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Powerball: The Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 13-17-19-41-50, and the Powerball is 13. 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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$131 million lottery jackpot awaits Mega Millions hopefuls. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $131 million today, when no tickets sold for Tuesday's $111 million drawing drawing matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball number.N.C. Governor Signs Historic Lottery Bill. A jubilant North Carolina Governor Mike Easley waited just a day after the state Senate approved the lottery bill to sign it into law. His signature capped two decades of effort to bring a lottery to North Carolina, previously the only state on the East Coast without a game.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 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, August 30, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 19-32-42-49-56, and the Mega Ball is 29. 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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What's next for the N.C. lottery. A quick look at what will happen next for the North Carolina lottery, which received final legislative approval Tuesday.
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N.C. Lottery Bill Passed by Senate. The twists and turns of the North Carolina lottery drama have ended: North Carolina is finally getting a state lottery.New Port Richey couple claims $35 Million Florida Jackpot. The Florida Lottery announced today Florida Lotto winner Paul Combs, of New Port Richey, claimed the $35 million Florida Lotto jackpot from the August 24 drawing.
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N.C. lottery foes caught in game of 'Wack-a-Mole'. North Carolina residents and lawmakers opposed to a lottery in their state find themselves figuratively caught in a game of Wack-a-Mole, in which their foes keep popping up despite their best efforts to knock them down.
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B.C. lottery officials extend deadline to settle fight over jackpot. The British Columbia Lottery Corp. has given two groups of feuding fast-food workers another day to decide who deserves a share of a $14.5 million Lotto 6-49 jackpot.
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N.J. Lottery's scratch games hit $1 billion sales record. Sales of New Jersey Lottery instant games in the fiscal year ending June 30 passed $1 billion for the first time, with revenues from those games rising 9.5 percent from the previous year.
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Oklahoma Lottery votes to join Powerball. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission voted Monday to join the Powerball multi-state lottery game, making Oklahomans eligible for mega lottery prizes beginning next year.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
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Lottery excitement builds as Mega Millions reaches $111 million. Lottery player excitement is growing, as the jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has increased to $111 million.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Colorado, 2 from Kentucky, 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Oregon, 1 from Rhode Island and 1 from South Carolina. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
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Powerball: The Saturday, August 27, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-22-31-39-44, 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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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Michigan, 1 from Ohio and 1 from Texas. 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, August 26, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, August 26, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 5-20-38-47-54, and the Mega Ball is 35. 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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Powerball lottery changes go into effect Sunday. Changes to Powerball, the country's largest lotto game, take effect Sunday (August 28), with two new numbers added to the mix.
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Indiana Lottery has limit for Pick 3 and Pick 4 Numbers. There are occasions when the Hoosier Lottery will close betting on certain combinations when too many people are betting one number.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
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Calif. lottery director resigns. Chon Gutierrez, a longtime state official who has headed the California Lottery and the Department of Motor Vehicles, announced his retirement Thursday after more than 34 years in state government.
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Powerball lottery jackpot jumps to $32 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $32 million.
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Iowa Lottery employees return to work day after fire. Employees at the Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines were able to return to their building Wednesday after an electrical fire the day before forced an evacuation.
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Calif. lottery director to resign. Acting California Lottery Director Chon Gutierrez is resigning amid controversy created by Democrat lawmakers over the legality of California's recent entrance into the multi-state Mega Millions lotto game.
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No lottery for N.C. pleases S.C. retailers. With North Carolina's lottery hopes dashed until at least next year, some of South Carolina's top retailers say they're pleased to maintain the region's lottery monopoly.
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Coworkers fight for share of B.C. lottery win. Two co-workers of a British Columbian lottery pool are claiming that they have been cheated out of a share of a $14.5 million jackpot.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona (1 with Power Play), 1 from Idaho, 1 from Indiana, 1 from Missouri 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, August 24, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 9-11-26-35-51, and the Powerball is 32. 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 lottery jackpot increases to $97 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $97 million Wednesday.
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N.C. Lottery Appears Dead as Senate Adjourns. North Carolina Senate leader Marc Basnight gave up on passing a lottery before ending the session last night and going home, but the issue may resurface when lawmakers reconvene in May.
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Milkman to return to 3am starts after Lottery win. A milkman who won £1.4 million (US$2.52 million) in the UK Lotto has vowed to continue his job - and its 3am starts.
