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Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief announces retirementNews Story
Lottery industry leader to step back after 32 years of service By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery's Executive Director and longest-serving member Gary Grief announced he will retire at the end of February 2024. After 32 years of loyal service and dedication to the Texas Lottery, Executive Director Gary Grief will retire next month. Since 2010, Grief led the Texas Lottery in its mission to generate revenue for public education and veterans' services. He dedicated himself to a vari
Jan 26, 2024, 12:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Glynis Johns, 'Mary Poppins' star who first sang Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns,' dies at 100  :-(Reply
NEW YORK Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie Mary Poppins and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100. Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died Thursday at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes. Johns was known to be a perfectionist about her profession precise, analytical and opinionated. The roles she took
Jan 4, 2024, 11:49 pm - eddessaknight - Mystical Forum

Unclaimed $1 million Powerball lottery ticket bought in Kentucky will expire this monthNews Story
Less than two weeks for the winner to come forward By Kate Northrop There isn't much time left for a Kentucky Lottery player to claim a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million, which is set to expire later this month. Whoever is holding a $1 million winning Powerball ticket in Kentucky better step forward to claim it soon or else risk losing out on the prize for good. Kentucky Lottery officials announced Wednesday that a winning Powerball ticket purchased at Pilot Travel Center
Jan 4, 2024, 6:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Actor Andre Braugher Dies At 61 :-(
'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Actor Andre Braugher Dies At 61 Taiyler S. Mitchell Tue, December 12, 2023 at 5:51 PM PST 1 min read 20 Andre Braugher attends the red carpet event for Andre Braugher attends the red carpet event for She Said during the 60th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on Oct. 13, 2022, in New York City. Actor Andre Braugher died Monday BEFORE HIS TIME age 61, Deadline and Variety reported. Braugher played televisio
Dec 12, 2023, 10:00 pm - eddessaknight - Mystical Forum

Ryan Mindell appointed Executive Director of Texas LotteryNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery Commission announced the appointment of Ryan Mindell as the new Executive Director of the Texas Lottery in a press release issued Thursday. With a track record of multiple leadership functions at both the Texas Lottery and in the lottery industry, Ryan Mindell will serve as the new Executive Director of the Texas Lottery. With a unanimous decision, we are proud to appoint Ryan Mindell as the Texas Lottery Commission's newest Executive Director, Texa
Apr 22, 2024, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

New $50 Massachusetts Lottery ticket offers "unprecedented" top prize of $1 million a year for lifeNews Story
Another huge prize-bearing game one year after the launch of the state's first $50 ticket Includes video report By Kate Northrop The Massachusetts Lottery released a new $50 scratch-off ticket that boasts an unprecedented top prize of $1 million a year for life. The new $50 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts Lottery, which offers a prize that is sure to keep anyone comfortable for the rest of their life, is certainly the first of its kind for that price point. Ticket r
Feb 7, 2024, 11:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Carl Weathers, 'Rocky's' Apollo Creed and 'Mandalorian' Actor, Dies at 76 Ethan Shanfeld
Carl Weathers, Rocky s Apollo Creed and Mandalorian Actor, Dies at 76 Ethan Shanfeld Fri, February 2, 2024 at 11:36 AM PST 3 min read 2k C arl Weathers , who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films opposite Sylvester Stallone , died Thursday, his manager Matt Luber confirmed to Variety . He was 76. Weathers also starred in 1987 s Predator and had a memorable role in Adam Sandler s Happy Gilmore . He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstandi
Feb 2, 2024, 6:28 pm - eddessaknight - Mystical Forum

Steve Lawrence, singer, entertainer and half of popular stage duo Steve & Eydie, dies at 88Reply
Steve Lawrence, Singer and Actor Who Found His Greatest Fame as Half of Steve and Eydie, Dies at 88 By Chris Willman Plus Icon Steve Lawrence , a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the 50s and 60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died Thursday at age 88. Lawrence died at home in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was complications from Alzheimer s disease, according to a spokesperson for the family, Susan DuBow. Lawrence s Alzheimer s
Mar 8, 2024, 8:14 pm - eddessaknight - Mystical Forum

Louis Gossett, oscar winner, Dies @ 87 :-(
Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries Roots, has died. Gossett's first cousin Neal L. Gossett ... San Francisco Chronicle 5 hours ago TODAY via Yahoo Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar-winning actor from An Officer and a Gentleman and Roots, dies at 87 6 hours ago People Magazine Louis Go
Mar 29, 2024, 9:59 pm - eddessaknight - Mystical Forum