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New Tennessee Lottery hasn't hurt Kentucky ticket sales yetNews Story
The new Tennessee Lottery, for now, doesn't seem to be hurting the games in surrounding states.Kentucky and at least two other states are reporting increases in lottery sales over the period last year despite increased border competition.That may change, however, once Tennessee starts selling Powerball tickets later this year.Lotteries in Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia all have experienced higher ticket sales since Tennessee launched its lottery Jan. 20 with four scratch-off games.Although Kentu
Feb 17, 2004, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Husband, wife both buy winning lottery ticketsNews Story
It was a double dose of luck for one couple.Unbeknownst to each other, Richard and Lois Thomas each bought winning tickets from Kompak King, a convenience store in Parkersburg, for Thursday night's West Virginia Lottery Cash 25 drawing.Richard Thomas, 66, and Lois Thomas, 65, played the same set of numbers, based on family birthdays, on separate tickets purchased at different times. They discovered they were both winners Thursday night when they checked the tickets.The husband and wife each won
Feb 10, 2004, 6:51 am - Lottery News

You want the other Jack; he's got the millionsNews Story
The other Jack Whittaker of West Virginia -- the one who wasn't arrested on drunken driving charges last weekend, whose money wasn't stolen outside a strip club and who definitely didn't win $113 million -- wishes the Jack Whittaker of lottery fame would behave.Not that Jack Whittaker of Princeton, W.Va., is one to pass judgment on anyone's personal life.It's just that every time the other Jack Whittaker gets into one of those embarrassing legal scrapes, the non-famous Jack Whittaker gets hit wi
Jan 30, 2004, 6:54 am - Lottery News

N.C. man claims $12.6 million Lotto South jackpotNews Story
An Elizabeth City, North Carolina man who bought a lottery ticket on a whim after getting stuck in Chesapeake traffic won a $12.6 million jackpot, the Virginia Lottery announced Thursday.Hubert Griffin, a retired U. S. Army staff sergeant and former North Carolina corrections officer, was the only ticket holder to match all six numbers of the Lotto South jackpot on Saturday.It was the largest Virginia Lottery jackpot ever won by a North Carolinian, said Ed Scarborough, a Virginia Lottery spokesm
Jan 30, 2004, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Ticket bought in Va. hits $13 million Lotto South jackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday's $13 million Lotto South drawing, the Virginia Lottery said.The numbers were 2, 3, 10, 11, 17 and 42.The winning ticket was purchased in Virginia, though lottery officials didn't specify the exact location.Sixty-one tickets matched five of six numbers to win $649 each, and 2,911 tickets matched four numbers to win $53. Wednesday's jackpot drops back to $2 million.
Jan 26, 2004, 7:04 am - Lottery News

Easley continues quest for N.C. lotteryNews Story
Entering the last year of his first term, Gov. Mike Easley is looking back on a busy year and preparing for his upcoming re-election campaign.After consecutive years of budget shortfalls, this year's budget seems to be on target. He fulfilled campaign promises to lower class sizes in the early elementary grades. But getting the General Assembly to approve a statewide lottery still eludes him.Easley sailed through national disasters such as Hurricane Isabel and survived man-made storms, such as t
Jan 26, 2004, 6:57 am - Lottery News

Powerball Record-Holder Arrested for Drunk DrivingNews Story
The man who won the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history is in trouble again.Jack Whittaker, who hit the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was charged Sunday with drunk driving - just weeks after being charged with trying to assault a bar manager.Whittaker said he was on his way Sunday afternoon to Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming when he pulled off of Interstate 64 because of the treacherous weather. I'm nowhere near intoxicated, Whittaker told a local television stat
Jan 26, 2004, 12:18 am - Lottery News

Woman Says Store Clerk Stole Winning Lottery TicketNews Story
Disputed Ticket Worth $20,000A Westborough, Massachusetts man faces a charge of larceny in the alleged theft of a lottery scratch ticket believed to be a $20,000 winner.According to the ticket buyer, the lottery agent claimed the ticket was only worth $100 and then refused to return it to the buyer.Erika Schmitt, 18, said Monday she bought a lottery ticket and scratched it while at a Quick Mart convenience store in Westborough. I was scratching and it was all stars, 10 stars. And I said, 'I th
Jan 23, 2004, 8:23 pm - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery rakes in millions fastNews Story
State lottery sets record launch with $10.8MTennessee's lottery took in about $10.8 million on its first day, setting a per-capita sales record for lottery launches with nearly $2 spent for every state resident, officials said. It's a great day and very exciting for us,'' lottery chief Rebecca Paul said Wednesday.Sales as of 10 p.m. Tuesday reached $1.87 for each state resident, surpassing the first-day figure of $1.83 per resident when Georgia started a lottery in 1993. The first day in any lot
Jan 23, 2004, 8:52 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball winner loses more moneyNews Story
The winner of a record Powerball lottery jackpot and his money seem destined to part.For the second time in several months, Jack Whittaker's vehicle was broken into and thousands of dollars were taken.The latest incident occurred Saturday morning when someone broke the window of his SUV and took a bank bag from the front seat containing more than $100,000. The vehicle was parked at Whittaker's house in Scott Depot, West Virginia.In August, more than $500,000 in cash and checks got stolen from h
Jan 20, 2004, 12:12 pm - Lottery News