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Iowa Lottery no longer sharing Illinois Lottery drawingsNews Story
State started conducting its own Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings Wednesday Starting this week, it won't be share and share alike for Iowa Lottery players anymore. Beginning Wednesday, April 16, Iowa Lottery players finally got their own Pick 3 and Pick 4 lottery numbers. Iowa has been sharing Pick 3 and Pick 4 numbers with Illinois since the games were introduced, in 1998 and 2003, respectively. The time of the drawings also changed slightly, as did the deadline by which players must purchas
Apr 17, 2014, 8:38 pm - Lottery News

'Red Ball' drawings coming back to N.J. LotteryNews Story
By Todd Northrop For the second year in a row, the New Jersey Lottery is conducting a month of 'Red Ball' drawings that will occasionally double some evening drawing prizes. The 2nd Annual Red Ball promotion is for players of the evening Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. The Red Ball promotion doubles all prizes for both the Pick 3 and Pick 4 evening games every time the Red Ball is drawn. The Red Ball is guaranteed to be drawn at least once every seven days during the promotional period. The Re
Sep 2, 2013, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery adds new feature to numbers gamesNews Story
'Fireball' feature now on sale Includes video report By Todd Northrop On Sept. 1, Illinois Lottery retailers will begin offering a new, optional feature called Fireball to its long-standing Pick 3 and Pick 4 daily draw games. The new play option provides a chance to obtain more winning combinations. The standard Pick 3 and Pick 4 games remain the same, as does the drawing schedule (seven days a week, twice a day) and game ticket price (starts at 50 cents). Beginning Sunday, Sep
Sep 1, 2013, 11:49 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery to double number of Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawsNews Story
Four drawings per day starting Sept. 9 By Todd Northrop In a few weeks, Texas Lottery players will have twice as many opportunities per day to play the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. Currently, both of the popular daily numbers games are drawn twice per day, at 12:27 pm and 10:12 pm. Starting September 9, four drawings per day will occur at 10:00 am, 12:27 pm, 6:00 pm, and 10:12 pm. A year ago the Texas Lottery introduced a new game called All or Nothing, which broke new ground for the lot
Aug 19, 2013, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery finally draws quad in Pick 4 Eve drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop For the first time ever, the South Carolina Lottery has drawn a 'quad' combination in its Pick 4 Evening drawing. A quad is a combination where all four digits are the same. Sunday night the lottery drew 2-2-2-2, marking the first time such a combination was drawn in the evening draw. Quads have been drawn three times previously in the Lottery's midday draw, but never in the evening. Lucky winners of Sunday's evening Pick 4 drawing could become anywhere from $2,500 t
Jul 11, 2012, 10:45 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Pick 4 lottery players beat the houseNews Story
Quad-zeros pay off big bucks for Pick 4 players The Kentucky Lottery may have hit a streak of bad luck in November, which means good luck for lottery players in the state. Kentucky Lottery chief financial officer Howard Kline said the payoff to Pick 4 players in November turned out to be far more than was taken in on the game. Greg Harkenrider, one of the state's top budget experts, said Wednesday that revenue from the popular Pick 4 game plummeted in November because more people than e
Dec 22, 2011, 8:50 pm - Lottery News

Tri-State lottery players get extra chance to win Pick 4News Story
Players of the Tri-State Pick 4 lottery had two chances to win this week when a ball left in the drawing machine led to two sets of winning numbers. Lottery officials said they discovered that a ball was inadvertently left in the chute of the drawing machine before Tuesday's evening winning numbers were drawn, so the number wasn't included in the drawing. Officials decided to hold another drawing Wednesday and pay out on both sets of Pick 4 numbers for the Tuesday evening draw. The two
Aug 3, 2011, 5:43 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery Pick 4 drawing generates huge payoutNews Story
2,800 Maryland lottery players hit 4-4-4-4 combination by Todd Northrop Players of the Maryland Lottery's Pick 4 game hit a grand slam of sorts this weekend, and a payout record was tied in the process. Lottery officials said Saturday's 4-4-4-4 drawing in the Pick 4 game paid out $7 million, which was the state's record for daily games. The drawing took in about $458,000 in sales. Officials said 2,800 players had the winning numbers. While players fare well when Pick 4 drawings r
Feb 28, 2011, 8:51 pm - Lottery News

St. Louis man wins $24,000 playing Pick 4News Story
If you have a set of numbers you believe in, why not purchase more than one ticket? In Numbers Games like Pick 3 and Pick 4, which have fixed prizes for matching all of the winning numbers, you will win the designated prize for each ticket you hold. That's exactly what Anthony Nguyen of St. Louis, Missouri, did. Nguyen purchased four Straight Pick 4 tickets with the combination 5-6-1-4 for the March 16 Midday drawing. That was the winning combination for that drawing and Nguyen won $6,000
Mar 30, 2010, 8:10 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery to pay for Pick 4 errorNews Story
During the South Carolina Education Lottery's evening Pick 4 draw for Saturday, March 13, the numbers 7, 2, 4, and 5 were selected. However, an error occurred when the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 were entered into the central system for validating claims, according to a release from SCEL. The lottery will pay Pick 4 ticket holders for either set of numbers. Lottery Post's South Carolina Pick 4 evening results history (www.lotterypost.com/) includes both combinations.game/176/results Lottery spo
Mar 16, 2010, 11:28 am - Lottery News