Fort Knox soldier almost trashed winning lottery ticket
A soldier stationed at Fort Knox apparently made the right decision when he sifted through his trash to check if his lottery tickets were worth anything.
Kentucky Lottery officials said the soldier, who they said didn't want to be identified, had cleaned out his car and tossed a winning ticket worth $800,000.
But he had second thoughts and decided to go through the trash, find the tickets and check them out.
He said something just told him to check the tickets, and he did, said Chip P ...
Sep 8, 2006, 4:07 pm - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery's "666" numbers sell out
The number sequence 6-6-6 is seldom associated with luck, but Kentucky lottery players appear optimistic.
Thousands of hopeful players quickly snatched up the 10,000 available Pick 3 tickets with the numbers 6-6-6 for today's midday drawing at 1:20 p.m., lottery spokesman Chip Polston said. The 10,000 available tickets for the 11 p.m. drawing were expected to be sold by early afternoon.
Pick 4 tickets with the numbers 6-6-0-6 as many as 800 can be sold for both the midday and evening dra ...
Jun 6, 2006, 6:02 pm - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery expects record sales, dividend this year
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. has forecast record ticket sales and a record dividend to the state for the fiscal year ending June 30.
The primary reason for the improvement is heavy sales when the Powerball jackpot climbed to $340 million in October and $365 million in February, said Arch Gleason, lottery chief executive officer.
The agency has estimated that 2005-06 statewide sales of lottery tickets will reach $743.7 million, a figure that would break the previous high of $725.3 million in ...
Jun 5, 2006, 7:02 am - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky Lottery hits record sales in third quarter
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. earned net income of $56.2 million on a record $198.5 million in sales during its third quarter of fiscal 2006.
Sales were driven by a record-breaking $365 million Powerball jackpot in February, according to a news release.
The previous record sales quarter was the second quarter of 2004, when net income was $52.6 million on sales of $197 million.
Year-to-date net income is $158.7 million, or $37.9 million more than the same period last year. Sales are $564. ...
Apr 25, 2006, 10:06 am - - Lottery News forum
$853,492 Powerball lottery ticket expires
One of two second-place lottery tickets worth a combined $1.7 million expired Monday, 180 days after a record Powerball lottery jackpot was drawn.
Sara Westerman, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Lottery, said no one claimed the ticket sold in that state by the 5 p.m. deadline.
The other ticket was sold in Colorado, where the holder had until midnight MT to claim the prize.
All day people came to talk about the ticket where it had been sold at the Hebron BP in Hebron, Ky., said Rahul Pate ...
Apr 19, 2006, 8:24 am - - Lottery News forum
Ky. Lottery Under Fire For Scratch-Off Tickets
In a state known for horse racing and basketball, the ticket of choice for Kentuckians gets scratched every day.
Scratch-off lottery tickets account for 56 percent of all lottery sales.
Instant lottery ticket sales last year were in the neighborhood of $385 million. This year it'll be over $400 million, Arch Gleason, Kentucky Lottery president, said.
The Kentucky Lottery offers about 80 games a year, and these scratch-off tickets typically stay in a store for about three to four month ...
Mar 2, 2006, 10:09 am - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky couple hopes to finish house with lottery winnings
A Kentucky couple who bought five Powerball tickets after celebrating their 12th wedding anniversary got a surprise gift the next day.
Dwight and Jeanie Walton of Irvine found out they won $667,142 for matching five numbers but not the Powerball on one ticket during Saturday night's drawing.
Dwight Walton, a 35-year-old master electrician, said he realized Sunday morning he was holding a winning ticket.
By the time I got to the fifth one, I had busted through the front door and was scr ...
Feb 21, 2006, 8:32 am - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky lottery winner donates entire prize to college
Benedict College gets a big financial boost, courtesy of a Kentucky lottery winner who knows the South Carolina school quite well.Charlie Johnson is a highly successful business owner in Louisville, Kentucky. He is president and CEO of Active Transportation, a company that moves new cars and trucks from assembly plants to dealers.But at Benedict College, they know Johnson as the board of trustees chair, and the donor who paid for scholarships, provided buses for the football team, and threw in t ...
Jan 12, 2006, 10:33 am - - Lottery News forum
Three states replacing Lotto South game
Like a tired mule whose best days are behind him, Lotto South is being retired and a fresh workhorse brought in to pick up the production.The three-state lottery game, which began in September 2001, will be replaced next month by a new game that pays winners $1,000 a week for the rest of their lives, Virginia Lottery interim executive director Donna M. VanCleave said Thursday. Virginia's Lotto South partners, Kentucky and Georgia, also will participate in the new Win For Life game.Lotto South ...
Jan 12, 2006, 6:45 am - - Lottery News forum
Kentucky couple almost threw out the lottery jackpot
Paul and Carol Daniels literally threw away their chance to be millionaires. Just tossed it in the trash with the coffee grounds and banana peels.But as luck would have it - and the Danville couple have been on a pretty good streak lately - they were able to retrieve their ticket to fortune before it wound up in the landfill. A $4 million Lotto South jackpot is a terrible thing to waste. This whole thing has just been a big fluke in so many ways, Carol Daniels said Wednesday via telephone from ...
Jul 15, 2005, 7:36 am - - Lottery News forum
