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Oklahoma Lottery to begin tomorrowNews Story
Big dreams of fast cash are taking hold across Oklahoma as lottery fever takes hold.Scratch-off lottery tickets go on sale at your favorite convenience store on Wednesday and both players and store owners are raring to go. News on 6 anchor Craig Day says Quik Trip stores are always busy places.Customers like to get in and out fast. More workers will be on hand starting early Wednesday morning. Quik Trip store manager Brad Young: All the stores have been asked to staff a little extra for the shi
Oct 11, 2005, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery unveils scratch ticket designsNews Story
Oklahoma Pick 3 lottery game to start by NovemberOklahoma Governor Brad Henry and state lottery officials unveiled the designs for the first four types of scratch-off lottery tickets that will go on sale in on October 12.The four instant tickets Lucky 7's, Rush to Cash, Oklahoma Gusher and 25,000 Jackpot range in price from $1 to $5 and will be available at about 1,200 locations across the state, said Jim Scroggins, director of the Oklahoma Education Lottery. When Oklahomans overwhel
Oct 4, 2005, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Kansas may be loser in Oklahoma lotteryNews Story
Mark Lunn can't wait for the Oklahoma lottery to get started.Lunn is a cashier at the Cenex gas station in South Haven, Kan., a dusty stopover four miles north of the state line on Interstate 35. Oklahoma residents, he said, form most of the station's customers for Kansas Lottery tickets.It can get overwhelming at times. We get swamped every time there's a drawing, Lunn said Thursday afternoon. They come from as far as Oklahoma City a lot of our regulars come from Oklahoma City. That may cha
Oct 3, 2005, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Gov. To Reveal Design Of Lottery TicketsNews Story
Oklahomans will soon get a sneak peek at the state's first lottery ticket.Governor Brad Henry and Jim Scroggins, executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery, will unveil poster-size facsimiles of the first scratch-off tickets on Monday.Henry says Oklahomans are excited about kicking off the lottery and raising money for education.Meanwhile, members of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission say they're breathing easier now that it's almost certain instant lottery tickets will go on sale as scheduled on O
Sep 29, 2005, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery ups the ante for retailersNews Story
Oklahoma Lottery commissioners have increased the financial incentive for store owners to sell scratch-off tickets, even before the games have begun.Commissioners decided Tuesday to give stores three-quarters of 1 percent of the value of each winning ticket cashed. They were already slated to receive 6 percent of ticket sales revenue.The scratch-off game is scheduled to begin next month.Under the new incentive, a store that sells $1,000 in tickets in a week and cashes winning tickets worth $500
Sep 15, 2005, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery appoints new directorNews Story
The Missouri Lottery Commission on Monday named its longtime chief financial officer, Larry Jansen, as the agency's new executive director.Jansen, 49, of Jefferson City, is a certified public accountant and has worked as the lottery's controller and chief financial officer since the lottery's inception in 1986.Under his direction, the Lottery has received the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada's Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting the past five y
Sep 14, 2005, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $60 millionNews Story
The jackpot in America's Game is headed higher and higher.Even though Saturday evening's draw did not generate a jackpot winner, 372,266 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.4 million in prizes.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $60 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, September 7th drawing will be an estimated $30.5 million.The numbers drawn Saturday night were 1, 3, 30, 31, 43 and the Powerball w
Sep 6, 2005, 6:40 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery Jackpot Jumps to $53 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is still on the way up.Even though Wednesday evening's draw did not generate a jackpot winner, 340,346 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.1 million in prizes.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $53 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 3rd drawing will be an estimated $26.7 million.The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 13, 17, 19, 41, 50 and t
Sep 1, 2005, 7:33 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery votes to join PowerballNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission voted Monday to join the Powerball multi-state lottery game, making Oklahomans eligible for mega lottery prizes beginning next year.Oklahoma will be the Multi-State Lottery Association's 30th jurisdiction to offer the game.Powerball is currently played in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.It is one of two groups that operate games that offer huge, multi-million dollar prizes to participating states. The other is Mega Millions.Oklahom
Aug 30, 2005, 9:17 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery chooses Scientific GamesNews Story
A New York company will be Oklahoma's first provider of lottery games.The Oklahoma Lottery Commission selected Scientific Games Corp. Tuesday to provide lottery terminals and scratch-off tickets. The company will get a $6 million contract to provide the games.The Commission also approved a proposal that retail outlets selling lottery tickets would receive a 6 percent share of sales. The commission decided drawings for the lottery would be held at an Oklahoma City television station, but the stat
Aug 12, 2005, 11:09 am - Lottery News