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Lottery plan dies in N.C. Senate. North Carolina Senate lottery supporters early this morning threw away the last chance to bring games to the state this year.N.C. Democrats tried to sneak lottery in 'the back door'. North Carolina Senate Democrats saw an opening early Wednesday they say would have allowed them to pass a lottery bill and give Gov. Mike Easley a big political victory.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 17 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 5 from Georgia, 5 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from Ohio, 2 from Virginia and 1 from Washington. 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, August 23, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 6-7-8-13-40, and the Mega Ball is 12. 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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Explosion, fire, shut down Iowa Lottery Headquarters. An explosion and smoky fire Tuesday has forced the evacuation of the Iowa Lottery Headquarters building in Des Moines.
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S.C. woman wins $1 million with instant lottery. A Kingstree, South Carolina, woman won $1 million from the S.C. Education Lottery's $100 Million Cash Bonanza instant-ticket game.
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Financial analyst looks at lottery jackpot cash/annuity options. Don Taylor, a chartered financial analyst who holds a doctorate in finance, answers a common lottery question about how to take jackpot winnings.
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N.C. lottery still 1 vote shy of passing. Raleigh political watchers are trying to figure out whether North Carolina legislators will get a final chance for the year to pass a state lottery.
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Florida Lotto winner buys golf course for $1.4 million. A 2002 winner of the Florida lottery purchased the Ironwood Golf Course in East Naples today for $1.4 million.
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Elderly Canadian couple claim lottery jackpot. A beaming Brockville, Ontario, couple, who are both almost 90, have entered Canada's millionaire club after cashing in their Lotto/49 ticket from the Aug. 6 draw.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Missouri, 1 from South Carolina (1 with Power Play) 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, August 20, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 13-27-28-29-49, and the Powerball is 36. 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 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan and 2 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. lottery bill weakening. Unless legislative leaders can shake loose one more "yes" vote, North Carolina appears all but certain to remain the only state on the East Coast without a lottery for another year.
Friday, August 19, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, August 19, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-13-18-36-46, 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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Air Force sergeant claims $93.4 million Powerball jackpot. A Kirtland Air Force Base master sergeant who decided on a whim to buy a lottery ticket while picking up milk at a Raley's supermarket won a $93.4 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials announced Friday.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
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$93 million Powerball lottery jackpot brings out wannabe winners. The $93 million Powerball jackpot won with a ticket sold somewhere in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metro area has yet to be officially claimed, but lottery officials say dozens of people have called the office, claiming to have won.
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Ohio Lottery planning end for Super Lotto game. The Ohio lottery is planning to replace Super Lotto Plus, which has existed in various Super Lotto forms since 1987, with another game designed to be different than the 12-state Mega Millions game played in Ohio.
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Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery ticket. A Circle K clerk in Nogales, Arizona is accused of stealing a lottery ticket and then collecting the $1 million winnings.
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Drug dealer must forfeit lottery jackpot. A Mexican citizen must forfeit about $2.75 million in Texas lottery winnings because of his drug-trafficking conviction, a federal appeals court said on Wednesday.
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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 $100,000 prize: 1 from Minnesota. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
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Powerball: The Wednesday, August 17, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-8-30-43-53, and the Powerball is 15. 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 lottery jackpot increases to $72 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $72 million Wednesday.
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While N.C. lottery bill sits, backers and critics wait. North Carolinians will have to wait at least a week before they find out if the legislature will approve a state lottery, because lawmakers have taken this week off while some of their fellows have traveled to Seattle for a legislative conference.
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French family win lottery twice with same numbers. In a feat that will have statisticians shaking their heads, a French family have twice won a national lottery -- using the same numbers each time.
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Texas Lottery May Eliminate Lotto Bonus Number. In an effort in increase sales, the Texas Lottery Commission is considering the elimination of the new five numbers and bonus ball matrix and return to a 'pick six of fifty' (6/50) format for the Lotto game, which is the flagship of the Texas Lottery.
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Redundant Mega Millions lottery bill passes Calif. Senate Committee. A Senate committee, on a bipartisan vote, approved a measure Tuesday to legalize California's participation in Mega Millions lotto -- without the testimony of lottery officials who maintain the multi-state game is already legal.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from New York and 1 from Texas. 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, August 16, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, August 16, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 9-15-20-24-55, and the Mega Ball is 3. 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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CT Lottery looking for $4.9 million winner. One lucky Connecticut Classic Lotto player won the $4.9 million jackpot Friday, but hasn't yet stepped forward to claim the prize.
