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  NetConnectInternet Domains, simple and cheapFind a domain name:  The time is now 12:24 am | Lottery News for August, 2008Saturday, August 30, 2008Senate panels look into privatizing Texas Lottery. 12:41 am - As state revenue from the Texas Lottery continues to decline, two Senate committees on Wednesday began searching for ways to boost the state's take from the games of chance -- including the possible privatization of the entire lottery operation. 3 comments Last comment by Drivedabizness Post a comment Friday, August 29, 2008Lottery winner donates $3M jackpot to church. 11:22 pm - A Long Island, N.Y., congregation was praying for pennies from heaven to help expand their church, but instead they were showered with millions. Monday, August 25, 2008Pennsylvania Lottery's new Quinto game starts tomorrow. 10:09 am - The Pennsylvania Lottery is adding Quinto, a numbers game similar to The Daily Number and BIG&nbs;4, but played with five numbers instead, to its lineup of mid-day and evening drawings. A life of leisure doesn't cut it for lottery winner. 9:27 am - A hairdresser who won a lottery jackpot as part of an office pool has opened her own hair salon -- just yards from the shop where she used to work. £7M lottery winner goes back to work. 8:11 am - A train driver who won a £6.9 million (US$12.8 million) lottery fortune has booked a return ticket -- and gone back to work on the railways. Saturday, August 23, 2008Florida Lottery draws same Play 4 numbers. 10:52 am - Despite receiving many calls from curious players about the same number being drawn in consecutive drawings, the Florida Lottery said it was just a coincidence. Friday, August 22, 2008Woman prepares for 9 months before claiming $8.8M lottery jackpot. 10:18 pm - Backcountry resident Lynn Hagerbrant knew she'd hit the jackpot just a day after she bought her winning lottery ticket -- yet she waited nearly nine months to cash in on the $8.8 million prize. N.Y. man spends thousands in search of lottery riches. 9:30 pm - A New York building superintendent, who spends tens of thousands of dollars a year in an attempt to win the lottery, is jealous of a doorman across the street who won a $5 million scratch-off jackpot. Wisconsin couple win in lottery -- again! 8:49 pm - The Mount Horeb couple who made headlines earlier this week because they held two of only four winning tickets sold in Wisconsin for Saturday's SuperCash drawing, turn out to have the other two as well. Thursday, August 21, 2008Michigan Lottery starts two big new games. 9:35 am - After starting its latest raffle game last week -- with a $2 million top prize -- the Michigan Lottery will introduce a new instant win game next week awarding eleven ticket holders $1 million each. Tuesday, August 19, 2008His and Hers: Wisconsin spouses win identical lottery jackpots. 8:23 pm - A Wisconsin husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend's SuperCash state lottery. Saturday, August 16, 2008Man chooses wrong lottery numbers and wins jackpot. 9:14 am - A man who has played the same birthday numbers for years marked the wrong number on his playslip, and that mistake won him a $3 million jackpot. Friday, August 15, 2008Church rejects donation from lottery winner. 1:19 am - A Florida Lottery jackpot winner offered his church a donation of around $600,000, but the church and Pastor David Tarkington politely declined and told Powell they will not accept the lottery winnings. Wednesday, August 13, 2008Lottery winners plea for a wife for their son. 1:13 pm - After winning a £2.3 million (US$4.3 million) UK Lotto jackpot, Bob and Pat Green are hoping money CAN buy love -- for son Stewart. Tuesday, August 12, 2008Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rules. 9:57 pm - Powerball, arguably the world's best known jackpot lottery game, will be making changes to the game with the addition of Florida in January. Monday, August 11, 2008Powerball lottery winner shares $42.5M with relatives. 2:05 am - Barrie Edwards could have kept an $86 million annuity Powerball jackpot all to himself, but instead decided to take the $42.5 million cash payment up front and share his good fortune with his wife, his brother and sister-in-law, and 10 nieces and nephews and their spouses. Friday, August 08, 2008Lancaster County man claims $86M Powerball lottery jackpot. 12:51 pm - Barrie Edwards of Willow Street did not buy the Aug. 2 Powerball ticket that earned him over $42 million -- he received the promotional ticket for free when he purchased two Pennsylvania Lottery Match 6 tickets. Now, Edwards and his wife are sharing their good fortune with a dozen relatives. Woman bets $50,000 of her lottery win for chance at $1 million. 9:57 am - It's been said lightning never strikes twice, but Judith Yap is betting 50 grand that the old maxim is wrong. 2 tickets to split $45.1M Lotto 6/49 jackpot. 9:18 am - A ticket sold in northern Ontario and one sold in Quebec will split the $45.1 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot, tied for the second-largest draw in Canada. Lottery officials to name $86M Powerball winners. 8:28 am - Who won last week's Powerball jackpot? That's the $86 million question -- and Pennsylvania lottery officials have the answer. Tuesday, August 05, 2008New Penn. Lottery 5-digit game on sale Aug. 26. 12:59 pm - The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest game is the 5-digit numbers game, Quinto, offering 13 ways to play and win up to $50,000 cash. Sunday, August 03, 2008$200,000 Powerball lottery prize goes unclaimed. 8:50 pm - One lucky Powerball winner from Kansas isn't so lucky after the deadline expired for claiming a $200,000 prize. Friday, August 01, 2008Some may say times are tough, but lottery spending doesn't show it. 9:45 pm - Illinoisans apparently haven't lost an appetite for lottery tickets, even though some say they are pinching pennies elsewhere in their personal budgets. Keno to debut in Ohio on Monday. 9:08 pm - On Monday, Ohio's closest thing yet to casino gambling will allow players to wager in Keno drawings held every four minutes, from 11 a.m. until 1:44 the next morning. |
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