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Towns insulted by Kansas Lottery radio adNews Story
Residents in two Kansas communities are angry over a radio spot for the Kansas Lottery that suggests their towns are boring.The Kansas Lottery is partnering with several Kansas radio stations to promote its Great Escape Hybrid Doubler tickets. The promotion gives listeners a chance to call in or register online for chances to win the tickets, trips or prizes such as concert tickets or spa treatments.But WIBW is changing its ad promoting the game after it angered tourism officials in Garden City
Aug 1, 2005, 10:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas Man Claims $258,207 Super Kansas Cash JackpotNews Story
A recent trip to the grocery store was a good reminder to check lottery tickets for one Cimarron, Kansas resident.When he checked his tickets, he discovered he had a Super Kansas Cash ticket worth $258,207. The man delivered the winning ticket to the Great Bend Lottery office on Monday afternoon and claimed the prize.We went to the local IGA store here in Cimarron to buy some groceries, said the winner. I saw that Lottery ticket in my wallet and decided we might as well check it. We had a $25
Jan 4, 2005, 3:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery joins Amber AlertNews Story
Alerts will be transmitted to lotto terminals to be printedThe Kansas Lottery announced Wednesday that it joined the Kansas Amber Alert program, which helps locate missing and abducted children.Amber Alert was implemented in Kansas in March 2002. There are 96 Amber Alert programs nationwide.When an alert is activated by a local law enforcement agency, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation disseminates the information to other law enforcement agencies and media outlets to broadcast the information.N
Jan 15, 2004, 5:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery Sales Above ProjectionsNews Story
Kansas lottery sales continue to grow, as the third quarter of the fiscal year gets under way. Current sales reflect a $10 million increase over projected sales for the 2004 Fiscal Year. We believe our sales increases are a result of change we made in game development and marketing practices, reports Executive Director Ed Van Petten. We have introduced more instant games in the market, and these games have shown the largest increase. The Powerball game also boosts sales when the jackpots in
Jan 29, 2004, 7:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery Winner to Stay AnonymousNews Story
If you won almost $2 million playing the lottery would you want everyone to know who you were?Kansas Lottery officials have honored the request of the record-setting winner of the Super Kansas Cash drawing Wednesday to stay anonymous. The winner, a woman from Manhattan, Kansas, is $1,935,001 richer after Wednesday's Super Kansas Cash drawing.The woman, who purchased the ticket at the Shop Quik at 3108 Anderson Ave., also earned the store $1,000 bonus for issuing the winning ticket. She matched
Aug 26, 2003, 8:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas lottery players questioning game's integrityNews Story
Lottery players are now questioning the integrity of the game after learning that rigged lottery tickets were sold in Kansas. I'm not sure if I'm going to buy lottery tickets anymore or not, because I don't have a chance to win because he is rigging the numbers, said one avid Kansas lottery player. Lottery ticket holders are angry after finding out that Kansas is the latest state connected to a lottery scandal. Back in July Eddie Tipton, the former lottery Security Director for the Iow
Dec 23, 2015, 2:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas may be loser in Oklahoma lotteryNews Story
Mark Lunn can't wait for the Oklahoma lottery to get started.Lunn is a cashier at the Cenex gas station in South Haven, Kan., a dusty stopover four miles north of the state line on Interstate 35. Oklahoma residents, he said, form most of the station's customers for Kansas Lottery tickets.It can get overwhelming at times. We get swamped every time there's a drawing, Lunn said Thursday afternoon. They come from as far as Oklahoma City a lot of our regulars come from Oklahoma City. That may cha
Oct 3, 2005, 8:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery surpasses $1 billion mark in profits for the stateNews Story
The Kansas Lottery has banked its first $1 billion while also marking its 20th anniversary. At ceremonies Friday in Topeka, director Ed Van Petten said sales revenue transferred to the state treasury on Thursday pushed the game's all-time profits over the $1 billion mark. We are thrilled to tell you that the lottery has reached another milestone, he said. The second billion won't take nearly as long after Kansas' state-owned numbers game morphs into state-owned casino operator under a
Nov 12, 2007, 8:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas Couple Discovers It Pays to Check Those Lottery TicketsNews Story
Kimberly Blatchford of Winfield, Kansas, recently claimed a $192,769 Super Kansas Cash jackpot from the Nov. 3, 2004 drawing. Blatchford and her fianc , Todd Cirks, delivered the winning ticket to Lottery Headquarters on Tuesday. We buy tickets for the Powerball and Super Kansas Cash games on a regular basis, said Todd Cirks. I had 15 to 20 tickets stuffed behind the sun visor in my truck. Last week I cleaned out the truck to take it in for some work, and just tossed my tickets on the desk i
Dec 8, 2004, 8:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery installs new gaming systemNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop The Kansas Lottery's new, advanced central gaming system is now live at more than 1,700 Kansas Lottery retailers across the state. This follows a successful conversion by the Lottery's new technology partner Scientific Games as part of an overall plan to responsibly increase returns to the State of Kansas. The Lottery's data transfer and official switch-over from the old systems technology took place July 29. Careful planning started more than
Aug 1, 2018, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News