States sell out 9s in Wed. lottery draws
Lottery players around the United States hoping to win big by betting on all nines may have come up empty when they got to the lottery terminal.
Several states reported that Pick 4 combinations 9-9-9-9 and 9-9-0-9, as well as Pick 3 combination 9-9-9, sold out due to heavy buying.
The reason? Today's unique date numbers of 9/9/09 (September 9, 2009).
Lottery officials say people who play daily lotto games such as Pick 3 and Pick 4 tend to make their number choices based on special numbe ...
Sep 9, 2009, 11:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Teacher won Powerball lottery jackpot in 1993, now runs camp for kids
Down a near mile-long driveway, past farm fields overflowing with hay, corn and beans, there is a magical place along Lake Winnebago's eastern shore, where hundreds of children come to ride horses, play games, paint pictures and spend time in the great outdoors.
It's called Camp Winnegator, a local day camp that runs four or five weeks every summer, primarily catering to kids from in and around Fond du Lac. In fact, knowledge of the camp passes mostly by word of mouth, from one family to the ...
Aug 23, 2009, 5:08 pm - - Lottery News forum
Packers Team Up with Wisconsin Lottery
The Green Bay Packers and the Wisconsin Lottery are teaming up, and it may open the door for other forms of gambling to advertise at Packers games.
The partnership features a new, $10 scratch-off game offering a top instant cash prize of $50,000.
There's also a second prize.
I think the fans will also be very excited about the second-chance prizes, Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy said, which will include the chance to win four club seat tickets for three years. So I think Packer fans ...
Aug 11, 2009, 7:42 pm - - Lottery News forum
Wisconsin lottery winner will support family with winnings
A Marshfield, Wisconsin, man is a million dollars richer, at least before taxes, after winning the Powerball lottery.
Rafael Ruiz Jr., 28, is also Wisconsin's first Power Play winner.
They called me at work. I couldn't believe it. I didn't wanna leave right away cuz I thought she was playing a joke on me, Ruiz said.
He matched all five Powerball numbers, which typically means winning $200,000. But since he chose the Power Play option, his winnings multiplied by five.
Coming to Baltu ...
Jun 5, 2009, 10:09 am - - Lottery News forum
Wisconsin Lottery does not make vendor pay for mistakes
The Wisconsin Lottery has repeatedly declined to seek the maximum amount of damages allowed against a contractor whose technical failures have disrupted ticket sales and operations, records show.
The Lottery has contracted with GTECH Corp. since 1989 to operate its ticket system, including 3,200 terminals at retailers statewide and a related telecommunications network. Under the contract, the Lottery can assess damages when its telecommunications systems fail or tickets cannot be validated.
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Nov 28, 2008, 9:28 am - - Lottery News forum
One winner of $9M Megabucks lottery jackpot
One lucky person quit worrying about the plunging markets, layoffs and other economic woes Saturday night after winning the Wisconsin Megabucks lottery.
State Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage said a single ticket matched all six numbers and won the jackpot, worth $9.1 million if the winner chooses to take the payments in 25 installments, or worth $5.1 million if the winner takes the one-time lump-sum cash payout.
Odds of winning the Megabucks jackpot are 1 in 7 million, Bohage said.
The ...
Nov 11, 2008, 9:01 am - - Lottery News forum
Weak bond market lowers lottery annuity jackpots
Situation serves as reminder of how jackpots are calculated
The nation's financial crisis is causing a dip in one of the optional jackpots offered in Wisconsin's Megabucks lottery game.
The lottery said Tuesday that the annuity option which has a jackpot paid in installments over 29 years will decline for the first time because of a weak bond market.
State lotteries fund their annuity options by using ticket revenue to buy conservative, government-backed bonds.
For the Wisconsin lott ...
Oct 29, 2008, 9:06 am - - Lottery News forum
Wisconsin couple win in lottery -- again!
The Mount Horeb couple who made headlines earlier this week because they held two of only four winning tickets sold in Wisconsin for Saturday's SuperCash drawing, turn out to have the other two as well.
Verlyn Adamson, 69, and his wife, Judith, 69, of Mount Horeb, turned in the other two tickets and it turned out they are the only winners in Saturday's drawing and are now $1.4 million richer.
Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage was surprised when the Adamsons held the first two winning tickets ...
Aug 22, 2008, 8:49 pm - - Lottery News forum
His and Hers: Wisconsin spouses win identical lottery jackpots
This couple won't have to argue about how to spend their lottery winnings. That's because the Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend's SuperCash state lottery.
Lottery officials said Verlyn Adamson bought his winning ticket at a Mineral Point gas station and his wife Judith bought hers from a convenience store in Barnevald.
Verlyn Adamson is an accountant who says he's a big fan of math puzzles. He claims he developed a secret formula ...
Aug 19, 2008, 8:23 pm - - Lottery News forum
$100,000 Wisconsin lottery ticket going unclaimed
A Wisconsin lottery ticket worth $100,000 will be worthless if no one claims the prize in the next 10 days.
The ticket for the Holiday Millions Raffle was purchased more than six months ago in Neenah and was one of 10 that won $100,000 in a New Year's Day drawing.
But it's the only one that hasn't been used to claim the prize, and the 180-day claim period runs out June 27.
Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage says officials are hoping someone just forgot about the ticket and can still claim ...
Jun 20, 2008, 9:21 am - - Lottery News forum
