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Lottery jackpots may get biggerNews Story
$1 billion? Not as crazy as it sounds The Powerball lottery that provided a lucky Rhode Island ticket holder $336.4 million could soon produce jackpots of $500 million or more. Saturday's winner, who purchased a ticket at a Newport Stop Shop, has yet to be identified. But the sixth-largest lottery ticket in U.S. history worth about $210 million as a lump-sum payment could eventually seem like chump change. Had no one picked Saturday's six-number winning combination, the Powerball ticket
Feb 13, 2012, 10:09 pm - Lottery News

Against the odds, KY Lottery returns record amount to stateNews Story
Mega Millions helps power sales; Powerball keeps improving too By Todd Northrop The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) today announced a record-breaking $214.3 million was returned to the Commonwealth in Fiscal Year 2010, despite lottery sales dropping $38 million or 4.7% during the same period. The $214.3 million surpasses the previous record set last year by $9.9 million or 4.8%. The figure is comprised of $200.7 million from profits for scholarship, grant and higher education program
Aug 2, 2010, 1:09 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery 10x promotion starts todayNews Story
Starting today, May 1, lottery players across the United States purchasing Powerball tickets with the Power Play option will have a chance to increase their winnings by ten times. Between now and May 29, the Multi-State Lottery Organization (MUSL) will replace one of the 5x multipliers with a 10x when drawing the Power Play number. The Power Play multiplier determines how many times non-jackpot prizes are multiplied for players who purchase the option. Power Play costs an extra $1 per tick
May 1, 2010, 10:34 am - Lottery News

America's multi-state lottery titans agree to ticket-selling partnershipNews Story
Even bigger, unified national game could be next They are the two marquee games in American lotteries: Mega Millions and Powerball. Each lottery state currently has one, but not the other. However, the Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) have reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in all U.S. lottery jurisdictions. The agreement means that lotteries from across the United States, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, will be able
Oct 14, 2009, 9:13 am - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery reviewing partnership with Mega MillionsNews Story
The Colorado Lottery, along with other members of the Multi State Lottery Association (MUSL), is reviewing the option of selling tickets for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game. Started in 1996 as the Big Game, Mega Millions has a starting jackpot of $12 million and other prizes ranging from $2 to $250,000. The game would supplement, rather than replace Powerball (operated through MUSL), the mega jackpot game currently offered in Colorado. In these tough economic times, lotteries n
Apr 17, 2009, 12:09 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery to add Powerball?News Story
Could be first state to offer both Mega Millions and Powerball New Jersey could become the first to participate in two multi-state lotteries. Two state officials who have been briefed on the budget Gov. Jon S. Corzine will present to the Legislature on Tuesday say it includes a proposal that New Jersey become the 31st state to offer Powerball. The officials say the game could generate $10 million a year. New Jersey's other lottery games, including the multi-state Mega Millions, gener
Mar 10, 2009, 12:23 am - Lottery News

Anniversary: N.D. Lottery reflects back on last four yearsNews Story
Four years ago today, North Dakota launched it's own lottery. At the time only Powerball was available for purchase in the state. Since then, three new games have been added. Each one of the North Dakota Lottery's games are run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which is famous for creating the first nation-wide multi-state lottery game, Powerball (formerly Lotto America). The North Dakota Lottery does not conduct any of the drawings itself. It's estimated by June 13th of
Mar 26, 2008, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

Woman plays numbers from TV show about lottery winners - and winsNews Story
New Mexico woman plays 'most frequent numbers' on TV show about lottery winners and wins $20,000 in Powerball TV viewers in other states play and win off same numbers The TLC Network's broadcast of How the Lottery Changed My Life might not have been DeShundra Jackson's first choice for Sunday night television viewing, but since her mother was already engrossed in the program, Jackson didn't think about changing the channel. The only thing she changed was her luck. After the show an
Sep 27, 2007, 9:46 pm - Lottery News

Winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in New MexicoNews Story
New Mexico Lottery officials say one of two winning tickets for Saturday's Hot Lotto drawing was sold in New Mexico. The other ticket was sold in Minnesota. The winners will split a $1.9 million jackpot. The New Mexico winning ticket is the first Hot Lotto jackpot winner for the state since the game first went on sale there in November, 2006. The New Mexico Lottery also offers Hot Lotto's better-known sibling, Powerball. Hot Lotto is played in nine other states. It's been dubbed th
Aug 6, 2007, 9:07 am - Lottery News

First Ca$hola jackpot win in DelawareNews Story
A Dover woman won $318,770 on a penny slot machine at Dover Downs Hotel Casino. Ingrid Karas won the jackpot Tuesday on the multistate game Ca$hola. It was the first Ca$hola win in Delaware and the second-highest jackpot at the casino, according to a news release from Dover Downs. The game also is played in Rhode Island and West Virginia. Karas, a retired telephone operator, moved to Delaware from Long Island, N.Y, four years ago. Former Ohio schoolteacher becomes Ca$hola millio
Jul 12, 2007, 7:36 am - Lottery News