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Commission approves settlement between House leader, GTECHNews Story
The Rhode Island state Ethics Commission was to vote Tuesday on a proposed settlement that would have House Majority Leader Gordon Fox pay a $10,000 fine for voting on a $770 million, no-bid deal for the lottery company GTECH in which his law firm was involved.If the deal is approved by the panel, Fox, D-Providence, would be spared a potential $25,000 fine, if found guilty.Fox denied knowing his law firm had been hired to work for GTECH when he voted on April 20 on legislation to have GTECH run
Jan 20, 2004, 5:02 pm - Lottery News

Record Powerball winner loses more moneyNews Story
The winner of a record Powerball lottery jackpot and his money seem destined to part.For the second time in several months, Jack Whittaker's vehicle was broken into and thousands of dollars were taken.The latest incident occurred Saturday morning when someone broke the window of his SUV and took a bank bag from the front seat containing more than $100,000. The vehicle was parked at Whittaker's house in Scott Depot, West Virginia.In August, more than $500,000 in cash and checks got stolen from h
Jan 20, 2004, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

N.C. surrounded by state gamblingNews Story
Tennessees launch of a state lottery on Tuesday leaves North Carolina surrounded by states sponsoring gambling games.The arrival of Tennessees lottery will dventually be a timesaver for Gail Nelson of Waynesville. A couple of times a year, she makes the 90-minute drive to Landrum, S.C., to buy $20 worth of lottery tickets for multimillion-dollar drawings.Her Haywood County home is just 30 minutes from the Tennessee line, and she said shell visit the Volunteer State once its lottery grows beyond
Jan 20, 2004, 6:16 am - Lottery News

Lottery feelings still run deepNews Story
Over at the Varsity Market on Oil Well Road in North Jackson, the store managers and cashiers know Louis Morris by name.He's a regular, usually in and out on weekdays to grab a cup of coffee before being on his way. In fact, his silver coffee mug has the store's name on it.However, as Varsity Market geared up in recent days to sell lottery tickets and showed off signs it would place in windows, Morris hardly cared. The store might sell its share of lottery tickets, but the Tennessee Lottery won'
Jan 19, 2004, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $37 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the rise again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 331,569 players across the nation won a total of more than $3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $37 million.The cash option for the Saturday, January 17 drawing will be an estimated $20.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 12, 33, 40, 44, 50 and the Powerball was 40.
Jan 15, 2004, 5:56 am - Lottery News

Inside Sources: Virginia Lottery to Slash StaffNews Story
EXCLUSIVE: Lottery Post reveals the Virginia Lottery's cost-cutting plansMust credit LotteryPost.comAccording to unnamed sources, the Virginia Lottery is planning a series of cost-cutting moves that could send shock waves through its staff and the industry: the Virginia Lottery will be seeking bids to outsource all functions of its operations.The Virginia Lottery is expected to announce requests for bids on its Web site at www.valottery.com. No department has been spared from consideration, in
Jan 13, 2004, 10:24 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $29 MillionNews Story
The temperatures may be cold across the nation but Powerball is hot. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 398,598 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $29 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 14 drawing will be an estimated $15.7 million.The numbers drawn were: 2, 13, 19, 27, 50 and the Powerball was 5.
Jan 12, 2004, 6:44 am - Lottery News

GTech gets deal for new online terminals from Spain’s national lotteryNews Story
GTech Corp of West Greenwich, R.I., has won a sale to provide new online lottery terminals to Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado (STL), the operator of the online system for the National Lottery in Spain. According to the company, the deal could be worth as much as $9 million.Under the terms of the agreement, STL will replace 2,500 Spectra online lottery terminals with 2,500 Altura terminals. In addition, GTech will continue to provide STL with terminal maintenance and repair services.STL
Jan 9, 2004, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Record lottery winner accused of making death threatsNews Story
The winner of the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history has been accused of threatening to kill the manager of a bar.Andrew Jack Whittaker, who won the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of threatening Todd Parsons, the manager of Billy Sundays Bar and Grill in St. Albans.Whittaker, who reportedly was banned from the bar, is accused of trying to hit Parsons and threatening to have the victim and his family killed, according to police
Jan 7, 2004, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Winning a big lottery not without its own costNews Story
If Donald Trump won the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot, he could lasso the windfall like a seasoned financial cowboy, invest his winnings, and fly off to a luxurious ski trip with his playmate of the month.But what about the guy in blue jeans beaming into a news camera with an oversized lottery check?That Average Joe might want to enlist in Susan Bradley's lottery boot camp for instant millionaires. Really rich people do play the lottery, but nine out of 10 times it's someone who's more aver
Jan 3, 2004, 9:10 pm - Lottery News