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$150 Million Drawing Tonight. Today is the last day to purchase tickets for entry in the $150 million Mega Millions drawing! Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live drawing results.Jackpot has players dreaming big. Tonight's hefty $150 million Mega Millions jackpot is making ticket sales boom.10,000 scratch tickets flawed?. Ten thousand scratch tickets from Massachusetts' new $640 Million Jubilee game are potentially defective -- but state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill is refusing to issue a recall, despite fears the flawed tickets could skew the odds or even deprive somebody of a big jackpot.Navy Veteran Retires in Style With $175,000 Mega Millions Win. Howard Downing, who retired after 20 years of naval service in 1994, is the Washington Lottery's newest Mega Millions second-prize winner of $175,000. He received payment Monday of $131,250 after 25-percent federal tax withholding.Lottery schedule may jump. Tennessee lottery head Rebecca Paul said Monday the corporation may award contracts to gaming vendors, which will be charged with laying the infrastructure for ticket sales, two days sooner than had been anticipated.
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Big Tenn. lottery winners to collect at 5 district offices statewide. The Tennessee lottery will open five district offices that will serve as prize claim centers, including three in East Tennessee.
Monday, September 29, 2003
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Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $150 Million. With nine different ways to win, players across America are lining up to play the game with the highest jackpot in the nation. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $126 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $150 million for the Tuesday, September 30, 2003 drawing.$69 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For Grabs. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 408,947 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 million in prizes in America's Game.
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Luck runs out for N.Y. lottery winners. When members of the Lucky Lotto Lady Partnership won $23 million in 1994, they thought their money woes were over for good. But nearly a decade later, the group is battling a formidable foe over its winnings: the Internal Revenue Service. This time, the Lucky Lotto Lady Partnership is going to need more than luck -- it'll need a change in federal law in order to win.Hectic job good way to forget lottery fight. A once-congenial group of 20 office workers at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center are nursing their wounds after a bitter court battle over a $45 million Mega Millions jackpot.Unemployed Ohio woman wins $5.25M. Esther Niese of rural Gilboa, Ohio, who was unemployed, is the holder of a Super Lotto Plus ticket worth $5.25 million.Check your tickets: $30M still unclaimed. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has $30.5 million to give away, but nobody is coming forward to take the prize. The jackpot from the April 11 Super 7 draw is still unclaimed after almost six months.Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $9 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $9 million, lottery officials said Sunday.Amendment 9 would do what many thought was already done. If Louisiana voters ratify Amendment 9 on the Oct. 4 ballot, they will impose a dedication that will change the state Constitution to dedicate all but $500,000 of the annual revenues from the state lottery to public education.
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Committee OKs Tennessee Lottery pay-scale plan. The pay scale for Tennessee Lottery workers will range from $19,750 a year for a warehouse clerk to $150,000 a year for a senior vice president, plus bonuses, according to a preliminary plan approved by a lottery committee.
Saturday, September 27, 2003
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$150 MILLION: TUESDAY MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT. There were no tickets sold matching all six numbers in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, sending the Tuesday jackpot to $150 million! Important: To ensure entry, players are advised to purchase tickets early when the jackpot reaches this level.
10 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 2 in Georgia, 1 in Maryland, 2 in Ohio, 2 in Virginia, and 1 in Washington. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, September 26, 2003
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$126 Million Drawing Tonight. Today is the last day to purchase tickets for entry in the $126 million Mega Millions drawing! Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live drawing results.
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Oregon Lottery operating costs drop half-million dollars. A report released Thursday by Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shows a half-million reduction in operating costs for the Oregon Lottery following last year's devastating audit.Tenn. lawmaker balks at high lottery pay for vice presidents. A state legislative leader said he hoped that Tennessee's lottery would pay its top officials less than top executives at the Georgia lottery were paid when Rebecca Paul was director there.
Thursday, September 25, 2003
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Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $60 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 337,565 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in America's Game.Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $126 Million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $102 million Mega Millions drawing matched all six numbers, increasing the Friday jackpot to $126 million.N.D. Gets Lottery Director. North Dakota's lottery now has a permanent director, as Chuck Keller was hired for the job Wednesday.
