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Tennessee couple wins Powerball lottery 10x promotionNews Story
A Murfreesboro, Tennessee, couple struck it rich over the weekend from a Powerball promotion that turned a $200,000 second-prize win into a $2 million jackpot. Nita and Merwin Scruggs came forward Monday to collect their check and become millionaires. We still can't believe it, said 59-year-old Merwin Scruggs, a manager at Graves Metal Products Inc. in Shelbyville, on Monday in a news release. We didn't sleep at all last night. The winning Powerball Power Play ticket, which was pur
Apr 17, 2007, 7:40 am - Lottery News

Powerball offers 10X multiplier this monthNews Story
Powerball players who purchase the Power Play feature will have a chance to multiply their prizes by 10 during the Power Play 10X promotion running in April. During the month of April, that means a $200,000 second-prize winning ticket could multiply into $2 million if the player purchased Power Play for the winning ticket. For an additional $1, Power Play normally gives Powerball players the opportunity to multiply their non-jackpot prizes two, three, four or five times. A Power Play w
Apr 2, 2007, 5:40 pm - Lottery News

N.M. Senate votes to shift more lottery funds to scholarshipsNews Story
The New Mexico State Senate voted 39-1 Tuesday to ensure that more proceeds from the New Mexico Lottery go toward the scholarship fund and less go toward administration. Senate Bill 364 would require that at least 27 percent of revenue from lottery sales go toward scholarships starting July 1, and then at least 30 percent starting Jan. 1, 2009. Current law requiring that at least 50 percent of revenue go toward prizes will remain in effect. The bill comes on the heels of a report last fall
Feb 28, 2007, 10:27 am - Lottery News

Ct. lottery ticket worth $3.5 million expiresNews Story
Officials Reject 200 Lost Ticket Claims The dream of becoming a millionaire could be turning into someone's nightmare. Connecticut lottery officials said no one has produced the winning ticket for a $3.5 million jackpot in the Feb. 14, 2006, drawing. The winning ticket expired and is worthless, lottery officials said. However, officials said if someone mailed it in and it was postmarked before the deadline, it would be honored. Lottery officials and the Division of Special Reve
Feb 22, 2007, 5:46 pm - Lottery News

Indiana Lottery privitization takes big step forwardNews Story
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the state lottery took a major step forward Tuesday when a key Senate fiscal panel narrowly approved the proposal. The 7-5 vote came after educators and business leaders lined up to support leasing the Hoosier Lottery to a private operator in exchange for $1 billion toward a life sciences initiative and scholarships meant to keep smart Hoosier kids in Indiana. One Republican joined the four Democrats on the committee to vote against the measure
Feb 21, 2007, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Company proposes new pooling lottery ticket to fight 'jackpot fatigue'News Story
An Arizona company has designed a new lottery ticket concept that would enter the purchaser in a pool with other lottery players, at the same time entering chances that are not part of the pool. The company claims that the increased number of chances to win will combat jackpot fatigue, a sense of dimished player excitement over large jackpots leading to lower ticket sales. The company hopes to attract state lotteries with its promise of higher sales. According to the company's press reles
Feb 9, 2007, 7:00 pm - Lottery News

Spain nabs con artists in major lottery scamNews Story
Spanish police have arrested 43 Africans on suspicion of running a fraud ring in which people were duped into paying money as a handling charge to collect fake lottery winnings. (Editor's note: See http://www.usamega.com/lottery-scams.asp for a description of this type of lottery scam.) Authorities estimate the men 42 Nigerians and one Senegalese bilked people out of more than 2 million (US$2.6 million) altogether. They were arrested Tuesday in Seville, and another five Nigerians were
Feb 7, 2007, 12:45 pm - Lottery News

Lottery tickets prove a popular giftNews Story
What started out as a stocking stuffer for Fred Heckman's grandchildren turned into a profitable tradition for the family. One year when he was searching for small extras to give his two grandchildren on Christmas, the Endicott, N.Y., man discovered a New York Lottery promotion that offered $10 worth of scratch-off tickets packaged in a festive envelope. He hasn't found them since that year, but every year since, he has purchased $10 worth of tickets as a present whichever games feel lucky.
Jan 31, 2007, 2:27 am - Lottery News

Sales increase as Lottery adds new gamesNews Story
While the number of games has expanded and receipts have greatly increased, the basic structure of the New York Lottery and its mission have remained relatively unchanged over the four decades it has been running, lawmakers and state officials say. The games, then and now, siphon money away from illegal gambling and help to pay for schools. The lottery was approved by voters, at the urging of then-Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, in a referendum to amend the state constitution in 1966. The nu
Jan 30, 2007, 8:51 pm - Lottery News

New Iowa Lottery ad has gambling foes fumingNews Story
Ties between collegiate sports and gambling are typically forbidden. So when a new Iowa Lottery commercial featuring the Iowa Fight Song and the Tigerhawk logo began airing Jan. 12, it should have come as no surprise that it caused some heads to turn. Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta said the Lottery did nothing wrong when it used the logos and fight song in the commercial because his office had approved the use. He added, however, that his opinion recently had changed. If I had it
Jan 19, 2007, 11:09 am - Lottery News