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Louisiana Lottery may add Mega Millions next yearNews Story
With the price of a Powerball ticket slated to increase from $1 to $2 starting next year, state lottery officials are betting that adding a second multi-state jackpot game will help draw in additional revenue. The game, Mega Millions, is offered in 41 states, plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. For $1, players pick five numbers, from 1 to 56, and one Mega Ball, from 1 to 46, and are eligible to win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing. In 2010, 23
Aug 30, 2011, 2:15 pm - Lottery News

Ohio gas station sells $99M Mega Millions ticketNews Story
A lottery official says a winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $99 million has been sold at a gas station in northeastern Ohio. Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kildane says the winning jackpot ticket for Friday's drawing was sold at Speedway in Jefferson, 10 miles from the Pennsylvania border. She says the jackpot has been accumulating since July 5. Kildane says the winner can claim the prize beginning Monday because lottery offices are closed for the weekend. The w
Aug 6, 2011, 10:07 pm - Lottery News

D.C. first in USA to offer Internet gamblingNews Story
The District of Columbia is becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling, trying to raise millions of dollars from the habits of online poker buffs and acting ahead of traditional gambling meccas like New Jersey and Nevada. Permitting the online games was part of the 2011 budget and a 30-day period for Congress to object expired last week, said D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown, who authored the provision. The gaming would be operated by Intralot, a Greece-based company,
Apr 12, 2011, 7:52 pm - Lottery News

$218 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increasedNews Story
Largest Powerball jackpot in 10 months By Todd Northrop Just a week after the Mega Millions lottery had players across America scrambling for tickets for a mega jackpot, the Powerball multi-state lottery game is poised to do the same thing. Saturday night's Powerball drawing was the 10th consectuive drawing without a top prize winner, increasing the next jackpot to $218 million, with a lump-sum cash option of $109.9 million. The next drawing will take place Wednesday at 11:00 pm East
Apr 3, 2011, 8:03 am - Lottery News

$151 Million: Lottery riches up for grabs in Mega Millions gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The jackpot for Friday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw now stands at $151 million, the largest since January 4th, when a $380 million mega-jackpot was split by two winning tickets from Idaho and Washington. The lump-sum cash payout of Friday's jackpot is $94.3 Million, if the winner decides to take the whole thing at once. The lottery drawing, set for 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, will be the 11th since the last time a ticket was sold that matched all s
Mar 9, 2011, 10:47 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery to pay 2 sets of winning numbers after mistakeNews Story
The South Carolina lottery will pay for two separate sets of winning numbers for a Tuesday Pick 3 drawing after a graphic mistakenly listed the wrong numbers. Lottery officials said in a news release that the numbers 2-2-6 were picked for Tuesday's midday Pick 3 game. But a graphic listing the winning numbers before the evening drawing had the numbers as 2-2-1. Executive Director Paula Harper Bethea says the lottery tries to be as transparent as possible and honors its mistakes. Officia
Feb 16, 2011, 10:55 pm - Lottery News

Canada Lotto Max players awaiting huge draw tonightNews Story
By Todd Northrop New Year's Eve might be a lucky night for Lotto Max players across Canada. Since no winning tickets were sold for the $50 million jackpot in last week's Christmas Eve draw, lottery players are getting another chance tonight at the $50 million jackpot, with an additional estimated 18 MaxMillions $1 million prizes. Talk about starting 2011 off with a bang! This would be a great way to begin the New Year for Lotto Max players because there are lots of additional $1 millio
Dec 31, 2010, 11:12 am - Lottery News

$145M jackpot for tonight's Mega Millions lottery drawNews Story
Largest jackpot in more than seven months The jackpot for tonight's multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw is $145 million, the most since May 4th. The lump-sum cash payout of tonight's jackpot is $91.8 Million, if the winner decides to take the whole thing at once. Tonight's draw, set for 11 p.m. Eastern Time, will be the 12th since the last time a ticket was sold that matched all six numbers drawn. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 175,711,536. Ma
Dec 21, 2010, 4:36 pm - Lottery News

$50 million lottery man 'still in shock'News Story
It appears the reality hasn't sunken in yet for a Vancouver man who won last week's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. The Kitsilano resident went back to the Mac's convenience store Sunday morning, where he first learned that he held the lucky ticket, to pick up some cigarettes with his brother. Still a regular customer, employee Navinder Kalra told The Province. He said he's still thinking what to do [with the money]. He's still in shock. The man, not yet identified by the British Colum
Nov 1, 2010, 12:51 pm - Lottery News

Lover found lottery winner's bodyNews Story
A lottery winner who hanged himself in his Leicestershire home in central England was found by a live-in lover his family had no idea existed, an inquest has heard. Richard Lang died at his house in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire on May 18. The 31-year-old had won 867,454 in the U.K. National Lottery in 2005. On Wednesday an inquest at Leicester Town Hall heard he was found by Joshua Jones, who told police he was in a relationship with the British Waterways worker. But the inquest hea
Oct 30, 2010, 10:45 am - Lottery News