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N.D. rules out credit cards for lottery. North Dakota should forbid credit-card sales of lottery tickets, and merchants should have the discretion to decide whether to take gamblers' checks or debit cards, a lottery advisory board concluded Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
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Mega Millions Mania. Tuesday afternoon, for people coming through the doors of Durston's, on West Genesee Street in Syracuse, New York, buying a ticket for a $102 million lottery drawing was hard to resist.Lottery board ups goals. Profit expectations for Tennessee's new lottery director Rebecca Paul increased Tuesday by roughly $6 million following a vote by the state's lottery board.Amendment would link lottery money, schools. Voters authorized a Louisiana state lottery in 1990, and some mistakenly thought they voted to spend the money to support public schools.
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Lottery winners sue financial adviser. A Vaughan, Ontario, couple who won over $19 million in a lottery are suing a lawyer-businessman for $7.75 million, alleging his investments squandered almost $5 million of their money.Paul to run sales, advertising for Tenn. Lottery. Sales and marketing of the Tennessee lottery will be controlled by lottery head Rebecca Paul, while other aspects of running the games will be handed over to private vendors.Mass. Lottery limits track's winning ticket payouts. The Massachusetts lottery will no longer allow the Raynham Park dog track to cash big ticket prizes after a state audit raised concerns that some people use the service to avoid paying taxes.
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$126 MILLION: FRIDAY MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT. There were no tickets sold matching all six numbers in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, sending the Friday jackpot to $126 million! Important: To ensure entry, players are advised to purchase tickets early when the jackpot reaches this level.
Also, 10 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 5 in New Jersey, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Massachusetts, 1 in Michigan, 1 in New York, and 1 in Washington. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
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$102 Million Drawing Tonight. Today is the last day to purchase tickets for entry in the $102 million drawing! Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live Big Game Mega Millions drawing results.Camelot launches daily lottery. Camelot is launching its latest attempt to try revive public interest in the lottery by starting a daily draw which will offer better odds of winning smaller prizes.Lottery CEO begins job early, says games could start Feb. 10. Rebecca Paul began as director of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. more than a week early, meaning the first scratch-off games could be available for sale ahead of schedule.
Monday, September 22, 2003
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NJ Changes Cash 5 Game. The New Jersey State Lottery announced improvements to its Jersey Cash 5 game, starting with the September 15 drawing, that are designed to produce higher jackpots and more player excitement.Powerball Jackpot Grows to $50 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball multi-state jackpot grew to an estimated $50 million, with a cash option of $26.5 million.
Jacksonville ticket wins $11 million Florida Lotto. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $11 million, lottery officials said Saturday.
Sunday, September 21, 2003
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Mega Millions Rises to $102 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $102 million Saturday, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in three months.
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Paul gets brusque farewell from Georgia lottery board. When Rebecca Paul gave three weeks' notice that she was stepping down as head of Georgia's lottery to start Tennessee's, her bosses showered her with praise and wished her well. Days later, the lottery's board of directors barred Paul from her desk and declared it wanted the $500,000-a-year executive gone yesterday — literally.
Saturday, September 20, 2003
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$102 MILLION: TUESDAY MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT. There were no tickets sold matching all six numbers in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, sending the Tuesday jackpot to $102 million! The Mega Millions jackpot hasn't reached the $100 million mark since Friday, June 20, 2003, when Bernadette Gietka from Middle River, Maryland won a $180 million jackpot. To ensure entry, players are advised to purchase tickets early when the jackpot reaches this level.
11 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers in the Friday Mega Millions drawing for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 2 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, 2 in Michigan, 4 in New York, and 1 in Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, September 19, 2003
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Public backs HOPE limits. Georgians' support for new restrictions on lottery-funded HOPE scholarships are stronger than previously thought, according to polling results presented to a state commission Thursday.
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$87 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $87 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
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Lottery scam takes in pair. Two people duped elderly shoppers with an offer that seemed too good to be true. Turns out it was.
Thursday, September 18, 2003
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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $43 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 322,842 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 million in prizes in America's Game.1 of 2 suspected Pa. Lottery ticket thieves arrested. One of two men who police said stole Pennsylvania Lottery tickets from a Sharon business was arrested a week after the theft.DVL to Sell Retailers on Tennessee Lottery. Dye Van Mol & Lawrence will handle public relations for the Tennessee Education Lottery, the state's first lottery, the agency said.
