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Oregon woman who doesn't check lottery tickets wins $1 million in raffleNews Story
Winner would have forgotten to check tickets if it weren't for Powerball By Kate Northrop An Oregon woman admitted that if it weren't for Powerball making headlines, she would not have thought to check an Oregon Lottery Raffle ticket that turned out to be worth $1 million. If it were not for seeing Powerball come up in the news, an Oregon woman would not have bothered to check her stack of lottery tickets, one of which held the winning numbers for a $1 million prize. Leslie Carr,
Apr 25, 2024, 7:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Mexico lawmakers introduce bill to end lotteryNews Story
Lawmakers cite concerns over gambling-funded education By Kate Northrop A bill introduced to New Mexico state legislature proposed the idea of ending the New Mexico Lottery entirely. Lawmakers in New Mexico are discussing a bill that may shut down the state lottery, citing concerns about where money for the state's scholarship fund comes from. We're funding education through gambling, State Representative Matthew McQueen (D) said. Bipartisan House Bill 369, if passed, will en
Feb 21, 2023, 6:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canadian woman "never dreamt" she would win a second lottery jackpot in three yearsNews Story
By Kate Northrop Luck is on the side of a woman who was shocked to have won the lottery not once, but twice in the span of three years, having played for the past 30 years. Ontario resident Patricia Richards just won her second lottery jackpot to the tune of $500,000 (US$363,862) after winning her first major prize in 2019. Although this prize will allow her more the freedom to pursue an experience she's always dreamed about, it's not her largest one yet. In 2019, Richards won $1 mil
Oct 24, 2022, 8:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Retired trucker wins $1M NJ Lottery 'second chance' jackpotNews Story
Includes video report James Wood shot up out of his seat Friday the second his name was called. He had the feeling all week that this would be his day. The Little Egg Harbor man, a retired trucker, won $1 million in Asbury Park Convention Hall at the New Jersey Lottery Million Dollar Replay event. He turned and gave a tearful hug to his brother-in-law, Jeffrey Brook, who accompanied him to Friday's event, which you can see in the video above. The part Wood, 56, was most excited for
Mar 6, 2020, 2:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery exceeding expectations in MississippiNews Story
Through a little more than two months of operation, Mississippi's lottery has generated about $16 million in revenue for work on the state's roads and bridges. Thomas Shaheen, president of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation, speaking at a legislative hearing, recently estimated that during its first full fiscal year the lottery would generate $81 million in revenue for the state. We are very pleased with these early results, Shaheen said recently. Retailer and player support have been fa
Feb 17, 2020, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lawmaker: Alabama lottery bill 'dead' for sessionNews Story
An Alabama lottery bill is defunct for the legislative session, a key lawmaker said Wednesday. It's dead for this session. It won't be coming back this session, said Republican Rep. Steve Clouse, who was shepherding the bill in the House of Representatives. The bill hit a politically fatal mix of conservative opposition to gambling and liberals' feuds over electronic gambling and how to use lottery revenue. Clouse said they do not have the 63 bipartisan votes needed to pass the measure in
May 23, 2019, 11:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

New York man claims $245.6 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A Staten Island, New York, man came forward Thursday to officially claim a $245.6 million Powerball jackpot. Nandlall Mangal, 42, was the sole winner of the August 11 drawing. Mangal said he purchases his tickets when the jackpots reach $100 million. I was grocery shopping and knew the Powerball jackpot was big, he said. I decided that was a good time to buy my tickets. Mangal purchased a $6 Quick Pick ticket for that night's drawing and left it on his kitc
Sep 29, 2018, 8:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mississippi lottery bill advances, but more work remainsNews Story
Mississippi could be inching closer to creating a lottery and leaving the list of six states that don't offer the game of chance. The Mississippi House voted 71-43 Friday to pass a lottery bill . That happened a day after the state Senate voted 30-20 for its own version of the same bill. However, work remains. The House made several changes to the bill, including requiring that a lottery corporation abide by longstanding Open Meetings and Public Records laws. When the bill passed the Se
Aug 26, 2018, 10:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winning ticket for $522 million Mega Millions jackpot sold in CaliforniaReply
PB and MM have a business plan , so to speak, that depends on a large number of ticket sales when the jackpot gets to a large number. If you reduce the states that play down to a fraction of what it is today, they will have to change the rules in order to make the same % on each ticket. Here is how to understand why... (for PB, anyway, basically the same thing)... the jackpot starts at $40 million. If the jackpot is not won, it increases by the greater of $10 million, or 32.5% of ticket
Jul 28, 2018, 3:38 am - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Florida Irma evacuee and mother of three wins $10K lottery in North CarolinaNews Story
A Florida woman who evacuated from Hurricane Irma with her three children won $10,000 on a lottery scratch-off ticket while sheltering in North Carolina. Tiffany Hatfield, 28, left her home in Ocoee, near Orlando, late Friday night with her three young daughters to drive to a friend's home in Virginia. Hatfield moved to Florida from Connecticut in June to live closer to family while her husband, a member of the U.S. Navy, is stationed in Hawaii. Hatfield did not plan to evacuate until her
Sep 14, 2017, 11:55 am - Todd - Lottery News