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Oklahoma Powerball lottery winner claims prizeNews Story
Two men representing a trust claimed the $101.8 million Powerball jackpot from the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, lottery officials announced Wednesday. The WJW Investment Trust will receive a lump-sum cash payment of $32.8 million after taxes. The winning ticket was purchased at a Broken Arrow convenience store on June 17. Indiana also sells the tickets. Trustee Richard Barlow and the trust's attorney, David Walls, presented the winning ticket to the Lottery Commission on Tuesday, said Jay
Aug 2, 2006, 12:54 pm - Lottery News

$270M Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymouslyNews Story
The winner of the biggest lottery jackpot won in Ohio has claimed the $270 million prize anonymously by forming a trust. Toledo attorney Mark Mockensturm, a trustee for the M H Blind Trust, made the claim Friday at the Ohio Lottery's headquarters on behalf of the winner of the Feb. 28 Mega Millions jackpot. The winner chose to receive the prize in a lump sum and, after taxes, will get a check for $113.5 million. The ticket was sold in Lyons, a farming village of about 600 people two m
Mar 17, 2006, 3:07 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Winner Still UnknownNews Story
There's a mega mystery surrounding the Mega Millions jackpot. There is still no word from northwest Ohio town of Lyons. Everyone has been waiting to find out who is the winner of this week's Mega Millions Jackpot, but that person may not want their identity revealed. Whoever won is obviously a very private person and is smart about it, said Annie Barden, a Lyons resident. I completely would do the same thing. You'd have friends you never knew; people would be knocking on your door.
Mar 3, 2006, 4:07 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery Commission chair betting on futureNews Story
When word spread in June that the Texas Lottery Commission approved jackpots it couldn't afford to make, chairman C. Tom Clowe Jr.'s term on the commission had officially expired months earlier.The retired Waco businessman who launched his career in trucking and has spent 51 years of marriage living in 34 different towns faced one last duty before fully returning to retirement: overseeing the troubled agency's bid to win back public trust.Beginning the eighth year of his now open-ended term, Clo
Nov 30, 2005, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

Nebraska cashes in on record lottery salesNews Story
Nebraska also was a big winner this week in the Powerball lottery.Over the 10 weeks it took to amass the record $340 million jackpot, Nebraska profited about $2.1 million for education, environmental and State Fair trust funds. A big run like that is always good for the bottom line, said Brian Rockey, spokesman for the Nebraska Lottery.An Oregon couple won the Wednesday drawing. The winning numbers: 7, 21, 43, 44, 49 and 29.Since the game started on Aug. 10, $9.7 million in $1 tickets were sold
Oct 24, 2005, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Nine finalists in running for Texas Lottery chiefNews Story
Trust issues expected to figure prominently in interviews with candidates light on specific experienceWhen questions about inflated jackpots forced Lottery Director Reagan Greer to resign earlier this year, lottery officials said they needed someone to replace him who could regain the public's trust.A special search committee will begin Friday to interview nine finalists for the position, whittled down from 126 applicants. Only one of the nine people has experience working at a state lottery.The
Oct 13, 2005, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Lottery tickets may soon be sold on military basesNews Story
More than 178,000 retail outlets across 41 states and the District of Columbia sell state lottery tickets. Last year these retailers earned more than $3 billion in commissions on ticket sales of almost $49 billion.Military exchanges want a piece of that action.Congress is weighing a first-ever proposal from the Department of Defense to amend current law to allow lottery ticket sales in stateside exchanges, except where such sales would pinch the businesses of blind vendors already selling lotter
Sep 12, 2005, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Clever lottery players all win on handshake agreementNews Story
He hasn't even gotten the check yet, but Yousef Sharif already has given up three-quarters of his $2 million Michigan Lottery winnings.And he's still smiling.The Swartz Creek resident, a skilled trades worker at Delphi Flint East and owner of Happy Boy Market in Flint Township, won the top prize in a June 29 drawing at the International Freedom Festival in Detroit.In a classic case of a bird in the hand, four of the five finalists competing in the drawing decided to hedge their bets by agreein
Jul 8, 2005, 10:54 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery officials testify that public was deceivedNews Story
Texas Lottery Commission Chairman C. Thomas Clowe told lawmakers Wednesday that the public was deceived by recently inflated jackpot estimates and vowed the agency would take action to keep it from happening again.Clowe said lottery Executive Director Reagan Greer was responsible for the deception but declined to say if he should be fired. This was a deception, and it was wrong, said Clowe, who opened nearly four hours of testimony on the inflated jackpots before the House Licensing and Adminis
Jun 30, 2005, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

New Florida lottery law increases prizesNews Story
Florida lottery players soon will rake in more dough when they win games such as Lotto, Mega Money and Fantasy 5, thanks to a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jeb Bush. Bush, an outspoken critic of gambling, and state lottery officials are betting that the higher payouts will boost ticket sales for the games, similar to a measure passed three years ago that doubled the sales of scratch-off games.Higher sales should mean more money for education, which is the stated purpose of the new law. A
May 29, 2005, 10:01 am - Lottery News