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Louisiana Lottery players snatching up raffle tickets before bonus drawNews Story
More than 117,000 already sold Besides offering the best odds of winning $1 million in the May 12 finale drawing, the Louisiana Lottery's newest $10 raffle game, Millionaire Bonus Raffle, is giving players five more chances to win $20,000 if they purchase their tickets before midnight March 23. By Monday morning, more than 117,210 raffle tickets had been sold and will be entered into all five of the game's preliminary bonus drawings as well as the finale drawing. The first bonus drawing is
Mar 22, 2011, 10:45 pm - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery celebrates 20 years of winning numbersNews Story
Millionaire Bonus Raffle coming in February After being approved by voters by a seven-to-three margin in 1990 and subsequently launching its first scratch-off game in 1991, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2011 with a host of player promotions and games. For 20 years, we have been generating winning numbers that give Louisianans plenty of reasons to smile, including over $2.3 billion contributed to our state, more than $3 billion paid to winners an
Jan 26, 2011, 8:24 am - Lottery News

LottoMax winners collect $50M jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop A gay Vancouver couple who are marking their 30th anniversary next month will have plenty to celebrate after winning a $50 million lottery jackpot. Kurt and Claude Blanchette-Ebert claimed the winning ticket for last week's Lotto Max draw on Tuesday in front of media. Sixty-three-year-old Kurt told reporters he could barely believe his eyes when he checked his ticket, adding the win has not yet sunk in. I stuck my ticket into this machine and it read $50 million, he
Nov 4, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News

California woman receives surprise $1 million lottery checkNews Story
When Judith Tate showed up at Ron's Liquors in San Jose Thursday for a community party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the California Lottery, she thought she might win $1,000. Instead, the 64-year-old retired accounting supervisor was handed a check with three extra zeros. Yup. A cool $1 million. Oh my God, Tate repeated in front of a gaggle of lottery executives, some of them tearing up just like her. She buried her face in her hands, and then turned to her 41-year-old son, Will Mo
Oct 8, 2010, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Fla. Lottery awards $20M grand prize in scratch gameNews Story
The Florida Lottery last week held the grand prize drawing in the $600 Million High Roller Scratch-Off game, awarding one lucky winner the $20 million grand prize. Patricia Howell, 55, of Jacksonville, claimed her prize at Lottery headquarters on Sept. 16; she chose the one-time, lump-sum payment for her winnings in the amount of $15,051,167.49. Howell has been a fan of the Florida Lottery for years and she frequently purchases tickets. Her first big win was when she won $1,000 in the $600
Sep 23, 2010, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Man wins £2.6M lottery jackpot, but doesn't wake wifeNews Story
A British couple had two great reasons to celebrate last week firstly it was their ruby wedding anniversary, marking 40 years of marriage, and secondly they won 2.6 million (US$4 million) on the Lotto. But after realizing that he had a winning ticket, Philip Sawyer, from Shard End, simply sipped his cup of tea, read his book and didn't wake his wife, Sandra. The 60-year-old former car salesman was convinced that his wife had played a practical joke on him and made her check the numbers her
Sep 15, 2010, 2:19 pm - Lottery News

New lottery game marks Kansas' 150th birthdayNews Story
The state's anti-gambling founders probably wouldn't have approved, but Kansas unveiled a new lottery game Friday to get a jump on celebrating its 150th birthday. The top prize for Celebrating Our Statehood is $1,500, but state officials hope it reaps big benefits for the Kansas Sesquicentennial by generating public awareness that events are coming, tied to next year's Jan. 29 anniversary. The lottery began distributing 600,000 tickets Wednesday and expects 1,600 retailers to begin selling
Sep 3, 2010, 8:39 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery celebrates 25th anniversaryNews Story
The newspaper headlines in August 1985 were a sign of the unbridled enthusiasm over the arrival of the Iowa Lottery. Lottery mania grips Iowans. Iowa lottery tickets selling like hotcakes. Eager lottery players stampede for startling 1.6 million in tickets. Twenty-five years and $4.8 billion in sales later, the Iowa Lottery remains popular statewide, generating $256 million in sales for the 12 months ending June 30. It's also a game that has changed with the times, moving from simp
Aug 6, 2010, 9:51 am - Lottery News

Playing same lottery numbers for 15 years paid offNews Story
On a hunch, bought multiple tickets with same numbers The five numbers Chris Hoffman played in the Maryland lottery for 15 years never meant anything special to him until he won. Hoffman said they were just random numbers he chose: 3, 6, 9, 20, 21. He's not even sure why. They're numbers I picked years ago and just stuck with them, he said Monday, three days after his wallet got a little bit thicker. Hoffman bought a $6 Bonus Match Five ticket from Ranch Liquor at Lusby Town Square
Aug 4, 2010, 4:28 pm - Lottery News

Man wins $2 million from Ohio LotteryNews Story
Paul Hayes suspected something was up when the Ohio Lottery Commission asked him to come to their Dayton office but would not tell him why. Hayes, a regular lottery player, had recently won $2,500 in a $20 scrach-off game called $2 Million Anniversary. As a scratch-off winner, his card was then automatically entered into a drawing for the game's top prize of $2 million. So, Thursday, June 10, Hayes, 65, drove from his home in New Carlisle to the lottery commission's Dayton office. The
Jun 11, 2010, 11:06 am - Lottery News