Michigan Lottery celebrates 10th raffle drawing
Michigan: more raffle draws than any other state
The Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle is back in action, now with its tenth drawing conducted.
The complete list of winning numbers for the latest raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Michigan Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mi).
The $20 raffle tickets went on sale Nov. 10, and a total of 600,000 were available for the drawing. All the tickets were sold out prior to the draw.
In the drawing held earlier toda ...
Jan 5, 2009, 11:08 pm - - Lottery News forum
Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page (http://www.lotterypost.com/results/pa)
Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets.
With only 500,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds for a single ticket to win $1 million o ...
Jan 4, 2009, 10:36 am - - Lottery News forum
Minnesota Lottery draws winning numbers in raffle
The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Thursday for its special Millionaire Raffle drawing.
The full set of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Minnesota Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mn).
Millionaire Raffle is the third annual holiday raffle game from the Minnesota State Lottery.
Players purchased tickets for $10 each. Tickets went on sale Oct. 19 and were completely sold out by Dec. 28. The raffle has sold out in each of its three years.
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Jan 1, 2009, 11:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Rhode Island Lottery celebrates first raffle drawing
Rhode Island didn't have any trouble selling out its first-ever raffle game.
The drawing was held last night, and the full list of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Rhode Island Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ri).
With only 120,000 tickets available for sale, the state Lottery Commission proclaimed the New Year's Eve drawing as having the best odds among New England lotteries to win $1 million.
Tickets for the raffle cost $20 each.
In addition to the ...
Jan 1, 2009, 10:55 pm - - Lottery News forum
Powerball lottery to have larger jackpot, but harder to win
The Powerball lottery game will be going through some changes beginning in January, including having a larger starting jackpot that is more difficult to win.
Starting on Jan. 4, Florida will join the 30 United States lotteries that now offer Powerball, adding a population of 18.8 million to those who have the chance to play the game.
The starting jackpot will jump from $15 million to $20 million, the world's largest starting jackpot for a lotto-style game. In addition, the average jackpot ...
Dec 29, 2008, 11:21 am - - Lottery News forum
Powerball lottery drawings will move to Florida
After 16 years in the Heartland, Powerball is moving south.
The lottery game is moving its televised drawings from Iowa to Florida.
Florida decided to join the Multi-State Lottery Association last summer and offer the game in January. It's also getting a new look, new odds and a bigger jackpot.
Executive Director Chuck Strutt says details, including the location of a new studio, are still being worked out, but the first drawing from Florida is set for Jan. 7.
A new face is also comin ...
Dec 10, 2008, 10:24 am - - Lottery News forum
Tenn. Lottery CEO blames lagging sales on Powerball
Hey, you wanted to be in the gambling business...
Tennessee officials are hedging their bets on Powerball to lift the lottery out of a sales slump that could hurt revenue projections for education.
Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul Hargrove says lottery sales have been running about $400,000 less per week than last year since the fiscal year began July 1.
She blames Powerball. The jackpot went over $300 million at one point last year but hasn't reached that level yet this year. Bigger jackpots i ...
Nov 18, 2008, 5:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
Pennsylvania Lottery declares 'foul' during Nov. 7 Cash 5 drawing
Pennsylvania Lottery officials declared a foul during the Friday, Nov. 7, Cash 5 drawing after the machine failed to drop the first numbered ball, 34, into the viewing chamber in a reasonable amount of time.
After the drawing official moved on to successfully complete the MATCH 6 lotto drawing, the Cash 5 machine resumed drawing the remaining four numbers 11, 13, 37 and 02.
After careful review of the drawing tape by Lottery officials, the volunteer senior witness and a Certified Public Ac ...
Nov 8, 2008, 6:24 pm - - Lottery News forum
Minn. Lottery to add Gopher 5 drawing
Schedule will change days of week starting next Monday
The Minnesota State Lottery announced they will begin holding a third weekly drawing for their Gopher 5 game.
Starting Oct. 6, drawings will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Previously, drawings have been held on Tuesdays and Fridays, which is as it's been since the game was inaugurated in 1991.
Last week, local media sources reported that the Minnesota State Lottery announced an increase in ticket sales compared to la ...
Sep 30, 2008, 12:08 am - - Lottery News forum
Virginia Lottery's 20th birthday raffle drawing held
The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made one instant millionaire.
The winning numbers can be found here:
http://www.lotterypost.com/specialresults/va-lottery-raffle-2008-09-20.asp
Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Virginia Lottery, with a limited period of availability of $5 tickets.
The Birthday raffle differed from most other raffles conducted by Virginia and other states, that there ...
Sep 21, 2008, 11:20 pm - - Lottery News forum
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