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$280 Million: Record Mega Millions Jackpot. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $280 million Wednesday, the highest jackpot for the game since its inception in May, 2002.
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Lotto winner is held in shooting. The youngest Lotto jackpot winner ever in Colorado is behind bars and faces a charge of attempted murder after Longmont police said he shot another man in the head over the weekend.Ex-lottery manager sues Penn. officials. A former Republican state House candidate from Bethlehem is claiming that Democratic state officials violated her rights by firing her from the Pennsylvania Lottery for political reasons.W.V. Lottery sets single-month sales record. May was a record sales month in what will be a record year for the West Virginia Lottery, with profits to the state topping the half-billion-dollar mark.
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Jamaica Lottery Recovers. Supreme Ventures Ltd., Jamaica's sole lottery company, has seen a substantial recovery in its business since the Government decided to lift the tax it had imposed on winnings last year.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 40 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 8 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 3 from Michigan, 5 from New Jersey, 7 from New York, 8 from Ohio, 5 from Texas and 2 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
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Bahamas debates starting national lottery. Chairman of the Gaming Board, Kenyatta Gibson, MP, announced to parliament last week that the Gaming Board is currently reviewing the feasibility of The Bahamas introducing a national lottery.
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Lines, dreams grow for tonight's $220 Million lottery jackpot. If you waited until today to buy your Mega Millions lottery ticket, you could be standing in line. A long one. Sales for tonight's $220 million jackpot have been higher than normal for the past few days, and the day of the drawing is usually the busiest, ticket sellers said.Texas Lottery moves Two Step drawing days. Drawing days for the twice-weekly Texas Two Step lottery game have been changed.South Carolina Awaits $66 Million Powerball Lottery Winner. South Carolina officials are waiting for the winner of the latest Powerball drawing to come forward.
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Tennessee Lottery Director Lauds Startup. Tennessee's lottery is on track to be either the best or second-best lottery startup in U.S. history, lottery President Rebecca Paul said yesterday.
Monday, June 28, 2004
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July El Gordo Sales End in One Day. A last-minute flurry of excitement is expected at El Gordo Online, where sales end Tuesday night at midnight for the world's biggest lottery draw to be held July 3.
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Heavy Sales Push Mega Millions Jackpot to $220 Million. With the excitement growing in anticipation of Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, lottery forecasters today revised the estimated jackpot upward to $220 million.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 14 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 from Georgia, 3 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from Maryland, 2 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, 1 from Ohio and 1 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
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Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $67 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $67 million, with a cash option of $34.5 million.
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Casino deal leads GTECH to rethink R.I. investments. GTECH warned that it may not go ahead with its plans in Rhode Island because bills before the General Assembly fail to provide it with a portion of the slot machines in a new gaming facility.Maryland Lotto jackpot winner has yet to claim prize. Maryland Lottery officials are waiting to award last month's $9.3 million Lotto jackpot to the winning ticket holder, who still has not come forward.Missouri Lottery sets profit record. The Missouri Lottery posted a record $230.3 million in profits for the 2004 fiscal year, well above state projections and the previous year's results.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
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Google Ranks Lottery Post #29 of All Lottery Sites. Lottery Post, the Internet's most active participatory lottery forum, is ranked 29th among all active lottery Web sites.
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$177 Million: Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $177 million Wednesday, the largest jackpot in 4 months.
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Mass. woman scratches off $1M lottery ticket. An Adams, Massachusetts resident is $1 million richer thanks to a $10 instant lottery ticket she bought at Nassif's Professional Pharmacy Friday.N.D. gets Hot Lotto starting Thursday. North Dakota lottery players will have a second game to play starting Thursday, four months after the introduction of Powerball.GTECH's 1Q earnings up 31 percent. Gtech Holdings Corp., the world's largest operator of lotteries, Tuesday posted a 31 percent jump in profit for its latest quarter, helped by continued strong sales.Weather knocks out Texas city's lottery terminals. Two days after Saturday's $145 million Lotto Texas drawing, lottery terminals across Amarillo were shut down by bad weather.Georgia Lottery to Drop Change Game. The Change Game - a Georgia Lottery contest that lets people wager their spare coins on several daily drawings - will be discontinued at the end of this month, officials said Tuesday.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 14 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 3 from New Jersey, 4 from New York, 2 from Texas and 1 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
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Are Computerized Lottery Drawings Truly Random?. Some people for whom playing the lottery is an exercise in mathematics and law of probabilities said they no longer play the Hoosier Lottery because they suspect "randomly selected" winning numbers aren't truly random.Single Florida Lotto ticket wins $6 million jackpot. One player matched all six winning numbers in Saturday night's Florida Lotto drawing, winning an estimated $6 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery officials said Sunday.
