New N.C. lottery games debut this monthNews Story
First Pick 3 drawing this Friday Two new North Carolina lottery games make their debut this month. The game Carolina Pick 3 launches Friday and lets you win as much as $500 by picking three numbers in a daily drawing. OK, so you're doing 50/50's at $1 and we're doing four different games. Wake Forest resident Sam Boone got a crash course Monday on how to play the new game. A lot of numbers to choose from, you have three numbers, a lot of chances of winning, Boone said. Lottery ...
Oct 4, 2006, 12:29 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum

Oklahoma Cash 5 lottery game on sale todayNews Story
Starting today, stores that participate in Oklahoma's lottery games will be selling tickets for a new Pick 5 game. Lottery commission officials said Oklahoma's Cash 5 tickets go on sale today, September 1, with the first drawing to be held on Tuesday, September 5. It works similarly to Powerball, officials said, except players only select 5 numbers out of a pool of 36. Tickets cost $1 each and offer buyers a chance to win a grand prize of up to $25,000. Pleayers can also win $500 for m ...
Sep 1, 2006, 10:57 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

N.C. Lottery to roll out 3 new games in OctoberNews Story
Numbers games coming sooner than expected because of demand October will be a busy month for the N.C. Education Lottery. That's when the state will debut Pick 3 and 5 games and plans to start selling a controversial scratch-off game featuring the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes. The pick-numbers games are coming a little sooner than expected because of high demand from players and retailers, state lottery director Tom Shaheen said. The N.C. lottery started just five months ago. ...
Aug 18, 2006, 3:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum

N.C. lottery announces dates for pick 3, pick 5News Story
The state lottery announced this morning the dates for the start of its next two major games Pick 3 and Pick 5 numbers games. The Pick 3 game will begin Oct. 6. The Pick 5 game will start Oct. 27. The games are played similar to the multi-state Powerball game, but with fewer numbers to choose from, better odds and lower prize amounts. Drawings will be held every day of the week. Top prize for picking the exact numbers in the Pick 3 game is $500. Top prize in the Pick 5 game will ...
Aug 16, 2006, 1:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum