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Virginia Pick 4 Lottery Player Wins BigNews Story
A Virginia woman's dream of winning the lottery came true to the tune of $90,200, the Virginia Lottery said.Richard and Chris Marshall of Charlottesville bought 19 tickets for the May 6 Pick 4 night drawing, each with the numbers 2, 7, 5 and 8. Seventeen tickets matched the winning numbers in exact order to win $5,000. Two matched 50/50, meaning they would win if the numbers come up in exact order or in any order. Those tickets won $2,600 each. I had a dream two weeks ago that I would hit the lo
May 16, 2005, 9:56 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery hurt by players' luckNews Story
Big prize payouts by the Kentucky Lottery, including multimillion dollar payments to winners in three February Pick 3 games, are making a dent in the amount of money being returned to the state treasury, lottery officials said Friday.Normally, in the twice-daily Pick 3 drawing, having the same digit for all three numbers occurs only once every six weeks or so, lottery officials said. But 3-3-3 was drawn on Feb. 2, resulting in payment of $2.86 million in prizes, 2-2-2 was drawn on Feb. 12, resul
Mar 28, 2005, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Florida Lottery set to roll out changesNews Story
The Florida Lottery will implement a series of changes January 31, including new lottery machines, changes to the Pick 4 game, and new game called Grouper.The new game Grouper is really a new way to play Florida lottery games, rather than being a new game itself. When players purchase a Grouper ticket, they pay $5 for quick picks of five existing games and get a sixth quick pick -- for free -- of a randomly selected game.On the same day Grouper sales begin, lottery retailers throughout the stat
Jan 24, 2005, 11:45 am - Lottery News

'4 This Way' is a Big Hit with New Mexico Lottery PlayersNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery Authority has announced that its newest lotto game, 4 This Way! has averaged more than three top prize winners a week since its launch in September.To date, 42 players from across the state have won the game's top $4,000 prize by matching all four winning numbers in the order they were drawn, a release from the Lottery says.Each play costs $1 and there are four prize levels, ranging from $4,000 to $1.It's difficult to compare the success of the Lottery's various games in
Dec 30, 2004, 9:05 am - Lottery News

NJ couple wins $2.2M Pick 6 Lotto jackpotNews Story
Winning ticket bought at deli in Bergen PointA Bayonne couple has claimed the winning ticket in the Dec. 2 New Jersey Pick 6 Lotto jackpot drawing, which carried a jackpot of nearly $2.2 million.Acting New Jersey Lottery Executive Director William T. Jourdain said that Zoltan and Elizabeth Lamos of Bayonne bought the winning ticket at the Bergen Park Deli, 27 West First St. in Bayonne.The couple will receive more than $1.6 million in a lump-sum payment after taxes are collected.Lottery spokesman
Dec 21, 2004, 10:03 am - Lottery News

No South Carolina lottery sales todayNews Story
There will be no lottery sales today, according to a press release from the South Carolina Lottery.State law prohibits lottery sales on election days.Instant ticket validations, as well as online sales of Pick 3, Pick 4, Carolina 5 and Powerball, also will be shut down for the day.There will be a drawing for any advance ticket sales.
Nov 2, 2004, 10:40 am - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery Unveils '4 This Way'News Story
The New Mexico Lottery Authority will launch a new drawing game on September 26. 4 This Way is designed as a game unique to New Mexico with a $4,000 nightly top prize.Players select four numbers that must be matched in order from first to last. That way, players still have a chance of winning a prize on the final number drawn. Players who match four numbers in the order drawn will win $4,000, Lottery CEO Tom Shaheen said. Players who miss the first number but match the last three win $40.
Sep 20, 2004, 3:25 pm - Lottery News

Group buys every Pick 3 lottery combination and winsNews Story
Pick a number, every number.That's how Ken Seidel and a few St. Louis-area buddies seized the opportunity to make a Missouri Lottery game a nearly sure thing.The numbers the lottery drew in Thursday's midday Pick 3 game were 4-5-2 in the regular drawing and 1-4-4 in a bonus drawing that Seidel says guaranteed him a 20 percent return on the $23,000 of chances he and his friends bought, at $1 a pop.That's an easy $4,600 profit.The daily Pick 3 drawing allows players to choose three numbers from 0-
Aug 9, 2004, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery has largest payout ever in Pick 4News Story
Lady Luck waived her wand just right Tuesday for more than 1,500 Virginia Lottery ticket holders who played 7-7-7-7.The Virginia Lottery announced its largest payout ever for Pick 4 when the quadruple number was drawn in the afternoon game. The lottery will pay out $5.57 million to 1,503 ticket holders who matched the winning number. Our players won big today, said Virginia Lottery Executive Director Penelope W. Kyle. We paid out more today on the Pick 4 game than we ever paid in 15 years. Mos
Apr 14, 2004, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery has record sales over six monthsNews Story
Tennessee start-up clouds forecast for full fiscal yearTwo large Powerball jackpots and some high-priced scratch-off games helped the Kentucky Lottery post record sales for the first half of the fiscal year.But a possible dip in sales because of a new lottery in Tennessee makes a full fiscal-year forecast difficult, lottery officials said.Through Dec. 31, the lottery board paid the state about $90.million in dividends, compared with about $85.million for the first six months of fiscal 2002-03.Th
Feb 3, 2004, 5:26 am - Lottery News