication lines.
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POWERBALL JACKPOT CLIMBS TO $115 MILLION. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, sending the Wednesday Powerball jackpot to $115 million, with a cash option of $59.5 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 1-39-46-50-51, Powerball 7, Power Play 5.
Saturday, August 23, 2003
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players from New York matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
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Lottery Answers Prayers. Doris Rabik, 74, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, matched five numbers in the Saturday Powerball lottery drawing. She plays the lottery often but says she has no immediate plans on how to spend the money other than to save it in the bank.
Friday, August 22, 2003
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Ga. officials: HOPE funds could run out early as 2007. Organizers of the Georgia Lottery-supported HOPE scholarship program said Thursday that the resources to provide full tuition for eligible students may be depleted as early as 2007.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $21 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Computer problem shut down lottery machines across California. Roughly 19,000 lottery machines shut down across the California Wednesday due to a software glitch, according to the California Lottery.Lottery's promotional firms to be named. The organization that is putting Tennessee's new lottery together expects to hire a public relations and marketing firm on Monday, and several Nashville-area firms are among the finalists.
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Winners in waiting. Teri and Cornell Davis, winners in the lawsuit brought by 20 Englewood Hospital employees, are still waiting for their $25.4 million lump-sum check from the New Jersey Lottery Commission.9/11 widow now officially running Jersey's lottery business. Virginia Bauer, 47, was sworn in yesterday by Gov. James E. McGreevey as the new executive director of the New Jersey Lottery, a position she has held in an acting capacity for four months.Elderly Couple Going to Court Over Million-dollar Lottery Ticket. A Long Island couple married for 16 years recently bought a New York Lottery ticket and won $25 million. Then the divorce papers were filed, and the lottery jackpot is now at the center of a bitter custody battle.
Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Powerball Jackpot Soars to $100 Million. Summer may be winding down but the excitement surrounding America's favorite lottery game is heating up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 488,267 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.9 million in prizes in America's Game. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $100 million, with a cash option of $51 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the world.
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One of these days, someone is going to win Super Six jackpot. The last Super Six jackpot, won on Nov. 8, 2002, has been followed by 81 straight rollovers and now stands at $27.5 million. In the world of lottery jackpots, 20 rollovers is a long run. Eighty-one rollovers is astounding.
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Family double as father scoops lotto windfall. A retired father of three is celebrating an £85,248 Lotto windfall - just two months after his son scooped £179,137.
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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $100 Million. There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, sending the Saturday Powerball jackpot to $100 million, with a cash option of $51 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 8-22-35-46-48, Powerball 15, Power Play 5.
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Hundreds of businesses interested in selling Tenn. lottery tickets. Tennessee lottery officials say more than 500 businesses have contacted them about selling lottery tickets.
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$85 Million Powerball Drawing Tonight. The jackpot for tonight's Powerball jackpot stands at $85 million, with a cash option of $43.5 million. It is the highest current lottery jackpot in the United States. Players across the globe are hoping their numbers come up when the drawing takes place tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time.Surrey man wins Keno Viper live on City TV. Terry Fisher of Surrey, British Columbia won a 2003 Dodge Viper live on City TV’s Breakfast Television Friday morning.Pensioner woozy after near-win lottery saga. An Italian pensioner felt faint and had to be taken to hospital when he realised he had forgotten to hand in a lottery ticket that could have won him €66 million (US$73.4 million).
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Uniondale Woman Hits Jackpot. A 71-year-old single mother of five from Uniondale, New York was handed a $20.6 million check Tuesday morning for holding the winning Mega Millions ticket from the July 11 drawing.Mega Millions jackpot increases to $21 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $21 million Wednesday, with a cash option of $12 million.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 3 in Massachusetts, and 3 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
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Burglar Has Lotto Fever. Columbus, Georgia police are talking about an unusual late-night break-in at a convenience store, where the thief stole a lottery machine and two rolls of scratch-off tickets valued at $600.Bookies in Exile. Many of the bookmakers who started offshore betting operations so optimistically are finding themselves locked into an isolated way of life that with each passing day seems a worse bet.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $15 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
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GTECH lottery systems built to handle blackout. In last week's blackout in the Northeast, no completed lottery sales were lost or dropped, but in stores without power, purchases were impossible.
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Lottery deal with Georgia best bet, expert says. Tennessee's lottery could reap as much as an extra $249 million over a seven-year period by joining forces with Georgia, according to a consultant hired by the state lottery board.
