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Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to Estimated $70 MillionNews Story
The excitement is growing in the game with the largest jackpot in North America.Mega Millions players won nearly $3.6 million in Friday's drawing. That includes eight tickets that each won $175,000.None of the 405,355 winning tickets matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. So the jackpot for the Tuesday, November 11, 2003 drawing grows to an estimated $70 million.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 06-18-23-26-30 and the Mega Ball number was 31.Those eight tickets that won Mega Milli
Nov 10, 2003, 5:10 am - Lottery News

Paul says to expect multistate lotto games by summerNews Story
Tennesseans hoping to try their luck at big multistate lottery games like Mega Millions or Powerball likely will get their wish by next summer, lottery chief Rebecca Paul said Tuesday.But before that can happen, the Tennessee lottery must first get the basics up and running -- including its own instant ticket and online gaming systems, Paul said in an interview with The Associated Press.Lottery officials have set a Feb. 10 start date for selling instant tickets -- a very, very aggressive schedu
Nov 5, 2003, 5:50 am - Lottery News

Maryland Evening Pick 3 Number-777 Pays Out $2.2 MillionNews Story
Hundreds of players are arriving at Lottery retail locations across Maryland to claim cash prizes they won in Wednesday's Pick 3 game.Initial reports indicate that players wagered $491,000 on the lucky number 777-which paid out $2.2 million in prizes or approximately 462 percent over the games ticket sales last night. The Lotterys total losses are nearly $1.8 million.Lucky players that wagered $1.00 straight on the last evenings Pick 3 game won $500.00 each.
Oct 31, 2003, 5:18 am - Lottery News

Texas to start Mega Millions in time for holidaysNews Story
Lottery officials are hoping to jingle all the way to the bank this holiday season, as Texans for the first time will be able to buy tickets in their state for the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing.Tickets will be on sale Dec. 3. The first drawing in Texas is targeted for Dec. 5.Jackpots start at $10 million and have averaged $42.3 million over the past year. But lottery officials in Texas and 10 other states that participate anticipate a much larger bounty.The Texas Lottery Commission e
Oct 23, 2003, 3:53 am - Lottery News

Paul's lottery past: rocky beginnings, happier endingsNews Story
It's only in hindsight that critics of Rebecca Paul's lottery startups give her creditRebecca Paul's admirers outnumber her critics by a long shot in Georgia's capital city.But the critics were hot when Paul was starting the state's lottery in 1993. Ten years later, Tennessee has hired her to do the same thing for up to $752,500 a year.Georgia's lottery drew close scrutiny from state lawmakers and federal prosecutors after awarding a key startup contract to a vendor whose bid was millions of dol
Oct 20, 2003, 8:04 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $22 MillionNews Story
There is no shortage of winners or excitement in Mega Millions. When the six numbers were drawn in the Friday, October 17, 2003 drawing, they turned 241,442 tickets into winners. However, none of those tickets matched all six numbers to win the estimated $16 million jackpot. So the jackpot grows to an estimated $22 million for the Tuesday, October 21, 2003 drawing.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 14-20-31-46-48 and the Mega Ball number was 18.Two tickets nearly hit the jackpot. The
Oct 20, 2003, 4:20 am - Lottery News

Texas signs contract with Mega Millions; game to begin soonNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission on Thursday entered into a contract with the Mega Millions multistate lottery, which over the past year had average jackpots of more than $40 million.The commission next will begin purchasing equipment such as a random number generator to prepare for the launch later this year. The date hasn't been set, but executive director Reagan Greer said it probably will be after Thanksgiving.The long-term agreement has a six-month out clause, Greer said.The commission also
Oct 17, 2003, 5:08 am - Lottery News

Texas may move to join Mega Millions todayNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission could formalize its decision to enter the multi-state lottery game Mega Millions today, a move expected to bring more than $50 million a year to state coffers.The three-member panel is scheduled to take action on a proposal that would allow lottery director Reagan Greer to sign a contract with the consortium of ten states that make up Mega Millions.Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Washington are the other
Oct 16, 2003, 3:48 am - Lottery News

Lottery fantasy comes trueNews Story
Like many people, La Pheris F. Powers of Springfield, Massachusetts had fantasized about what he would do if he won the lottery.Now that he has, his nine grandchildren and niece don't have to worry about paying for college.The number one thing I want to do is make sure they get the best education available to them, said Powers, who won $4.5 million Sept. 20 in the Megabucks game.Powers, a 63-year-old retired Northeast Utilities engineer, doesn't plan on buying any new fancy cars or house or clo
Oct 1, 2003, 3:39 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $150 MillionNews Story
Players Win More Than $6.1 Million in Friday's Mega Millions DrawingSummer may have ended, but Mega Millions is hot!With nine different ways to win, players across America are lining up to play the game with the highest jackpot in the nation. More than 900,000 Mega Millions players won prizes in Friday's drawing. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $126 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $150 million for the Tuesday, September 30, 2003 drawing.Frid
Sep 29, 2003, 3:47 am - Lottery News