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Connecticut likely to stick with Powerball. Connecticut gaming officials are ready to approve changes to the Powerball lottery, including steeper odds and back-loaded jackpot payments, despite concerns raised last month by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
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N.D. Lottery chief says gas price might hurt lottery sales. Higher gasoline prices appear to be slowing lottery ticket sales, the North Dakota lottery director says.
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Texas Lottery considering guaranteed jackpots. Texas Lottery officials are considering guaranteed jackpots to help avoid inflated estimates like the one in June that prompted a consumer complaint to the state attorney general and cost the agency director his job.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
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Unclaimed New Mexico Powerball jackpot fuels speculation. The lucky -- and still unknown -- winner of Wednesday's $93.4 million Powerball jackpot bought the winning ticket in the Albuquerque area, the New Mexico Lottery revealed Friday.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Nebraska and 1 from South Carolina (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
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Powerball: The Saturday, August 13, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 1-2-18-37-43, and the Powerball is 37. 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 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California 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.
Friday, August 12, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, August 12, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-37-38-45-54, and the Mega Ball is 21. 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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New Mexico Lottery still looking for $93 million Powerball winner. No one came forward to claim a $93.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot sold in the Albuquerque area by the time Lottery claims offices closed for the weekend late Friday afternoon.
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$45 million N.Y. Lotto winner living life to the fullest. Six years ago New Yorker John Falcon won $45 million, and he went from living in a modest tenement apartment to living in the Trump Tower.
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D.C. Lottery to change lottery lineup. According to the D.C. Lottery Board, changes are coming to two of its games, in addition to the August Powerball changes.
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Buyer of 10 millionth N.D. lottery ticket to win $10,000. The North Dakota Lottery says whoever buys the ten millionth ticket sold will win the ten-grand.
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Oklahoma Lottery chooses Scientific Games. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission selected Scientific Games Corp. Tuesday to provide lottery terminals and scratch-off tickets.
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N.C. lottery's fate could come down to one key vote. The proposal for a North Carolina lottery -- which seemed headed for passage a month ago -- is in jeopardy.
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N.C. lottery vote today or Saturday. Backers of a North Carolina lottery spent Thursday trying to get a few senators to change their "no" votes to "yes."
Thursday, August 11, 2005
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$93.4 million Powerball lottery winner is New Mexico's third. One winning Powerball lottery ticket was sold in New Mexico for Wednesday night's drawing. It is New Mexico's third Powerball jackpot winner, and the Lottery's second-largest prize ever.
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Powerball Jackpot Winner! There was one $92 million jackpot winner from New Mexico in the Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Powerball 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 $100,000 prize: 1 from Colorado, 1 from Iowa, 1 from New Mexico, 1 from Rhode Island, 2 from South Carolina and 1 from Wisconsin. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
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Powerball: The Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 13-31-36-38-49, and the Powerball is 2. 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 Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, and 1 from Michigan. 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, August 9, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, August 09, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 13-35-36-43-52, and the Mega Ball is 5. 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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Car salesmen lottery pool wins $16 million jackpot. Four salesmen at an Oak Lawn, Illinois, car dealership are collecting a lump-sum payment of $1.6 million each after taxes, after they won a $16 million Illionois Lotto jackpot.
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N.C. lottery bill limits commercials. North Carolina lawmakers are slapping limits on how much a proposed lottery can spend on advertising and what the commercials can say, but they may have underestimated both.Oklahoma Lottery to compare vendors. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission is scheduled to meet today to consider proposals for a variety of services related to the lottery start-up.Indiana Lottery banking on fairness, cuts. The Hoosier Lottery has run into some rough times lately -- whether it is sagging profits or employees leaking the location of a winning ticket -- but the new head of the quasi-governmental agency is focused on running things more efficiently with an emphasis on integrity.Even with revenue deal, start of N.C. lottery no sure bet. House and Senate Democrats have agreed how to distribute lottery proceeds, but it's hardly a sure bet that North Carolina will become the last state on the East Coast to run a numbers game this year.North Carolina Lottery is a Go. Residents of the Tar Heel state will finally get a lottery, under terms worked out by the state's House and Senate Friday.