Monday, August 18, 2003
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Calif. Lottery Commission to Hold Meeting in Sacramento. The California State Lottery Commission will hold a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 21, 2003, at the California Lottery Headquarters Building located at 600 North 10th Street in Sacramento, California.
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Alaska Eyeing Powerball, Expanded Gambling. Alaska lawmakers and state officials are working over the summer on proposals for a lottery and video gambling machines, both to help ease the state's budget problems.
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Powerball Jackpot Grows to $85 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 543,766 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.5 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $85 million, with a cash option of $43.5 million.Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls to $15 Million. No ticket matched all six numbers in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, increasing the jackpot to $15 million for the Tuesday, August 19, 2003 drawing.
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Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $21 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $21 million, lottery officials said Sunday.Lotto: the business of making dreams come true. Georges Gharib, manager of La Libanaise des Jeux, the company that manages Lebanon's National Lotto, explains that "I contribute to bringing joy".Lottery Corporation Names Consortium Of Law Firms. The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation Friday named a consortium of law firms including Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis PLLC, Burch Porter & Johnson PLLC, Metz Hauser & Husband PA and Spence & Wade PLLC to provide outside legal services to the Tennessee Lottery.
Saturday, August 16, 2003
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Georgia, 1 in Michigan, and 1 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, August 15, 2003
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Tenn. Lottery Readying Application For Stores To Sell Lottery Tickets. The Tennessee Lottery Board is working on the official application for convenience stores interested in selling lottery tickets.
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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!Employee accused of stealing $17,000 worth of lottery tickets. A former convenience store employee has been released from jail on a personal recognizance bond after she was accused of stealing more than $17,000 worth of lottery tickets from a Texas gas station.Powerball Jackpot Soars to $72 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 389,455 players across the nation won a total of almost $2.7 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $72 million, with a cash option of $37.8 million.Former lottery employee arrested for breach of trust. A former lottery employee who is the son of state Rep. John Scott was charged Thursday with taking more than $1,000 in promotional funds from the South Carolina Education Lottery.Washington jackpot at record high. Tomorrow's Washington State Lottery Lotto Plus game is at a record high of $33 million.
Thursday, August 14, 2003
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Prize for ticket may be prison. A Ohio woman accused of altering a lottery ticket to claim a $25,000 prize went on trial yesterday, with both sides agreeing that the ticket shown to jurors was a poor fake.Legality of Tennessee-Georgia lottery partnership questioned. Questions are being raised about the legality of the proposed marriage of the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries and whether a legal challenge by a jealous vendor could stall the start to the Tennessee lottery.
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
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Record Italian Jackpot Scooped by Single Ticket. One lucky gambler won Europe's biggest-ever jackpot on Wednesday, pocketing nearly 66 million euros (US$75 million) and ending an almost six-month Italian lottery drought.
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Judge rules $25 million lottery ticket belongs to couple. A New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday that a $25 million lottery ticket belongs to the couple that presented the ticket to lottery officials.
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Lawsuit has a pull-tab lottery plan on hold. A new Michigan instant lottery game planned for bars this fall is mired in a court fight over whether it is legal and is unfair competition to charities that sell similar pull-tab games.
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No cameras, please! Big Lotto winner's shy. Florida's newest jumbo Lotto winner, who Monday morning claimed the second half of the recent $80.9 million jackpot, doesn't want any publicity.Six indicted in numbers racket. Six people were charged yesterday in what authorities say is a massive gambling network that grossed millions of dollars a year in Northeast Ohio.$25 million lottery ticket before judge. A Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule today on who owns a disputed Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $25 million.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player from Michigan matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
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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!Savannah family wins $50 million Mega Millions prize. A Savannah, Georgia family turned in a winning ticket on Monday for a Mega Millions jackpot worth $50 million.As lottery trial ends, foes see liars everywhere. A court battle over a $25 million New Jersey Mega Millions lottery jackpot concluded yesterday with stinging accusations of betrayal and dishonesty.Judge to decide ownership of $25 million lottery ticket. A Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule Wednesday on who owns a disputed New Jersey Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $25 million.Big games enter lottery's big picture. A giant jackpot lottery — such as Powerball or Mega Millions — is likely to become part of Tennessee's buffet of games, but the heads of lotteries in Tennessee and Georgia say a possible partnership won't affect which game Tennesseans play.
