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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:12:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[When the winning numbers are not drawn in the Mega Millions lottery game, it means a bigger contribution to state coffers.With tickets sales today expected to approach $1 million an hour for tonight's record $222 million jackpot, lottery officials are smiling.Sales build as jackpots grow, and the Mega Millions game has not had a winner in 12 drawings.Anne Plohr Rayhill, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Lottery, said about 35 cents of every dollar spent in Illinois on lottery games goes into the Il... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/81844">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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