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Louisiana Lottery launches Pick 5 draw gameNews Story
Lottery releases its third daily numbers game By Kate Northrop Yesterday, the Louisiana Lottery launched Pick 5, the third game in its family of daily numbers games that also includes Pick 3 and Pick 4. Louisiana players now have a chance to win a $50,000 top prize in the Lottery's new Pick 5 game, which incorporates both classic and brand-new play-types. Our daily numbers game sales have shown solid, continual growth over the last several years with fiscal year sales up more t
Aug 2, 2021, 11:06 am - Lottery News

Canada lotteries hold nationwide raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across Canada this morning are checking their Millionaire Life raffle tickets to see if they will be set for life, or perhaps win a new set of wheels. Millionaire Life, also called Vie de millionnaire, is a raffle game offered by the provincial lotteries across Canada during the month of March. The drawing took place Thursday, March 31, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time. A complete list of winning numbers for the drawing can be found at any of Lottery Post's Canad
Apr 1, 2011, 9:03 am - Lottery News

PA Millionaire Raffle lottery tickets on sale todayNews Story
Tickets for the Pennsylvania Lottery's 11th Millionaire Raffle, which offers 6,000 cash prizes totaling more than $5 million, go on sale today, Nov. 19. The Lottery is bringing back the Millionaire Raffle game for another New Year's Day drawing, said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees. This Pennsylvania Lottery game offers our best odds of winning a $1 million prize. Each of the game's $20 tickets offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million. The overall odds of winning any prize
Nov 19, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery's new Quinto game starts tomorrowNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery is adding Quinto, a numbers game similar to The Daily Number and BIG 4, but played with five numbers instead, to its lineup of mid-day and evening drawings. The Pennsylvania Lottery constantly strives to provide its players with new and innovative games, said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees. Quinto, which offers multiple ways to play and a top prize of $50,000 cash, will appeal to players who enjoy playing The Daily Number and BIG 4 games. Quinto tickets go o
Aug 25, 2008, 10:09 am - Lottery News

PA Lottery's Millionaire Raffle returns on 7-7-07News Story
Millionaire Raffle, the raffle-style game developed in 2005 by the Pennsylvania Lottery, will offer 7,777 cash prizes worth more than $6.4 million when the game is drawn at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 7 (7-7-07). Seven has always been a popular number for lottery players, so we decided to celebrate July 7, 2007, with a raffle drawing, said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees. The previous three raffle drawings sold out and we expect this raffle to be just as successful. Tickets for the Ju
May 22, 2007, 9:29 pm - Lottery News

New Penn. Lottery raffle game on sale next weekNews Story
Return of popular Millionaire Raffle to award more than $6 million; computerized drawing to be used Millionaire Raffle, the successful groundbreaking game developed last year by the Pennsylvania Lottery, will create even more millionaires when the game returns for a third drawing on Saturday, Dec. 30. Millionaire Raffle tickets go on sale Tuesday, Nov. 21, at more than 8,400 Lottery retailers throughout the commonwealth. Only 625,000 tickets will be sold. Each of the game's $20 tickets wil
Nov 15, 2006, 12:35 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionairesNews Story
There was one first-prize ticket in New York's King Kong Millions lottery game, worth $55 million before taxes, in Monday's drawing, which coincided with the New York City premiere of the new movie King Kong. That ticket was sold in Nassau County.Five second-place tickets had a pretax value of $1 million each. The other four were sold in Niagara, Bronx, Steuben and Ontario counties.One of the $1 million second-prize tickets was sold at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties.Lotte
Dec 7, 2005, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Second-largest lottery jackpot in US history wonNews Story
One ticket sold in Oregon matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing to win the $340 million jackpot, the second-largest ever in United States history.The drawing capped off a day of heavy sales in all 27 states where Powerball is played, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.It was the largest jackpot in the game's history and the second-biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.The winning numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 7, 21, 43, 44, 49 and 29.There were
Oct 20, 2005, 9:34 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

Lottery company keeping Jamaica on holdNews Story
Four years after being granted a lottery licence, and after one false start, Telefun International is yet to begin operating in the Jamaican market, the directors apparently having failed so far to raise the capital to float their games.At the same time, however, other companies have applied for lottery licences and are awaiting Cabinet approval, Walter Scott, chairman of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, confirmed yesterday.Telefun International, which was granted a 10-year licence
Jan 5, 2005, 12:30 pm - Lottery News