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Hitting the jackpot. A southeast Missouri couple plans to use their $4.3 million in lottery winnings to get out of debt. John Gibson bought three dollars worth of tickets earlier this month from the Country Mart grocery store in Jackson, where he lives with his wife, Beverly. He let the computer pick the winning combination, and took an unsual combination of half lump sum cash, and half annuity payments.
Monday, August 11, 2003
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Lottery-Style Drawing Picks Ballot Order. The California Secretary of State held a lottery-style drawing Monday to determine the order of candidate's names on the recall ballot. The complete order of the letters drawn is r, w, q, o, j, m, v, a, h, b, s, g, z, x, n, t, c, i, e, k, u, p, d, y, f, l.
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Carson widow wins $91 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot. Patricia Frierson went to her factory job after winning the $91 million California Lottery jackpot but she went home in a limousine. Frierson had the sole winning ticket for Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus game. She bought it on Saturday afternoon at a liquor store down the block from an Econolodge motel, where she has lived for three years because she no longer could afford her town home.
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N.D. explores lottery agreement. Numbers for North Dakota's new Powerball lottery may be provided by another state lottery's computer system, a move that officials say would reduce the cost of running the game in a small, rural state.
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CT Lottery makes good after two balls stick. Connecticut lottery officials said Saturday they will honor lottery tickets containing numbers of two lottery balls that got stuck during a drawing Friday night.Italian lottery hits $110m. With still no winner Saturday, the Italian lottery jackpot grew to a record 63 million euros (US$109.46 million) for the Wednesday drawing.
Saturday, August 9, 2003
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Lottery bill offers lump cash option. If a Massachusetts lawmaker has his way, winners no longer would have to wait 20 years or more to completely cash in on a winning ticket.
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Connecticut Investigates Lottery Mix-Up. Connecticut lottery officials were investigating why two lottery balls failed to drop during a drawing Friday.
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Jackpot Winner! There was one $50 million jackpot winner from Georgia in the Friday Mega Millions drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in Illinois and 1 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, August 8, 2003
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $50 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
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$71m jackpot frenzy hits Italy. Lottery fever is gripping people throughout Italy, as the possibility of winning the jackpot worth 63 million euros ($71.4 million) looms nearer.Police think Whittaker was drugged. The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department says it believes Powerball multimillionaire Jack Whittaker was drugged inside a Cross Lanes strip club when someone broke into his car and snatched a briefcase containing more than $545,000.Club Manager, Girlfriend Accused of Stealing Powerball Winner's Money. The manager of a strip club and his girlfriend were arrested Thursday for allegedly drugging a Powerball jackpot winner and stealing $545,000 of the winner's money.
Thursday, August 7, 2003
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Interlott wins Arizona lottery contract. Interlott Technologies Inc. won a bid to supply instant ticket vending machines to the Arizona Lottery.
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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $53 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $53 million, with a cash option of $27.3 million.
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$3.4M Ticket Hasn’t Been Cashed. The sale of a winning Megabucks ticket worth $3.4 million at the Brooklin General Store in June continues to cause a stir.Court Orders City To Return Couple’s Tax On Lottery Winnings. Ohio’s highest court says one Northeast Ohio city can’t tax lottery winnings under its current law.Davis names Washington lottery director to head Calif. lottery. Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday appointed the executive director of the Washington state lottery to head California's lottery.Wrong lottery numbers get transmitted. A computer error caused some television stations around Louisiana to broadcast the wrong Pick 4 numbers for the Louisiana Lottery's Tuesday night drawing, officials said.
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Facing Fraud Trial, Mayor Wins Lottery. The mayor of the small town of Dawson, Georgia won $500,000 in the Georgia Lottery a month before his trial on charges of insurance fraud and forgery.
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
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Mega Millions jackpot hits $50 million. There were no jackpot-winning tickets sold for the Tuesday Mega Millions lottery, increasing the jackpot for the multi-state game to $50 million. The next drawing will be Friday.
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Lotto winner hits big jackpot a second time. Shelley Hedwall claimed a $1.12 million jackpot from the Colorado Lottery on Tuesday, five years to the day after she hit the Lotto jackpot for $4 million.California Lottery CEO Leaves. California Lottery CEO Joan Wilson, who headed up the lottery through a number of tumultuous episodes including two failed advertising agency reivews, has left her post after some three years on the job, a lottery spokeswoman said.Lottery theft suspects get only a ticket to jail. William Michael Lomas allegedly broke into a Massachusetts General Store May 11 with two other men and took the cash register and 24 books of lottery scratch tickets, with as many as 200 tickets in each book.
