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Virginia Border Stores Take Hit From N.C. LotteryNews Story
Now that North Carolina has a lottery, residents with hopes of striking it rich don't have to head north to Virginia to buy tickets, and retail stores just across the line are feeling the effects. Virginia lottery director Sheila Hill-Christian said the overall decline of 8 to 10 percent was expected. But she said her state's lottery will make changes in games and install state-of-the-art technology that should enable it to make up the loss within two years. We'll overcome this, she said
Aug 11, 2006, 1:39 pm - Lottery News

N.C. House backs permanent lottery oversight panelNews Story
The North Carolina House agreed Thursday to create a 16-member oversight committee that would examine whether lottery profits are being used for education and if they are supplanting existing education funds. The measure, approved by a vote of 102-1 and sent to the Senate for consideration, would create a permanent panel chosen by the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore comprised of legislators, educators and a county commissioner. The Joint Legislative Lottery Oversight Committ
Jul 7, 2006, 7:15 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery to transfer $50 million to educationNews Story
North Carolina's newly adopted lottery will make a $50 million contribution to the state's Education Lottery Fund on Wednesday the first transfer since the inception of scratch-off games three months ago. This is a historical event for education in North Carolina, said Tom Shaheen, the state's lottery chief. The lottery will make its next transfer in October, after the first quarter of the next fiscal year. As of Monday, the education lottery had sold more than $216 million instant-w
Jun 29, 2006, 12:45 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot powered-up to $100 millionNews Story
Even though the grand prize was not hit in the Wednesday evening Powerball drawing, the game paid off big in multiple ways. There were three tickets that won $600,000 with the Power Play option in North Carolina (1), North Dakota (1), and South Carolina (1). In addition, two other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ball numbers in the states of North Carolina (1), and Nebraska (1). The jackpot for the Saturday, June 17th drawing will be $100 million with the cash option at $
Jun 15, 2006, 2:57 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery wins 1st Powerball border battleNews Story
Tar Heel state outsells S.C.; an N.C. ticket holder wins $200,000 North Carolina's lottery won its first head-to-head showdown with South Carolina's game this week. The Tar Heel state collected more than three times the cash in ticket sales than its southern neighbor during the run up to the first Powerball drawing involving both states. An N.C. lottery ticket holder also won big. Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in North Carolina won $200,000 in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, N.C. Ed
Jun 2, 2006, 7:51 am - Lottery News

$117 million S.D. Powerball winner contacts LotteryNews Story
The South Dakota Lottery was contacted Tuesday by a Pierre lawyer representing someone who claims to have the winning Powerball lottery ticket worth nearly $117 million. The attorney has shared some information about the ticket, some unique information about the ticket, that indicates it is likely a legitimate claim, said Mike Mueller, state lottery advertising and public relations director. The winning ticket for the May 17 drawing was sold in South Dakota's capital city, but no one has
May 25, 2006, 3:03 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery prohibits illegal aliens from collecting big prizesNews Story
The estimated 390,000 illegal aliens in North Carolina are welcome to spend money on the state's new lottery, but they may not be allowed to collect. Lottery officials said state law does not prohibit illegal aliens from collecting a prize, but the lottery's claim policies may effectively bar them from getting the money. N.C. lottery rules require a winner of $600 or more to claim their prize at a lottery office, showing a photo identification and proof of a Social Security number. If the
Apr 14, 2006, 1:42 pm - Lottery News

Newspaper to decline advertising from N.C. Lottery CommissionNews Story
Days before North Carolina launches its lottery with scratch-off ticket sales, television and radio ads are being rolled out across the state. But the publisher of one small paper in eastern North Carolina says he's not going to be taking any lottery advertising. A scam carried out by our state government is no less a scam, wrote Bart Adams, publisher and editor of The Daily Record of Dunn, in a column last week. And ads from the North Carolina Lottery Commission which will no doubt entice
Mar 27, 2006, 6:19 pm - Lottery News

Forklift operator wins N.D.'s biggest lottery prizeNews Story
Kevin Green was driving a forklift at work last week when he heard a North Dakota Powerball outlet had sold a $1 million ticket. He didn't think twice about the news, until he heard where the prize winner was sold at the Williston convenience store where Green normally buys his tickets. Green, who had bought 25 Powerball tickets before the March 15 drawing, began scanning the rows of numbers on the slips of paper he pulled from his pocket. I was looking down the line and nothin', nothin
Mar 22, 2006, 6:59 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $88 millionNews Story
Two $1 Million Power Play Prizes Won The Powerball jackpot continues to get bigger and bigger, exciting players from all across America. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 503,287 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.9 million in prizes in America's Game . Also, two lucky players in North Dakota and Oklahoma won $1 million each playing the Powerball add-on feature of Power Play. Their normal prize for matchng 5 white numbers of $200,000 was mult
Mar 16, 2006, 10:18 am - Lottery News