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$8 Million SuperLotto Fraud Trial -- Opening Statements Are Today. Opening statements in a dispute over the ownership of a California Quick Pick Super Lotto ticket valued at $8 million will be made today, starting in the afternoon, before the Hon. Peter J. Meeka.GTECH Completes Acquisition Of Interlott Technologies, Inc.. GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Ohio-based Interlott Technologies, Inc, a leading provider of instant ticket vending machines (ITVMs) for the lottery industry worldwide.Wisc. Lottery validates man's $3.4 million Megabucks ticket. Wisconsin Lottery officials said Wednesday they had validated a ticket purchased by a New Berlin man as the winner of a $3.4 million Wisconsin Megabucks jackpot earlier this month.
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
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Online Lottery Glitch Leads to Cancelled Prizes. Online scratch-card outfit - tombola.com - has apologised after a software glitch at the weekend led to a "large number" of gamblers winning the jackpot.
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$100,000 Powerball prize goes unclaimed. Someone has lost out on a $100,000 prize in the Powerball lottery game, purchased, last September in Osage, Iowa.
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $87 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $87 million Wednesday, the largest it has been in nearly three months.$8 Million Quick Pick Super Lotto Fraud Trial Will Start on Wednesday. A dispute over the ownership of a California Quick Pick Super Lotto ticket valued at $8 million will go to trial at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 in Pomona Superior Court before the Hon. Peter J. Meeka.
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Georgia businesses not worried Tenn. lottery will hurt local sales. Rossville, Georgia store owners say they aren't worried the Tennessee Lottery, which is expected to launch early next year, will dam the stream of money flowing from Tennessee's gamblers.Lottery persistence turns profitable. After many unsuccessful attempts to get on the Powerball Instant Win television game show, Ellen Crowley was finally invited to play.Jersey Lottery Winner Accused Of Murder. A south New Jersey lottery winner was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he murdered his mother-in-law and stabbed his wife at the family home in Egg Harbor Township.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Michigan, 2 in New York, 1 in Ohio, and 2 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
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’Money Man’ Tosses Cash Into Fla. Crowd. Hundreds of people at a shopping mall fought over nearly $10,000 launched into a crowd by a real estate investor known as the "Money Man."
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Add-on games stem UK Lottery sales decline. UK National Lottery sales have stabilised even though the main Lotto draw suffered yet another fall, operator Camelot says.
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$75 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $75 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
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Missouri Lottery outperforms every other state. The Missouri Lottery posted 21.3 percent growth in the 2003 fiscal year that just ended on top of 15 percent growth the previous year, "outperforming every other lottery," International Gaming & Wagering Business said in its September issue.
Monday, September 15, 2003
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Texas lottery considers eliminating lotto balls. The Texas Lottery Commission is taking a first, cautious step toward using a computer to replace the rubber balls used since the games began in 1992.Lotto Plus Going Back To Just Plain Lotto. Starting Oct. 5, Washington will drop the "Plus" from Lotto Plus and change the game to increase the number of winners.Powerball Jackpot Grows to $35 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 336,155 players across the nation won a total of more than $3 million in prizes.
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Mega Millions Lottery Disappoints, Officials Say. More than a year after the multi-state Mega Millions lottery was created, the top prizes haven't been the record-breakers organizers had hoped -- leaving the 10 member states still waiting for a lottery windfall to cushion falling tax revenues.Michigan Lottery Adds New Games. Bettors will have more ways to gamble in Michigan next month, and they'll be able to do it in bars and restaurants across the state.
Saturday, September 13, 2003
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Tuesday Mega Millions Jackpot: $75 Million. There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 2 in Michigan, 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.
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Florida couple wins $21 million Lotto. A couple who went shopping after lightning damaged a television left the store with a winning Lotto ticket worth $21 million.
