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New York lottery fans have Mega ManiaNews Story
Mega Millions has become megapopular since its launch in New York two years ago.Sales of the high-payout lottery game in New York jumped 27 percent during its second year of operation, according to the New York Post.Mega Millions registered more than $474 million in sales in New York during the 2003-04 state fiscal year, which ended March 31, up from the $373 million it took in the previous fiscal year, according to New York State Lottery.Eleven states participate in the game, which has a minimu
Apr 19, 2004, 6:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

King King Millions lottery winner is 47-year-old momNews Story
One Glen Head, New York woman had a reason to go ape yesterday as she came forward to collect a King Kong-size lottery check for $55 million.Margie Barres, a 47-year-old mother of one, was not glued to the TV on Dec. 5, like the millions of other New Yorkers who purchased a King Kong Millions ticket. Instead, she waited until the morning after the drawing and the world premiere of the remake of the classic movie to check the New York Lottery's Web site.When Barres discovered the winning ticket
Dec 13, 2005, 7:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

NY Lotto inching closer to all-time highNews Story
The New York Lotto is two rollovers away from its all-time high of $55 million.The current Lotto jackpot of $47 million is the result of 19 consecutive rollovers. The jackpot started at $3 million on Wednesday, March 03, 2004, and since then no ticket has matched all 6 numbers drawn.The next drawing of New York Lotto will take place Wednesday, May 12 at 11:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time.The record New York lottery jackpot was set on Wednesday, April 23, 2003, when two lucky players matched all six
May 11, 2004, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery to launch new ad sloganNews Story
The lottery that contributed Hey, you never know to the lengthy list of memorable advertising catch phrases vernacular is hoping to do it again, with a new slogan for its scratch-off games. The slogan is the centerpiece of a campaign that formally begins this week for the New York Lottery. The campaign, by DDB New York, carries the theme Be ready not to be confused, presumably, with hit songs like Get Ready or People Get Ready or the Boy Scout motto, Be prepared. The message of Be ready i
May 10, 2011, 8:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

New York Lottery accounting method questionedNews Story
Billions of dollars in bets are kept off the New York Lottery's books. That's because the state Lottery Division does not publicly report the wagers on its video games that go to gamblers as prizes. The figures aren't included in the Lottery's annual reports or audited financial statements, and the Lottery initially declined requests for the amounts wagered on the video machines, and the prizes paid, since the machines were introduced in 2004. Late yesterday, however, a Lottery official
Jan 30, 2007, 6:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NY judge sides with attorney general against fantasy sports websitesNews Story
New York convinced a state court late Monday to reject demands from DraftKings and FanDuel two popular fantasy sports operators to issue restraining orders blocking the state attorney general from making good on his threats to shut them down in New York. The state's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, is demanding that the world's leading online fantasy sports wagering websites stop operating in New York because he claims they're too much like a lottery, even though New York operates a state
Nov 17, 2015, 10:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

VIDEO: Should you move to California to win the lottery?Reply
California, New York, and New Jersey are all in the top quartile of state population.
May 28, 2022, 10:52 am - Hermanus104 - Lottery News

Flashback: Winners are drawn in New York state's first lottery in 1967Reply
A lot of New Yorkers don't know the New York Lottery is this old ..
Jul 19, 2017, 1:19 pm - gocart1 - Lottery News

N.J. Cash 5 lottery player uses very lucky numbersReply
i wonder if a lot of new york people play the new jersey lottery.
Apr 7, 2006, 12:21 pm - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery News

$425 MILLION: Largest Powerball lottery jackpot in historyReply
I didnt check mega million just powerball. Unless i missed a jacpot hit this is what the last 16 Powerball jackpot hits shows 1 Winner from New York. There have been 2 winners from Iowa,Pa,Georgia Rhode Island Conneticut and Maryland. 1 from Michigan New Jersey Minnesota and New York. Maybe all the Mega Million winners are coming from New York though. Like i mentioned i didnt check it only PB.
Nov 26, 2012, 6:44 pm - alexnt55 - Lottery News