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$49,000 Mercedes is Washington Lottery's marketing toolNews Story
Some folks may think it's just a new way for Washington's Lottery to take suckers for a ride. That's not quite the agency mission, insists Lottery director Bill Hanson. So what is it? Hanson said Friday the agency bought a $49,000 Mercedes Sprinter van as a marketing tool to boost Lottery ticket sales at the Puyallup Fair and other big festivals where it sets up for marketing. He said it is an idea the agency dreamed up to boost revenues and help fill the state's yawning budget hole.
Oct 3, 2011, 2:21 am - Lottery News

Canada's Lotto Max now at $81 million in top prizesNews Story
Estimated 31 MaxMillions $1 million draws coming Friday By Todd Northrop For the third straight week, lottery players across Canada will take their chances at a $50 million main jackpot and a rising number of $1 million MaxMillions bonus drawings. On Friday night, no tickets matched the seven numbers drawn to win the $50 million main jackpot, so the upcoming Lotto Max draw for Friday, March 11 will remain at an estimated $50 million with an additional estimated 31 $1 million MaxMillions
Mar 7, 2011, 8:37 am - Lottery News

MasterCard illegally adds fees to Lottery playersNews Story
All you need is a dollar and a dream to play the Lottery, except if you're paying with MasterCard then it's an extra 10 bucks. Plus interest. The credit card company has quietly been treating subscription purchases of Lotto or Mega Millions tickets as cash advances making them subject to an extra fee. MasterCard is also charging higher cash advance level interest on the Lottery ticket purchases, as much as 24.9% percent in some cases. That, too, is a no-no, Lottery officials said.
Sep 17, 2010, 8:51 pm - Lottery News

2 quick Lotto Texas winners put state in bindNews Story
By Todd Northrop Two recent Texas Lotto winners have hit jackpots of $21 million and $6 million, but for the Texas Lottery it has meant dipping into revenues by $3.4 million to cover the prizes. In just the past 10 days, two lucky lottery players have matched all six Lotto Texas numbers, but the lottery did not sell enough tickets during that period to fully cover the advertised prize. The shortfall was created by the way the Texas Lottery generates its new advertised jackpot amount eac
Aug 14, 2010, 9:28 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions goes on sale in South Dakota May 16News Story
South Dakota Lottery officials are adding Mega Millions to the state's lineup of lotto games, beginning May 16. The first Mega Millions drawing in which South Dakota will participate is Tuesday, May 18. The South Dakota Lottery Commission in late March unanimously approved adding the game. The legislative Rules Review Committee Tuesday approved the administrative rules. Three multi-state lottery games currently are available in South Dakota: Powerball, Hot Lotto, and Wildcard 2. Dakota
Apr 21, 2010, 7:33 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery a step closer to restoring real drawingsNews Story
A Tennessee House panel has advanced a proposal to require the state lottery to abandon computerized drawings for its games. House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower, a Bristol Republican, says he sponsored the manual drawings measure in response to a loss in consumer confidence following a computer programming error last year. The glitch prevented duplicate numbers to be drawn for nearly a month. Lottery officials estimate it would cost about $5 million a year to return to drawing numbered
Apr 2, 2008, 11:02 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised to $220 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing was raised to $220 million. The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Friday night's $179 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Tuesday night. There were 13 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 3 from California, 2 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 4 from New York, and 1 from Virginia. Each second prize ticket matched all fi
Feb 16, 2008, 10:37 am - Lottery News

Iraq soldier wins part of $12 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
It's been a lucky few weeks for a Texas soldier serving in Iraq. He won part of a $12 million dollar Lotto Texas jackpot, and now he's home. Lottery officials say the big winner in the May 23rd drawing was the Las Colinas Lottery Group. More than two dozen people pooled their money, at 20 bucks a month, to play. Among them was Master Sergeant Bethurel Griffin of Arlington. He deployed to Iraq in June of 2006, but Griffin had paid in advance to stay in the lotto pool. Griffin
Jul 3, 2007, 8:15 pm - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $9 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, resulting in a rollover that produced an estimated $9 million jackpot for the next drawing, lottery officials said Sunday. A total of 69 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,468.50; 3,755 tickets matched four numbers for $81.50; and 82,212 tickets matched three numbers for $5. The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 10-11-12-35-41-52.
Nov 27, 2006, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Single winner takes $7 million Illinois Lotto jackpotNews Story
A single winner has taken the $7 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game. The ticket sold in Loves Park was the only one to match all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's Lotto drawing. The next Lotto drawing will be Saturday night, and will feature a grand prize of $2 million. Wednesday night's drawing also produced 20 second-prize winners who matched five of the six winning numbers and will receive prizes of $1004 apiece. Another 1,048
Nov 9, 2006, 8:33 am - Lottery News