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Pennsylvania Lottery to enforce ID checkNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery will announce a new program this morning in Harrisburg designed to enforce age limits on lottery ticket sales.Lottery ticket ID checks will be added to those checks already in place at Pennsylvania stores to verify IDs on people buying beer and cigarettes. A special machine reads the magnetic strip on the back of a driver's license.The owner of Old Forge Beverage in Lackawanna County thinks adding checks for lottery tickets is a good idea. It's going to enhance it, act
May 12, 2004, 6:38 am - Lottery News

Lottery bill would let N.C. counties decide to joinNews Story
The North Carolina Legislature's newest lottery bill would give counties the option to participate in a state-run numbers game in which they would receive a portion of the proceeds for school construction.The measure filed by Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, would allow county commissioners the authority to call an election on whether to operate the lottery in that county. A state-run lottery could be started once voters in 25 counties agree to participate in one.One-quarter of all revenues genera
May 11, 2004, 7:27 am - Lottery News

New York lottery sales go up 8.2%News Story
$5.84 billion in tickets sold, setting a record for fourth yearSales of New York state lottery tickets totaled $5.84 billion in the fiscal year that ended March 31, officials said this week. Thats up 8.2 percent from $5.39 billion the previous year.New York remains the most successful state lottery in North America in terms of sales. The next highest was in Massachusetts, with $4.19 billion in sales.Its the fourth year in a row that New York broke a record. This past years sales alone were more
May 8, 2004, 2:03 pm - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot increased to $212 millionNews Story
The state lottery directors who sell the Powerball game increased the estimated jackpot today from $205 million to $212 million after strong sales during the past two days.Besides being the largest lottery jackpot currently offered in the world, the new estimate of $212 million would also be the sixth largest Powerball jackpot ever won.The estimated cash option for the drawing will be $110.3 million.When the Powerball jackpot gets this high, players have fun talking about what they would do with
May 7, 2004, 10:58 pm - Lottery News

Georgia oversight committee looks into generous lottery perksNews Story
A legislative oversight committee began looking Thursday at the generous employment policies of the Georgia Lottery Corp., whose former director and three top aides collected almost $300,000 for vacation and sick days they were due but never used when they left the state to help start Tennessee's lottery.Rebecca Paul and three of her vice presidents took advantage of a policy which allows corporation employees to get paid for up to three years' worth of unused vacation time - 18 weeks - and for
May 7, 2004, 7:17 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery may run short on scholarship funds in 2006News Story
Tennessee's lottery could be short of money to fund college scholarships within a couple of years if current projections of lottery revenue are correct, an analysis by the state treasurer has found.By the end of the 2006 fiscal year, the scholarship fund will be $13 million in the red, and the shortfall will be larger in subsequent years, the treasurer's analysis shows.This means legislators may have to cut the amount given for scholarships or tighten eligibility so fewer students receive them,
May 6, 2004, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Georgia lottery sales continue setting recordsNews Story
Georgia lottery sales continued to set records during the first quarter of this year, easing worries that the lottery-funded HOPE scholarship may run dry.Lottery figures to be released Wednesday show a 6 percent growth rate in sales during the first three months of 2004 and a record pace for this fiscal year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.Through three quarters of the 12-month period ending June 30, sales are up more than $100 million compared with the same period last year, accordin
Apr 28, 2004, 7:40 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery yields $64M for scholarshipsNews Story
Tennessee Lottery officials gave the state nearly $64 million Thursday to fund college scholarships.The transfer of $63,774,000 from the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. to the bank account for scholarships represents the profits since the first scratchoff tickets were sold Jan. 20. It's the most exciting day in our history, lottery CEO Rebecca Paul told members of the Tennessee State Funding Board. The money comes from profits on $231.6 million in sales through March 31.She said the lottery e
Apr 16, 2004, 9:26 am - Lottery News

Man bets all on roulette and winsNews Story
Now the subject of TV showA British man who sold all his possessions, including his clothes, stood in a rented tuxedo on Sunday surrounded by family and friends and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel.He won't go home empty handed.Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold all his possessions in March, took $135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some low stakes gambling and then placed everything he had left on Red. The wheel was spun, a crowd of supporters including h
Apr 12, 2004, 1:57 am - Lottery News

Georgia to scale back lottery-funded HOPE programNews Story
The nation's most sweeping lottery-funded scholarship program was reined in Wednesday by Georgia lawmakers, who trimmed the popular HOPE scholarships out of fear they will soon cost more than lottery revenues can provide.The scholarships which cover books, fees and tuition for B students at state schools will get new qualification rules in response to warnings the program is growing out of control.The scholarships cost $21 million in 1993, the first year. This school year, the state expects to s
Apr 8, 2004, 6:02 am - Lottery News