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Florida Lotto rolls over to $15 millionNews Story
Saturday's Lotto drawing resulted in a rollover when no player matched all six numbers to win the Jackpot prize, the Florida Lottery reported on Sunday.Wednesday's Lotto jackpot is expected to be $15 million.The numbers drawn on Saturday night were 09-11-25-42-44-48.Although no player won the top prize, more than 115,000 other players won cash prizes for matching three, four or five numbers.Here are those payout categories:93 players matched five-of-six numbers to each win $5,286.5,186 players m
Mar 8, 2004, 4:44 am - Lottery News

Man wins big in Tennessee lotteryNews Story
Russell Burks of Shelbyville, Tennessee garnered a $100,000 prize recently to join a list containing the four highest prizes paid by the Tennessee Lottery to date.Also buying and scratching off their Jackpot tickets to net $100,000 were Deborah Baker of Lascassas, John Leegan of Big Sandy and Willis Pulley of Brentwood.Kym Gerlock, Tennessee lottery communications director, said Burks had specifically requested no interviews and wished to not have any additional information provided to the media
Mar 5, 2004, 4:18 am - Lottery News

'Angel' sells woman $100K lottery ticketNews Story
On Friday the 13th, Deborah Baker grabbed a dime with her left hand and scratched away the prize area on her $100,000 Jackpot Tennessee lottery ticket.Scratching from right to left dragged out the suspense after Baker saw that her ticket contained matching threes and knew she was going to win something, which she figured would be just another ticket, a $5 value.But I kept seeing zeroes, the Lascassas resident recalled earlier this week.In fact, five zeroes trailed a one, making Baker, 53, one
Mar 3, 2004, 4:00 am - Lottery News

One person wins $8.5 million Colorado LotteryNews Story
One person matched all six numbers in Saturdays Colorado Lotto drawing, winning the $8.5 million jackpot.The winning numbers were 8, 19, 21, 26, 29 and 40. The cash value of the jackpot is $4.5 million.Twenty-five players matched five of the six numbers, winning prizes of $496. Prizes of $43 will be awarded to 1,061 players, who matched four of the six numbers.Lotto drawings are held each Wednesday and Saturday. The jackpot for Wednesdays drawing will go back down to $1 million.
Mar 1, 2004, 4:33 am - Lottery News

Luck, Be a Lady, Madame, and SenoraNews Story
Inspired by American lotteries like Mega Millions, outfits in Spain, Britain, and France have joined forces to woo European bettorsViviane Leconte isn't one to bet on the ponies -- too complicated to be much fun, in her view. But two weeks ago, Leconte, a 58-year-old receptionist in Paris, finally found her gambling Valhalla with the launch of Euro Millions, the first pan-European lottery, and won $400 on her first try. It's so easy, she beams.After more than a decade of research, three nation
Mar 1, 2004, 4:21 am - Lottery News

8 GM workers to share $12 million Texas lottery prizeNews Story
Debra Hicks never had much luck until 10:12 p.m. Wednesday.For years, she bought lottery scratch-off tickets, dropped a few dollars on football pools and went to Las Vegas for vacation. But she never won big until she and seven co-workers at the General Motors plant in Arlington struck a $12 million Lotto Texas jackpot. I've always felt unlucky, she said from work Thursday. My time finally came. Ms. Hicks can now boast about being a lottery winner, but she and her colleagues don't get the tit
Feb 27, 2004, 4:36 am - Lottery News

3rd time of 'almost lucky' still pays $175,000News Story
A Virginia couple has hit five of the six lottery numbers three timesSome people may say matching five of six numbers in the lottery falls short of being lucky. A Bedford County couple would disagree.Enos and Linda Blankenship of Thaxton, Virginia have had five of six winning numbers in the lottery - three times.Most recently they matched five of six numbers in the Mega Millions drawing on Feb. 20. The lone winning ticket for the big jackpot - $239 million - hasn't been claimed.The Blankenships
Feb 26, 2004, 5:02 am - Lottery News

$175,000 Mega Millions lottery win helps pair greet babyNews Story
Kathy L. Dailey, the Shortsville, New York woman who won a second prize worth $175,000 in Fridays record $239 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, wasted little time seeking anonymity.She called us on Sunday morning and said they had won and asked us not to tell anybody, said Mary Lou Abbott, manager of the Manchester Mart where the ticket was sold.Abbott said she talked again late Monday afternoon with Dailey and her husband, Clifford who purchased the ticket.The couple, who have two children
Feb 25, 2004, 4:26 am - Lottery News

Miami ticket takes $6 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Miami, officials said.A total of 81 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,442; 4,384 tickets matched four numbers for $81.50; and 92,278 tickets matched three numbers for $5.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 12-18-20-37-42-49.Fantasy 5Five winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $52,583.19 each, the Florida Lottery s
Feb 23, 2004, 5:16 am - Lottery News

'Amazing' Mega Millions Sales Pushes Jackpot to $230 MillionNews Story
Mega Millions players all over the country are lining up for a shot at tonight's mega-jackpot. In fact sales are so brisk that the estimated jackpot for tonight's drawing has been revised upward to $230 million.Tonight's drawing will be held in New York City's Times Square. This is an indication of how strong Mega Millions sales are today across the Commonwealth, says Virginia Lottery Executive Director Penelope W. Kyle. By revising the estimated jackpot upward, we are saying that the actual
Feb 20, 2004, 12:10 pm - Lottery News