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Powerball: The Saturday, December 31, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 4-30-37-43-46, and the Powerball is 42. The Power Play number is 2. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Mega Millions Jackpot Winner! There was one $88 million jackpot winner from California in the Friday, December 30, 2005 Mega Millions drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 2 from Georgia, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from New Jersey, and 1 from Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
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N.C. House Speaker under investigation in lottery probe. North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black (D) and his top aide are under investigation for possible corruption in the passage of North Carolina's new lottery.
Friday, December 30, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, December 30, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-20-25-40-44, and the Mega Ball is 37. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Man sues S.C. Lottery, claiming the state is misleading ticket buyers. A Charleston County, South Carolina, man has sued the state lottery for fraud, claiming false advertising caused him to buy scratch-off lottery tickets for prizes already claimed.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
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Breakfast buddies file suit over lottery ticket. A Howland, Ohio couple who won $250,000 playing Mega Millions discovered the hard way that money can come between friends.
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N.D. Lottery sales remain strong after two years. It's too early to determine if lottery sales are leveling off nearly two years after the first tickets were sold, according to Chuck Keller, director of the North Dakota Lottery Division.
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Penn. man strikes it rich with $1M lottery ticket. Kevin Lutz's lucky number used to be "7" until Christmas Eve and a match of the number "31" made him the second resident near Sayre Borough, Pennsylvania, in two months to win $1 million on a scratch-off ticket.
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Lottery winner has just 4 days left to claim $16 million. A UK Lotto multi-millionaire has just four days left to claim £9.4 million (US$16 million).
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Horoscope predicted lottery win. Gabrielle and Darren Nash should not have been surprised when they won the £15 million (US$26 million) UK Lotto jackpot on Christmas Eve -- as it had already been predicted.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Maine, 1 from Pennsylvania and 1 from Rhode Island. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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Powerball: The Wednesday, December 28, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 12-15-30-46-54, and the Powerball is 1. The Power Play number is 3. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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A look back at the North Carolina lottery in 2005. Lottery Post documents the wide array of new stories about the North Carolina Lottery in 2005.
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Georgia lottery sales climb during holidays. The holiday season has lottery sales climbing in South Georgia.
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Tenn. Senator seeks more funds for lottery scholars. A state lawmaker's crusade to increase the amount of Tennessee's lottery scholarships is raising concerns among his colleagues and the governor, who say giving full scholarships this early in the program may create a financial crisis down the road.
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N.C. Lottery commission approves contracts for potential retailers. The North Carolina Lottery Commission is closer to putting together a network of ticket retailers after approving a proposed contract with about 30 guidelines for stores.
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Lottery company misses bid deadline. One of the two major American lottery companies Tuesday let a key deadline pass for winning the right to operate a major chunk of North Carolina's new lottery games.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 2 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 11-24-27-49-55, and the Mega Ball is 23. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Having a lottery machine: Now that's the ticket. Critics raise questions as retailers play by the rules and win scores of jackpots.
Monday, December 26, 2005
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Wealthiest schools lose out in Okla. Lottery. Eight public school districts aren't receiving any of the $75 million allocated to common education this year from Oklahoma's lottery and racetrack/tribal casino laws.
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One $26 Million UK Lotto Winner on Christmas Eve. One lucky lottery player matched all six numbers in the special UK Lotto Superdraw to win the £15 million (US$26 million) Christmas Eve jackpot.
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WI Lottery Player Strikes It Rich on Christmas. A Wisconsin Megabucks player is more than $11 million dollars richer this Christmas.
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N.C. Lottery misunderstandings could derail bonds. The new North Carolina lottery is supposed to help fund education, but local school officials and advocates are worried that the newly created state game could shut off a vital source of funding.
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Lottery: Promises and pitfalls. A look at problems and solutions of some state lotteries, as North Carolina leaders try to predict their own problems to come.
