Washington Lottery to give free gas for Quick Picks
Washington Lottery officials plan to give drivers some relief during a week in which AAA Washington said gas prices set a state record.
On Friday, drivers who purchase $10 in quick pick Mega Millions tickets at three Safeway fuel centers in Washington are eligible for 10 free gallons of regular unleaded or diesel gasoline.
We've worked ahead of time with police to provide a traffic plan, and there are going to be people out there managing traffic, lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe said. La ...
May 22, 2007, 9:26 am - - Lottery News forum
Washington Lottery's Quinto game to end in March
Lottery players who love Quinto have until March 17 to play the card-themed draw game, Washington's Lottery announced Thursday.
The game is ending partially because customers have asked for different games, Chris Liu, the lottery director, said in a statement.
We always look for new and exciting ways to bring Washington more chances to win and give more players a winning experience, he said.
People can buy tickets for Quinto until 7:45 p.m. on that Saturday for the drawing, which wil ...
Feb 25, 2007, 5:42 am - - Lottery News forum
$55 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed by immigrant couple
After being orphaned at an early age, Xia Rattanakone often dreamed of going back to her native country of Laos to find her family.
Now, thanks to six mega lucky numbers, the 44-year-old North Bend resident is one step closer to her wish. On Monday, she and her husband, Sommay, revealed themselves as the winners of last Tuesday's $55 million Mega Millions jackpot the second biggest jackpot in the state's history.
The couple said they now plan to return to their native Laos to look for Xi ...
Oct 24, 2006, 7:08 am - - Lottery News forum
Washington Lottery to debut new ticket machines
Washington lottery players can expect new green tickets July 2, the date the state-run gambling enterprise switches to new machines in its retail outlets.
The switch comes at a time the state Lottery is struggling to maintain its share of the state's exploding gambling market. But the change is not expected to boost the state's shrinking share of the $1.7 billion that gamblers lose each year in Washington.
The change in ticket stock is tied to the installation of new ticket-dispensing mac ...
Jun 19, 2006, 2:06 pm - - Lottery News forum
Obituary: Richard Paulson, 62, Washington Lottery Spokesman
In his 13 years as spokesman for Washington's state lottery, Richard Paulson met a lot of newly minted millionaires.
If he ever felt a stab of envy, he didn't let it show.
I cannot honestly remember, in all the years I knew him, ever not seeing a smile on his face, said his longtime friend and associate Scott Janzen.
One of Mr. Paulson's duties as public-relations manager was to prep winners to meet the media. A trucker who scored $14 million said he intended to keep his job because h ...
Apr 17, 2006, 2:33 pm - - Lottery News forum
Proposal takes aim at Lottery sales pitch to teens
Some lawmakers want to prohibit the Washington Lottery from advertising to anyone under 21 after learning the agency wants to increase its sales to teenagers.
The proposed advertising ban has been added to a House bill that would increase the gambling age to 21 in nontribal card rooms and minicasinos.
The amendment tells the Lottery to be a little more cautious, said Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, D-Edmonds, the bill's prime sponsor.
Lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe, said the agency's 2005-07 ...
Feb 9, 2006, 8:42 am - - Lottery News forum
Washington woman, down on her luck, wins lottery jackpot
Bainbridge Island woman wins $2.6 million in the July 2nd Washington Lotto drawingTwo months after her husband, Stu, passed away, Ginny Stevenson swears he helped her find the original set of house keys that had been lost in the confusion of his last days.She awoke bolt upright in bed one morning and said, The keys are in the little side pocket of the purse in the bottom drawer of the dresser. Sure enough, they were.She remembers jokingly wishing to Stu, Maybe you could do something bigger nex ...
Jul 20, 2005, 12:15 pm - - Lottery News forum
Washington Lottery has its first Lucky for Life winner
Rauf Nayemi had to doublecheck his Lucky for Life scratch card at the Washington State Lottery office. He couldn't believe he'd really won $52,000 a year for life.Nayemi, 40, an immigrant from Afghanistan, is the first Lucky for Life winner since the game was changed from a drawing to scratch tickets on April 27.He'll get $39,000 a year after federal taxes, said Liz Anderson, the lottery's communications manager. Today is the most exciting day for me, Nayemi said Friday at the lottery offic ...
Jul 11, 2005, 11:06 am - - Lottery News forum
$1.2 million Washington lottery jackpot goes unclaimed
Oh, what might have been. ...Would-be millionaires searched for stray Washington Lotto tickets in hopes that one held the winning combination for a $1.2 million jackpot that had to be claimed by 5 p.m. yesterday. As far as we know, it hasn't been redeemed yet, said Nick Waldbillig, night manager of the Bremerton Safeway where the ticket was bought Oct. 27. There has been a lot of buzz around it, though. Everybody who regularly buys tickets here, they all claim it's theirs. The $1.2 million jac ...
Apr 26, 2005, 12:48 pm - - Lottery News forum
Winning $4.86 million lottery ticket recovered from store garbage
Being a good Samaritan may not pay off in money, but doing a good deed is reward enough for one store clerk who rescued a nearly $5 million lottery ticket from the trash and returned it to its rightful owner. It didn't even cross my mind to keep it. I just knew it was hers, said Sherry Brust, a customer service cashier at a Fred Meyer store in Port Orchard. I'm just that type of a person. ... I like to help people. Brust and another co-worker at the store sifted through a trash can last week a ...
Mar 18, 2005, 10:15 am - - Lottery News forum
