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Maryland Seniors Win $175,000 Mega Millions Lottery PrizeNews Story
The retirement nest eggs for eight Maryland seniors just got a little richer.The Maryland Lottery announced Tuesday afternoon that a lively group of senior citizens collected their $175,000 prize from last Friday's Mega Millions game. Six women and two men comprise the group of seniors, who call themselves The Crazy 8s Club. The seniors matched the first five numbers drawn -- 10, 19, 32, 26 and 46 -- but they missed the Mega Ball, 06. Had they matched the Mega Ball on their ticket, they would
May 20, 2004, 7:34 am - Lottery News

California Lottery wants changesNews Story
The California Lottery, for the first time since it was created nearly 20 years ago, wants to shrink the percentage of its budget dedicated to funding public education in order to boost prize payouts in scratch-off games -- a move officials say ultimately would increase sales and, in turn, money for schools.If the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger approve, the portion of lottery sales spent on the state's cash-strapped school districts will drop from 34 percent to 26 percent. But suppor
May 19, 2004, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Group of 22 wins $12 million Lotto South jackpotNews Story
Things are downright wild at the Wild Flavors factory in Erlanger, Kentucky after 22 employees won a nearly $12 million Lotto South lottery jackpot.The smell of money was in the air for 22 employees who are the winners of a nearly $12 million lotto jackpot and they're not the only ones cashing in.What are the odds of two $12 million winning tickets being sold 16 miles apart in the same week. Amazingly someone in Green hills still has not come forward to claim their money.But there was a lot of
May 18, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News

California Lottery Drops Gambling Themes IdeaNews Story
Citing widespread opposition, California Assemblyman George Plescia on Monday dropped lottery-backed legislation that would have added Nevada-style gambling themes to the state-run games.Though he quietly deleted the amendment, the San Diego Republican said he's pushing the rest of his controversial measure -- which would boost lottery prizes and slice struggling schools' share of revenue -- in the hope of fostering lotto mania that would then increase education's take.Even with the deletion of
May 18, 2004, 7:07 am - Lottery News

Study: Brain Prefers Working for CashNews Story
It's nicer when you actually earn it.Lottery winners, trust-fund babies and others who get their money without working for it do not get as much satisfaction from their cash as those who earn it, a study of the pleasure center in people's brains suggests.Emory University researchers measured brain activity in the striatum - the part of the brain associated with reward processing and pleasure - in two groups of volunteers. One group had to work to receive money while playing a simple computer gam
May 13, 2004, 1:21 pm - Lottery News

NY Lotto inching closer to all-time highNews Story
The New York Lotto is two rollovers away from its all-time high of $55 million.The current Lotto jackpot of $47 million is the result of 19 consecutive rollovers. The jackpot started at $3 million on Wednesday, March 03, 2004, and since then no ticket has matched all 6 numbers drawn.The next drawing of New York Lotto will take place Wednesday, May 12 at 11:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time.The record New York lottery jackpot was set on Wednesday, April 23, 2003, when two lucky players matched all six
May 11, 2004, 9:51 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania store sells $213M winning Powerball ticketNews Story
Working at the convenience store where a $213.2 million Powerball ticket was sold -- the largest jackpot prize in Pennsylvania lottery history -- had Bo Ridgeway waxing philosophical yesterday. It's really something if you think about it. Fantasy and myth far outweigh rational thinking, the Cumberland Farms clerk said. People come into the store thinking they're going to win. Just like that person. It came to fruition for one person. That person, who has not come forward yet, purchased the tic
May 10, 2004, 6:41 am - Lottery News

California legislature could expand lotteryNews Story
Despite fears California is becoming the world's gambling capital, the state lottery Friday broadened its proposed overhaul to include Nevada-style games banned by the 1984 lottery initiative.The lottery -- which is finding increased competition with Indian casinos -- amended its already controversial reorganization plan to add games including roulette, dice, baccarat, blackjack, Lucky 7s, draw poker and slot machines.The amendment fueled the controversy surrounding the legislation, which alread
May 8, 2004, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Four of 16 Lottery-Winning Lunch Ladies Have Left KitchenNews Story
Four of the 16 Holdingford, Minnesota school employees who won half of a $190 million Powerball jackpot in October have left the school.Susan Breth says she'll leave her job as part-time cook at the end of the school year. She joins Barbara Nelson, Donna Lange and Alice Kobylinski in retirement.Kobylinski was a custodian for the district. The rest were cooks.The group won the lottery after years of chipping in a quarter each to play every payday. Despite their millionaire status, most of the wom
May 6, 2004, 7:27 am - Lottery News

Ohio Man Wins $22 Million Lottery JackpotNews Story
A retired aircraft industry worker from Columbus, Ohio was the sole ticketholder of a winning $22 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot earleir this month, the Ohio Lottery announced Wednesday.Marvin Wallace, who is single, opened his newspaper on April 8 and learned that he held the winning ticket for the previous evening's jackpot.He claimed his jackpot on Tuesday in the lottery's Columbus regional office, according to the agency.Wallace, the father of two daughters and a son, said that he thinks h
Apr 29, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News