Lottery News for October, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Virginia Lottery to award partial prizes for faulty game. 8:24 pm - Lottery officials announced Thursday that people who had bought misprinted tickets for a recently added game that said they'd won will receive some compensation for the tickets.
Arkansas voters get first lottery-only proposal. 7:24 pm - A proposal backed by Lt. Gov. Bill Halter offers Arkansas its first chance to vote solely on whether the state should get into the business of scratch-offs and lottery drawings to fund college scholarships.
$58.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania. 12:18 pm - Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced that a York business sold the only winning ticket in the $58.6 million, Oct. 29, Powerball jackpot.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Lottery Post member subject of new motion picture. 11:48 am - As the producer of director Neil LaBute's award-winning "In the Company of Men" and other features, Fort Wayne filmmaker Mark Archer knows a good story when he sees one. He knows Lottery Post member Jim Grimes' story is a good one — and will soon be telling it on the big screen.
Weak bond market lowers lottery annuity jackpots. 9:06 am - The nation's financial crisis is causing a dip in one of the optional jackpots offered in Wisconsin's Megabucks lottery game.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
DOJ says privatizing state lotteries illegal. 8:25 am - Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said Friday that he is dropping the idea of privatizing the Hoosier Lottery as an option of funding a college scholarship program after the U.S. Department of Justice said such a move would not comply with federal law.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
N.C. lottery turns record profits for state. 10:43 pm - Economic times on Wall Street are tough these days, but not so for the North Carolina Lottery.
Young lottery winner discusses investment challenges. 9:21 pm - A college student who won $1 million in the Maryland Lottery on his 19th birthday last year discusses the financial challenges that came from recent Wall Street woes.
Human error caused expensive Va. Lottery mistake. 6:44 pm - Virginia Lottery officials are saying that a human error caused a new lottery game to incorrectly spit out hundreds of winning tickets, leaving hundreds of players frustrated and wanting their money.
Ontario lottery winners: remember when you bought the ticket ... or else. 2:48 pm - A Canadian lottery corporation in Ontario is withholding a Windsor man's $100,000 winnings because he couldn't remember the date and time he bought the ticket.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
State lottery friends, foes prepare for vote. 10:30 am - Now that the state Supreme Court ruled the proposal can remain on the statewide ballot, Arkansas voters will get a chance to vote on a state lottery proposal supported by Bill Halter, Arkansas' lieutenant governor.
Lottery scam imitates popular sweepstakes. 9:57 am - The fake lottery scam that has bilked residents of the Hudson Valley and elsewhere out of thousands of dollars, has now been expanded to capitalize on the name and reputation of Publishers Clearing House.
$5M lottery win eases the pain. 9:18 am - A man who was permanently injured in a car crash 21 years ago had another life-altering change when he won $5 million playing Canada's national Super 7 game.
Oklahoma lottery seeking more prize money. 8:51 am - Oklahoma lottery officials may try to ask the Legislature to put more money into prizes, but a House leader doesn't expect they'll have much success.
Virginia winners may have to pay for Lottery's mistake. 8:33 am - Hundreds of players thought they had struck gold when lottery terminals errantly spit out tickets that appeared to have won them as much as $7,777. Turns out it was a computer programming error, not lady luck.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Missouri Pick 3 players get bonus drawing. 7:00 pm - A special promotion is giving Missouri Lottery Pick 3 players a shot at doubling their chances of winning cash in the Midday drawing.
Kansas Lottery sales decline. 6:03 pm - The economy is having its impact on the sale of Kansas Lottery tickets, according to lottery officials.
Time running out to claim $184,000 lottery ticket. 5:15 pm - California Lottery officials say time is running out for the buyer of a winning Mega Millions ticket at a Watts liquor store to collect the $184,000 prize.
Costa Rica court rejects washed lottery ticket. 4:54 pm - A Costa Rican who mistakenly washed a winning lottery ticket worth 112,000 dollars lost a court appeal to obtain the prize, a report said Wednesday.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
$42M lottery winner plans to become a pecan farmer. 3:20 pm - A Detroit-area man who won a $42 million Mega Millions jackpot plans to retire from Chrysler and become a pecan farmer in Georgia.
Georgia Lottery starts 2-for-1 Fantasy 5 Fridays. 3:17 pm - The Georgia Lottery began a new promotion of its Fantasy 5 game Friday, increasing players' chances to win the Pick 5-style lotto game.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Michigan $42M lottery winner to claim jackpot today. 8:02 am - The owner of a winning $42 million Mega Millions ticket, sold at a Macomb County, Michigan, liquor store, is expected to show up at Lottery headquarters Friday to collect the fortune.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
22 postal workers win $10.2M Powerball lottery jackpot. 8:00 pm - 22 postal workers who work at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center are sharing the joy of winning the $10.2 million Powerball lottery jackpot on Saturday.
Lottery ticket has all the numbers, but 7 seconds late. 6:54 pm - Joel Ifergan came within seven seconds of becoming a multi-millionaire, and he's ready to go to court to claim his windfall.
Man bowled-over by second lottery win. 4:43 pm - A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home won $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year.
Monday, October 06, 2008
N.Y. lottery winner and tenant fight thief. 11:25 am - New York lottery winner Gary Owens and his downstairs tenant fought off a would-be thief who forced his way into Owens' home at 3:30 a.m. Friday to claim a share of the jackpot.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Mega lottery bucks go unclaimed every year. 11:58 am - Last year, more than $600 million in lottery fortunes went unclaimed in the United States.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Judge rules Washington lottery winners can't be anonymous. 10:44 pm - The identity of a Yakima, Washington, couple who won a $6.6 million Lotto jackpot has been revealed after a judge ruled in favor of the state lottery that winners cannot claim jackpots anonymously.
Group of nine claims $207M Powerball lottery jackpot. 5:25 pm - Nine friends from Roswell came to the New Mexico Lottery today to collect a Powerball jackpot of $206.9 million -- the New Mexico Lottery's largest prize ever.
Two get bail in Ontario lottery jackpot theft case. 9:23 am - A Windsor woman accused of taking her 81-year-old husband's $3.5 million winning lottery ticket and the daughter who cashed it in were released on bail in Ontario court Thursday.
Windsor mother, daughter face $3.5M lottery fraud charge. 9:03 am - The Ontario Provincial Police arrested a Windsor, Ont., woman and her daughter on Wednesday on charges of stealing her husband's winning multimillion-dollar lottery ticket.
