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Error prompts second Kentucky Pick 4 midday drawingNews Story
Kentucky Lottery players who bought Pick 4 tickets for Monday's midday drawing have an extra chance to win, thanks to an error that occurred during the drawing. Lottery officials say a ball that was supposed to go into the draw machine's first chamber inadvertently bounced over to the second chamber when loaded. The result was nine balls in the first chamber and 11 in the second. The lottery then held a second drawing and announced numbers from both drawings would be honored, although paym
Jul 30, 2013, 12:16 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery delayed Monday night because of suspicious packageNews Story
A suspicious package near a Texas Lottery facility on Monday night forced a delay of the nightly drawing and the reporting of the results, officials said Tuesday. Austin police instructed Texas Lottery personnel to evacuate the drawing studio on Sixth Street as a precaution, and the drawing was moved to a backup location, in accordance with official rules, Texas Lottery Commission spokeswoman Kelly Cripe said Tuesday. The suspicious package did not end up presenting a threat. These are
Jun 19, 2013, 10:12 am - Lottery News

New Tri-State lottery game debuting SundayNews Story
By Todd Northrop A new pick 5-style lottery game called Gimme 5 goes on sale Sunday in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont the states that collectively are known as 'Tri-State'. The first drawing for the new Gimme 5 game will be held Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine Lotteries are once again joining together to offer our players a new draw game, said Greg Smith, Executive Director of the Vermont Lottery. Tri-State Gimme 5 is a fresh, easy-to-play game that car
May 9, 2013, 12:52 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery pushes for online expansionNews Story
The Illinois Senate could soon decide to increase the number of ways you can play the lottery online. A committee has passed a bill that would allow players to wager on any of the draw-based games that is, in which the winning numbers are randomly selected, as in Pick 3 and Pick 4. Right now, only Lotto, Mega Millions, and Powerball are draw-based games available online. The legislation would expand that opportunity to all seven, plus any draw-based games the lottery would add in the futur
Mar 25, 2013, 9:51 am - Lottery News

Statisticians search for how to beat the lotteryNews Story
You've probably heard the saying: Liars figure, but figures don't lie. Well, it's probably true the chances of winning a Powerball jackpot is more than 1 in 175-million. Still, there's always somebody that thinks they can beat the system. Whether it's your wedding anniversary, your birthday, your child's birthday, or the date of another event that's important to you, people typically pick random numbers as any state lottery official will tell you, every number drawn is completely random. A
Feb 20, 2013, 9:26 pm - Lottery News

GTECH picked to run Indiana LotteryNews Story
The Hoosier Lottery board voted Wednesday to hire a private company to oversee sales, marketing and other operations with the goal of earning the state about $2.1 billion in additional revenue through 2028. The board chose Rhode Island-based GTECH which provides similar services to the Illinois lottery and provides some computerized game services in Kentucky at the recommendation of Hoosier Lottery officials, who conducted an expansive review of the two companies vying for the 15-year contrac
Oct 3, 2012, 8:19 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery launching a new game SundayNews Story
Includes video report The Illinois Lottery is launching a new game this weekend. The new game, called My3, will go on sale Sunday. According to lottery officials, the game is not replacing Pick 3. The My3 game will allow players to pick their favorite numbers without the need to specify what type of wager is being made. The prize levels for My3 are also different than Pick 3. There are two daily My3 drawings. Players must match all three numbers in exact order to win $200. Lesser
Sep 8, 2012, 4:39 pm - Lottery News

98 Florida Lottery players share Fantasy 5 winNews Story
Perfect set of odd-numbered results drawn If you woke up this morning and discovered you were a Florida Fantasy 5 winner, you have plenty of company. There were 98 players last night who picked the pedestrian numbers of 1-3-5-7-9, so they'll all share from the Fantasy 5 pool. Their take? $1,995.32 each. The Florida Lottery's Shelly Safford notes that of the 98 winners, only one was a quick pick. Obviously, a lot of players pick those numbers, she said. Nobody has exact stats, but
Aug 29, 2012, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

Maryland lottery player gets lucky 4 times this summer for $101KNews Story
Donald Donnie Cole III thought he was lucky when he survived a brain aneurysm in 1999. But little did he know that his good fortune would continue. Cole, 52, of Brookeville, Maryland, is convinced he is the luckiest man alive, after recently winning $101,000 playing the Maryland State Lottery. Cole, who said he buys lottery tickets almost every day from the Shell gas station in Olney, won $50,000 on a $20 Big Money Mega Play scratch-off ticket on June 26. It was a stunning feeling, he
Aug 23, 2012, 9:09 pm - Lottery News

NAACP wants Texas Lottery shut downNews Story
The Dallas chapter of the NAACP wants to stop seeing low income Texans pumping money into the state lottery by putting it out of business. In poorer communities, though, the lottery seems to offer the chance at a life otherwise out of reach. A study paid for by the Texas Lottery Commission says the people most likely to play Pick 3 are those making $20,000 a year or less below the poverty line. And people who are unemployed are more likely to buy scratch-off tickets than those who have job
Jun 28, 2012, 6:02 pm - Lottery News