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Massachusetts Lottery Players Unite: Boycott the Massachusetts Lottery Games!
Aug 3, 2011, 10:52 am - Raven62 - Lottery News

Massachusetts unveils new multimedia ad campaignNews Story
Focus is on how playing the Lottery is a Win-Win for everyone, including cities and townsThe Massachusetts Lottery kicks off its latest advertising campaign this week, featuring television and radio advertisements which create awareness of the many benefits Lottery sales bring to the 351 cities and towns of the Commonwealth. Print and online ads round out the latest advertising effort for the State Lottery.The campaign, created by Boston-based advertising agency Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmo
Feb 10, 2005, 11:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts Lottery relocates officeNews Story
The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission has settled into a new home on Fort Street, relocating the Western Massachusetts office to downtown after 20 years in West Springfield. We thought that 20 Fort St. - from an economical standpoint, from a leasing standpoint - was beneficial, said Joseph C. Sullivan, executive director. We think in the long run, it will be a better location for us. The newly remodeled 6,000-square-foot office will service 1,000 lottery agents in the four western countie
Jun 16, 2004, 7:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery a case study in the science of random numbersReply
Plenty of states are already using computers to generate numbers. Why wait for Massachusetts if you have the capability of doing that? Massachusetts uses the same currency as we use here in the United States. If you can make big bucks breaking the NY lottery algorithm they'll spend in Massachusetts as well as they would if they came from the Massachusetts lottery.Jack
Jun 13, 2005, 8:22 am - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery to present store with winning ticket commissionNews Story
In a press conference to be held today at 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, the Massachusetts Lottery will present the store that sold last night's winning Mega Millions ticket with its commission check.At that time, the amount of the commission check with be announced.The winning ticket for last night's $290 million Mega Millions jackpot was sold at Powers Wine Company in Lowell, Massachusetts.The store owner, Jay Patel, will receive the commission check.The check will be presented by Doug Rubin,
Jul 3, 2004, 12:23 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery sponsors Red Sox trophy tourNews Story
The most traveled trophy in the history of New England sports now has an official sponsor.The Red Sox and the Massachusetts State Lottery held a press conference at Fenway Park on Tuesday to announce a partnership in which the Lottery will be the presenting sponsor of the World Series Trophy tour.Ever since making history by winning their first World Series championship in 86 years, the Red Sox have been glad to share their success with the entire region of New England, not to mention various ot
Jan 5, 2005, 9:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts Judge Denies Demand for Lump-Sum Lottery Prize PaymentNews Story
Statement from Massachusetts Lottery Executive Director Joseph P. SullivanThe Massachusetts State Lottery is one of the most successful lotteries in the country for many reasons, including that we pay out more prize money and have more winners than any other Lottery in the U.S.In September, we celebrated with Louise Outing when she and her family claimed her $5.6 million prize at Lottery headquarters. At that time, Lottery officials reviewed the rules and regulations of the game, which are also
Dec 30, 2004, 8:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Scientific Games Awarded Contract By Mass. LotteryNews Story
Estimated Value of Contract is $20-$25 MillionScientific Games Corporation announced that the Massachusetts Lottery has awarded it the contract to be its primary supplier of instant tickets and related marketing services.The current Scientific Games contract is due to expire in August, 2004. The new contract is for an initial term of two years with three one- year options to renew. The value of the contract is estimated between $20-25 million over the initial two-year term.Massachusetts sells $3
Jul 7, 2004, 9:28 am - Todd - Lottery News

Two $31 million Mega Millions lottery jackpots won in Massachusetts in one weekNews Story
Same jackpot amount won in the same state on two consecutive Tuesdays By Kate Northrop In just one week, two Mega Millions lottery jackpots both valued at $31 million were won in Massachusetts. There's something in the water in Massachusetts, where a lottery player won a $31 million Mega Millions jackpot just one week after another player in the state won a jackpot of the same value. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, one ticket won the $31 million jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions game
Feb 1, 2023, 4:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Amid delay in new lottery policy, repeat winners keep on winningNews Story
It's been a charmed decade for Ali Jaafar. The Watertown man keeps hitting it big on the Massachusetts State Lottery, winning millions of dollars from thousands of scratch tickets. For the past two years, Jaafar has held the title of the state's winningest lottery player. But he is just one of hundreds of individuals who repeatedly cash in on the Massachusetts lottery. The lottery does not know how some of these so-called frequent winners manage to win so often. Many of these players hold
Apr 28, 2018, 10:00 am - Todd - Lottery News