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Calif. SuperLOTTO Plus Ticket-Printing ProblemNews Story
Due to a computer error, the California Super LOTTO Plus draw dates printed on tickets issued Sunday morning, October 5, 2003, incorrectly show the draw date for Saturday, October 11, 2003. The affected tickets are actually valid for the Wednesday's October 8, 2003 Super LOTTO Plus draw. The nature of this ticket printing problem was identified at 9:30 am Sunday morning, and statewide LOTTO wagering was immediately suppressed. The cause of the error has been determined and corrected. At 11:42
Oct 7, 2003, 5:38 am - Lottery News

Kentucky lottery advertising changed in response to suitNews Story
A semiretired bookkeeper has sued the Kentucky Lottery Corp., accusing it of falsely advertising how numbers in one of its instant-win games are picked.Ronald B. Hub's lawsuit, filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court, seeks $1,000 in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.It claims a promotional brochure by the lottery stated that the single-digit numbers printed on Extra Cash tickets are randomly generated. However, Hub says losing numbers were printed much more frequently e
Oct 7, 2003, 5:26 am - Lottery News

Man Sues Kentucky Lottery for $10 MillionNews Story
A semi-retired Stanton, Ky., bookkeeper is trying to beat the Kentucky Lottery Corp. over its own game.Ronald B. Hub said he believed the lottery wasn't playing by its own rules and he wants it punished to the tune of $10 million in a lawsuit he filed.In the Jefferson Circuit Court suit he filed without a lawyer, Hub challenged the lottery's claim in a promotional brochure that the single-digit numbers printed on tickets in its Extra Cash games were randomly generated.He cited tickets he bough
Oct 6, 2003, 4:21 am - Lottery News

300 years of winners, losers in state's lottery-history exhibitNews Story
Scandal strikes the lottery system; a former politician who's a mathematician argues passionately that lotteries should be banned; the General Assembly holds hearings.The scenario sounds like the state lottery of today: Lincoln Park's executive director and the CEO of Lincoln's parent company stand indicted for allegedly trying to bribe the law firm of the former speaker of the House. Rodney Driver, a former state representative and mathematics professor, argues to anyone who will listen that lo
Oct 6, 2003, 4:04 am - Lottery News

B.C. man wants 10-year-old lottery ticket tested for his printsNews Story
A Vancouver man wants the courts to help him learn whether his fingerprints are on a decade-old $10 million lottery ticket.Michael Ufnal claims he's the rightful owner of a winning lottery ticket he says was cashed in by a neighbor. But he lost the proof more than 10 years ago. In an affidavit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Ufnal says that in May of 1992 he bought a lottery ticket at a convenience store and put it in his wallet. Then he lost the wallet.In the court documents, Ufnal claims he la
Sep 12, 2003, 9:49 pm - Lottery News

Burglar Has Lotto FeverNews Story
Columbus, Georgia police are talking about an unusual late-night break-in at a convenience store -- unusual because of what was taken.Officers say someone broke through a glass door around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Citgo station on Veterans Parkway at River Road. But all he stole was a machine for printing lottery tickets, and two rolls of scratch-off tickets valued at $600. Trouble was, a getaway driver reportedly drove away, leaving the burglar behind.Police chased down and arrested a possible
Aug 19, 2003, 4:07 am - Lottery News

Brushfire Lands N.J. Lottery Advertising AccountNews Story
The New Jersey Lottery has awarded its two-year, $10 million advertising account to Brushfire.The Whippany, N.J., shop replaces five-year incumbent GraphicaGroup in Chester, N.J., which crafted the print campaign featuring the lottery's tagline, For every dream, there's a jackpot. Brushfire beat out five undisclosed contenders for the business, an agency representative said. Brushfire will create TV, radio and print ads, as well as outdoor and Internet duties for the lottery's Mega-Millions, Pi
Jul 29, 2003, 3:31 am - Lottery News