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Lottery News for January, 2006

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 1-35-53-54-56, and the Mega Ball is 44.  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!
 – Ex-lottery employee claims bias complaint led to firing.  A former Texas Lottery employee who was fired in June shortly after receiving an excellent performance evaluation has sued the $3.5 billion agency, claiming she was fired because she complained about "national origin discrimination."
 – N.C. Lottery Commission Awards Vendor Contracts.  The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission awarded contracts for both instant-win tickets and lotto-style games to GTECH Holdings Corp. on Monday. The deals were estimated to be worth $19.2 million in the first year alone.

Monday, January 30, 2006

 – Indiana lottery rigger faces 50-year penalty.  William C. Foreman could spend 50 years in state prison if he's convicted of stealing secrets from the Hoosier Lottery in an effort to rig a million-dollar scratch-off game.
 – N.C. Lottery could pick vendors today.  North Carolina lottery commissioners meet Monday and could pick winning vendors to operate the state's scratch-off ticket games and online, or automated, numbers games.

Sunday, January 29, 2006

 – 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 Indiana, 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play) and 1 from Wisconsin.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, January 28, 2006

 – Powerball:  The Saturday, January 28, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-15-26-28-36, 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!
 – Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 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.

Friday, January 27, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Friday, January 27, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-7-8-18-29, 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!

Thursday, January 26, 2006

 – Ohio couple hits lottery jackpot.  Even before they won a $1 million prize in the Ohio Lottery, Gregory and Shelley West, of Marietta, were winners to their next door neighbor, Edee Starcher.
 – Wisconsin Megabucks lottery winners come forward.  Brian Schultz of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and his two sons, Todd and Matthew, have finally come forward and are splitting an $11.1 million Megabucks lottery jackpot from the Christmas Eve drawing, lottery officials announced Tuesday.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

 – Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 2 from Indiana (1 with Power Play), 1 from New Hampshire, 1 from Pennsylvania, 1 from Tennessee and 1 from Wisconsin.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
 – Powerball:  The Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 10-37-43-50-52, 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!
 – Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Illinois, 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, January 24, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 31-34-36-51-55, 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!

Sunday, January 22, 2006

 – 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 Indiana, 1 from Kansas, 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Missouri and 1 from U.S. Virgin Islands.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

 – Powerball:  The Saturday, January 21, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-18-39-43-54, and the Powerball is 41.  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!
 – 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 Georgia.  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, January 20, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Friday, January 20, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 18-22-28-44-53, 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!
 – Woman 'hiding lottery win from husband'.  A mystery woman claimed today she has won £1.5 million (US$2.65 million) from the UK National Lottery -- but has hidden her fortune from colleagues, friends and family.
 – Illinois Lottery exploring Internet sales again.  A proposal from last spring to authorize Internet sales of Illinois lottery tickets popped up again Thursday, a week after Gov. Rod Blagojevich unveiled a controversial initiative to include keno in the lottery as a way to finance school construction bonds.
 – Papers provide details on N.C. Lottery lobby.  Meredith Norris, former top political aide to North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black, urged him to call Gov. Mike Easley and push for a lottery-legislation change suggested by a lottery company executive during last year's General Assembly session, documents released Thursday show.
 – Lottery millionaire facing jail.  A convicted criminal who won a £9.7 million National Lottery jackpot is facing another jail sentence -- seven months after saying he was "turning over a new leaf".
Woman Cashes Lottery Ticket From 1992.  In a case of better late then never, an Australian woman has collected 100,000 Australian dollars (US$74,810) after cashing in a lottery ticket more than a decade after it was bought, an official said Friday.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

 – $1 Million Lottery Winner Used $8 From Previous Win.  When Barbara Blaul cashed in an $8 Powerball winning ticket last week, she figured investing her earnings in another $8 of Powerball plays would be wise. Her strategy paid off Tuesday when she collected her latest prize of $1 million.
 – Top Oregon lottery official may lose post.  Oregon Senate Democrats might block the reappointment of an Oregon State Lottery commissioner for resisting efforts to further increase the state's share of lottery profits last year.
 – $1 million lottery ticket was almost dog food.  A lottery ticket worth $1 million sat on the bathroom counter of Louis and Connie Frankel's Bath home for almost 24 hours -- and nearly became dog food -- before anyone realized it was a winner.
 – 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 Idaho, 1 from New Hampshire and 1 from Pennsylvania.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

 – Powerball:  The Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 15-29-38-52-53, and the Powerball is 7.  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!
 – 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: 2 from California, 1 from New Jersey, 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, January 17, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 24-32-37-39-40, and the Mega Ball is 44.  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!
 – Lottery millionaire Bud Post dies.  William J. "Bud" Post, the Venango County man who won millions in the Pennsylvania Lottery and then endured a fortune's worth of troubles, has died.

