Vermont Lottery announces new 'Play It Again' program
The Vermont Lottery announced today that it will launch a new program, Play It Again, in June, as a new way to participate in second chance drawings.
Play It Again will replace the current second chance drawing program, Recycle Win.
Doing away with the mailing in of non-winning tickets to the Lottery, Play It Again will allow players to simply go to the Vermont Lottery Website (www.vtlottery.com/playitagain) to enter their ticket numbers for quarterly online drawings.
In addition to the ...
May 18, 2012, 12:11 pm - Lottery News forum
Michigan man quits job, wins lottery
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A western Michigan man said he quit his job so he could show up to qualify for the lottery drawing Monday night in Detroit, and it paid off.
David Becker, of Wyoming, Michigan, is a high-low operator for a Grand Rapids-based company. Becker said he requested Monday off to get down to Detroit for the lottery drawing during the fireworks. He said when his work did not grant him the day off, he quit.
Becker is a retired General Motors worker and is collecting a pensio ...
Jun 29, 2011, 9:25 am - Lottery News forum
Ohio lottery winner to help charities, friends
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An Ohio man won $5 million in the Ohio Lottery Tuesday, but even though he's dependent on kidney dialysis, he says he plans on helping friends and charities with financial gifts.
Phillip Withem, of Logan, won the second chance drawing called the Top Prized Drawing.
In 2006, Withem turned a $20 instant lottery ticket into $2,500. Then, he won another drawing out of 86 entrants. He said the fact that he is now a millionaire hasn't sunk in yet.
It's not going to s ...
Jun 16, 2011, 9:55 am - Lottery News forum
Hard-luck Ohio couple tearful as they learn of lottery surprise
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Just when things look hopeless, sometimes an unexpected breakthrough happens.
Just ask David and Beth Loomis of Columbus, Ohio.
David Loomis lost his job last year, and his unemployment benefits were about to expire. But while Beth Loomis was walking their dog Tuesday morning, she found a dollar and thought, I guess this might be our lucky day, she said in an interview.
She didn't know just how lucky it would be.
Ohio Lottery officials had invited the couple ...
Apr 8, 2011, 9:09 am - Lottery News forum
Losing NJ Lottery tickets may soon be lucrative
Some losing New Jersey Lottery scratch-off tickets may soon become lucrative items.
New Jersey Lottery officials plan to soon roll out Million Dollar Replay, a program that will allow scratch-off holders to enter their losing tickets into a yearly $1 million drawing.
To take part, players will have to join the lottery's VIP Club and have bought at least $10 in non-winning tickets.
The lottery will also hold quarterly drawings to pick 100 winners who will each get $250. And at year's end ...
Jan 15, 2011, 3:00 pm - Lottery News forum
Colossal Fail: Cowboys lottery game winners not getting tickets after all
By Todd Northrop
Two winners of a Cowboys-themed scratch game from the Texas Lottery were advised by letter that they won 2011 Season tickets, but then the lottery informed them it was a clerical error, and they would not get the tickets.
Instead of season tickets, Delvin Delamar of Irving and Kathy Clark of Amarillo, the two winners, will be allowed to have seats in the NFL team's war room during draft day selections, be invited to a draft-day party, plus get free lodging and transportati ...
Nov 17, 2010, 9:45 am - Lottery News forum
Kentucky woman wins 'miracle lottery prize' after home destroyed
By Todd Northrop
A Kentucky woman facing disaster has been literally lifted from the ashes by a miracle $80,000 lottery win.
Sandra Ramirez, 44, of Cadiz, Kentucky, was devastated last month when her home was destroyed by fire. She was at work on Sept. 20th when she received a call that her house was on fire. When she arrived home there was nothing left.
Then, on Thursday morning, Oct. 7, she received a miracle phone call from Kentucky Lottery officials: Ramirez had won $80,000 in the K ...
Oct 11, 2010, 9:45 am - Lottery News forum
California woman receives surprise $1 million lottery check
When Judith Tate showed up at Ron's Liquors in San Jose Thursday for a community party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the California Lottery, she thought she might win $1,000.
Instead, the 64-year-old retired accounting supervisor was handed a check with three extra zeros. Yup. A cool $1 million.
Oh my God, Tate repeated in front of a gaggle of lottery executives, some of them tearing up just like her. She buried her face in her hands, and then turned to her 41-year-old son, Will Mo ...
Oct 8, 2010, 9:27 am - Lottery News forum
Arkansas Lottery announces 'points for prizes' rewards program
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is adding even more value to instant lottery tickets with a new program called Points for Prizes.
In the new program, players earn points by going to the lottery's website and entering their non-winning instant tickets. These points can then be redeemed for exciting merchandise.
The Play It Again second-chance drawing program began with the Lottery on September 28, 2009. Since then, more than 100,000 players have registered for an online player services acc ...
Jan 19, 2010, 1:06 am - Lottery News forum
N.H. man turns lottery losses into 1,500 wins
He might be the New Hampshire Lottery's winningest loser.
William Rudd, a 64-year-old retiree from Salem, has collected more than 1,500 prizes including food, gift certificates and other goodies under the state lottery's Replay program, which gives losing lottery tickets a second chance to win.
Rudd, who retired five years ago from his job in a warehouse, says his friends and family now know him as the lottery guy, because he spends so much time collecting losing tickets and entering the i ...
Oct 24, 2009, 9:57 pm - Lottery News forum
