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Sergeants will give orders after an $89M lottery winNews Story
Danielle and Tirrell Moore have 150 million reasons to quit the Army and return to civilian life.The couple bought the winning ticket for the Mega Millions multistate lottery and won a $150 million jackpot while on leave from South Korea.They chose to receive a lump-sum payment of $88.9 million and now plan to ask the Army for releases.Tirrell Moore, 30, is a chemical decontamination specialist with the 520th Maintenance Company. His wife has served as a helicopter electronic technician with C C
Oct 3, 2003, 2:58 pm - Lottery News

Army sergeant wins $150 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Stephen Moore walked into a Flash Foods store in Fitzgerald and plunked down a dollar for a lottery ticket because he was tired of waiting outside in the cold while his brother and a friend shopped for snacks.The Army staff sergeant, stationed in South Korea, was a week into a 30-day leave. And even though he'd told friends before leaving for Fitzgerald that he'd win the lottery while he was home, he had never played the game seriously.On Wednesday, Moore became the largest jackpot winner in sta
Oct 2, 2003, 3:55 am - Lottery News

GTECH Completes Acquisition Of Interlott Technologies, Inc.News Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Ohio-based Interlott Technologies, Inc, a leading provider of instant ticket vending machines (ITVMs) for the lottery industry worldwide. The acquisition was approved at a special meeting of Interlott shareholders on Wednesday, September 17, 2003. The common stock of Interlott ceased trading today, September 18, 2003, and will no longer be listed on the American Stock Exchange.Interlott sha
Sep 18, 2003, 6:25 am - Lottery News

Online Lottery Glitch Leads to Cancelled PrizesNews Story
Online scratch-card outfit - tombola.com - has apologised after a software glitch at the weekend led to a large number of gamblers winning the jackpot.Those who took part in the online game couldn't believe their luck when they won up to 5,000 (US$8,050) just for taking part in the i:scratch game.But their euphoria was short-lived when they received an email telling them that the game was null and void.Said the email: I am writing to you in relation to your win on tombola.com over the week
Sep 17, 2003, 11:25 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery outperforms every other stateNews Story
The Missouri Lottery is the fastest-growing game in the United States, according to an annual survey by International Gaming Wagering Business.The Missouri Lottery posted 21.3 percent growth in the 2003 fiscal year that just ended on top of 15 percent growth the previous year, outperforming every other lottery, the trade publication said in its September issue. It is very difficult to string together two outstanding years in the current environment, so Missouri's accomplishment is all the mo
Sep 16, 2003, 3:38 am - Lottery News

Texas lottery considers eliminating lotto ballsNews Story
The familiar white, numbered balls that have determined the winners of hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas lottery prizes may get bounced. The Texas Lottery Commission is taking a first, cautious step toward using a computer to replace the rubber balls used since the games began in 1992.It's early in the conceptual stage, but lottery officials have looked at computerized random number generator systems that, linked with animations, are used by a handful of lotteries to pick the winning nu
Sep 15, 2003, 4:16 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games to buy online lottery operatorNews Story
Scientific Games Corp., a maker of betting equipment and lottery systems, on Friday said it would acquire International Game Technology's on-line lottery operator for $143 million in cash.The agreement to buy IGT Online Entertainment Systems will give Scientific Games, based in New York, access to online lottery systems that produce lotto-type game tickets in seven states and the Caribbean.IGT Online, which also supports systems sold to customers in Korea, Norway, Switzerland and Shanghai, gener
Sep 12, 2003, 9:54 pm - Lottery News

Minn. Lottery cuts staff, advertising, promotions despite record salesNews Story
The Minnesota Lottery will lay off 34 employees, nearly one-fifth of its workforce of 191, next month to meet state-imposed budget cuts. But the state-run gambling operation still projects a near-record year for sales because of changes in its popular multimillion-dollar Powerball game.Most of the job cuts will come from the lottery's marketing staff, including 16 positions in field offices in Eagan, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Marshall, Owatonna and Virginia, assistant director Geno Fragnito said
Sep 12, 2003, 9:46 pm - Lottery News

GTech signs contract extension with Danish lotteryNews Story
GTech Corp. of West Greenwich, R.I., today announced that it has signed a two-year contract extension with Dansk Tipstjeneste A/S, the operator of the National Lottery in Denmark.GTech says the deal could be worth approximately $10 million.Under the terms of the contract extension, GTech will continue to provide Dansk Tipstjeneste with software support and terminal maintenance and repair through Aug. 31, 2005. GTech and Dansk Tipstjeneste have enjoyed a successful partnership over the past 14 ye
Sep 12, 2003, 3:44 am - Lottery News

Two Tickets Split $57 Million Calif. SuperLotto Plus JackpotNews Story
The California Lotterys $57 million jackpot was split by two winning tickets drawn Wednesday, September 10, 2003 with the winning numbers 34, 43, 27, 20, 7 and MEGA 6. The winning tickets were sold at Seacliff Plaza Store, 219 State Park Drive, in Aptos and at Kavanagh Liquors, 500 Via Mercado, in San Lorenzo. Each ticket is valued at $28.5 million and the winners have not yet claimed their prizes.Kavanagh Liquors lucky streak continues with the fourth winning jackpot ticket sold at this locatio
Sep 11, 2003, 7:36 pm - Lottery News