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Georgia Lottery schedules Cash 4 bonus drawing after error detectedNews Story
During a review of the Monday, June 7, Cash 4 evening drawing, Georgia Lottery officials determined that an equipment malfunction occurred with a ball machine. One of the balls ejected back into the chute from the mixing chamber before the winning number fell. As a result, the Georgia Lottery will hold a bonus Cash 4 drawing on Monday, July 5, giving players an extra chance to win. We are very serious about the security and integrity of our games, said Georgia Lottery President and CEO Ma
Jun 14, 2010, 4:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery's Millionaire Raffle tickets going fastNews Story
More than 40% of available $20 tickets have been sold Raffle games have become the hottest lottery item of the holiday season, and the Georgia Lottery's Millionaire Raffle game is no exception. After just two weeks of sales, more than 40 percent of the game's tickets have been purchased. Georgia Lottery players have their best chance ever to win $1 million, but time is running out. Millionaire Raffle is a limited-time game from the Georgia Lottery with four $1 million prizes. A total o
Dec 6, 2006, 1:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

GTECH scrutinized in bid for Tennessee lottery contractsNews Story
GTECH Corp., the lottery giant bidding for Tennessee contracts, has been praised for quick startups and leading technology.But the company has also been criticized for aggressive lobbying and a series of missteps in the 1990s that led to the criminal conviction of one employee and culminated in an overhaul of top managers three years ago. I don't think their past record should reflect adversely on ... the present company, although it does require someone to look at them with a little more due di
Nov 20, 2003, 7:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Computerized lotto must wait awhileNews Story
Scratch-off would be only game for monthsTennesseans would be left to play a scratch-off lottery game for months before they get a chance to play computerized games such as lotto, under plans discussed by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board yesterday.And your favorite spot to buy those lotto tickets might not get to sell them if the store doesn't sell enough scratch-offs while the computerized ticket-sales system is being installed statewide.The board discussed options but took no vote.
Aug 29, 2003, 11:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia man wins $250,000 in Mega MillionsNews Story
Dana Peace recently had what he described as a very good day. Peace, 26, of Fayette County walked into a Corner Amoco on Highway 54 in Sharpsburg to buy Fritos a snack for girlfriend Holly Yelton's roommate. A snap decision at the checkout counter landed Peace with $5 in Quik Pik tickets for the June 22 Mega Millions drawing only about an hour away. Though Peace didn't watch the drawing that night, he called the Georgia Lottery Hotline the next morning as he drove his mother to the a
Jul 23, 2007, 12:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Middle Georgians have mixed feelings about California joining lotteryNews Story
The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot at the beginning of this week were low, but now the chances are even lower.California became the 12th state to join the Mega Millions lottery Wednesday, bringing with it a population of 36 million to tonight's Mega Millions drawing.But even as California has joined the pool, that hasn't stopped Sharon Norton from playing. She said she keeps playing, hoping to hit it big and retire early. I think it's fine, said Norton, 39, an X-ray technician. T
Jun 24, 2005, 9:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery head warms to GeorgiaNews Story
If Georgia lottery officials can prove that they can get Tennessee's lottery going ''faster and cheaper,'' the two states could become kissing cousins.Tennessee lottery board Chairman Denny Bottorff said yesterday that he has warmed up to the idea of partnering this state's start-up with Georgia's experience after touring lottery headquarters in Atlanta last week.The rest of the board is scheduled to travel there Thursday to get a first-hand look.''In the end we have to be satisfied it's faster
Aug 5, 2003, 4:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery's repeat winners don't always come out aheadReply
ok cool. if the story i told above sounds too good to be true well welcome to my life because i have better ones too. On february the 22nd 2012 .l was travelling from houston texas to chatanooga tennessee so i decided to stop on i-24 an interstate between georgia and tennessee to play cash4 box. few days earlier i remembered i was in texas and i played 4424 and 4422 trying to win $600 and $400 for fifty cents box because triplets and twins pay more money but the result was like 2246 so i lost .
May 15, 2012, 11:41 am - JoeBigLotto - Lottery News

New Georgia lottery scratch game popular with playersNews Story
Frank Stone of Phenix City was sitting at a counter Thursday morning inside the Spectrum across from the Columbus Civic Center.He had a cigarette tucked tightly between the middle and ring fingers of his right hand. He had a silver coin in the same hand. And he was scratching away at the silver film on the oversized lottery card.Stone was playing the $100 Million Cash Spectacular, a new game offered by the Georgia Lottery Corp. It gets to you, Stone said. It seems like you have more chances of
Feb 28, 2005, 10:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Group fearful of lottery in AlabamaNews Story
A Washington, D.C.-based public policy group called The Tax Foundation issued warnings about a new lottery campaign aimed at Alabamians.It's an advertising drive in east Alabama thanking residents for driving to Georgia to buy lottery tickets, said Bill Ahern, spokesman for the group, which recently studied state lotteries and their impact.The campaign will feature a clerk in a Georgia store who points out that Alabama money has helped fund his children's college education. It's all going to be
Feb 21, 2005, 9:13 am - Todd - Lottery News