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Tenn. may pay Paul 6 times what Calif., Texas, Fla. pay lottery chiefsNews Story
Package: $350,000 salary and up to $402,500 in bonusesTennessee's new lottery director will make at least three times the salary and perhaps as much as six times more than the directors of many of the nation's largest state lotteries, a Tennessean survey of lotteries shows.Georgia lottery director Rebecca Paul, who was tapped during the weekend to head Tennessee's new lottery, will receive a base salary of $350,000. This compares with $134,000 in New York, $123,255 in California and $110,000 in
Sep 10, 2003, 4:07 am - Lottery News

Fortune smiles on lottery winnersNews Story
Winning the Texas lottery is bound to change your life. It's why people play it. But some area winners say the changes aren't as radical as some might think. They have nicer cars and homes. They travel more and work less, but most still work at something.It was the best Christmas gift the Triple J NXS Trust could receive. Their numbers -- 8, 20, 47, 51, 40, 44 -- came in on Dec. 26, 2001.The payoff: $36 million.The triple J's are Jim Ater, Jennifer Willis Wyatt and Justin Pratz. The NXS refers
Sep 1, 2003, 7:52 am - Lottery News

Whittaker in news againNews Story
First he gave her a $100 Christmas present for making his favorite breakfast biscuits. Then, after winning a $315 million Powerball jackpot, Andrew Jack Whittaker helped her buy a $123,000 house.A happy story, except that, now that they know a sex offender lives in their neighborhood, Moss Creek subdivision residents arent so thrilled with the February purchase Whittaker made for C L Super Serve clerk Brenda Higginbotham.Earlier this week, residents found fliers stuck in their doors notifying th
Aug 29, 2003, 11:27 am - Lottery News

Computer problem shut down lottery machines across CaliforniaNews Story
Roughly 19,000 lottery machines shut down across the state Wednesday, with more than 2,300 in Southern California -- including the Coachella Valley, according to the California Lottery.Norma Minas, a spokeswoman with the California Lottery, said that the problem was thought to be caused by a software flaw.Minas said she had not heard anything about the problem being caused by recent e-mail virus attacks striking computers around the world, and that stores would not likely be facing legions of up
Aug 22, 2003, 4:13 am - Lottery News

Winners in waitingNews Story
Teri and Cornell Davis may be lottery millionaires, but so far their lives lack bling.There are no new clothes or shoes, no marathon shopping sprees or impromptu luxury vacations - yet.The Englewood couple virtually ended up homeless when they hurriedly moved out of their rented Palisade Avenue home - in anticipation of purchasing their own place - after hitting the jackpot in March.But five months later, Teri and Cornell Davis are still empty-handed. They hope to receive their $25.4 million lum
Aug 22, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

Elderly Couple Going to Court Over Million-dollar Lottery TicketNews Story
A Long Island couple married for 16 years recently bought a New York Lottery ticket and won $25 million. Then the divorce papers were filed, and the lottery jackpot is now at the center of a bitter custody battle.Long Island correspondent Lauren DeFranco files this report from Garden City.We're told the wife in the case went to collect the millions at the Claim Center in Garden City. Now the husband's afraid he won't see a penny of it, so he's taking the Mrs. to court.Kenneth Parker, Lottery Win
Aug 22, 2003, 3:50 am - Lottery News

Lotto: the business of making dreams come trueNews Story
Georges Gharib likes his job. I contribute to bringing joy, he says. And he likes to talk about it. Gesticulating while talking on the phone, signing papers during interviews, Gharib seems at home in his office overlooking Charles Malek Avenue.Gharib is the manager of La Libanaise des Jeux the company that manages Lebanons National Lotto.The joy his company has brought to some people is great indeed: in the past 11 months six jackpot winners have won between $1 and $3 million each.There are lo
Aug 18, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Lottery winners say they feared for their safetyNews Story
Teri and Cornell Davis were so nervous that someone was going to snatch their winning New Jersey Lottery ticket that they hired two armed off-duty police officers to drive them to the lottery office in Trenton to claim their prize. I really thought we were getting our money that day, Teri Davis testified yesterday before state Superior Court Judge Marguerite Simon, sitting in Bergen County, adding that she and her husband had already started receiving threats about the money.But instead of gett
Aug 6, 2003, 5:37 am - Lottery News

Naples woman sues ex-husband for greater share of lottery winningsNews Story
Naples residents Helene and Marcel Imbert were the envy of residents across Florida 13 years ago.The numbers 3-33-34-40-43-47 landed the lucky couple nearly $12 million in Florida lottery winnings in 1990, propelling them onto the front pages of newspapers statewide.They looked happy, but restrained in the Associated Press photograph taken as they claimed their proceeds in Tallahassee.Marcel, 50, held their 2-year-old son. Helene, 24, stood an arm's length away.The uncomfortable distance between
Aug 3, 2003, 1:16 pm - Lottery News

Announcing: Lottery Post News ServiceNews Story
To make your daily lottery news service even better, we are proud to announce the new Lottery Post News Service. In response to the many suggestions we receive daily, and motivated by the positive feedback we often receive on our lottery news content, we have taken this important step in the evolution of our lottery Web sites. Improved features of our news service include: Full-text news content right on the Lottery Post Web site, providing a consistent experience (rather than the sometim
Jul 27, 2003, 5:33 pm - Lottery News