Sunday, August 7, 2005
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 2 from Arizona, 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Delaware, 1 from Minnesota and 1 from Missouri. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, August 6, 2005
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Powerball: The Saturday, August 06, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 1-9-19-36-53, and the Powerball is 33. 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 were no jackpot winners and no $250,000 winners in the Friday Mega Millions drawing. For the complete rundown of winners in each of the other prize categories, 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, August 5, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Friday, August 05, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-5-48-50-53, 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!
Thursday, August 4, 2005
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Brothers sharing $11 million lottery win return to work. Thirteen years after James and John Daly split an $11 million lottery prize, the twin brothers have returned to their old jobs as maintenance workers in the Brockton, Massachusetts, schools.
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Euro Millions lottery winner wants 'normality'. Irish housewife Dolores McNamara wants to return to normality as soon as possible, her solicitor said today as she collected the biggest jackpot in European Lottery history.
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Maryland Lottery to replace classic Lotto game. The first Maryland lottery game to offer $1 million prizes seems likely to become extinct, a victim of players who opt to gamble instead on mega-jackpots.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona (1 with Power Play), 1 from Connecticut (1 with Power Play), 1 from Indiana, 2 from Missouri, 3 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play) and 1 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
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Powerball: The Wednesday, August 03, 2005 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 5-19-24-28-39, and the Powerball is 24. 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.J. Officials Warn Residents Of Lottery Scam. New Jersey Lottery officials are warning Garden State residents to beware of a scam involving letters claiming large lottery winnings.
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N.J. store owners win lottery jackpot. Not only did Jr.'s Wholesale on McBride Avenue in Paterson, New Jersey, sell two winning lottery tickets totaling $3.25 million last month, but the family that owns the convenience store includes the winners, New Jersey Lottery officials confirmed Monday.
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New Yorker claims huge lottery jackpot amid controversy. A 66-year-old former state worker has claimed the second largest lottery payout in New York history, but residents in the town in which the winning ticket was sold feels the lottery is snubbing them.
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Euro Millions lottery winner makes press wait for prize claim. The wealthiest winner in European lottery history failed to come forward to collect her €115.6 million (US$136 million) prize yesterday, to the disappointment of waiting press.
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W.V. woman claims $1.75 million Hot Lotto jackpot. A bookkeeper for a West Virginia realty company came forward Tuesday as the state's latest West Virginia Lottery jackpot winner.
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N.C. Democrats feel heat on lottery. In North Carolina, legislative leaders trying to break a logjam on the state's budget are pressing reluctant House Democrats to support a much more aggressively advertised lottery than the version that squeaked through the House in April.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 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, August 2, 2005
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, August 02, 2005 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 17-22-39-50-52, and the Mega Ball is 46. 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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Euro Millions lottery winner 'in Dublin to collect prize'. The Irish woman who won the biggest jackpot in European lottery history is believed to have flown to Dublin to collect her winnings, it emerged Monday.
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Still no consensus in N.C. lottery talks. North Carolina is the only East Coast state without a numbers game, but House and Senate leaders and Gov. Mike Easley are trying to create one before the Legislature adjourns for the year.
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N.D. lottery revenues exceed expectations. North Dakota's three lottery games have raised $7.2 million for the state treasury since Powerball sold its first ticket in March 2004, the state's lottery director said.
Monday, August 1, 2005
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Man let lottery winner go first. A man has revealed he missed out on the $136 million Euro Millions lottery jackpot -- because he let winner Dolores McNamara buy her ticket first.
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$1.75 million Hot Lotto ticket purchased in West Virginia. The winning ticket for Saturday's $1.75 million Hot Lotto jackpot was purchased at a Kanawha County convenience store, according to West Virginia lottery officials.
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One ticket wins $56 million NY Lotto jackpot. A $56 million New York Lotto ticket was sold at the Gold Star Deli on Arsenal Street, Watertown, New York.
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Towns insulted by Kansas Lottery radio ad. Residents in two Kansas communities are angry over a radio spot for the Kansas Lottery that suggests their towns are boring.
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Texas Lottery has history of frequent firings. Current and former Texas Lottery employees believe the threat of being fired was used to intimidate anyone who raised questions about lottery operations.
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Record Euro Millions lottery winner goes into hiding. A mother-of-six who won a US$136 million (£77 million) jackpot in one of the biggest lottery wins in history was in hiding last night.
