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Powerball lottery jackpot hits record $365 millionNews Story
Get up and go to work. You didn't win the big one. The multi-state lottery operators in Des Moines, Iowa, reported today that no one won last night's $300 million Powerball jackpot. That means the jackpot will grow to $365 million for Saturday night, if sales continue along their historical patterns. If sales are higher than expected, the jackpot could grow even larger by Saturday. Such a drawing will top the previous record North American lottery jackpot of $363 million. The previous l
Feb 16, 2006, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery breaks weekly sales recordNews Story
The Maryland Lottery broke several records last week, bringing in nearly $35 million in sales. Scratch-off sales exceeded $11 million for the first time in the Lottery's history, while Pick 4 had a record-breaking sales week of almost $5 million. Players also benefited from huge payouts in Pick 3 and Pick 4. And, Keno and Keno Bonus brought in a hefty $9.3 million in combined sales. The $35 million week was the Lottery's third best sales week ever. Only two other sales weeks proved bette
Feb 7, 2006, 12:04 pm - Lottery News

State, gambling foes argue about California joining Mega MillionsNews Story
Attorneys for an antigambling group told a judge Friday that the hugely popular Mega Millions lottery game is illegal because it is not run solely by the state, violating the intent of the 1984 voter initiative authorizing California's lottery.State officials countered that the 12-state Mega Millions game is just like any other state lottery game. California retains control over the administration of Mega Millions within the state, including how and where tickets are sold, Deputy Attorney Genera
Dec 5, 2005, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Newspaper takes a hard look at the N.J. LotteryNews Story
They call her the Queen of the Lottery.Her realm: the North Broad Foodmart, a convenience store behind a gas station off Route 22 in Hillside.One evening, as the queen, aka Pat Howard, an insurance agent who lives in Newark, waits in line for the green machine, someone asks how much she spends. Maybe $20, $30 a day, she says.At this, the crowded store falls silent. Then, all at once, everyone laughs.After the queen is finished with her order, store manager Rashmi Patel spins a swivel scre
Dec 4, 2005, 7:24 am - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery to end Lotto gameNews Story
The Maryland State Lottery Agency recently announced that the current Lotto game will soon come to an end. The final drawing will take place on February 1, 2006.Since it began in 1983, Lotto has generated over $1 billion in cash prizes and has produced a total of 622 millionaires over a 23-year span.To replace the current Lotto game, the Lottery will launch Multi-Match.Since the introduction of the Big Game in 1996, Lotto sales have declined. Based on extensive player research, the Lottery has
Nov 21, 2005, 8:28 pm - Lottery News

$315M Mega Millions lottery winners stay on the jobNews Story
A secretary and six laboratory workers at Kaiser Permanente in California held the winning ticket for the $315 million Mega Millions jackpot but they still came in to work, a company spokeswoman said.The jackpot was the second-richest prize won with a single ticket in the history of lotteries in the United States.The winners, who had chipped in $3 apiece and bought 21 tickets, came into work Wednesday at the medical center in Garden Grove anyway, said Kaiser spokeswoman Barbara Shipnuck. They
Nov 18, 2005, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches whopping $310 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to a near-record $310 million.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $262 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday. Drawing results will be displayed at www.usamega.com shortly after 11:00 PM Eastern Time Tuesday.There were 12 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 1 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New
Nov 12, 2005, 10:10 am - Lottery News

$262M jackpot sparked buying frenzyNews Story
If people seemed overwhelmed by lottery fever this week, it's for good reason.The estimated $262 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game reached the fourth-largest total in Georgia's history. We've sold quite a few (tickets), said Donna King, the shift leader at the BP station at the corner of Shurling Drive and Gray Highway in Macon. We usually do good on the Mega Millions. People won't start playing 'til it gets to a certain amount. That was the case for Faye Coley of Macon, who purchased
Nov 11, 2005, 11:15 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised to $262 millionNews Story
On the same day the winners of the $340 million Powerball jackpot came forward to claim their prize, the jackpot in the nation's other multi-state lottery game swelled to $262 million for Friday.There hasn't been a top winner in the Mega Millions game since September 16th, when a single ticket in New Jersey won $250 million.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $225 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were 26 second-prize winne
Nov 9, 2005, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $77 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $77 million Tuesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $65 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were eight second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Texas, and 2 from Virginia. Each ticket matched five numbers, but not the Mega Ball number, to win $250,000.Another 23 p
Oct 12, 2005, 10:39 am - Lottery News