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Kentucky lottery sales fall, but still exceed forecastNews Story
Tennessee games cut into revenue The year-old Tennessee Lottery continues to have less impact on Kentucky Lottery revenues than expected, with ticket sales for the first six months of fiscal 2004-05 down just 8 percent from the same period last year.Sales from July 1 through Dec. 31, 2004, were $20 million higher than forecast last spring, when officials were still trying to gauge the impact of the competing Tennessee Lottery, directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corp. learned at a meeting late las
Jan 25, 2005, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Florida Lottery set to roll out changesNews Story
The Florida Lottery will implement a series of changes January 31, including new lottery machines, changes to the Pick 4 game, and new game called Grouper.The new game Grouper is really a new way to play Florida lottery games, rather than being a new game itself. When players purchase a Grouper ticket, they pay $5 for quick picks of five existing games and get a sixth quick pick -- for free -- of a randomly selected game.On the same day Grouper sales begin, lottery retailers throughout the stat
Jan 24, 2005, 11:45 am - Lottery News

Jackpot runner-up says lottery officials reneged on settlement offerNews Story
A 57-year-old Fayetteville, Tenn., man who sued the Tennessee Lottery after its first, and to date only, $1 million drawing last summer said he feels doubly cheated after a series of talks with lottery officials left him with no settlement agreement.Dennis Perry, who won the $10,000 third-place prize, claimed in his lawsuit that mistakes during the drawing may have cost him the top prize.The rules for the June 26 drawing at Opry Mills stated that the three contestants would randomly pick an enve
Jan 20, 2005, 5:54 pm - Lottery News

Triple 8's Still Hot in Virginia LotteryNews Story
Virginia Lottery players are once again coming out ahead.Just two weeks to the day since 8-8-8 was drawn in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 game, the exact same order combination was drawn in Monday's Pick 3 day drawing.That means that every player who wagered $1.00 on the Exact Order combination won the top prize of $500. When you add it all up, Virginia Lottery players wagered a total of $363,310 for the Monday, January 10, 2005 Pick 3 day drawing, and they won a total of $1,005,025 in prizes!
Jan 11, 2005, 8:18 am - Lottery News

A couple of NY Lottery millionairesNews Story
Kicking off the New Year, the New York Lottery made two instant millionaires: Louise and Hamed Ganemtore, winners of $1 million instant game, and Cliff and Arlene Maxwell, who hit Lotto for $40 million on Quick Pick ticket four days before Christmas.The New Year's first lottery millionaire is spending his fortune on a reunion that will be priceless.Hamed Ganemtore, 34, and his wife, Louise, 25, have not seen their two young children since the couple moved to the Bronx from Burkina Faso, West Afr
Jan 4, 2005, 2:30 pm - Lottery News

Ohio player nets $208,000 in Rolling Cash 5 lottery gameNews Story
James Gray of Campbell, Ohio won the top $291,000 prize in the Dec. 28 Rolling Cash 5 game.The Mahoning County resident matched all five numbers for his win. He filed a claim in the Youngstown regional office Thursday afternoon.After taxes totaling 28.5 percent, Gray will receive a check for $208,065.Rather than choosing his own numbers, Gray let the lottery machine select Quick Pick numbers.The winning numbers were 2-14-19-21-34. He bought the winning ticket from Smoker Friendly Cigar Express
Jan 4, 2005, 12:33 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Cash Ball player wins 5 jackpots totaling $1 millionNews Story
Santa Claus arrived two days late for a lucky someone who stopped by the Thorntons store at 5318 Preston Highway on Monday and paid $5 for five plays on the Kentucky Lottery's Cash Ball.In what lottery officials described as a relatively unusual maneuver, the person picked the same numbers on all five plays: 11, 14, 21, 24 and, for the Cash Ball, 22.Those five numbers were drawn Monday night, earning the lucky player a whopping $1 million from the five $200,000 top Cash Ball prizes.The odds of m
Dec 29, 2004, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Satellite failure stops Nebraska lottery ticket salesNews Story
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $127 million. But Nebraska lottery players can't buy a ticket.According to Nebraska Lottery, communication between the Nebraska Lottery and retailers was interrupted early Sunday morning after a communications satellite failed. We regret the inconvenience to our retailers and customers, said acting Lottery Director Jim Haynes in a news release Sunday. This is an example of circumstances beyond anyone's control, and every effort is being made to resolve the
Nov 30, 2004, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto Soars to $50 MillionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers drawn Wednesday night, lottery officials said Thursday, pushing the jackpot to $50 million, the largest in more than a year.Wednesday's numbers were 6, 10, 20, 33, 35 and 51.Among the smaller prizes:151 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,370.50 apiece.9,070 tickets matched four numbers for $72.50.180,660 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The previous largest jackpot was $75 million on July 26, 2003, which was split by two winners.Fantasy 5Me
Nov 19, 2004, 11:59 am - Lottery News

$40 Million: Florida Lotto Continues to GrowNews Story
Florida Lotto players have another chance to become a mega-millionaire.There were no winners in Saturday's lotto drawing. The next Flotida Lotto drawing will be held Wednesday, November 17, at 11 p.m. EST, with an estimated $40 million jackpot.More than 168,000 players won cash prizes for matching three, four or five numbers. Prize payouts were as follows:124 players matched five numbers and each won $5,846.50.7,651 players matched four numbers and each won $77.160,637 players matched three nu
Nov 15, 2004, 9:22 am - Lottery News