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Penn. Lottery has record salesNews Story
Lottery Sales Increase by More Than 10 Percent for Second Straight YearThe Pennsylvania Lottery, the only state lottery to designate all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents, had record sales of $2.35 billion in fiscal 2003-04, topping the old record of $2.13 billion, set in 2002-03, by $219 million or 10.3 percent. This has been a tremendous year for the Pennsylvania Lottery and for the hundreds of thousands of older Pennsylvanians who benefit from Lottery-funded programs, sai
Jul 13, 2004, 7:47 am - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery on a RollNews Story
The lottery has been a hot ticket in New Mexico.The New Mexico Lottery Authority reported Thursday it had a record $148 million in sales for the 12-month period ending June 30.New Mexico joined the Georgia Lottery Corporation as the two most successful lottery startups in the U.S.The New Mexico Lottery also announced it has surpassed last year's $33.1 million profit for education, but final figures on those revenues won't be available until later this month.Lottery officials noted that all figur
Jul 2, 2004, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Lottery player cries foul after missing $1M prizeNews Story
Dennis Perry said he doesn't want to sound ungrateful after winning $10,000 in a Tennessee Lottery drawing last weekend, but the Fayetteville, Tenn., man said mistakes during the drawing might have cost him the $1 million top prize.''I'm happy for what I won, it's just that I don't think it was fair the way it was played,'' said Perry, a 57-year-old disabled veteran. ''There's a big difference between $10,000 and $1 million.''Lottery spokeswoman Kym Gerlock said Perry's complaint would be invest
Jul 1, 2004, 8:17 am - Lottery News

Tenn. delays spending lottery fundsNews Story
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that the spending of lottery dollars on early learning and after school programs won't occur until next year.The upstart Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TEL) after only five months ended the fiscal year Thursday with more than $120 million in net ticket proceeds, earning what was needed to fund the full $88 million in college scholarships expected in the fall semester.However, Bredesen says the state would likely wait until final estimates
Jul 1, 2004, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery Director Lauds StartupNews Story
Tennessee's lottery is on track to be either the best or second-best lottery startup in U.S. history, lottery President Rebecca Paul said yesterday.Players have racked up about $422 million in sales as of last Sunday, which could put Tennessee ahead of Georgia's record-setting per capita sales in its first five months and 20 days of operation, Paul said.The lottery is using June 30, the end of the state's fiscal year, to measure its performance since games began here on Jan. 20. South Carolina h
Jun 29, 2004, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Playing Lottery 'not gambling'News Story
Pick 6 and Jersey Cash 5 were among the topics highlighted at the Millville, NJ's chamber of commerce luncheon meeting on Tuesday.The luncheon's featured speaker was Jaimee Gilmartin, public information officer for the New Jersey Lottery.She described how the contest enjoyed by millions benefits the state.The state Lottery, Gilmartin said, has since its 1970 inception provided more than $13.1 billion to programs and institutions that directly serve New Jerseyans.In 2003, 36 percent of Lottery re
Jun 10, 2004, 7:31 am - Lottery News

Brothers win $26.9 Million Powerball Jackpot Cash PrizeNews Story
Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery Edward Mahlman today presented a check for $26,934,553.39 cash - less 25 percent federal withholding - to brothers Jim Hare, 54, of Philadelphia, and Tom Hare, 50, of Drexel Hill, Delaware County, holders of the single winning ticket for the May 29, 2004, Powerball drawing.The jackpot had an annuity value of $52 million. I'm pleased to present Jim and Tom with this check, and I congratulate them,
Jun 7, 2004, 11:04 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery To Award First Instant Million On June 26News Story
Drawing For 3 Finalists To Be Held TodayOne Tennessee Lottery player will become an instant millionaire after participating in the Lotterys first million-dollar grand prize drawing, to be held at 6 p.m. (CST) on June 26 at Nashvilles Opry Mills shopping mall.A preliminary drawing to determine the three finalists who will take part in Millionaire Live! will be held at 2 p.m. Today.Names of the three finalists will be announced once Lottery officials validate the entry tickets and contact the indi
Jun 4, 2004, 7:52 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery unlikely for this termNews Story
Dont bet on buying a lottery ticket in North Carolina anytime soon.Gov. Mike Easley, who has advocated a lottery since before he took office in 2001, continues to push for a lottery. But even the primary supporter of a North Carolina lottery in the state House said it would not happen this year.The 2004 short session of the General Assembly is supposed to tackle the states budget and non-controversial issues, House Co-Speakers Richard Morgan, R-Moore, and Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, have said.Its
May 17, 2004, 7:33 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery HOPE bill adds $4.5 million for schoolsNews Story
While legislators devised a way to say millions of dollars in the HOPE scholarship program, they added a cost of $4.5 million that will benefit students who attend private schools part-time.The annual $1,500 scholarships will go for the first time to about 3,000 students taking six to 11 credit hours each semester, according to state estimates.Some legislators who voted for the HOPE funding package, which was approved by the Legislature but has not yet been signed by Gov. Sonny Perdue, say they
May 12, 2004, 6:43 am - Lottery News