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$6 million in Illinois lottery prizes unclaimed. More than $6 million in Illinois Lottery prize money sits unclaimed -- the largest being a $900,000 Little Lotto jackpot drawn Oct. 2.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
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Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Missouri, 1 from Montana, 1 from New Mexico, 1 from Oregon and 1 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
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Powerball: The Saturday, December 24, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 4-10-33-34-50, and the Powerball is 14. The Power Play number is 2. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California and 1 from New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Friday, December 23, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, December 23, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 10-37-39-49-54, and the Mega Ball is 8. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Computerized lottery drawing glitch picks same numbers for 3 days. A computerized drawing system glitch caused the Kansas Lottery's Pick 3 game to draw identical numbers in the same order three days straight, from Dec. 16 through Sunday.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 1 lucky player matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Louisiana. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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Powerball: The Wednesday, December 21, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 9-12-16-23-43, and the Powerball is 37. The Power Play number is 3. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Police called to convince German lottery winner. A lottery company had to call the police to convince an elderly German woman that she had hit the jackpot, police said on Tuesday.
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S.C. Laments N.C.'s Move To Powerball. Now that North Carolina announced that it will be a part of the Powerball lottery, lottery stores in South Carolina said they will lose half of their business, not to mention there won't be as much cash for education.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 3 from California, 1 from Michigan, and 2 from New Jersey. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, December 20, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 6-20-23-40-56, and the Mega Ball is 36. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Lotto winner's ex-wife fights back. The gloves have come off in the legal battle over Canada's biggest-ever individual lottery jackpot.
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N.C. lottery hires have connections to Ga. and a Senator. The North Carolina Education Lottery announced five additional hirings Monday, including three with connections to the Georgia Lottery and another who was once a state director for U.S. Sen. John Edwards.
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N.C. Lottery to join Powerball. The North Carolina lottery commission voted Monday to join the multistate Powerball game, known for offering jackpots of $100 million and more, including one last month for $340 million, the second-largest in U.S. lottery history.
Monday, December 19, 2005
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Canadian cattle farmer keeps $1 million lottery win secret. Ted Yanke, a 59-year-old cattle farmer, won $1 million after scratching a Set For Life lottery ticket he'd picked on a whim in his hometown of Ashern.
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Original buyer of $1M lottery ticket identified. A man who threw away a $1 million scratch lottery ticket has been keeping a low profile since immersing himself in a dispute with an 82-year-old Blackstone man who found it in a trash bin.
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Deadline Passes For Unclaimed $100K Lottery Ticket. Wednesday's deadline for redeeming a Powerball ticket worth $100,000 purchased last summer at a northern Indiana gas station passed with no one claiming their prize, Hoosier Lottery officials said.Iowa man comes forward with $113M Powerball lottery ticket. An unidentified man from Beaverdale, Iowa stepped forward Saturday with the winning $113.2 million Powerball ticket from Wednesday's drawing.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Connecticut (1 with Power Play), 1 from Iowa, 1 from Kentucky and 1 from South Carolina. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
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Powerball: The Saturday, December 17, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 24-36-44-46-53, and the Powerball is 18. The Power Play number is 5. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Illinois, 1 from New Jersey, and 1 from Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Friday, December 16, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, December 16, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-25-26-31-56, and the Mega Ball is 17. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Wyoming voters to have no say on Powerball. Voters won't be given a say next year on whether Wyoming should join the multi-state Powerball lottery.
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SoCal man sues to get share of $315 million lottery jackpot. A medical lab technician has sued seven co-workers who shared a $315 million Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot, claiming he deserves a share of the money.
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Audit: S.C. lottery leaders paid more than those in other states. Top South Carolina lottery officials are being paid more than those in many other states, according to an audit released Thursday.
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$113 million Powerball winner may be a regular player. The identity of the buyer of the largest winning Powerball ticket in Iowa history is still a mystery. Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer says they know one of the 609 Powerball tickets sold at a northwest Des Moines Dahl's supermarket won the $113 million jackpot.
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Group sues to stop N.C. lottery. North Carolina's state lottery would be declared illegal and work on the game would stop if a lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court on Thursday is successful.
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Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery deal. Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.
