Lottery News for September, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Canadian family charged with stealing $12.5M lottery jackpot. 8:23 am - Ontario police say a Toronto family celebrated with what should have been someone else's winning Super 7 lottery ticket.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tickets on sale for Oregon Lottery's Thanksgiving Raffle. 1:39 pm - The Oregon Lottery is doubling the stakes for this year's Thanksgiving Raffle, with two $1 million prize winners.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Michigan Lottery holds new 50/50 raffle draw. 11:27 am - The Michigan Lottery continued with its string of unique and creative raffle-style games with the drawing today of its Ultimate 50/50 Raffle.
Missouri man wins $2M lottery jackpot - 3 months after winning $1M. 9:36 am - A Bonne Terre, Missouri, man has become the first Missouri Lottery player to win $1 million or more on a scratch-off ticket more than once.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Lottery scams dupe thousands. 9:59 am - Dick Long fought in the Philippines under MacArthur. Lillie Long taught first-graders for nearly three decades. Now, every time they go to the mailbox and just about every time they pick up the phone, they're being scammed.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
N.C. Lottery increases prize percentage. 11:12 am - Since the North Carolina Lottery started, the percentage of lottery proceeds paid to education has dropped from 35 cents of every dollar sold to 29 cents, even though the total amount going to education has increased every year.
Prison guard wins $54 million lottery jackpot. 9:34 am - She's been homeless, bankrupt, a robbery victim and assaulted on the job -- but radiant Rikers Island prison guard Garina Fearon now has 54 million glorious reasons to start living la dolce vita.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Powerball winner breaks ground on latest gift. 8:48 am - With great blessings can come great responsibility. Reverend Dr. Solomon Jackson, Jr. won the lottery in 2009, and he turned over the winning, and the blessings, for others.
Fla. Lottery awards $20M grand prize in scratch game. 8:08 am - The Florida Lottery last week held the grand prize drawing in the $600 Million High Roller Scratch-Off game, awarding one lucky winner the $20 million grand prize.
Monday, September 20, 2010
N.C. Lottery's raffle makes 3 millionaires. 9:11 pm - The North Carolina Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Cash Splash Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Monday, and made three instant millionaires.
Powerball, Mega Millions lotteries both have big winners. 4:27 pm - The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced jackpot winners this weekend.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Clerk tried to steal $14 million lottery ticket. 9:21 pm - A retired New York transit worker is a big winner, but it took some detective work to find out just how big.
MasterCard illegally adds fees to Lottery players. 8:51 pm - All you need is a dollar and a dream to play the Lottery, except if you're paying with MasterCard -- then it's an extra 10 bucks.
N.Y. man pleads guilty to stealing to feed his lottery habit. 8:00 am - A compulsive lottery player pleaded guilty today to stealing $2.3 million from condo and co-op buildings he managed in Manhattan to feed his love of randomly drawn ping-pong balls.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Canadian woman wins lottery on 18th birthday. 8:40 am - A Winnipeg teen celebrated her birthday the way most of us can only dream of — with a winning $1 million lottery ticket.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Man wins £2.6M lottery jackpot, but doesn't wake wife. 2:19 pm - A British couple had two great reasons to celebrate last week -- firstly it was their ruby wedding anniversary, marking 40 years of marriage, and secondly they won £2.6 million (US$4 million) on the Lotto.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Illinois Lottery privatization announcement expected Wednesday. 8:08 am - Illinois is soon to become the first in the United States to turn over its state lottery operations to a privately owned company.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Arkansas Lottery director survives attempted ouster. 8:48 am - The director of the Arkansas Lottery survived an attempt this week to oust him from his job.
Decision on privatizing Illinois Lottery 'within days'. 8:37 am - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn could select a private firm to manage the Illinois State Lottery as soon as next week, but some lawmakers would rather keep the lottery under state government.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Pick 3 'triple' pays out record $2.88M to N.C. Lottery players. 3:50 pm - Triple digits paid off in a big way for North Carolina Pick 3 players in the Monday, Sept. 6 evening drawing.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Undercover lottery investigation tests store clerks' honesty. 9:32 am - A television investigative program recently traveled to various states testing the honesty and integrity of lottery store clerks in correctly informing customers of their winning lottery tickets.
Monday, September 06, 2010
Powerball lottery ticket worth $1M expired. 8:00 am - Idaho Lottery officials say time has run out for someone holding a Powerball ticket worth $1 million.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Mobile gambling to surpass $48 billion by 2015, report says. 9:30 pm - A new report published today by Juniper Research has found that a combination of mobile casino, lottery and betting service launches in major emerging markets led by China allied to liberalization of remote gambling legislation across the US and Europe will see the scale of annual wagers on mobile gambling exceed $48 billion by 2015.
New lottery game marks Kansas' 150th birthday. 8:39 pm - The state's anti-gambling founders probably wouldn't have approved, but Kansas unveiled a new lottery game Friday to get a jump on celebrating its 150th birthday.
