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Pennsylvania Lottery Announces Retirement of Super 6 LottoNews Story
Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced the last Super 6 Lotto drawing will take place on Tuesday, January 27, 2004. Super 6 has been a great game for the Pennsylvania Lottery, generating more than one billion dollars in sales over the past five years, said Lottery Executive Director Ed Mahlman. Recently, however, interest in Super 6 has decreased, as Powerball has established itself as Pennsylvania's premier jackpot game. Mahlman said the Lottery plans to distribute of the remaining Su
Jan 12, 2004, 6:27 am - Lottery News

Police Officer Wins $1.65 Million Playing Hot LottoNews Story
A Des Moines police officer is starting the new year with a bigger paycheck after claiming a Hot Lotto jackpot worth more than $1.6 million.Danny Good, a 27-year Des Moines police veteran, claimed the money today after winning on December 20th.The 50-year-old Good chose a lump-sum payment of 989-thousand dollars. He says he'll pay off his debts and give some of the money to his mom and a brother and sister.Good says he doesn't plan to buy anything extravagant and he says he will continue working
Jan 7, 2004, 5:03 am - Lottery News

Powerball won't be only lottery optionNews Story
When North Dakota's new lottery begins selling Powerball tickets on March 25, it will represent only the first sample of a gambling assortment that state officials plan to offer this year.At least two lesser-known games, Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2, are slated for introduction this summer. Another, called 2 by 2, may be rolled out in the fall, although Chuck Keller, North Dakota's lottery director, said that has not been decided.North Dakota also may participate in an international lottery by June
Jan 5, 2004, 6:03 am - Lottery News

New Year Brings New Start for $2.1 Million Wash. Lotto WinnerNews Story
Bellevue man dreams of new home, new business, new life for his familyIt's business as anything but usual for Phuc Nguyen of Bellevue as the New Year begins. Nguyen, 30, just completed a two-year apprenticeship as a painter and dreams of starting his own house-painting business. Who knows, it may be his own home that gets painted first. Nguyen plans to use some of the prize money from his $2.1 million Lotto Jackpot-winning ticket to open his own business and open the door to a new home and a
Jan 3, 2004, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Grand Plans for $2.5 Million Lotto WinnerNews Story
Issaquah woman looks forward to normal routine-with a lot of extrasJanette Bowe of Issaquah, Washington wants life to continue to be as normal as possible, but with a lot of extras. Winning a $2.5 million Lotto Jackpot, could mean the extras will become a normal part of Bowe's life, too.College education for Bowe's three children tops the list of extras. New automobiles, a new home, and a family trip to the Grand Canyon are also in the plans. We're a very close family, and we love to trave
Jan 3, 2004, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Penn. Match 6 Lotto Rules FinalizedNews Story
Lottery Post presents a summary of the rules for the new Pennsylvania Match 6 Lotto game.The Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue, under the authority contained in section 303 of the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. 3761-303), added Chapter 872, relating to the new Match 6 Lotto game.PurposeMatch 6 Lotto is designed to give players the opportunity to win up to four prizes in each game.For a $2 purchase, the player gets a ticket containing three sets of six numbers, the numbers in each of these sets ra
Jan 2, 2004, 8:17 pm - Lottery News

One ticket wins $3 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Middleburg, officials said.A total of 121 tickets matched five numbers to win $3,053.50; 6,490 tickets matched four numbers for $46; and 109,200 tickets matched three numbers for $3.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 5-10-12-18-22-48.No ticket in the Fantasy 5 game matched all five winning numbers, the Florida Lottery s
Dec 29, 2003, 4:58 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $3 million Florida LottoNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Thursday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Campbellton, officials said.A total of 47 tickets matched five numbers to win $8,093; 4,002 tickets matched four numbers for $77; and 85,399 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Wednesday: 01-20-21-23-26-36.Three winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $85,469.27 each, the Florida Lottery said
Dec 26, 2003, 3:41 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $6 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Zephyrhills, officials said.A total of 117 tickets matched five numbers to win $3,741.50; 5,496 tickets matched four numbers for $64.50; and 102,277 tickets matched three numbers for $4.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 3-14-21-32-41-45.Fantasy 5Four winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $62,980.91 each, the Flori
Dec 22, 2003, 6:11 am - Lottery News

Pa. Lottery To Scrap Super 6 LottoNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery has decided to scrap its 5-year-old Super Six Lotto game because sales have been hurt by the introduction of the multistate Powerball game.Super Six offers prizes for matching at least three out of six numbers. State revenue department officials said the game will end around late January and be replaced with a new game -- Match Six Lotto -- which offers more ways to win.Super Six sales for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2002 were about $225 million. Officials said
Dec 19, 2003, 3:19 am - Lottery News