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Heflin won't take Texas Lottery director job. Former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin ended his flirtation with becoming director of the Texas lottery Thursday and decided instead to file for the House district in Houston that he lost by a scant 16 votes in 2004.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
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Powerball Jackpot Winner! There was one $112 million jackpot winner from Iowa in the Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Powerball drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Idaho (1 with Power Play), 1 from Iowa, 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Minnesota, 3 from Pennsylvania and 1 from Rhode Island. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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Powerball: The Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-15-16-45-51, and the Powerball is 11. The Power Play number is 5. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Same Lotto Numbers Come Up Sat and Sun. The odds of the same Oklahoma Pick 3 lottery numbers coming up two nights in a row are a million to one, but that's just what happened last weekend.
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Woman found guilty of stealing winning lottery ticket. In less than two hours, a jury found Dora Leal guilty of stealing the ticket from a group of Chicago traders who'd pooled their money and sent Leal, a clerk, to check for a winner.
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'Lottery' top search term on AOL. AOL Search has put out an extensive list of top AOL Search terms for 2005 AOLSearch.com at http://hot.aol.com/2005/index.html which includes Paris Hilton as the most searched celebrity in 2005, "lottery" as the most popular search term, iPod as the top gadget and Green Day as the most popular band.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from Michigan, and 1 from New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 9-10-12-22-41, and the Mega Ball is 4. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Stolen lottery ticket trial underway in Chicago. The trial began Monday for a woman accused of stealing a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket from her co-workers.
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King King Millions lottery winner is 47-year-old mom. One Glen Head, New York woman had a reason to "go ape" yesterday as she came forward to collect a King Kong-size lottery check for $55 million.
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Group Expected To File Lawsuit To Stop N.C. Lottery. A lawsuit challenging how the lottery was created could be filed by the end of the week.
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N.C. lottery director names security office director. A forensic document examiner for the State Bureau of Investigation has been named director of the security office for the N.C. Education Lottery at an annual salary of $92,000.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Indiana, 1 from New Mexico and 1 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
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Powerball: The Saturday, December 10, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-21-34-42-45, and the Powerball is 39. The Power Play number is 4. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Georgia and 1 from Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Friday, December 9, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, December 09, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-15-31-32-43, and the Mega Ball is 20. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Impartial choice promised for Texas Lottery chief. The chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission said Wednesday that politics will play no part in whether a powerful ex-lawmaker is hired to run the beleaguered state agency.
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Couple Claims $4.6 Million Lottery Prize With Hour To Spare. Hearing that there was an unclaimed Lotto prize, an Arvada, Colorado couple went through their unchecked tickets and found the winning ticket. They verified the with less than an hour before the prize payout was set to expire.
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Oklahoma lottery winnings can be garnished. Oklahoma lottery winnings can be garnished from people owing delinquent child support, a state commission has decided.
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Oregon Lottery rewards store that sold winning Jackpot ticket. Oregon Lottery officials presented a "selling bonus" of $100,000 this week to Ray's Food Place, the store that sold the $340 million Powerball ticket to a Medford family in the Oct. 19 drawing.
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Elders fleeced in lottery scam. Several Massachusetts seniors have paid a hefty price after falling prey to a Canadian lottery scam, Danvers Police announced this week, and they've issued a public warning.
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A lottery ticket run to the border. An entertaining story about a jaunt to a bordering state to buy lottery tickets highlights Nevada's lack of a lottery -- and shoots down the 'regressive tax' theory.
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$100,000 lottery ticket to expire Wednesday. A Powerball ticket purchased in Gary, Indiana is worth $100,000 until Wednesday, Hoosier Lottery Officials said.
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N.C. Lottery commissioner says games are 'on track'. Bob Farris, a member of the North Carolina Lottery Commission, said he suspects the lottery will first offer the scratch-and-win style games by spring, and then be able to join in the bigger lotto-style games by the summer.
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Penn. woman wins lottery prize of $1,000 a week for life. Nancy Guiher was recently the winner of the $1,000 a week for life scratch game sponsored by the Pennsylvania Lottery.
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N.C. Lottery plans expensive personnel moves. Tom Shaheen, the executive director of North Carolina's new lottery, said yesterday that he's getting ready to hire six deputy executive directors who could make as much as $190,000 their first year.
