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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

Kentucky lottery sales fall, but still exceed forecastNews Story
Tennessee games cut into revenue The year-old Tennessee Lottery continues to have less impact on Kentucky Lottery revenues than expected, with ticket sales for the first six months of fiscal 2004-05 down just 8 percent from the same period last year.Sales from July 1 through Dec. 31, 2004, were $20 million higher than forecast last spring, when officials were still trying to gauge the impact of the competing Tennessee Lottery, directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corp. learned at a meeting late las
Jan 25, 2005, 11:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Campus sales of Tennessee Lottery tickets unlikelyNews Story
While colleges are ready to accept tuition payments funded by Tennessee's lottery, that doesn't mean tickets for the games of chance will be sold on state campuses.About 65,000 students are expected to attend state universities this fall on lottery-funded scholarships, and some students see a conflict in no on-campus ticket sales. If it's going to help students get an education, colleges should make an exception for the lottery, said Brendon Cole of Memphis, a freshman at the University of Tenn
Mar 9, 2004, 4:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery chief says games will rarely be closed to publicNews Story
Tennessee's new lottery chief cites three situations where operations of the games would be closed to public scrutiny - for recruiting employees, negotiating vendor contracts and discussing security issues. Rebecca Paul, who was chosen this week as CEO to lead startup of the Tennessee games, says those are issues that must be discussed behind closed doors - and happen primarily during the first year of a new lottery. Paul is expected to officially join the Tennessee games by Oct. 1 after 10 year
Sep 10, 2003, 6:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery surplus has state officials scramblingNews Story
Pre-K, increased scholarship amounts, other school programs are possibilitiesTennesseans are playing the lottery, but not as many students as expected are taking advantage of college scholarships and state officials have not decided what to do with the surplus.The scholarship program is projected to have $115 million in excess this year and another $79 million next budget year.State Sen. Steve Cohen, who sponsored the lottery, wants the money to pay for pre-kindergarten classes and to increase s
Dec 15, 2004, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery has paid nearly $700,000 in bonuses to dateNews Story
State lawmakers are surprised by the number of Tennessee Lottery employees who have received bonuses totaling nearly $700,000 since the launch of the games in January.Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul has earned $245,000 in bonuses for beginning scratchoff games ahead of schedule and starting the lottery online by March 20. The other 142 Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. employees have cashed $422,304 in startup bonus checks, according to lottery records, an average of $2,974 each.Paul used employee ince
Apr 19, 2004, 6:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lawmakers busy trying to change Tennessee lotteryNews Story
A new type of lottery fever is spreading in the Tennessee state Capitol.The Tennessee Lottery has been up and running for less than a month, but lawmakers of all persuasions - from avid supporters to consistent opponents - are looking to make changes. More than 150 bills relating to the lottery have been introduced since the General Assembly returned to Nashville last month.The Lottery Oversight Committee, composed of nine members each from the House and Senate, last week began sifting through t
Feb 16, 2004, 5:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

First Tennessee Games RevealedNews Story
Tennessee lottery players may have a chance at $1 million in prize money even before the Ping-Pong balls start popping up for the state's big money drawings this spring.Yesterday lottery President and Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Paul unveiled Tennessee Millionaire along with three other scratch-off ticket games that will go on sale in February, officially launching the drive for funding college scholarships through lottery sales.''At about 10:30 p.m. last night, we printed our first lottery
Dec 30, 2003, 5:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia's Lottery Director to QuitNews Story
Rebecca Paul, who started Georgia's lottery and has been its only director for 10 years, is jumping ship to run the startup lottery for neighboring Tennessee. She has informed the governor, Dan McLagan, a spokesman for Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, said. Mrs. Paul has indicated she is looking for a new challenge. We certainly wish her well. Earlier Sunday, two sources told The Associated Press Paul was negotiating with Tennessee officials to head their new lottery and that she was expected to tak
Sep 8, 2003, 3:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. lotto questions deal with GeorgiaNews Story
Top officials in South Carolina said Tuesday savings projections acquired by Tennessee lottery board members regarding a potential partnership with the successful Georgia lottery are likely inaccurate.They also detailed other concerns they had about partnering with Georgia before they rejected such an alliance.The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) is poised to make a decision next week on whether to team with Georgias lottery to possibly maximize spending power and curb start up cos
Aug 27, 2003, 3:21 am - Todd - Lottery News