Tennessee couple wins Powerball lottery 10x promotion
A Murfreesboro, Tennessee, couple struck it rich over the weekend from a Powerball promotion that turned a $200,000 second-prize win into a $2 million jackpot.
Nita and Merwin Scruggs came forward Monday to collect their check and become millionaires.
We still can't believe it, said 59-year-old Merwin Scruggs, a manager at Graves Metal Products Inc. in Shelbyville, on Monday in a news release. We didn't sleep at all last night.
The winning Powerball Power Play ticket, which was pur ...
Apr 17, 2007, 7:40 am - - Lottery News forum
Powerball offers 10X multiplier this month
Powerball players who purchase the Power Play feature will have a chance to multiply their prizes by 10 during the Power Play 10X promotion running in April.
During the month of April, that means a $200,000 second-prize winning ticket could multiply into $2 million if the player purchased Power Play for the winning ticket.
For an additional $1, Power Play normally gives Powerball players the opportunity to multiply their non-jackpot prizes two, three, four or five times. A Power Play w ...
Apr 2, 2007, 5:40 pm - - Lottery News forum
Indiana Lottery promotion gets crazy
Lottery chief hurt as crowd grabs potentially valuable balloons
Indiana Lottery officials had hoped to parade into Pan American Plaza in Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon and let 200 red balloons some carrying prizes fly into the sky and ultimately into the hands of some lucky Hoosiers.
But before they were able to yell Go! a hundred or so people who'd gathered to watch the event charged forward, grabbing balloons and roughing up at least one of the balloon-holders.
No, no! An ...
Dec 14, 2006, 7:18 am - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Lottery to add horse race tie-in
A good idea is a jewel to behold, even if it seems to come out of left field, or, say, the backstretch where the main goal is aimed at a winner's circle somewhere else.
In Maryland racing a couple of weeks ago, a good idea surfaced in the form of an announcement about a lottery campaign with a brilliant tie-in to the Maryland Million, the signature day of racing for state-sired horses. The Million, set for October 14, will come up for the 21st time this year, at Laurel Park, and this time aro ...
Aug 21, 2006, 1:30 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.Y. Lottery goes Hollywood
The New York Lottery is teaming up with Hollywood for an unprecedented cross-promotion wedding the multimillion dollar King Kong remake to two new lottery games.One of the King Kong Millions games will feature scratchoff tickets offering a top prize of $8 million the most money ever in a New York scratchoff game.But the unquestioned big prize is a minimum $50 million jackpot in a separate drawing to be awarded Dec. 5 from the top of the Empire State Building, where King Kong famously per ...
Oct 11, 2005, 8:45 am - - Lottery News forum
Georgia Lottery launches month-long promotion
The Georgia Lottery has launched October Spectacular , which offers free lottery tickets and increased payouts for four of its games.October Spectacular promotes one game per week during the month of October.This week, running from October 3rd until the 9th, Georgia players who buy at least five Mega Millions plays on one Mega Millions ticket will receive get one free Fantasy 5 Quick Pick ticket.The following week, October 10-16, winners of the Cash 3 game will receive a 20% increase on prize p ...
Oct 6, 2005, 1:06 pm - - Lottery News forum
PA Lottery to start Powerball ticket promotion
The Pennsylvania Lottery will conduct a Buy 5 And Get 1 Free Powerball with Power Play ticket promotion throughout October.To get a bonus $2 Powerball with Power Play ticket, a player must purchase five $2 Powerball with Power Play plays for one Powerball drawing. All five tickets, $10 total, must be purchased for the next available Powerball drawing; advance play is not included in this promotion.Live, televised Powerball drawings are conducted Wednesday and Saturday at 11 p.m.The five Powerb ...
Sep 26, 2005, 9:25 am - - Lottery News forum
Buyer of 10 millionth N.D. lottery ticket to win $10,000
North Dakotans can win $10,000 by buying a lottery ticket -- without even having a winning number.The state lottery office says whoever buys the ten millionth ticket sold will win the ten-grand.The promotion includes Powerball, Hot Lotto and Wild Card Two tickets.Lottery officials say the date of the ten millionth ticket sale depends entirely on the pace at which lottery tickets sell.
Aug 12, 2005, 12:03 pm - - Lottery News forum
Georgia lottery players take 'Mega Road Trip'
Eleven lucky Georgia Lottery players boarded a flight on Monday to travel from the Peach State to the Golden State with the Georgia Lottery's Mega Road Trip promotion.As the Georgia Lottery Corporation continues to welcome California to Mega Millions, the Georgia Lottery has awarded 11 trips for two to California to see the Atlanta Braves play the San Francisco Giants.Georgia Lottery President and CEO Margaret DeFrancisco and the Mega Millions Mega Ball mascot were at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta ...
Jul 20, 2005, 8:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Georgia Lottery's Million-Dollar Hoopla Set to Tip-Off
The Georgia Lottery Corporation's Million-Dollar Hoopla promotion is coming to the Gainesville District to give a lucky player the chance to win $1 million.The Million-Dollar Hoopla Regional Qualifying Event for the Gainesville District will be held on Friday, March 18 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Tanger Outlet Center at Banks Crossing, located at 111 Tanger Dr. in Commerce. This is our biggest statewide promotion ever, said Georgia Lottery President and CEO Margaret DeFrancisco. The response f ...
Mar 18, 2005, 7:03 am - - Lottery News forum
