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19-year-old wins lottery twice in one weekReply
This story took 2 months to go viral. She won in May and the CA Lottery posted this story in May. Her photo has been on the top of the photo lottery stories and someone who was doing lottery stories a few days ago thought it was a new story but people who check the CA Lottery web site knew about this for two months. The CA Lottery web site has not posted new photos of big winners in almost 2 months.
Jul 12, 2017, 1:35 am - chuye - Lottery News

N.J. deli waits for its $212M Powerball winner to surfaceReply
'Lav Patel, a co-owner of the Speedwell Avenue deli and conveniencestore, said someone had called three times Monday from three differenttelephone numbers to verify the winning number. I don't know if it's the same person, said Patel, who runs Gene'swith his cousin, Pinal Patel, and Rudrakant Joshi. Patel said he'shoping the winner is a regular customer. ' I don't know why anyone would need to call the store they bought it at to find the winning numbers. All they need to do is a quick Goo
Mar 16, 2010, 5:35 pm - CAL-LottoPlayer - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery glitch parade marches onNews Story
Lottery calls first glitch of the new year 'minor' The new year brought another glitch to the Tennessee lottery, this time with a miscounting Web site clock. The clock is supposed to show the number of days until the Jan. 22 grand prize drawing for the Million $ Madness game. Instead, as the new year dawned, the clock began showing the wrong number of days. It was showing 86 days when James Hawkins logged on to the Web site about 5:30 p.m. New Year's Day. Although the clock show
Jan 2, 2008, 10:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.2 million Washington lottery jackpot goes unclaimedNews Story
Oh, what might have been. ...Would-be millionaires searched for stray Washington Lotto tickets in hopes that one held the winning combination for a $1.2 million jackpot that had to be claimed by 5 p.m. yesterday. As far as we know, it hasn't been redeemed yet, said Nick Waldbillig, night manager of the Bremerton Safeway where the ticket was bought Oct. 27. There has been a lot of buzz around it, though. Everybody who regularly buys tickets here, they all claim it's theirs. The $1.2 million jac
Apr 26, 2005, 12:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery sales lower than other first-year salesReply
Chuck32,Interesting point about the inflation figures, I'd have to agree. The reporter's comparison to the other lottery states from last year is a little closer to the mark:Nationwide last year, state lotteries took in an average $183 per person, or $161 per person when excluding states that have the video lottery terminals, which Tennessee does not have.The point being that Tenn.'s $147 per capita spend rate is much lower than the national average. Of course, this is a very broad comparison,
Jan 24, 2005, 1:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Google Ranks Lottery Post #29 of All Lottery SitesNews Story
Lottery Post, the Internet's most active participatory lottery forum, is ranked 29th among all active lottery Web sites.The high ranking places Lottery Post ahead of many official state and multi-state Web sites, as well as almost every independent lottery Web site.Lottery Post has been providing an online forum for lottery players to discuss games of chance for over four years. Over those four years, the Web site has been expanded with new features on a regular basis.In addition to Web popular
Jun 23, 2004, 8:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery sorts mixup on Badger 5 numbersNews Story
The Wisconsin Lottery will pay on two sets of winning numbers from Monday's Badger 5 drawing after a mix-up caused confusion over which five numbers were actually drawn, a lottery official said Tuesday.The Wisconsin Lottery sent the media a winning combination of three, five, 15, 19 and 29, the correct numbers drawn Monday night, spokesman Andrew Bohage said. But lottery employees mistakenly substituted a 25 for the 29 in the numbers posted on its Web site.Bohage said neither combination produce
Apr 14, 2004, 7:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

60 Winners Made Official in First Big Sleigh DrawingNews Story
Sixty Missouri Lottery winners are now official in the first of three Big Sleigh Giveaway drawings.The winners, whose names and hometowns are posted at molottery.com, won:Four first prizes of the winner's choice of either a $4,500 travel certificate plus $500 spending cash or a $5,000 home furnishings certificate,Six second-prizes of the winner's choice of a $1,000 travel certificate plus $500 cash or a 50-inch television, and,50 third prizes of $500 cash. I'm sure the 60 winners are quite happy
Dec 20, 2003, 9:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery Unveils "Big Sleigh Giveaway"News Story
Missouria Lottery players can start celebrating the holidays early with the Big Sleigh Giveaway promotion. Players will have a chance to win a 2004 Lincoln Aviator , travel certificates, home furnishings, big-screen televisions and cash in the promotion, which runs from Nov. 1 through Jan. 9, 2004. This promotion is very similar to last year's holiday promotion, said Jennifer Kempker, promotions manager for the Missouri Lottery. Players really liked the variety of prizes, so this year we a
Oct 28, 2003, 6:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Sports-Betting Operation Shuts Web SiteNews Story
An offshore sports-betting operation targeted by U.S. prosecutors shut down its Web site Tuesday night, a day after a federal judge ordered the company to stop letting Americans place wagers. BetOnSports PLC said it was temporarily stopping all transactions while it reviewed the situation. Earlier on Tuesday, the site had appeared to be operating normally, offering bets on Major League baseball and season-opening college football games. The company's founder, Gary Stephen Kaplan, the
Jul 19, 2006, 9:24 am - Todd - Lottery News