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Lost lottery ticket worth $25,000 returned to owner. A lucky Texan lost a winning scratch-off ticket moments after he realized he'd hit the jackpot and, through several incredible coincidences, had it returned days later.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Colorado (1 with Power Play), 1 from Connecticut (1 with Power Play), 2 from Indiana, 1 from Louisiana and 3 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Powerball: The Wednesday, December 07, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 19-30-41-45-54, and the Powerball is 14. The Power Play number is 5. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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N.C. lottery director expects multi-state game by July. The director of the North Carolina lottery says that state will likely offer its first lottery games by April 5th and may play in the one of the multistate jackpot lottery games by July.
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Schoolchildren's 'Lotto Tree' Removed From Oklahoma Capitol. A Christmas tree decorated with used lottery tickets by elementary school students has been removed from Oklahoma's Capitol after complaints by a lawmaker.
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N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionaires. There was one first-prize ticket in New York's "King Kong Millions" lottery game, worth $55 million before taxes, in Monday's drawing, which coincided with the New York City premiere of the new movie "King Kong."
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N.C. Gov. answers lottery questions. North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley sat down with reporters Tuesday to talk about the year's accomplishments and struggles, highlighted some steps to secure lottery money and advance education.
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Iowa Lottery approves self-ban for players. The Iowa Lottery Board voted Tuesday to allow lottery players to self-ban themselves from winning game prizes in order to stem problem gambling.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from New York and 1 from Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, December 06, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 6-10-26-30-33, and the Mega Ball is 16. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Lottery number strategies subject of newspaper investigation. The final installment in a three-part look at the New Jersey Lottery compares number-picking strategies to pure luck.
Monday, December 5, 2005
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Delware Lottery renews contract with Scientific Games. Scientific Games will continue to provide cooperative services to the Delaware Lottery for at least another three years under terms of an agreement announced today.
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Illegal deals of Minn. Lottery revealed in court documents. Authorities investigating former Minnesota lottery director George Andersen suspected he was involved in bribery, conspiracy and conflicts of interest, court documents show.
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Tenn. Lottery leaders offer look at future. North Carolina Lottery Commissioners visited the offices of the Tennessee Lottery -- the model that they intend to copy.
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State, gambling foes argue about California joining Mega Millions. Arguments were heard Friday for a lawsuit filed by the California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion accusing the California Lottery Commission of overstepping its authority when it voted 3-0 last February to join Mega Millions without first getting approval from the legislature.
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Massachusetts Lottery fires official. The chief of the Springfield office of the state Lottery has been terminated from his $71,000-a-year job, highlighting the Lottery's lagging record on minority hiring.
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N.J. Lottery scratch games called 'paper slot machines'. The second of three articles examining the New Jersey Lottery. In this installment, scratch games are investigated.
Sunday, December 4, 2005
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Newspaper takes a hard look at the N.J. Lottery. The first in a three-part series examining the financial asepcts of the New Jersey Lottery, this first installment looks at those who are buying and winning the most.
Saturday, December 3, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Delaware, 1 from Indiana, 1 from Iowa, 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Minnesota, 1 from Missouri, 1 from New Mexico and 1 from West Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Powerball: The Saturday, December 03, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-15-26-37-42, and the Powerball is 36. The Power Play number is 3. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Georgia and 1 from New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
Friday, December 2, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, December 02, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-12-21-38-44, and the Mega Ball is 45. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!
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44 hospital workers split Florida Lotto jackpot. A fortunate group of 44 hospital workers struck it big in the Florida Lottery, claiming a lump-sum prize of $5.9 million, which breaks down to nearly $134,000 per person.
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Michigan Mega Millions lottery winners claim prize. A pair of lucky Michigan Mega Millions lottery winners picked up their winnings in Lansing early Thursday.
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Connecticut woman steals lottery winnings from purse. A 40-year-old Bridgeport, Connecticut, woman was charged Tuesday with stealing a woman's lottery ticket winnings at Shaw's Supermarket in Fairfield, police said.
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Elderly Lottery Winner Donates All Money To Charity. Local media reports that A 71-year-old man in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who won a lottery jackpot of 5RMB million (US$620,000) has donated all of the money to charity.
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N.C. Lottery panel trip may violate open meeting law. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission's planned trip to Tennessee appears to violate open meetings laws, some lawyers argue, although the commission chairman disagrees.
