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USC, MUSC, Clemson awarded $6 million in matching lotto research fundsNews Story
South Carolina's three research universities will work together on a project to produce human tissue and organs with the help of $6 million in state lottery funds. The University of South Carolina, Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina were told by a state committee Monday they could begin raising private dollars to match the state funds.The project is part of the state's endowed chair program. It was created by the Legislature last year by using $30 million in lottery
Aug 26, 2003, 5:06 am - Lottery News

Pembroke Pines hits Lotto jackpot for a 4th timeNews Story
Who said lightning can't strike twice?It hit in this city for the fourth time in 11 years on Saturday when a Florida Lotto ticket, a Quick Pick, matched all six numbers in the $27 million drawing.Because it was the only ticket in Florida with the right combination, 7-8-16-19-47-52, the person who bought the ticket in S.K. Ali's convenience store will get the entire pot.Ali late Sunday didn't know which of his customers beat the 22,957,480-to-1 odds, but the 40-year-old manager of the Columbus Fo
Aug 25, 2003, 3:31 am - Lottery News

Family double as father scoops lotto windfallNews Story
A retired father of three is celebrating an 85,248 Lotto windfall - just two months after his son scooped 179,137.Anthony McDonnell was presented with his cheque by his son Ian after the family double, which is estimated to have defied odds of 339 billion-to-one.Mr McDonnell, 59, from Bridgnorth, Shropshire, matched five numbers and the bonus ball in last Saturday's National Lottery draw - eight weeks after Ian, a 34-year-old finance worker, did the same.Mr McDonnell senior told a press confer
Aug 21, 2003, 3:19 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $21 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $21 million Wednesday, with a cash option of $12 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $15 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were seven second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, each matching the five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number for a payout of $175,000. Twenty-five players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the M
Aug 20, 2003, 3:09 am - Lottery News

Burglar Has Lotto FeverNews Story
Columbus, Georgia police are talking about an unusual late-night break-in at a convenience store -- unusual because of what was taken.Officers say someone broke through a glass door around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Citgo station on Veterans Parkway at River Road. But all he stole was a machine for printing lottery tickets, and two rolls of scratch-off tickets valued at $600. Trouble was, a getaway driver reportedly drove away, leaving the burglar behind.Police chased down and arrested a possible
Aug 19, 2003, 4:07 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $21 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $21 million, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 88 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,464.50; 5,766 tickets matched four numbers for $80; and 122,103 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 9-11-33-43-46-53.
Aug 18, 2003, 3:33 am - Lottery News

Lotto: the business of making dreams come trueNews Story
Georges Gharib likes his job. I contribute to bringing joy, he says. And he likes to talk about it. Gesticulating while talking on the phone, signing papers during interviews, Gharib seems at home in his office overlooking Charles Malek Avenue.Gharib is the manager of La Libanaise des Jeux the company that manages Lebanons National Lotto.The joy his company has brought to some people is great indeed: in the past 11 months six jackpot winners have won between $1 and $3 million each.There are lo
Aug 18, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Washington jackpot at record highNews Story
Tomorrow's Washington State Lottery Lotto Plus game is at a record high of $33 million.The highest jackpot paid out under the Jackpot Plus game was in July 2002, when two people divided a $30 million jackpot.The lottery payout record was in October 2000 under the Lotto game, the predecessor to Lotto Plus, with a jackpot of $32 million, which three winners shared. (Ticket) sales go up dramatically with a big jackpot, said Eric Jones, Lottery spokesman.Lottery officials expect $1.75 million worth
Aug 15, 2003, 3:25 am - Lottery News

No cameras, please! Big Lotto winner's shyNews Story
Money talks. But that doesn't mean Jacquelin Ferdinand has to.Florida's newest jumbo Lotto winner, who Monday morning claimed the second half of the $80.9 million jackpot, doesn't want any publicity.The jackpot was the 10th largest in state lottery history, and Ferdinand split it with a Hollywood couple. The $40.45 million each winning ticket received -- minus taxes, of course -- is the largest amount collected on any jackpot split two or more ways.Ferdinand, 55, told Lotto officials it was the
Aug 13, 2003, 3:36 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot hits $50 millionNews Story
There were no jackpot-winning tickets sold for the Tuesday Mega Millions lottery, increasing the jackpot for the multi-state game to $50 million. The next drawing will be Friday. Even though there was no jackpot winner Tuesday, 272,920 players won more than $2.2 million in prizes.There were five second-prize winners, each winning $175,000. Eighteen players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winning numbers from Tuesday's
Aug 6, 2003, 6:01 am - Lottery News