Missouri Lottery director resigns amid rift with state commissionNews Story
The director of the Missouri Lottery is on his way out. Executive Director Larry Jansen said Monday that he was resigning in response to the Lottery Commission's interest in changing the agency's direction. Lottery sales fell nearly 3 percent last fiscal year after peaking at almost $1 billion in 2008. Gov. Jay Nixon's administration has cited a continued decline in Lottery sales as a reason for cuts to Missouri's online school and some other educational programs that depend on its proceed ...
Nov 9, 2009, 10:52 pm - Lottery News forum

Missouri couple captures $4.4M lottery ticketNews Story
Heather and Jason McCarty's wedding anniversary this week (their 10th) will be just a wee bit more special this time around. Jason McCarty, 36, bought a winning lottery ticket last weekend worth $4.4 million at the Q-Stop IV at 914 Bryan Road off Interstate 70 in O'Fallon. He purchased a $5 Quick Pick Lotto ticket that selected the six winning numbers: 21, 23, 26, 35, 36 and 38 for the jackpot. He came home and said, 'Here, happy anniversary, his wife, Heather McCarty, 37, was quoted as s ...
Sep 2, 2009, 7:00 pm - Lottery News forum

Arkansas lottery tickets may be available by this fallNews Story
The Arkansas lottery is getting closer to becoming a reality. Soon, people in Arkansas will be able to go into convenience stores and gas stations and buy lottery tickets in their own state rather than heading to one of the boardering states to get their chance at the big money. March 25, Gov. Mike Beebe signed both the identical Senate and House bills passing the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act. Arkansas will soon join boardering states Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas ...
Apr 4, 2009, 10:06 am - Lottery News forum

Missouri Lottery raffle makes a millionaireNews Story
Somebody is $1 million richer following the Missouri Lottery's Million-Dollar Raffle drawing, which was held today. One winning raffle number was drawn for the $1 million top prize, four winning numbers were drawn to win $100,000 and 440 lucky players' winning numbers were drawn to receive $500. The complete list of winning numbers is available on Lottery Post's Missouri Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mo). The winning raffle number for the top prize of $1 million is 0 ...
Jan 20, 2009, 7:56 pm - Lottery News forum