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Maine woman seeking second lottery jackpotNews Story
Janet and Ernie DeCosta can finally get some sleep tonight. I plan on being up all night, Janet said Tuesday as she headed out to her traditional weekly bingo game on the eve of a live drawing that could net her $1 million this evening. I'm a basket case. More than a year ago, the 50-year-old Weeks Mills resident was on her way to a temporary job at MaineGeneral Medical Center when she scratched off a $10 state instant lottery ticket that handed her a $250,000 prize and a chance to win another
Oct 12, 2005, 9:42 am - Lottery News

First Oklahoma lottery tickets go on saleNews Story
Oklahoma will become the 41st state to offer a lottery when 1,200 businesses start selling instant tickets this morning.Online lottery games, such as Pick 3, are planned for November, and the state is scheduled to join the national Powerball game in January.Voters overwhelmingly approved starting a lottery last fall after Gov. Brad Henry promoted the statewide game as a way to raise money for public schools.All the states that surround Oklahoma except Arkansas have a lottery.Education will get 3
Oct 12, 2005, 9:17 am - Lottery News

Some Oklahoma lottery retailers struggle with last-minute detailsNews Story
Some Oklahoma retailers planning to sell the state's new lottery tickets today spent Tuesday wondering if that would come to pass.Steve Nafus, of Buck's Party Shop in Enid, said he was concerned about the system when he did not have his tickets Tuesday morning.However, his fears evaporated in the afternoon, when the tickets arrived. We were told UPS would deliver them yesterday, but they did come today, he said. Other retailers are probably getting theirs, too. After the tickets showed up, he
Oct 12, 2005, 9:10 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery goes HollywoodNews Story
The New York Lottery is teaming up with Hollywood for an unprecedented cross-promotion wedding the multimillion dollar King Kong remake to two new lottery games.One of the King Kong Millions games will feature scratchoff tickets offering a top prize of $8 million the most money ever in a New York scratchoff game.But the unquestioned big prize is a minimum $50 million jackpot in a separate drawing to be awarded Dec. 5 from the top of the Empire State Building, where King Kong famously per
Oct 11, 2005, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery to begin tomorrowNews Story
Big dreams of fast cash are taking hold across Oklahoma as lottery fever takes hold.Scratch-off lottery tickets go on sale at your favorite convenience store on Wednesday and both players and store owners are raring to go. News on 6 anchor Craig Day says Quik Trip stores are always busy places.Customers like to get in and out fast. More workers will be on hand starting early Wednesday morning. Quik Trip store manager Brad Young: All the stores have been asked to staff a little extra for the shi
Oct 11, 2005, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery unveils scratch ticket designsNews Story
Oklahoma Pick 3 lottery game to start by NovemberOklahoma Governor Brad Henry and state lottery officials unveiled the designs for the first four types of scratch-off lottery tickets that will go on sale in on October 12.The four instant tickets Lucky 7's, Rush to Cash, Oklahoma Gusher and 25,000 Jackpot range in price from $1 to $5 and will be available at about 1,200 locations across the state, said Jim Scroggins, director of the Oklahoma Education Lottery. When Oklahomans overwhel
Oct 4, 2005, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Three scratch ticket players eligible for $1 million drawingNews Story
Tennessee Lottery officials have selected three scratch-off ticket players for the October 22nd drawing for a $1 million grand prize.The finalists were selected from more than 225,000 entries submitted by players of Tennessee Millionaire and Volunteer Millionaire instant win games. The games are no longer available.The three finalists are Ann Strong of Alamo; Alvin Bhones of Madison, Ala.; and Peggy Brady of Lancing.The drawing will be broadcast live from Memphis.
Sep 30, 2005, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Painter Hits it Big with $1 Million Scratch-Off Lottery TicketNews Story
An Auburn, Ga., painter has won $1 million from a scratch-off ticket, Georgia Lottery officials said.Jefferson Shaw formally was presented an oversized check with his winnings by lottery officials on Wednesday.Shaw purchased the instant game $200 Million Cash Spectacular ticket last month at Big H Quick Mart in Lawrenceville. He won the game's top prize.Shaw said he scratched the ticket in the store and yelled, I just won a million dollars! The painter said he's still thinking about how to spen
Sep 29, 2005, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Gov. To Reveal Design Of Lottery TicketsNews Story
Oklahomans will soon get a sneak peek at the state's first lottery ticket.Governor Brad Henry and Jim Scroggins, executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery, will unveil poster-size facsimiles of the first scratch-off tickets on Monday.Henry says Oklahomans are excited about kicking off the lottery and raising money for education.Meanwhile, members of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission say they're breathing easier now that it's almost certain instant lottery tickets will go on sale as scheduled on O
Sep 29, 2005, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Virginia woman finally claims car won in lotteryNews Story
It took Susan Horn of Dublin almost a year to claim the new car she won last October in the Virginia Lottery's RagTop Riches scratch-off game.But she showed up Thursday at Shelor Motor Mile in Christiansburg to receive her 2006 Ford Mustang GT convertible.Horn said the delay was not due to the lottery people. It wasn't them. It was me. I didn't collect it, she said. I didn't know what to do with it. She is still uncertain whether she will keep or sell it.But, sitting in it, she said, It sure
Sep 16, 2005, 6:21 am - Lottery News