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Florida Lawmaker: Large unclaimed lotto prizes should go to education. Instead of using an unclaimed $50 million Lotto jackpot to try to get more people to gamble, the state should have been able to spend the money on schools, a state lawmaker said Friday.Scientific Games to buy online lottery operator. Scientific Games Corp., a maker of betting equipment and lottery systems, on Friday said it would acquire International Game Technology's on-line lottery operator for $143 million in cash.B.C. man wants 10-year-old lottery ticket tested for his prints. A Vancouver man wants the courts to help him learn whether his fingerprints are on a decade-old $10 million lottery ticket.Minn. Lottery cuts staff, advertising, promotions despite record sales. The Minnesota Lottery will lay off 34 employees, nearly one-fifth of its workforce of 191, next month to meet state-imposed budget cuts, despite near-record sales stemming from changes in the popular multi-state Powerball game.
Friday, September 12, 2003
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$65 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $65 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results! The $65 million Mega Millions jackpot is currently the largest lottery jackpot in the United States.Holmes to propose Alabama lottery bill. Alabama State Rep. Alvin Holmes said Wednesday he will introduce a bill to set up a state lottery during a special session of the Legislature that begins Monday.GTech signs contract extension with Danish lottery. GTech Corp. of West Greenwich, R.I., today announced that it has signed a two-year contract extension with Dansk Tipstjeneste A/S, the operator of the National Lottery in Denmark.
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Bredesen defends state lottery CEO's annual pay package. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Thursday that Rebecca Paul's potential $752,000 annual salary package involves "a much more businesslike" arrangement than a similar amount paid to former University of Tennessee President John Shumaker.
Thursday, September 11, 2003
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Two Tickets Split $57 Million Calif. SuperLotto Plus Jackpot. The California Lottery's $57 million jackpot was split by two winning tickets drawn Wednesday, September 10, 2003. This is the fourth time Kavanagh Liquors in San Lorenzo has sold a jackpot-winning ticket.One ticket wins $21 million Florida Lotto Jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $21 million, lottery officials said Wednesday.Powerball Jackpot Grows to $28 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 283,741 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.4 million in prizes in America's Game.
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Treasurer eyes tax-evading Lottery winners. Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill plans to tighten Lottery regulations following an audit report issued Wednesday that shows winners often employ suspicious ticket cashing methods to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes.Although couple apart for six years, both get lottery winnings. A San Antonio man and his common-law wife who have been estranged for six years face the prospect of splitting an $800,000 winning lottery ticket.Minorities get lottery pitch. A standing-room-only crowd of women and minority business owners gathered Wednesday to hear new Tennessee Education Lottery chief executive officer Rebecca Paul.
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
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Merchants show strong interest in Tenn. lottery. To date, around 2,500 merchants representing as many as 2,900 Tennessee retail outlets have expressed an interest in selling lottery tickets next year, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. said Tuesday.Lottery chief says games will rarely be closed to public. Tennessee's new lottery chief cites three situations where operations of the games would be closed to public scrutiny - for recruiting employees, negotiating vendor contracts and discussing security issues.Lottery chief tours state. She's only been Tennessee's lottery chief for two days, but Rebecca Paul is already traveling the state gathering support for Tennessee's lottery. Wednesday she was in Memphis to talk with minority business owners.
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Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $65 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery increased to $65 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $55 million drawing.Mega Millions or Powerball in Tennessee by July, Paul says. Tennesseans will get to play a multistate lottery game that offers giant jackpots — either Powerball or Mega Millions — by July 4, 2004, Rebecca Paul, who has been hired to run Tennessee's lottery, said yesterday.Lotto dream turns to dust. Some unlucky winner bought a Florida Lotto ticket worth $50 million in March, but lost his or her chance to cash it when the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.Tenn. may pay Paul 6 times what Calif., Texas, Fla. pay lottery chiefs. Tennessee's new lottery director will make at least three times the salary — and perhaps as much as six times more — than the directors of many of the nation's largest state lotteries, a survey of lotteries shows.Paul recommends maximizing lottery prizes. Increasing lottery prizes by changing the law that sets aside nearly a third of game proceeds for scholarships will ultimately lead to more money for Tennessee students, the state's new lottery chief said Tuesday.Paul denies leaving Georgia lottery in quandary. Rebecca Paul, Tennessee's new lottery chief executive officer yesterday denied leaving the same position in Georgia because of problems with the Peach State's lottery scholarship program.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey and 3 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
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$55 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $55 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Georgia Lottery Board Announces Interim President. In a unanimous vote, the Georgia Lottery Corporation's (GLC) Board of Directors has named Cathy Walls as interim President of the GLC.State misses the jackpot with Mega Millions. Mega Millions, Washington's foray into the world of multistate lottery gambling, has been a mega-disappointment.
