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Oregon Lottery adds slot games to video poker machinesNews Story
The electronic version of one-arm bandits is coming to Oregon bars and restaurants this summer.Under prodding from Gov. Ted Kulongoski, the Oregon State Lottery Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to allow slot-machine-style games on the state's network of video-poker terminals.That means more than 2,200 bars and restaurants across Oregon could offer electronic slots as soon as July 1. But first the state must persuade retailers to accept new contracts that reduce their share of video-poker
Jan 27, 2005, 12:57 pm - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery sponsors Red Sox trophy tourNews Story
The most traveled trophy in the history of New England sports now has an official sponsor.The Red Sox and the Massachusetts State Lottery held a press conference at Fenway Park on Tuesday to announce a partnership in which the Lottery will be the presenting sponsor of the World Series Trophy tour.Ever since making history by winning their first World Series championship in 86 years, the Red Sox have been glad to share their success with the entire region of New England, not to mention various ot
Jan 5, 2005, 9:50 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

You've won the lottery! Now what?News Story
Believe it or not, jackpot winners face both a pile of cash and a mountain of problematic decisions. Here's a practical to-do list. Keep it handy for the next time you strike it rich.Hitting the jackpot may be a fantasy, but what's the harm in dreaming? Here's some realistic advice on what to do if those numbers prove to be magic.It's after 11 p.m. on Saturday night, a night like any other Saturday night. You're ready for bed and yelling at the dog to get out of the garbage. With little enthusia
Oct 7, 2004, 8:59 am - Lottery News

California Lottery has highest sales in historyNews Story
California Lottery officials announced a stellar year with estimated sales for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-04 over $2.9 billion, representing the highest sales since the commencement of the Lottery in 1985.Also celebrating are the Lottery players who won more than $1.5 billion in prizes, and retailers who earned $205 million in commissions and bonuses. Most importantly, schools benefit with more than $1.090 billion being transferred to public schools, including $15 million (the cash value) from an unc
Sep 29, 2004, 9:04 am - Lottery News

$40 Million Man's payments endNews Story
For the first time in 20 years, Michael Wittkowski and family won't be receiving their big fat annual check courtesy of the Illinois State Lottery.The $40 Million Man is on his own again.Do you remember him? If you were around at the time, who could forget?His was the first mega-jackpot in Illinois lottery history, the biggest to a single winner anywhere in the nation at the time, earning the then-28-year-old unmarried printer from the Northwest Side a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records
Aug 31, 2004, 8:53 am - Lottery News

El Paso man claims $145 million Texas Lotto prizeNews Story
A publicity-shy El Paso man today turned in the winning ticket for last month's $145 million Texas Lotto jackpot on behalf of a partnership.The Texas Lottery Commission said that Alfredo Ornelas Barragan accepted an after-tax cash payment of $61.9 million on behalf of VOM Enterprises Ltd. and IBO Management Co.Ornelas arrived with his attorney, Ernesto Pineda, around 10 a.m. and spent most of the day verifying the ticket. Neither man would speak with reporters. He's very quiet but eager to have
Jul 7, 2004, 5:53 pm - Lottery News

Scientific Games Awarded Contract By Mass. LotteryNews Story
Estimated Value of Contract is $20-$25 MillionScientific Games Corporation announced that the Massachusetts Lottery has awarded it the contract to be its primary supplier of instant tickets and related marketing services.The current Scientific Games contract is due to expire in August, 2004. The new contract is for an initial term of two years with three one- year options to renew. The value of the contract is estimated between $20-25 million over the initial two-year term.Massachusetts sells $3
Jul 7, 2004, 9:28 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner's dreams live on after his deathNews Story
Despite a troubled past, James Craig's family said he had started to turn his life around long before he struck it rich and won a $9.7 million Indiana Lotto jackpot earlier this year. My brother had been incarcerated for petty (non-violent) crimes, but he used that time to better himself in many ways; especially through education, which helped get him paroled three years ago, said Ruth Craig.Craig said her brother earned both associate and bachelor degrees in business while he was enrolled in t
May 10, 2004, 6:37 am - Lottery News

Man Dies In Crash Weeks After Winning LotteryNews Story
A northwestern Indiana man who won $9.7 million in a January lottery drawing died when his car struck a utility pole in a rainstorm, police said.James K. Craig Jr., 43, is the second Indiana man to die this year shortly after winning the lottery. He was pronounced dead about 4:30 a.m. Saturday shortly after the crash on U.S. 231 about 15 miles south of Gary near the town of Winfield.Lake County police spokesman Michael Higgins said Craig lost control of his 2003 Saturn in rainy conditions, causi
Apr 19, 2004, 6:11 am - Lottery News