Lottery News for August, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Doctor who won lottery still wants 'to help people'. 6:00 pm - Jackson Memorial Hospital doctor Shirley Press's actual experience winning the lottery was a lot different than she had mused over the years.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $133M sold in Calif.. 8:54 am - A $133 million lottery jackpot is more than the stuff of daydreams for one customer of a Morro Bay, California, liquor store.
Washington Lottery prizes in search of owners. 8:09 am - Every year, $9 million in Washington Lottery winnings go unclaimed.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Ottawa man claims $25M Lotto Max prize. 12:12 pm - An Ottawa construction worker is $25 million richer after claiming his Lotto Max prize almost two weeks after the winning numbers were drawn.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
$18.5M lottery winner 'scraping by'. 10:21 am - Ten years after he and his wife won $64 million in the "Big Game" lottery, Alex Snelius wishes he'd won more money.
Vt. Lottery computer glitch creates extra winners. 9:48 am - Due to a computer glitch, which has since been rectified, about 70 Vermont Lottery tickets were sold during a 30-minute span that were mistakes, but according to the rules were winners.
W. Va. official wins $79M Powerball lottery jackpot. 9:18 am - For about two hours, Berkeley County Magistrate W. Randy Smith believed he had come close, but that he didn't win Saturday's $79 million Powerball jackpot.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Anonymous donor gives lottery ticket to Kansas hospital. 10:26 am - Imagine the surprise to open your mail and find a lottery ticket worth thousands of dollars. It happened in one Kansas county this week and now the hospital in Beloit is all the richer for it.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Arkansas Lottery vending machines coming soon. 11:57 am - The Arkansas Lottery Commission approved rules Thursday for use of 100 vending machines in retail outlets, though opponents vowed to continue to try to have the machines declared illegal.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
TN lottery scholarships safe from cuts. 10:19 am - The dollar shortfall between Tennessee lottery revenue and the scholarship programs it funds is much less than previously projected, a study shows, indicating that lottery scholarships won't have to be cut or made harder to get.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
N.H. Lottery cancels proposed online game. 11:29 pm - The New Hampshire Lottery Commission announced Tuesday it is abandoning a proposed new online, interactive game and shifting its focus to the state's current games, especially instant scratch tickets.
Monday, August 16, 2010
N.C. Lottery director quits. 10:55 pm - Tom Shaheen, who has headed the North Carolina Education Lottery since its inception four years ago, has resigned his post to take a job with a company involved in the sale of lottery tickets through ATMs.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Man wins Fla. Lottery jackpot for 7th time. 5:09 pm - An Orlando man is having a streak of incredible lottery luck, claiming his seventh lottery grand prize.
N.J. Lottery sets record for lottery ticket sales. 4:27 pm - The slumping economy seemingly hasn't stopped lottery players in New Jersey who want to cash in on their dreams.
Lottery winner has lucky numbers tattooed on his arm. 10:36 am - It's not something most of us would need reminding about, but delighted Wayne Hughes has immortalized his £1.1 million (US$1.7 million) lottery win -- by having it etched on to his arm.
2 quick Lotto Texas winners put state in bind. 9:28 am - The luck of lottery winners is picking up. For the state, not so much: It has taken a $3.4 million hit in just the past 10 days.
Friday, August 13, 2010
'Lottery Ticket' cast tries luck at Scratchers. 9:00 am - Local media gave the stars of the upcoming Lottery Ticket movie some scratchers to play while they were entering the movie's premier.
Writer accuses agent of stealing 'Lottery Ticket' movie. 8:29 am - Ice Cube's new movie "Lottery Ticket" doesn't come out for another week, but there's already a legal fight over the flick from a screenwriter who claims his agent ripped off his idea and gave it to another one of his clients.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
N.C. collected record debt from lottery winners. 10:21 am - The North Carolina Lottery collected a record $1 million during the past year from prize winners who were also debtors.
Online gambling coming to Ontario. 9:34 am - In a bid to keep millions spent on offshore gambling websites in the province, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says Ontarians will have access to legal online gambling by 2012.
Monday, August 09, 2010
N.C. Lottery notches record $1.42 billion in sales. 9:48 am - Across the state, North Carolina Education Lottery players scratched and hoped their way to a record $1.42 billion in sales in the fiscal year that ended June 30, a 10 percent increase from the year before.
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Maryland Lottery achieves 13th straight year of record sales. 11:05 pm - Despite a challenging economy and two paralyzing snow storms that buried large parts of the state, the Maryland Lottery tallied more than $1.706 billion in sales in Fiscal Year 2010, breaking its sales record for the 13th year in a row.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Federal online gambling legislation clears big hurdle. 10:23 pm - Maybe there are some teeth in the push for legalization and sensible federal regulation of the Internet gambling industry after all.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Iowa Lottery celebrates 25th anniversary. 9:51 am - Twenty-five years and $4.8 billion in sales since it began, the Iowa Lottery remains popular statewide, generating $256 million in sales for the 12 months ending June 30.
Lottery ticket worth $12.5M sold in N.H.. 8:58 am - The New Hampshire Lottery says someone bought a Tri-State Megabucks Plus lottery ticket worth $12.5 million.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Playing same lottery numbers for 15 years paid off. 4:28 pm - The five numbers Chris Hoffman played in the Maryland lottery for 15 years never meant anything special to him -- until he won.
Iowa Lottery to look at online options. 10:18 am - The 25-year-old Iowa Lottery is an "offline business in an online world," but Director Terry Rich is out to change that.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Fla. Powerball winner claims $73.8M lottery jackpot. 10:36 am - The Florida Lottery announced on Friday that the $73.8 million jackpot from the July 10 Powerball drawing has been claimed.
Monday, August 02, 2010
Against the odds, KY Lottery returns record amount to state. 1:09 pm - The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) today announced a record-breaking $214.3 million was returned to the Commonwealth in Fiscal Year 2010, despite lottery sales dropping $38 million or 4.7% during the same period.
$85.7M Powerball lottery jackpot is Lousiana's 14th. 12:31 pm - One ticket purchased in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the $85.7 million Powerball jackpot Saturday night, the second-largest single amount won in Louisiana Lottery history.
N.Y. Lottery computer switch a glitch for some retailers. 8:43 am - New York Lottery players who frequent a popular Albany-area convenience store chain may be out of luck for a little while.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
$183M Maryland lottery winner resurfaces. 4:48 pm - Bernadette Gietka, the Maryland Lottery's largest winner to date, received a celebrity's welcome Friday at Maryland Lottery Headquarters.
Florida Lottery winner is all business. 3:54 pm - Three years after collecting a $13.6 million, lump-sum jackpot payout, a Florida Lotto winner has opened his second Batteries Plus franchise store, and in September will debut a third.
