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CT Lottery must pay an extra $581,000 for drawing mistakeNews Story
Honoring all six numbers drawn in Friday's flawed Cash 5 lottery game will cost the Connecticut Lottery Corp. an extra $581,000, lottery officials said Monday.The lottery will honor 3,451 additional tickets, five of which are worth $100,000 each, said lottery spokeswoman Diane Patterson. It's amazing what one little number can do, Patterson said.The problem occurred when an employee got the cue to begin the drawing and plucked a No. 7 pingpong ball from those swirling in the mixing chamber. W
Mar 22, 2005, 7:36 am - Lottery News

111 on 1-11 means one big loss for Ohio LotteryNews Story
Triple ones cost the Ohio Lottery nearly $3.5 million on 1-11.The Pick 3 Numbers day drawing was 111 on Tuesday, forcing the lottery to pay out more than $3.9 million to winners despite only $427,094.50 in sales.Everyone who played 111 on their $1 ticket won $500.It's the second time 111 has been drawn on 1-11. It happened previously on Jan. 11, 1982.Pick 3 was first drawn Dec. 6, 1979, the Ohio Lottery said.The odds of any three-digit number occurring in any one Pick 3 drawing are 1 in 1,000 (0
Jan 12, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Triple 8's Still Hot in Virginia LotteryNews Story
Virginia Lottery players are once again coming out ahead.Just two weeks to the day since 8-8-8 was drawn in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 game, the exact same order combination was drawn in Monday's Pick 3 day drawing.That means that every player who wagered $1.00 on the Exact Order combination won the top prize of $500. When you add it all up, Virginia Lottery players wagered a total of $363,310 for the Monday, January 10, 2005 Pick 3 day drawing, and they won a total of $1,005,025 in prizes!
Jan 11, 2005, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Young Couple Wins £5 Million UK Lotto JackpotNews Story
A young couple are celebrating today after scooping a 5 million (US$9.6 million) Lottery jackpot.The couple, who have a five-month-old baby, won the early Christmas present on the Christmas Eve Lotto Superdraw.Lottery officials are due to reveal further details about the couple, from Porth, south Wales, at a press conference at the Vale of Glamorgan Country Club later this morning.But a Camelot spokeswoman said that the 20-year-old man is a software tester and his 21-year-old partner is a home-
Dec 30, 2004, 8:31 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery loses its shirt on triple-eightsNews Story
8-8-8 was great, great, great for lots of Virginians yesterday afternoon.Triple numbers in the Pick 3 Virginia Lottery are the most popular played, and yesterday was no exception.A total of 12,118 tickets were sold with the winning combination, Lottery spokeswoman Jill Vaughan said. Players spent $357,870 on the tickets and won $3,028,925 in prizes, she said.Because players could buy 50-cent tickets as well as $1 tickets, the Virginia Lottery did not have a breakdown on how many people won $250
Dec 28, 2004, 9:38 am - Lottery News

GTECH lands 5-year deal with Finland lotteryNews Story
Lottery systems operator Gtech Holdings Corp. reported Monday that it signed a five year deal with the Finnish national lottery.Veikkaus Oy, the operator of the Finnish national lottery, awarded the contract to Gtech to replace the country's existing lottery system with new software and terminals as well as provide ongoing services for the systems. The contract has automatic provisions for two, two-year extensions which would extend the contract until 2013.The company expects to generate $38 mil
Dec 21, 2004, 9:59 am - Lottery News

GTECH to earn $85M from Missouri lottery contractNews Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation announced Thursday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, was chosen by the State of Missouri to provide a new online lottery central system, terminals, and ongoing services under a proposed seven-year integrated services contract.The contract is expected to commence July 1, 2005 with the option to renew the contract for up to eight years beyond the expiration date of June 30, 2012.GTECH expects to generate approximately $85 million over the seven-year te
Dec 17, 2004, 3:10 pm - Lottery News

Officials Say Oklahoma Lottery Could Take Year To StartNews Story
Oklahoma voters earlier this month ended Gov. Brad Henry's yearslong battle to get a statewide lottery, but the task of making the lottery a reality has just begun.Before the first ticket is sold, a lottery commission has to take shape, the rules of the games established and other details worked out.The first step comes with Henry's appointment of a seven-member lottery commission. The governor's office is accepting applications. They'll go through a lengthy and detailed process, including an OS
Nov 19, 2004, 11:50 am - Lottery News

No South Carolina lottery sales todayNews Story
There will be no lottery sales today, according to a press release from the South Carolina Lottery.State law prohibits lottery sales on election days.Instant ticket validations, as well as online sales of Pick 3, Pick 4, Carolina 5 and Powerball, also will be shut down for the day.There will be a drawing for any advance ticket sales.
Nov 2, 2004, 10:40 am - Lottery News

GTECH gets 90-day contract extension with Colorado LotteryNews Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that the Colorado Lottery, under the provisions of its original contract with GTECH, has granted the West Greenwich-based company a 90-day contract extension.GTECH's current contract with the lottery is set to expire on October 31, 2004, GTECH said.The Colorado Lottery had selected Scientific Games Corporation as its vendor to provide equipment and services for a new integrated online and instant-ticket lottery system in October 2002, following a compet
Oct 13, 2004, 8:42 am - Lottery News