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Sydney man arrested over Nigerian scamNews Story
Police in Sydney said Thursday they arrested an Australian man suspected of being part of a global, multimillion-dollar scam that dupes victims into believing they can claim some of the foreign assets of the Nigerian president.Hundreds of people in Australia and in countries including Malaysia, Japan, Norway, Greece, Indonesia and England have fallen prey to the scam, police said.The scammers send letters and e-mails asking people to help the Nigerian president recover funds that have long been
Oct 30, 2003, 5:26 am - Lottery News

Officials choose lottery logo; firms put in contract bidsNews Story
Tennessee lottery officials Monday picked a new logo from 100 proposed designs and learned they will have just two bids to choose from for one major vendor contract and three for another.GTECH Inc. and Scientific Games International were the only two firms meeting Monday's deadline for submission of bids to operate the state lottery's online network, which installs machines for selling tickets to statewide and multistate lotteries.Three bids were received for sales of instant tickets, also kno
Oct 28, 2003, 3:45 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $190 MillionNews Story
Fourteen Powerball players across the nation were just one ball shy of winning the world's largest current lottery jackpot Wednesday night. The ball those players were missing was the Powerball.Powerball is the most exciting and well-known lottery game in the world, just ask the nearly one million players that collected cash prizes Wednesday night.There were no jackpot winners but 930,975 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.7 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one c
Oct 23, 2003, 4:02 am - Lottery News

Powerball players clamor for shot at $162 millionNews Story
Jo Pictor has been playing the lottery regularly since 1986 and is still hopeful that the next drawing will call her lucky numbers. Last year, I played in 11 states, Pictor, 80, said. If I win, the grandkids will be very happy because they will each get a new car. The Westsider bought three Powerball lottery tickets Monday afternoon in Santa Teresa, beating the rush of ticket buyers eager for a chance at winning an estimated $162 million jackpot.Wednesday's drawing will be the 15th since the j
Oct 21, 2003, 4:09 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $162 MillionNews Story
The biggest current lottery jackpot in the world is getting bigger.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 839,469 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.7 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 $162 million. That would rank as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven months that Powerball has c
Oct 20, 2003, 4:22 am - Lottery News

Montana store sells $3.68M Hot Lotto ticketNews Story
Horseshoe? Check.Four-leaf clover? Check.Rabbit's foot? Got it.Now it's time to go to the Kwik Way convenience store at 1219 Main St. in the Heights to buy your lottery tickets.Why? Because the store sold a $110,000 Montana Cash jackpot winner Saturday, then turned around and sold a $3.68 million Hot Lotto winner on Wednesday.Jo Berg, a spokesman for Montana Lottery in Helena, said a Montana store never has sold winning jackpot tickets on consecutive drawings.Who won? I had a phone call this mor
Oct 10, 2003, 5:21 am - Lottery News

Neighbor states may lose lottery windfallNews Story
A solitary billboard between Nashville and the Kentucky state line tells the story of what surrounding states have to lose or possibly gain when Tennessee begins its own lottery next year.The billboard, leased by the Kentucky lottery, announces the latest Powerball jackpot. It is a subtle reminder that lottery tickets are available not far ahead.Kentucky does little to promote its lottery in Tennessee, spokewoman Sara Westerman said. But it would like to keep as much as possible of the estimated
Oct 8, 2003, 4:42 am - Lottery News

Auburndale Man Buys $14 Million Florida Lotto Jackpot TicketNews Story
We have no immediate plans - just to be wise about spending it. -- George Carrier Florida Lotto Jackpot WinnerAn Auburndale (Polk Co.) man's trip to North Florida truly paid off this weekend. While visiting relatives west of Chipley (Washington Co.), he bought the winning Florida Lotto ticket for the Oct. 4 drawing. On his way back home to Auburndale Monday, he collected his estimated $14 million jackpot prize.George Carrier, 60, stopped by Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee to collect his pr
Oct 7, 2003, 5:23 am - Lottery News

Two winning tickets sold for Lotto SouthNews Story
Two winning tickets were sold in Georgia for the $6 million Lotto South jackpot, the Virginia Lottery said.The numbers drawn in the multi-state game Saturday night were 3-13-16-21-28-31.Forty-six tickets matched five of the six numbers to win $704 each.Lottery officials estimate that the jackpot will be $2 million for Wednesday night's drawing.
Oct 6, 2003, 5:55 am - Lottery News

N.D. rules out credit cards for lotteryNews Story
North Dakota should forbid credit-card sales of lottery tickets, and merchants should have the discretion to decide whether to take gamblers' checks or debit cards, a lottery advisory board concluded Wednesday.The committee, which is made up of three state legislators and two former lawmakers, is helping to write rules to implement North Dakota's entry into the Powerball lottery. State regulators hope to begin Powerball sales by April.Its members voted Wednesday to bar ticket sellers from allowi
Sep 25, 2003, 2:16 am - Lottery News