Lottery News for February, 2012
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Entire town, except one guy, wins $950M lottery. 4:35 pm - All but one household in Sodeto, Spain, held at least a piece of a winning ticket in the Spanish El Gordo lottery's huge first prize, $950 million -- the biggest ever.
$200 MILLION: New Powerball delivers huge lottery jackpot. 7:18 am - There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Saturday's drawing.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
D.C. Council poised to repeal online gambling. 8:27 am - After becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to legalize online gambling within its borders, the District of Columbia is poised to repeal the program before it launches.
Iowa Legislators satisfied with Lottery's handling of mystery jackpot winner. 7:43 am - State lawmakers gave Iowa Lottery officials high marks Tuesday for the way they handled the mysterious circumstances surrounding a winning Hot Lotto jackpot that went unclaimed when attorneys representing a trust that turned in a valid ticket withdrew a claim for the multimillion-dollar prize last week.
