Kansas Powerball lottery winner claims jackpot anonymously
A government worker and grandfather from the Topeka area stepped forward Monday to claim the $15 million Powerball jackpot from Wednesday's drawing.
The man, who under state law can remain anonymous, chose to take a cash lump-sum payment of $7.17 million instead of the entire amount over 29 years. After taxes, he took home a little more than $5 million.
I'm now referring to my life as BP (Before Powerball) and AP (After Powerball), he said. Last Tuesday I was worried about how I was goi ...
Oct 3, 2006, 1:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
Kansas Lottery's 'Pocket slots' a hit with players
Battery-powered game has nearly sold out after little more than a month, so Kansas Lottery plans more.
The Kansas Lottery's pocket slots game is approaching sellout after just five weeks of retail sales.
The battery-powered Super 7's instant-winner game is flying off the shelves, said lottery director Ed Van Petten, and two more batches, including a poker-themed version, were ordered this week for sales through the end of the year.
Kansas last month became the second state to offe ...
Jul 28, 2006, 8:57 am - - Lottery News forum
Kansas lottery tickets to be shredded, not scratched
A state law is forcing the Kansas Lottery to shred an estimated 400,000 unsold scratch-off tickets including thousands of dollars worth of jackpot winners.
Lottery director Ed Van Petten said Wednesday that the state's annual series of scratcher games that benefit programs for state veterans could be sold only from May 1 through Nov. 30 under the 2003 state law that authorized the benefit games.
At the time there was a fear the games could get stale if they were sold year-round, he sai ...
May 11, 2006, 11:00 am - - Lottery News forum
Kansas Lottery adds 'Hot Lotto' game
Mini Powerball is coming to Kansas.
Sales for the multi-state Hot Lotto numbers game began Sunday for Wednesday's first biweekly drawing that will include the Sunflower State.
Like Powerball, winning Hot Lotto numbers are selected and announced every Wednesday and Saturday.
Hot Lotto jackpots are smaller than those offered by Powerball, but players have better odds of winning. The odds are 1 in 16 of getting any winning Hot Lotto ticket for prizes that range from $2 to the minimum $ ...
Mar 14, 2006, 8:42 am - - Lottery News forum
Missouri celebrates 20 years of lottery
The Missouri Lottery celebrates its 20th birthday this month by giving Missourians a six-digit birthday present.Tickets went on sale Monday for the special Dream Draw raffle game that runs through Feb. 23. Weekly tax prepaid prizes of $20,000 will be awarded, along with a tax-free grand prize of $200,000. The $2 game also offers a number of $20 instant winners.The state lottery has come a long way since January 1986, when the first scratch-off game, Jackpot '86, was introduced.Since then, $ ...
Jan 24, 2006, 9:36 am - - Lottery News forum
Computerized lottery drawing glitch picks same numbers for 3 days
Problem clearly demonstrates how computerized drawing faulty program code can go undetected even for something as obvious as three consecutive days of repeating numbers.A computerized drawing system glitch caused the Kansas Lottery's Pick 3 game to draw identical numbers in the same order three days straight, from Dec. 16 through Sunday.Apparently some players caught on. By day three of picking 5-0-9, ticket sales were $12,223, and the payout was $23,480, which is 192 percent of sales. The usu ...
Dec 23, 2005, 7:22 am - - Lottery News forum
Members of Kansas Air Guard Unit Win $853,492 Lottery Prize
Lt. Governor John Moore and Kansas Lottery Executive Director Ed Van Petten introduced the winners of the largest Powerball prize ever won in Kansas, without hitting the jackpot, and presented them with an over-sized check on the south steps of the State Capitol. The winners, 44 of them, will share $853,492. Thirty-four of the winners are members of the unit known as the Kansas Coyotes - the 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard, based at Forbes Field in Topeka. Nine are fr ...
Oct 26, 2005, 8:43 am - - Lottery News forum
Kansas may be loser in Oklahoma lottery
Mark Lunn can't wait for the Oklahoma lottery to get started.Lunn is a cashier at the Cenex gas station in South Haven, Kan., a dusty stopover four miles north of the state line on Interstate 35. Oklahoma residents, he said, form most of the station's customers for Kansas Lottery tickets.It can get overwhelming at times. We get swamped every time there's a drawing, Lunn said Thursday afternoon. They come from as far as Oklahoma City a lot of our regulars come from Oklahoma City. That may cha ...
Oct 3, 2005, 8:24 am - - Lottery News forum
Kansas Lottery plans to unveil pocket-sized slot machines
If the Kansas Lottery has its way, thousands of people soon will be carrying small electronic slot machines in their coat or shirt pockets.The lottery plans to begin selling the battery-powered devices in early November for $20 each. They're about the size of a credit card, though a little thicker.The Lottery Commission unanimously approved the yet-unnamed game Monday, and Kansas would be the second state in the nation to try it. Iowa was the first, having started sales in May.Lottery Director ...
Sep 14, 2005, 6:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Towns insulted by Kansas Lottery radio ad
Residents in two Kansas communities are angry over a radio spot for the Kansas Lottery that suggests their towns are boring.The Kansas Lottery is partnering with several Kansas radio stations to promote its Great Escape Hybrid Doubler tickets. The promotion gives listeners a chance to call in or register online for chances to win the tickets, trips or prizes such as concert tickets or spa treatments.But WIBW is changing its ad promoting the game after it angered tourism officials in Garden City ...
Aug 1, 2005, 10:30 am - - Lottery News forum
