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$1 million Powerball lottery winner speaks about picking numbersNews Story
Oklahoma lottery winners discuss their methods What's in a number? Just ask Charles and Laura Fay of Foss in western Oklahoma. The couple won $1 million playing Powerball on March 17 with numbers that Charles derived while driving his tractor-trailer rig. He (Charles) would just be driving, hauling fuel, and he had a long route. Charles had some numbers floating around in his head, and we used those, Laura Fay said. We happened to be pretty lucky. We use the same numbers a
Dec 26, 2006, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery excitement: first Powerball jackpot winnerNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket this week in North Carolina is $74.5 million richer this morning. Powerball officials say one winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn Wednesday night was sold this week. That ticket was sold in North Carolina, although there is no word this morning where that ticket was purchased. The winning numbers were 2, 8, 9, 12 and 19, with the Powerball number of 25. The Power Play multiplier was 3. This is the first Powerball jackpot won w
Nov 30, 2006, 10:06 am - Lottery News

S.C. only state with no lottery sales on Election DayNews Story
Reason for the law is unclear South Carolinians can pick politicians and decide a slew of state issues Tuesday, but they can't elect to buy a lottery ticket or a bottle of booze. State law prohibits the sale of both on statewide election days. While a ban on selling liquor isn't unique to South Carolina, it is very likely that shutting down the state lottery is. And the reason lottery tickets are forbidden isn't nearly as clear as a banned bottle of vodka. I think we're the only sta
Nov 7, 2006, 1:24 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $70 millionNews Story
No one hit the Powerball jackpot Saturday, but 559,109 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.4 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $70 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, October 25th drawing will be an estimated $32.6 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 9, 29, 31, 45, 55, and the Powerball was 7. The Power Play multiplier was 4. Five tickets co
Oct 24, 2006, 11:15 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery Celebrates One Year AnniversaryNews Story
Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of the beginning of the Oklahoma Lottery. Lottery officials say it's been an excellent year, even though sales are lagging slightly behind projections. This year, Oklahomans won more than $129 million. So far, more than $68 million has been transferred to Oklahoma education. Lottery Commission Executive Director Jim Scroggins says the lottery is expected to generate $123 million this year for education. But before it started, lottery supporters e
Oct 12, 2006, 3:51 pm - Lottery News

Okla. lawmaker aims to stop lottery winners from staying anonymousNews Story
An Oklahoma state senator from Edmond plans to introduce legislation to prohibit people from forming anonymous trusts after learning they have won a lottery prize. Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, said this proposed legislation stems from instances including one this week where a trust claimed a lottery prize. We were told the lottery would be open, it would be transparent full accountability. We would know the name and towns of everyone who had won, Jolley said. I think winners being a
Oct 6, 2006, 12:03 pm - Lottery News

Witness Says N.C. Lottery Commissioner Met With Possible VendorNews Story
Within days of joining the state's lottery commission, Kevin Geddings met with a man who wanted to do business with North Carolina, an attorney testified Monday at Geddings' federal fraud trial. Joe Lucas, a Charlotte lawyer, said he arranged for Geddings to meet with a friend who maintained instant ticket machines for the Georgia lottery. The friend performed the work under contract with Scientific Games Corp., Lucas said. Prosecutors have accused Geddings of failing to disclose to the St
Oct 3, 2006, 12:29 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery commissioner on lottery firm payroll for yearsNews Story
Four years before North Carolina lawmakers created the state lottery, a for-profit lottery company was paying former state lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings to work as a consultant, a company executive said Monday at Geddings' fraud trial. Patrick Traub, an executive at Scientific Games Corp., affirmed government evidence showing that Geddings received $9,668.66 in April 2001 from a company later acquired by Scientific Games. An invoice from Geddings' public relations firm stated the payme
Sep 25, 2006, 1:51 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $179 millionNews Story
Three $1 million Power Play prizes won The Powerball jackpot is on the move in big ways. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, three lucky tickets in Colorado, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania each won $1 million with Power Play. A total of 885,793 tickets across the nation won more than $12.8 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $179 million. The cash option for the
Sep 17, 2006, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Cash 5 lottery game on sale todayNews Story
Starting today, stores that participate in Oklahoma's lottery games will be selling tickets for a new Pick 5 game. Lottery commission officials said Oklahoma's Cash 5 tickets go on sale today, September 1, with the first drawing to be held on Tuesday, September 5. It works similarly to Powerball, officials said, except players only select 5 numbers out of a pool of 36. Tickets cost $1 each and offer buyers a chance to win a grand prize of up to $25,000. Pleayers can also win $500 for m
Sep 1, 2006, 10:57 am - Lottery News