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Kentucky Lottery tries to stave off losses from competitionNews Story
With record-smashing sales for two straight years, these should be heady times for the Kentucky Lottery.Even as lottery officials announced Thursday that a record $193.5 million in proceeds were turned over to the state last fiscal year, there was no time for celebration. Officials are too busy trying to stave off expected losses to Tennessee and its lottery that debuted this year.For years, the Kentucky Lottery reaped a windfall from Tennesseans who crossed the border to play the numbers games,
Aug 13, 2004, 8:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery Drops Keno PlanNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. has shelved its plan to start fast-paced keno gambling after the game was criticized by Gov.-elect Ernie Fletcher, lottery President Arch Gleason said yesterday.Gleason told legislators that he and lottery board Chairman Bill Covington agreed that implementing the game wasn't feasible after Fletcher issued a strongly worded statement on Friday opposing its introduction. It's pretty clear to me there's not the public policy support for us doing the game, Gleason told r
Nov 25, 2003, 4:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

TV station investigates repeating Kentucky Lottery scratch winnersNews Story
Is it luck or something else? The Kentucky lottery sells hundreds of millions of dollars in scratch off lottery tickets each year. While it's difficult to hit the big one, people beat the odds time and time again. WHAS11's investigative reporter Adam Walser traveled the state, trying to discover how some people repeatedly get so lucky. For thousands of Kentucky residents, playing the lottery is favorite pastime. Sometimes players win big, but usually, the outcome is not so lucky.
Jul 29, 2009, 2:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky man wins $300,000 lottery prizeNews Story
A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man was celebrating his good luck after he purchased a $300,000 Kentucky lottery scratch-off ticket.Mark Baker, 31, of Hopkinsville, purchased the winning ticket on Oct. 8 at the Raceway convenience store on Fort Campbell Boulevard, according to a news release from the Kentucky Lottery.Baker was sitting in a car outside the store with his mother, Vickie, when he scratched the Silver Spectacular ticket and saw that he was a winner. I turned white as a ghost and started sh
Oct 18, 2004, 8:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

Two former workers win suit against Kentucky lotteryNews Story
A Jefferson Circuit Court jury has awarded $2.8 million to two former Kentucky Lottery employees who claimed they endured racial discrimination on the job.Penny Diamond, the plaintiffs' attorney, said Ursella Riles and James Maddox claimed they were excluded from meetings and subjected to racial harassment while working in the lottery's marketing department.The jury returned the verdict Monday night after a two-week trial.Maddox was awarded $1.5million and Riles $1.3million.In a statement, the K
Feb 18, 2004, 5:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Drawing date set for Kentucky Lottery's Million Dollar DrawNews Story
Best chance ever of hitting the Kentucky Lottery for a millions bucks is nearly sold out A pair of new millionaires will be created on the morning of March 19th, when the Kentucky Lottery will hold the Million Dollar Draw. Tickets for the raffle-style game went on sale January 1st, and there are less than 19,000 tickets remaining. A maximum of 500,000 tickets will be sold for the Million Dollar Draw once ticket number 500,000 is sold, the game ends and players will wait until the 19th
Mar 5, 2007, 4:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery rolls out new gameNews Story
A kid's game - tic tac toe - is the Kentucky Lottery's newest online offering.Tic Tac Cash debuted Monday, the first game of its kind nationally, lottery officials said. It offers a $25,000 top prize.Concepts for other online games are on the drawing board as the lottery tries to recoup millions being lost across the border to the new state lottery in Tennessee.Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Arch Gleason said the goal is to keep our games fresh and fun. He said Tic Tac Cash fits that descr
Sep 1, 2004, 7:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

$128.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in KentuckyNews Story
Anyone who bought a Powerball ticket in Kentucky is going to want to double-check it. Kentucky lottery officials say there was a single $128.6 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Georgetown, 65 miles east of Louisville, making it the largest jackpot won in the history of the Kentucky lottery. The Powerball drawing was Saturday night. The winning numbers were 32, 36, 37, 41, and 53, with a Powerball of 30. Kentucky Lottery spokesman Chip Polston said Sunday the retailer where the wi
Dec 28, 2009, 8:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery draws airing on new TV stationsNews Story
The TV stations which air the nightly Kentucky Lottery drawing program in the state's three largest media markets has changed, effective today. In Louisville, the drawing program will move to WBKI/The CW Louisville. Lexington viewers will now be able to watch the drawings on the CWKYT. Players in Northern Kentucky will see the drawing show on WKRP-TV. Affiliates will remain the same in Bowling Green (WBKO) and Paducah (WDKA). A new affiliate has been added in Evansville (WAZE), while the s
Oct 1, 2009, 6:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery manager faces lottery ticket fraud chargesNews Story
Updated: Additional information from the Kentucky Lottery By Todd Northrop A regional manager for the Kentucky Lottery Corporation is accused of fraudulently using lottery tickets after an investigation into 1,800 missing tickets, according to the Kentucky State Police. Jeffrey L. Riley, 55, of Lexington, was charged Friday with three counts of fraudulent use of a lottery ticket, a class C felony. Riley's arrest followed an internal investigation in January into 1,800 missing promoti
Feb 10, 2014, 8:30 am - Todd - Lottery News