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Mass. Lottery to present store with winning ticket commissionNews Story
In a press conference to be held today at 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, the Massachusetts Lottery will present the store that sold last night's winning Mega Millions ticket with its commission check.At that time, the amount of the commission check with be announced.The winning ticket for last night's $290 million Mega Millions jackpot was sold at Powers Wine Company in Lowell, Massachusetts.The store owner, Jay Patel, will receive the commission check.The check will be presented by Doug Rubin,
Jul 3, 2004, 12:23 pm - Lottery News

Penn. Woman Admits Guilt in Lottery ScamNews Story
A woman in Scranton, Pennsylvania admitted she's guilty of running a lottery scam out of a convenient store.Angel Ziegler worked at the Kwik and E-Z Kwik Mart on North Sdventh Avenue. It was there that she and four others allegedly stole instant lottery tickets back in February.Investigators said they cashed in the winning ones and tossed the losers.The group is accused of stealing more than $62,000 worth of tickets.Ziegler has been ordered to pay $30,000 restitution.
Jun 22, 2004, 7:47 am - Lottery News

Drive-up lottery store opensNews Story
Theres no fuzzy intercom, and you cant super size it, but a new drive-through dedicated almost entirely to selling lottery tickets has popped up near the N.C. state line.The DriveThru Lottery I-777 has been open about a month, selling everything from scratch-off games and Powerball tickets to cigarettes and soda. Its off I-77 near the Carowinds amusement park less than a mile inside South Carolina, where the lottery is legal.A menu board picturing some 20 scratch-off games greets customers just
Jun 21, 2004, 7:19 am - Lottery News

Employees hope to get a share of Texas Lotto winNews Story
El Paso store gets $1.45 million cutEmployees at the downtown El Paso gas station that sold Saturday's winning Texas Lottery ticket are anxiously awaiting to hear if they will get a cut from the share of the winnings given to the vendor. I think the morale would be very high if we did get some, said Sandra Lane, the gas station's assistant manager. I'm not greedy. I was thinking maybe $1,000, you know, or maybe $2,000. The bearer of the winning ticket with the numbers 9, 26, 28, 29, 40 and a b
Jun 21, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News

Employees to share store's lottery commissionsNews Story
Ten employees who work at the Cumberland Farms store in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania where the winning $213.2 million Powerball ticket was sold last month will share in the proceeds.Company officials would not say how much of the $400,000 lottery commission the store received would go to the workers. We feel that that's personal, general manager John J. Babbitts said at a news conference yesterday.Before several television cameras, Babbitts presented two charities - the Muscular Dystrophy
Jun 11, 2004, 2:21 pm - Lottery News

Store clerks share lottery bonusNews Story
Larry Martin quietly laid a memo on the counter at Sav on Cigs on Thursday and walked away.Moments later, 12 employees at the convenience store learned they would get a piece of the $25,000 the store won for selling a winning Lotto South ticket. We were shocked, said clerk Mary Dailey. He gave us a memo and brought the checks out with the memo. He didn't say anything, then he left. The store had a long-standing policy that if it ever sold a winning ticket, it would share the prize with employe
May 28, 2004, 9:23 am - Lottery News

Tennessee retailers reluctant to pay lottery prizes in cashNews Story
Rebecca Paul, CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., said she is concerned because retailers do not want to pay out lottery prizes in cash.Retailers do not have to pay cash for prizes over $20, Lottery spokesperson Kym Gerlock said. The Lottery Corp. encourages them to pay prizes in cash but they can also pay by check or money order.Paul is concerned paying by check or money order will discourage participation in the lottery. The statute gave our retailers 6.5 percent base [pay] with no c
Apr 29, 2004, 7:30 am - Lottery News

UK lottery players soon to buy tickets at the grocery checkoutNews Story
Camelot also confirms six more countries to join the Euro Millions gameShoppers will be able to buy UK National Lottery tickets from supermarket check-outs under plans announced today.Lottery operator Camelot is linking up with Tesco to begin a trial some time before next March to allow customers to pay for tickets for draw-based games along with their groceries.Until now tickets have only been available from the cigarette counter in stores.The move is the latest attempt by Camelot to boost sale
Apr 28, 2004, 12:38 pm - Lottery News

Store clerk accused of stealing lottery winningsNews Story
Port Washington, Wisconsin police have cited a convenience store clerk for theft after he allegedly pocketed a customer's $250 in lottery winnings.A Port Washington Police Department report gave this account:Theresa Momper, 52, of Port Washington said she went to the Quik Stop Shoppe South, 1100 S. Spring St., April 21 and asked the clerk to verify that she had a winning lottery ticket worth $250. The clerk, Donald J. Malzewski, 20, allegedly scanned the ticket and told Momper that she was mista
Apr 28, 2004, 7:44 am - Lottery News

Delaware agent wins "fastest lottery fingers" awardNews Story
The second time was the charm for Aimee Truitt.Miss Truitt, 18, of Georgetown, Delaware, walked away with $800 after winning the Delaware Lottery's 12th annual Fastest Fingers championship March 30 in Dover.A clerk at Bodie's Market in Georgetown, Miss Truitt was one of 14 terminal operators from Delaware Lottery retail stores eligible to compete in the finals. Competitors raced through a test that determined which operator could produce a set number of lottery tickets in the shortest time. Mi
Apr 8, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News