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Last hours for unclaimed $50 million Florida Lotto ticket. A $50 million FLorida Lotto jackpot winner either isn't aware of his fortune or was waiting almost literally to the last minute to claim the prize.Texas Lottery sales climb by more than 5 percent. Texas Lottery sales grew by the largest margin in six years, jumping 5 percent in the 2003 fiscal year, the Texas Lottery Commission said Monday.Road to lottery job. Time line of Rebecca Paul's selection as chief executive officer of the Tennessee lottery.New lottery chief gets jackpot, too, if she hits the numbers. Ambitious goals are built into a base- and incentive-pay package worked out with industry-heralded lottery czar Rebecca Paul over the weekend by the Tennessee Lottery Board to lure her away from a $500,000-a-year post as chief executive officer of the Georgia Lottery to the same position in Tennessee.
Monday, September 8, 2003
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Tenn. Lottery Could Include Satellite Network. A legislative sponsor of Tennessee's lottery law says the game could be a high-tech operation when retailers start selling tickets.Statement of Gov. Sonny Perdue About the Resignation of Rebecca Paul. Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue issued a statement today regarding the resignation of Rebecca Paul as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.Miller, Barnes say Paul will be missed at Georgia lottery. A Georgia lottery that could fall short of funding two nationally acclaimed education programs in as little as three years now must operate without the woman who guided it for 10 years. Rebecca Paul said Monday she is leaving to run the Tennessee games.
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What if group buys winning lottery ticket?. Advice for a club which buys lottery tickets for its members.Giant lottery operator GTECH wants to add Tennessee to its clientele. GTECH is the company to beat when Tennessee opens the competition for the state's lottery contract. About $220 million to $240 million in annual sales is projected for Tennessee's lottery, which could be up and running next year.GTech has winning lottery ticket, checkered past. A Rhode Island company that practically built the nation's state lottery business just added the Florida Lottery as the missing gem to its crown jewels.
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Georgia's Lottery Director to Quit. Rebecca Paul, who started Georgia's lottery and has been its only director for 10 years, is jumping ship to run the startup lottery for neighboring Tennessee.
Saturday, September 6, 2003
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Bad breaks, but then a Lotto luck. A Williamsville, New York great-grandmother decided to try her luck by buying a NY Lotto Quick Pick ticket Aug. 30 - and found out that she was $33 million richer the next day.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Massachusetts, 1 in Michigan, and 1 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, September 5, 2003
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$135 million Powerball jackpot goes to two families. Two families — one from New Hampshire and the other from Massachusetts — have won last week's $135 million Powerball jackpot. Only one of them went public at a news conference Friday.
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Ford plans dealer lottery for scarce GT supercar supply. Most Americans must win a lottery to afford a $100,000-plus Ford GT. Next year, many Ford dealers must win a lottery to sell one.
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Convenience store owners buy winning ticket from own store. The owners of a Russell, New York convenience store discovered a scratch-off lottery ticket they bought from their own shop a month ago was a $5 million winner.Winning lottery ticket wasn’t too lucky for alleged thieves. Two Ohio men appeared in County Municipal Court Eastern Area Division Thursday accused in the connection of theft of items from Akenhead’s Dairy, including 395 lottery tickets.Last NJ Lotzee drawing will be Sept. 13. The last drawing of the New Jersey Lottery's Lotzee game will be Sept. 13. The game is being discontinued due to declining sales that do not support fixed prize levels, officials said Friday.
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$135 Million Powerball Winners From New Hampshire, Massachusetts. The winners of last week's $135 million Powerball jackpot are from New Hampshire and Massachusetts and will go public this afternoon.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $47 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Welcome back — here’s $45,000. When most people return home from vacation, they’re greeted with stacks of mail, overdue bills and a lawn that’s grown knee high. When Rich Smith of Fond du Lac arrived home from vacation, he found out the lottery ticket he bought before leaving won him $45,000.