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BMW shopping causes stir at $25M lottery trial. A $63,000 BMW and a mob informant's claim provided some surprising twists and turns Tuesday to a trial over who owns a $25 million lottery ticket.Lottery winners say they feared for their safety. Details about the disputed $25 million Mega Millions jackpot continue to emerge: Teri and Cornell Davis were so nervous that someone was going to snatch their winning New Jersey Lottery ticket that they hired two armed off-duty police officers to drive them to the lottery office in Trenton to claim their prize.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Georgia, 1 in New York, 1 in Ohio, 1 in Virginia, and 1 in Washington. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, August 5, 2003
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Powerball Winner Offers 'No Excuses' for Incident. Jack Whittaker said he hopes the discovery of his evening of drinking at a strip club will not affect the Jack Whittaker Foundation, which he established to help charities operated by the Church of God and other causes.
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Mega Millions Considers Multiplier. In the wake of Texas' choice to join the Mega Millions, the multi-state lottery game may be enhanced to include a multiplier option similar to the Powerball Power Play feature.Thieves Steal Lottery Winner's $545,000. More than half a million dollars was stolen early Tuesday from record Powerball winner Jack Whittaker's vehicle parked outside a strip club, but the money was recovered, a sheriff's deputy said.
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TEXAS JOINS MEGA MILLIONS. The Texas Lottery Commission voted today to join 10 other states in the multistate lottery Mega Millions. Lottery officials expect $324.5 million in game ticket sales in Texas over 10 months starting this fall.
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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 Mega Millions drawing results!Lottery defendant: I'm angry. For three days, Jamal Townes listened quietly as his co-workers at Englewood Hospital accused him of being a modern-day Judas for allegedly hiding a $25 million winning lottery ticket from their office pool. Yesterday, the 27-year-old X-ray technician got the chance to respond.State could be lucky winner of $100,000 Powerball prize. Montana Lottery officials announced last week that a $100,000 winning Powerball ticket, which was purchased in Kalispell in March, has yet to be cashed. If the holder of the ticket doesn't come forward by Sept. 26 - six months after the drawing - the money is forfeited to the state.Georgia Lottery set to go broke without rules change. Georgia's lottery-funded scholarship program is so popular that the state may be unable to fund it within three years. Some lawmakers think one way to help the program survive would be to tighten rules that allow marginal students to qualify.
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UK Lottery chiefs may double ticket prices. The price of a National Lottery ticket could rise - and even double to £2 - under plans being considered by the operator Camelot, it emerged today.Tennessee lottery head warms to Georgia. If Georgia lottery officials can prove that they can get Tennessee's lottery going "faster and cheaper," the two states could become kissing cousins.
Monday, August 4, 2003
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Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $42 Million. There were no Mega Millions jackpot winners Friday but 271,367 players across the nation won a total of almost $1.5 million in prizes.Powerball Jackpot Grows To $42 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 369,986 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.6 million in prizes in America's Game.
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Canadians Face Lottery Fraud Charges. Seven Canadians face criminal charges that they ran a phony lottery scheme that sought to defraud consumers in the United States using telemarketing, the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said Friday.Poll: Lottery finds favor for raising revenue in Nevada. Most Nevadans favor a state lottery as an alternative means of funding education and are happy that state lawmakers didn’t impose any more taxes than it did, according to a new statewide poll.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Ohio and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, August 1, 2003
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GTech loses Nebraska Lottery online contract. GTech Holdings Corp., the Rhode Island lottery technology giant, has lost the contract for the online portion of the Nebraska Lottery, cutting two-thirds of the company’s business with the Nebraska Lottery, the company announced today.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $34 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Lottery board looks at visiting seven states, Canadian province. Members of the Tennessee Lottery Board may visit seven states and a Canadian province in a search for information about setting up and running the Tennessee lottery.Lottery Sales Hit Record In Kansas. A new marketing strategy designed to keep games fresh and payoffs healthy helped send sales of the Kansas Lottery to record levels, officials said Thursday.Harless to refile lottery lawsuit. Jackson County, West Virginia lawyer Larry Harless said Thursday he has sent letters to the state Lottery Commission and attorney general, giving them 30 days’ notice of his intent to refile a lawsuit challenging the legality of state-run video lottery.
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Tenn. Lottery Board develops workers code of conduct. The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. apparently does not intend to interfere with the love lives of its employees, but lottery workers may find their political activities restricted.
