Lottery News for June, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Colorado Lottery ends MatchPlay game. 5:57 am - The Colorado Lottery conducted its final MatchPlay drawing Friday, capping a two-year run for the jackpot game.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Idaho man is state's first Hot Lotto jackpot winner. 12:12 pm - The Idaho Lottery introduced retired Army veteran Steve Colson of Nampa as the sole winner of a Hot Lotto jackpot worth $3.43 million.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
NAACP wants Texas Lottery shut down. 6:02 pm - The Dallas chapter of the NAACP wants to stop seeing low income Texans pumping money into the state lottery by putting it out of business.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Minn. store clerk accused of "micro-scratching" lottery tickets. 8:54 am - What began as a complaint from a lottery customer about the loss of $15 led to an undercover operation and eventually the arrest of a store clerk for lottery fraud.
Montana Lottery celebrates 25th anniversary. 8:12 am - The Montana Lottery has changed a lot in 25 years when it began after voters overwhelmingly approved it with 60 percent in support.
$60 million winning lottery ticket sold in CT. 8:00 am - Somebody in Connecticut is $60 million richer and they might not even know it yet.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Australian teen lottery winner still goes to work. 9:06 am - Allison Cooke, 19, is worth $1.5 million, but she hasn't even bought herself a new dress.
The lottery fantasy: How much money do you need to say 'buzz off, world'? 8:52 am - Even though this commentator and his wife don't actually play the lottery very often, they spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about the day when they hit the jackpot.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Quaker Oats workers claim $241 million Powerball jackpot. 10:06 am - Winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot, the largest ever won by an Iowa Lottery player, claimed their prize Wednesday in Des Moines, but they refused to identify themselves.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Lucky store: Sells third $1M lottery ticket. 4:00 pm - The James Quick Mart on James Reynolds Road in Swansea, Massachusetts, must have a good luck charm stashed under its counter -- for the third time in the past five years, it sold a $1 million lottery ticket to one of its customers.
Monday, June 18, 2012
$32 million Mega Millions ticket claimed in LA area. 7:00 am - A Los Angeles-area woman recently walked into the California Lottery's Santa Ana District Office and submitted her winning Mega Millions ticket worth $32 million.
Four $1M Powerball tickets sold in same county, at same chain. 6:47 am - The odds of winning at least $1 million by matching the first five numbers in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 5.15 million. Four people beat those odds in Florida this week.
Delaware couple plans to pay Powerball winnings forward. 6:41 am - A married couple from Wilmington, Delaware, managed to make their dreams come true when they won $1 million with Powerball, courtesy of the Delaware Lottery.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Powerball lottery jackpot makes Iowa history. 8:08 am - The Quaker Oats campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was buzzing all day with rumors about a group of workers who may have bought a winning Powerball ticket worth $241 million in Wednesday's drawing.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Brooklyn teen wins $1,000 a week for life. 10:19 am - A Brooklyn teen who was riding with his mom and uncle to claim their stolen car from an impound lot bought a lottery ticket when they stopped for gas that will pay him $1,000 a week for the rest of his life.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
California lottery winner arrested. 10:01 am - A Linda, California, man who made headlines earlier this year when his $5 lotto scratch card turned out to be worth $2 million used some of his winnings to post bail on Sunday.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
$240 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increased. 2:42 pm - There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $240 million for Wednesday's drawing.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
$205 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges. 10:13 am - There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $205 million for Saturday's drawing.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Ark. Lottery Commission denies tampering claim. 8:45 am - The Arkansas Lottery Commission is denying allegations that it deliberately sold unsecure tickets that had a design defect that could easily lead to potential tampering.
Woman sues business partner for share of $12.6M lottery jackpot. 8:00 am - A lawsuit launched by a New Westminster, British Columbia, woman who claims she was tricked out of her equal share of a $12.6 million lottery jackpot is going to a full trial.
Florida woman cashes $21M Lotto ticket. 7:29 am - A Key Largo, Florida, woman claimed the $21 million Florida Lotto jackpot from the drawing held on April 28.
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Cuban lottery system turns common words into numbers. 1:18 am - With roots in the 1800s, the Cuban lottery system known as La Charada has players seeing numbers everywhere they look.
Friday, June 01, 2012
Vermont Lottery appoints new Executive Director. 12:37 pm - Greg Smith, an executive with The Vermont Country Store, has been tapped to head the Vermont Lottery, replacing retiring Lottery Executive Director Alan Yandow.
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