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One ticket wins $21 million Florida Lotto JackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $21 million, lottery officials said Wednesday. The winning ticket was bought in the city of Royal Palm Beach, officials said. A total of 86 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,177.50; 5,634 tickets matched four numbers for $76.50; and 115,961 tickets matched three numbers for $5. The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Tuesday: 13-19-28-38-40-41.
Sep 11, 2003, 7:27 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $65 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery increased to $65 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $55 million drawing. No tickets matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. Four tickets had all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball and pay $175,000. Fifteen tickets, including one sold in Ohio, matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number, and are worth $5,000. The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were: 14, 15, 30
Sep 10, 2003, 4:16 am - Lottery News

Lotto dream turns to dustNews Story
Some unlucky winner bought a Florida Lotto ticket worth $50 million in March, but lost his or her chance to cash it when the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.The chance to claim the $50 million prize expired six months after the drawing March 12. Although previous Lotto prizes have gone unclaimed, this is the largest ever in the 15-year history of the Florida Lottery.The last big one was $15 million in 1991.Theories abound about why someone would let that kind of money go, but the prevalent on
Sep 10, 2003, 4:11 am - Lottery News

Last hours for unclaimed $50 million Florida Lotto ticketNews Story
A $50 million FLorida Lotto jackpot winner either isn't aware of his fortune or was waiting almost literally to the last minute to claim the prize. If the single winning ticket holder of the March 12 jackpot doesn't claim the prize by 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the money goes back to the Lottery. That would be a bummer, said Lottery spokeswoman Sheila Griffin.The ticket was sold in Miami-Dade County at Kohl's Food Market in North Bay Village. I think somebody lost that ticket, no doubt about it, said
Sep 9, 2003, 3:58 am - Lottery News

Bad breaks, but then a Lotto luckNews Story
Everything that could go wrong seemed to be going wrong for Joan D. Hoffman over Labor Day weekend. First the stove went. Then the hot water tank.So the Williamsville great-grandmother decided to try changing her luck by buying a Lotto Quick Pick ticket Aug. 30 in the Quality supermarket at Sheridan Drive and Delaware Road in the Town of Tonawanda.Not until she saw the winning numbers the next day - 11, 15, 16, 25, 44 and 47 - did she discover she had won one of the largest Lotto jackpots in Wes
Sep 6, 2003, 5:39 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery revenue tops $2 billion for second straight yearNews Story
New Jersey Lottery sales topped the $2 billion mark for the second consecutive year even though sales of tickets for both the Pick 6 Lotto and Lotzee games dropped significantly. The lottery, which is New Jersey's fourth-largest revenue producer, brought in $764 million to state coffers in the fiscal year that ended in June. That was an increase of $10 million over the previous year. The biggest sales gains last year were registered for the state's instant games, which increased by 16.5 percent
Sep 4, 2003, 3:32 am - Lottery News

Pembroke Pines man has mom to thank for the jackpot winningsNews Story
A Pembroke Pines man who originally thought he had won just $4.50 on a Florida Lotto ticket, yesterday redeemed the jackpot winning ticket from the Aug. 23 drawing.Peter J. Pillar, 52, chose a lump sum payment of $15.4 million rather than $27 million paid in 30 annual installments of $900,000. My mother told me I had three numbers right, said Pillar. She didn't tell me she had only heard three numbers. I couldn't believe it, but I had the other three numbers, too. Expecting $4.50, Pillar ask
Sep 3, 2003, 3:42 am - Lottery News

Woman bilked out of $9,000 by 'Latin lotto scam'News Story
West Texas authorities are urging residents to be on the lookout for con artists running what has been dubbed the Latin lotto scam. Investigators said a Tahoka woman was bilked out of $9,000 on Saturday.She told authorities that a Hispanic woman approached her at a Slaton store and said she needed $20,000 to collect on a lottery ticket worth $24,000.Slaton is 15 miles southeast of Lubbock.The victim said she had only $9,000, but a man posing as a passer-by offered to cover the difference.The v
Sep 2, 2003, 4:01 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $33 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has increased to $33 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $26 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were three second-prize winner from Tuesday night's drawing worth $175,000. Those winning tickets were sold in Illinois, Maryland and New York.The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were 9, 28, 42, 44 and 49. The Mega Ball number was 47.
Aug 27, 2003, 1:38 pm - Lottery News

N.D. LOTTERY: Board supports two extra gamesNews Story
North Dakota gamblers may have their pick of two additional lotteries next year, which offer smaller prizes and less daunting odds than the more widely played Powerball game. A state advisory board agreed Tuesday to support North Dakota's entry into the Hot Lotto and Wild Card 2 lotteries. Both are operated by the Multistate Lottery Association of West Des Moines, Iowa, which runs Powerball.The association already has approved North Dakota's request to sell Powerball tickets and state officials
Aug 27, 2003, 3:17 am - Lottery News