Kentucky Lottery has record revenues
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. had a record $744 million in revenues, or total ticket sales, in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to year-end figures.
The brisk sale of tickets for interactive, scratch-off games offset a decline in tickets sold for online, or computerized, games, including Powerball, Pick 3 and Pick 4.
Those sales suffered, in part, because there was only one large Powerball jackpot, which was hit at $254 million last January. Some tickets for the interactive games se ...
Jul 30, 2007, 8:32 am - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery raffle drawing date set
The Kentucky Lottery raffle game named after the date it was to be drawn on is now set to take place about a month later.
Several state lotteries in the United States used the perceived lucky digits in the date 7/7/07 to hold special drawings and promotions on that day. The Kentucky Lottery promoted a special raffle drawing created for the date, calling the game Lucky 7's .
As the date approached, it became apparent that ticket sales for the raffle were not high enough to support the d ...
Jul 13, 2007, 10:17 pm - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery Lucky 7's raffle draw delayed
The drawing date for the Kentucky Lottery's latest raffle-style game is being postponed due to slower than expected ticket sales.
Dubbed the Lucky 7's Raffle, the winning numbers were set to be drawn and then announced on July 7th (7-7-07).
As of July 1st, there were still 305,730 of the game's 500,000 tickets remaining. With only 39% of the overall tickets sold, Kentucky Lottery officials decided to push back the draw date to allow players more time to purchase tickets.
There were seve ...
Jul 3, 2007, 6:01 pm - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery's new '3 Line Lotto' starts next Monday
Starting next week, the Kentucky Lottery will offer its latest game, 3 Line Lotto, which takes the place of the old Tic Tac Cash game.
Tickets for the new game will cost $2 each and go on sale across the state next Sunday, April 15, for the first drawing on Tuesday, April 17. Drawings will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 pm (Eastern Time)/9 pm (Central Time). The Kentucky Lottery broadcasts the results on local television stations approximately one hour later.
With each ticket, pla ...
Apr 9, 2007, 12:10 pm - - Lottery News forum
Grandma's lottery ticket detour pays off
Seventy-three-year-old grandmother Margie Coy had plans to visit her grandson Terry Coy II in Greensburg, Ind., last weekend when her boyfriend decided to take a detour into Kentucky.
I asked him where we were going and he said he wanted to buy some Win For Life tickets in Kentucky, said Coy, who lives in the little town of Windfall near Kokomo in northern Indiana. I pretty much go along with anything he wants to do.
They motored over the I-275 bridge near Lawrenceburg and followed the ...
Mar 29, 2007, 12:21 am - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery's raffle game results drawn
The Kentucky Lottery selected the winning numbers Monday for its special Million Dollar Draw raffle-style game.
500,000 tickets costing $10 each were sold for the raffle. The event will produce 2 prizes worth $1 million, 2 prizes worth $50,000, 30 prizes worth $10,000, and 700 prizes worth $500.
The full list of winning numbers can be found on the Million Dollar Draw results page:
http://www.lotterypost.com/ky-lottery-raffle-2007.asp
Mar 19, 2007, 6:20 pm - - Lottery News forum
Drawing date set for Kentucky Lottery's Million Dollar Draw
Best chance ever of hitting the Kentucky Lottery for a millions bucks is nearly sold out
A pair of new millionaires will be created on the morning of March 19th, when the Kentucky Lottery will hold the Million Dollar Draw.
Tickets for the raffle-style game went on sale January 1st, and there are less than 19,000 tickets remaining. A maximum of 500,000 tickets will be sold for the Million Dollar Draw once ticket number 500,000 is sold, the game ends and players will wait until the 19th ...
Mar 5, 2007, 4:45 pm - - Lottery News forum
Indiana Lottery sell-off advances in state Senate
Correction: This story originally identified Kentucky as the state selling off its lottery. We apologize for the error.
A Senate committee approved legislation yesterday to privatize the Hoosier Lottery after university officials said they needed the money it would generate to attract top researchers and boost life sciences.
We believe this bill is a difference maker, said Purdue University President Martin Jischke.
Senate Bill 577 passed 7-5 largely along party lines, with Republi ...
Feb 21, 2007, 8:11 am - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery raffle tickets now on sale
Sales of Kentucky Lottery Corp.'s new game called Million Dollar Draw, for which only 500,000 tickers will be sold at $10 each, went on sale yesterday.
Once all of the tickets, which each contain a unique six-digit number, have been sold, the Kentucky Lottery will publicly announce the date and time of the drawing, according to lottery officials.
Players may not choose their own numbers.
A random number generator will select 734 winning numbers. Computerized drawings have been the su ...
Jan 2, 2007, 3:06 pm - - Lottery News forum
Convenience Store Employee Accused Of Altering Lottery Tickets
A northern Kentucky woman has been indicted for allegedly altering lottery tickets.
Catlettsburg convenience store employee Barbara Steele of Ashland was indicted by a Boyd County grand jury last week. Steele, 26, faces one count of lottery fraud, a crime punishable by five to 10 years in prison.
The indictment accuses Steele of altering stolen state lottery tickets at the Fast Lane store in Catlettsburg with the intent to defraud. Commonwealths Attorney J. Stewart Schneider says Steele ...
Sep 12, 2006, 7:04 am - - Lottery News forum
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