Monday, January 16, 2006

 – After sale, GTECH to remain in R.I..  The terms of the recent sale of GTECH to the Italian company Lottomatica allows GTECH to fulfill its existing commitments to Rhode Island, something that officials within the company said they hoped to do when news of a possible sale broke in September.
 – Interim Texas Lottery Director Hired.  One of the original commissioners to oversee the Texas lottery was called back to service Friday, this time to act as the temporary executive director of the troubled agency because officials have been unable to find someone to permanently fill the job, which has been open for six months.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

 – 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 Indiana (1 with Power Play), 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Missouri, 2 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play), 1 from South Carolina, 1 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play) and 1 from West Virginia.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, January 14, 2006

 – Powerball:  The Saturday, January 14, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 6-14-40-46-49, and the Powerball is 17.  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!
 – 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 Texas and 2 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.

Friday, January 13, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Friday, January 13, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 5-21-27-44-53, 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!

Thursday, January 12, 2006

 – Powerball lottery sales, starting this morning, going smoothly.  Oklahoma joined 27 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands today in what has become one of the most popular lottery games in the world, because of the size of its jackpots -- the jackpot hit an all-time high of $340 million in early November.
 – Three states replacing Lotto South game.  Like a tired mule whose best days are behind him, Lotto South is being retired and a fresh workhorse brought in to pick up the production.
 – 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 Indiana, 1 from Iowa, 1 from Louisiana, 2 from Missouri, 1 from New Mexico, 1 from South Carolina and 1 from Tennessee.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

 – Powerball:  The Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-6-14-17-18, 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!
 – 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 Massachusetts, 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, January 10, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 7-27-32-37-38, and the Mega Ball is 30.  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!
 – Italian lottery operator to buy GTECH.  Italian lottery operator Lottomatica will gobble up GTech Holdings for $35 a share cash, or about $4.8 billion including assumption of debt.
 – Iowa Lottery orders moratorium on machines.  Iowa Lottery President Edward Stanek, responding to a controversy over an expansion of the state's gambling industry, today ordered a limited moratorium on the installation of TouchPlay lottery machines, which closely resemble slot machines.
 – Kong-size lottery prizes put winners in spotlight.  Two big winners of New York's King Kong Millions game were introduced at a press conference Monday morning at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties, where one of the winning tickets was purchased.
 – Survey: 20% say lottery is most practical path to wealth.  A majority of Americans are pessimistic about their ability to save $200,000 in net wealth in their lifetimes, and more than one-fifth say the lottery is the most practical way for them to reach that type of goal, according to a new survey.

Monday, January 9, 2006

 – Oklahoma Lottery gearing up for Powerball Friday.  Tickets for the multi-state Powerball will go on sale at more than 1,900 Oklahoma merchants at 4 a.m. Friday, and the prize could reach the $100 million mark before the first drawing for Oklahoma-purchased tickets at 9:59 p.m. (Central Standard Time) January 14.
 – Tenn. Lottery says it need not obey state policies.  Though the state recently cleaned up its policy for investigating harassment claims, the Tennessee Lottery is exempt from those rules, officials said -- making it even tougher for the public to keep tabs on harassment cases at the agency.
 – Penn. Lottery declares 1st raffle a success.  Aside from the usual seasonal sales peak in instant tickets, thousands of players also took a $20 chance to get in the Pennsylvania Lottery's first-ever raffle game: a one-time drawing for a declared set of prizes, with winning numbers drawn specifically from the field of tickets sold.
 – Ohio Lottery's new game three months without jackpot winner.  The Ohio Lottery's newest game, which replaced Super Lotto Plus in October, has gone three months without a jackpot winner and some players and sellers think the 100-number, bingo-style Lot 'O Play game is too complicated.

Saturday, January 7, 2006

 – Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Nebraska and 1 from New Mexico.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
 – Powerball:  The Saturday, January 07, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-16-21-32-43, and the Powerball is 6.  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!
 – Mega Millions Jackpot Winner!  There was one $15 million jackpot winner from Ohio in the Friday, January 06, 2006 Mega Millions drawing.  More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Illinois, and 2 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, January 6, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Friday, January 06, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-11-28-37-53, 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!

Thursday, January 5, 2006

 – Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Kansas, 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Missouri, 1 from Pennsylvania and 1 from Wisconsin.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

 – Powerball:  The Wednesday, January 04, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 10-23-42-48-54, and the Powerball is 3.  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!
 – Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Maryland, 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, January 3, 2006

 – Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, January 03, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 15-19-20-32-38, 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!
 – £9.4 million lottery jackpot expires.  A £9.4 million (US$16.2 million) UK National Lottery jackpot is going to good causes after the mystery winner failed to come forward by the deadline.

Monday, January 2, 2006

 – 2005 a trying year for Texas Lottery chairman.  Tom Clowe says he was never much of a gambling man, but he was willing to take his chances when he asked Gov. George W. Bush in 1998 to give him an opportunity to serve the state in a volunteer capacity.

Sunday, January 1, 2006

 – Powerball: There were no jackpot winners and no $200,000 winners in the Saturday Powerball drawing.  For the complete rundown of winners in each of the other prize categories, see the Ways to Win page.

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