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Drive-up lottery store opens. There’s no fuzzy intercom, and you can’t “super size” it, but a new drive-through dedicated almost entirely to selling lottery tickets has popped up near the N.C. state line.Single ticket wins $145M Texas lottery. There was one winning ticket sold in Saturday night's record-setting $145 million Lotto Texas drawing, lottery officials said.Employees hope to get a share of Texas Lotto win. Employees at the downtown El Paso gas station that sold Saturday's winning Texas Lottery ticket are anxiously awaiting to hear if they will get a cut from the share of the winnings given to the vendor.
Saturday, June 19, 2004
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 14 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 3 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from Maryland, 2 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Texas and 1 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, June 18, 2004
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$121 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $121 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!
Thursday, June 17, 2004
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Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $47 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $47 million, with a cash option of $24.3 million.Single winner takes $8 million Illinois Lotto jackpot. A single player has won the $8 million grand prize from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.$145 Million: Texas Lotto Jackpot Rolls On. A ticket-buying frenzy will ensue in Texas, where the Lotto jackpot rolled last night to a record $145 million.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
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Mega Millions jackpot soars to $121 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $121 million Wednesday, the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in four months.Keeping the career despite millions? Well, at least do it right. Now that you won Friday's $121 million Mega Millions jackpot or today's $120 million Lotto Texas jackpot – hypothetically, of course – it's time to put your millions where your mouth is.Massachusetts Lottery relocates office. The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission has settled into a new home on Fort Street, relocating the Western Massachusetts office to downtown after 20 years in West Springfield.Virginia kidney donor wins lottery. Nearly three years after Michelle "Mitzi" Nichols became the first person in Hampton Roads to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Beach resident has won $500,000 from the Virginia Lottery.
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Texas Lotto sales at all-time high. Dreams of becoming an instant millionaire are driving Texans to their local convenience store this week in hopes of winning tonight's Texas Lottery drawing of $120 million, the largest jackpot to date.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 14 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 3 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 3 from New York, 2 from Ohio, 1 from Texas and 1 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $38 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $38 million, with a cash option of $19.5 million.Two tickets win $6 million Florida Lotto jackpot. Two tickets matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.Minnesota lottery cuts millions from budget. Told to cut the fat, the Minnesota State Lottery has trimmed staff, closed offices and reworked or severed business deals to save millions of dollars a year.Lotto Texas Hits Record $120 Million. People with lotto fever will have a few more days to try their luck at Lotto Texas: there were no winners in Saturday night's record $100 million drawing.
Saturday, June 12, 2004
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Mega Millions lottery jackpot hits $100 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $100 million Saturday, reaching that mark for the first time since April 9th.
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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 from Georgia, 1 from Michigan, 2 from New York, 1 from Texas and 1 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, June 11, 2004
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Employees to share store's lottery commissions. Ten employees who work at the Cumberland Farms store in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania where the winning $213.2 million Powerball ticket was sold last month will share in the proceeds.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
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Powerball Jackpot Grows to $30 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $30 million, with a cash option of $15.5 million.
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Texas Lotto Jumps to $100 Million. Texans will have a chance for a record jackpot of an estimated $100 million on Saturday after there were no winners last night in the Lotto Texas drawing.N.J. Man Wins $35 Million Lottery Jackpot. A Little Egg Harbor, NJ man has come forward with a winning lottery ticket worth an annuity prize of $35.5 million, New Jersey Lottery officials announced Wednesday.Playing Lottery 'not gambling'. Pick 6 and Jersey Cash 5 were among the topics highlighted at the Millville, NJ's chamber of commerce luncheon meeting on Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Mega Millions jackpot swells to $85 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $85 million today.Army worker delayed in return from Iraq wins $15,000 in lottery. For Johnny Hooker, a civilian Army employee, bad luck turned to good when he was delayed in returning from Iraq, then won more than $15,000 in the lottery.
