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W.V. woman claims $1.75 million Hot Lotto jackpotNews Story
Like most people holding a winning lottery ticket worth more than $1 million, Diane Ellis checked her numbers over and over again.Twenty-five times, to be exact.A bookkeeper for a Charleston realty company, Ellis, 55, came forward Tuesday as the state's latest West Virginia Lottery jackpot winner.The South Charleston resident stood nervously alongside Gov. Joe Manchin as she faced the media Tuesday at the Charleston headquarters of the state Lottery Commission. I'm very happy ... very excited,
Aug 3, 2005, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Record Euro Millions lottery winner goes into hidingNews Story
A mother-of-six who won a US$136 million ( 77 million) jackpot in one of the biggest lottery wins in history was in hiding last night.Dolores McNamara, 50, fled her family home in County Limerick, Ireland, at the weekend after receiving a torrent of media interest following her extraordinary win.The housewife and mother of six had been sitting in her local pub at Garryowen on Friday night when the winning numbers of the EuroMillions lottery appeared on television.Her son Dean, 15, said, When th
Aug 1, 2005, 8:39 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery officials continue to investigate drawing errorNews Story
South Carolina Lottery officials say it will be several months before the financial impact is clear from an error made in a Palmetto Cash Five drawing last month.On June 24th, one of the numbers in the live random drawing was reported as 37, although the number drawn actually was 27. The incorrect number was sent to media outlets across the state and posted on the South Carolina Education Lottery Web site.Once the error was discovered, lottery officials decided to pay out on winning tickets with
Jul 22, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Calif. Lottery uses trick as Dems continue undermining Mega MillionsNews Story
The California Lottery admitted Monday they used a state official, who misrepresented herself as a freelance reporter, as an operative in the legal battle over constitutionality of the multistate Mega Millions game in California.In other developments, lawmakers indicated they may reject confirmation of Lottery Commission appointees who voted for the game and disclosed they are planning to unveil a bill today to make Mega Millions legal here, despite the lottery's claim it has not broken the law.
Jul 12, 2005, 9:21 am - Lottery News

North Carolina Still Working To Establish LotteryNews Story
It's a sure bet that if North Carolina becomes the final state on the East Coast to offer a lottery, supporters say, lawmakers will have hundreds of millions of new dollars to spend every year on education.But just as certain, opponents argue, is that as revenues rise, so will the number of North Carolinians addicted to gambling. The lottery will hurt a lot of people. It's a tax on the poor. It affects families, said Tom Spampinato of Cary, who spent 22 years battling a gambling addiction. He i
Jul 1, 2005, 12:18 pm - Lottery News

All Kentucky lottery money to fund educationNews Story
Finally fulfilling the promise made 17 years ago to voters who approved a state lottery, all of the Kentucky Lottery's revenue will go directly to education beginning today specifically to fund college scholarships.That means students who meet financial criteria will get larger awards, and more students will receive both need-based and merit-based scholarships.A projected $167 million in lottery proceeds over the next 12 months will fund the scholarships an increase from $134 million last ye
Jul 1, 2005, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Illinois lottery ad agency off the hookNews Story
A special audit of the Illinois Lottery's chief ad agency found the company did not keep adequate records to answer key questions about millions of dollars in payments from the state.However, Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration said Thursday that the special $60,000 audit answered enough of those questions to vindicate the state's support of R.J. Dale Advertising Public Relations.The forensic audit, conducted by Clifton Gunderson LLP of Oak Brook, concluded that there was no evidence of mis
Jun 24, 2005, 1:36 pm - Lottery News

Workers Win $15M Lottery Jackpot After Playing Wrong GameNews Story
It was a $15 million mistake.Eleven dental workers at Warren Family Dental in Howland, Ohio had been playing the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game for a year in hopes of winning big.This past week, one group member who usually doesn't play mistakenly bought an Ohio Super Lotto ticket for the group.All six of the numbers were drawn Saturday, making the dental workers winners of the $15 million jackpot.Nick Grano of the Ohio Lottery Commission said some of the women came to the regional offic
Jun 24, 2005, 12:06 pm - Lottery News

Unclaimed UK Lottery Prizes Soar to £100m RecordNews Story
Unclaimed UK National Lottery prize money rose to a record 100 million (US$182 million) last year, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport confirmed today.The figure the highest since the game was launched was up from 73 million (US$133 million) the previous year.After 180 days all unclaimed prize money plus the interest accrued goes to the National Lottery Distribution Fund, the DCMS said.The money is then allocated to good causes around the country.Lottery operator Camelot said the un
Jun 17, 2005, 2:03 pm - Lottery News

Birthdays Pay Off Big For Tampa ManNews Story
Manuel Pena gladly took his lumps.Pena, a handyman, took a one- time lump sum payment of $342,244.50 after winning the May 13 drawing of Mega Money.Pena, 51, of Tampa plans to buy a new truck, invest in real estate and spend his winings on family. He used birthdays of family members to choose the winning numbers.He purchased the winning ticket at the Publix in Hillsborough Plaza. Pena's wife entered a 7-Eleven store to check on the numbers. She called her husband with the surprising news, a Flor
May 20, 2005, 12:21 pm - Lottery News