Elderly man loses $20,000 in lottery scam, police say. Police in California said Wednesday they are investigating a lottery scam that targeted one elderly Vallejo man and possibly other victims in Vacaville and Sacramento.Lottery board narrows list of CEO candidates to three. The list of candidates for the top job in running Tennessee's lottery has been whittled from 15 to three, but lottery officials declined yesterday to say who the finalists are.
Thursday, September 4, 2003
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Lottery winnings in middle of dispute. Ruby Bosher became a millionaire five years ago when she and her husband won the Ohio lottery. Today, her winnings are in a trust, she is in a nursing home suffering from dementia and her children are in court battling over control of her estate.
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Florida Lottery Names GTECH For New Multi-Year Contract. GTECH Corporation has been selected by the Florida Lottery as the apparent successful bidder to supply a new online and instant-ticket lottery system, lottery terminals, and related telecommunications network.
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Texas couple claims $49 million prize. Bryon Woods pleaded with his wife Barbara to sell him another $5 worth of lottery tickets at the store where she worked. Good thing she agreed. The Eagle Lake couple on Wednesday claimed a winning Lotto Texas ticket worth $49 million.
N.J. Lottery revenue tops $2 billion for second straight year. The allure of instant winnings has helped keep the New Jersey Lottery in the money, pushing it past the $2 billion mark in revenue for the second year in a row.
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
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Tennessee Rejects Lottery Deal with Georgia. The Tennessee lottery board decided unanimously this afternoon to reject a partnership with the Georgia lottery — perhaps delaying the startup of games in Tennessee until March.
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Is Georgia too much on their minds?. Tennessee's new lottery board appears to be rushing headlong into a partnership with Georgia, and someone needs to slow the train down so the public can have a better view of where it is headed.Merchants: Not enough terminals for N.D. lottery. Many North Dakota merchants, who are hoping a new state lottery will draw more customers, are fretting there won’t be enough ticket terminals to go around -- and state officials say they’re right.Pembroke Pines man has mom to thank for the jackpot winnings. A Pembroke Pines man who originally thought he had won just $4.50 on a Florida Lotto ticket, yesterday redeemed the jackpot winning ticket from the Aug. 23 drawing.
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Mass. Lottery Extends Keno Hours. The Massachusetts Lottery has announced a pilot program to add 22 additional hours of Keno each week.
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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 Illinois, 1 in Massachusetts, 1 in Michigan, and 2 in New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, September 2, 2003
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Supermarket sells another winning lottery ticket. For the second time, the Quality Market in the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda, NY has been told it sold the winning ticket for a major lottery prize.
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Mega Millions has second-highest jackpot in U.S.. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $40 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Lottery deal may lead to lawsuits. Tennessee's lottery board is pushing ahead with preparations for an unprecedented partnership with Georgia despite escalating criticism of the arrangement and no definitive answer as to whether it would be legal.Woman bilked out of $9,000 by 'Latin lotto scam'. West Texas authorities are urging residents to be on the lookout for con artists running what has been dubbed the "Latin lotto scam."
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Lottery partnerships have poor track record. As Tennessee officials consider a lottery partnership with Georgia, lottery observers warn that similar joint ventures have had their problems.Pa. Lottery Plans To Introduce New Game. The Pennsylvania lottery is currently developing a new "pick your own numbers" game to roll out early next year.Lottery glitch causes weekend problems. The software glitch that caused retail lottery terminals and video poker machines across Oregon to shut down over the past two days has largely been fixed, lottery officials said.
Monday, September 1, 2003
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Fortune smiles on lottery winners. Winning the Texas lottery is bound to change your life. It's why people play it. But some area winners say the changes aren't as radical as some might think.
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Happy Labor Day from BigGameLottery.com! To all the hard-working men and women, this is your day of rest. However you choose to spend the day, we wish you much happiness, fun, and rest on this day. And remember the best part: only a 4-day work week!
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Happy Labor Day from BigGameLottery.com! To all the hard-working men and women, this is your day of rest. However you choose to spend the day, we wish you much happiness, fun, and rest on this day. And remember the best part: only a 4-day work week!