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Washington Lottery to Discontinue Televised Drawings. The Washington Lottery said yesterday that it will not renew its contract to broadcast lottery drawings.
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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 from Illinois, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas and 1 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Monday, June 7, 2004
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Brothers win $26.9 Million Powerball Jackpot Cash Prize. Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery Edward Mahlman today presented a check for $26,934,553.39 cash - less 25 percent federal withholding - to brothers Jim Hare, 54, of Philadelphia, and Tom Hare, 50, of Drexel Hill, Delaware County, holders of the single winning ticket for the May 29, 2004, Powerball drawing.
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Florida Lotto ticket purchased in Miami wins $26 million. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $26 million, lottery officials said Sunday.Thousands of smaller lottery prizes unclaimed in N.D.. More than $50,000 in small lottery prizes sit unclaimed in North Dakota, a common occurrence in states relatively new to the high-stakes Powerball game.N.D. to add two new lottery games. North Dakota lottery players will have two new games to play after June 24, four months after the state introduced Powerball.
Saturday, June 5, 2004
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New York and 1 from Texas. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, June 4, 2004
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$60 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight. Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $60 million Big Game Mega Millions drawing results!Colorado Lottery gift scandal continues. The latest controversy in the Colorado Lottery office over gifts involves warning letters sent to 13 lottery employees charging that they didn't, as required, report gifts given to them by vendors.Tennessee Lottery To Award First Instant Million On June 26. One Tennessee Lottery player will become an instant millionaire after participating in the Lottery’s first million-dollar grand prize drawing, to be held at 6 p.m. (CST) on June 26 at Nashville’s Opry Mills shopping mall.
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Kentucky to post record sales. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. expects its sales this fiscal year, which ends June 30, to hit a record $723.8 million — meaning an extra $11 million for the state.
Thursday, June 3, 2004
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Florida Lotto Soars to $26 Million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $26 million, lottery officials said Thursday.Powerball Jackpot Reaches $14 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $14 million, with a cash option of $7.1 million.Tennessee clerk charged in lottery ticket theft. Oak Ridge police arrested the former employee of an Oak Ridge grocery store on felony theft charges after she allegedly stole and cashed lottery tickets.
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $60 million. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot grows to $60 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $50 million drawing.
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Boss's kind gesture wins him and co-worker $1 million. A boss and his employtee are splitting $1 million as winners of the top prize in the Michigan Lottery's "Million Dollar Mania" Instant Game, Lottery officials announced Tuesday.Michigan Lottery Players Capitalize on Popular Combination. On Saturday, May 29, 2004, the number 1-1-0-1 was drawn in the Daily 4 game midday drawing, with 2,416 winning tickets splitting a record-setting $4,787,650 prize pool.Lottery returns veterans to Normandy. War heroes from the Midlands will this week be returning to the Normandy battlefields thanks to a series of UK National Lottery grants.
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Scientific Games Launches "Lottery Museum". Scientific Games Corporation announced that it has launched the Internet Scientific Games Lottery Museum at http://www.scientificgames.com in honor of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the first secure instant lottery ticket.
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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 from Georgia, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from Michigan and 2 from New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, June 1, 2004
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Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $20 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $20 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
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$52 Powerball Jackpot Won by Ticket Purchased in Pennsylvania. For the second time in May a ticket purchased in Pennsylvania won the Powerball jackpot. Saturday night's jackpot was worth $52 million.Tennessee lottery sales slack off after fast start. Tennessee Education Lottery ticket sales have fallen steadily since the state-sponsored games began in mid-January.Changes to Canada Lotto 6/49 now in effect. Lotto 6/49 buyers are now paying $2 per ticket, an increase of $1, first announced last November by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation.NY resident wins Vermont scratch game. A clerk at the back of a North Bennington, Vermont variety store might have thought he was being robbed, when really a customer was just shouting with excitement over winning the lottery.
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Texas Lottery Swindler To Appear In Court. A Houston woman accused of trying to swindle the Texas Lottery Commission out of millions of dollars will head to court Tuesday.Lottery win unites estranged couple. A building superintendent who's lived apart from his wife for 26 years will reunite with her - using $1 million he won in the lottery.
