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Indiana Ticket Wins $19.9 Million Powerball Lottery JackpotNews Story
A Powerball ticket sold in Elwood, Indiana matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, entitling the holder to a $19.9 million jackpot, a Hoosier Lottery spokesman said.So far, no one has come forward to claim the prize. The winning ticket was sold at McClure Oil in Elwood, the spokesman said.The winning numbers drawn for the Powerball game Saturday were 9, 13, 27, 40, 53 and a Powerball number of 28.Also, 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 fr
Mar 7, 2005, 10:45 am - Lottery News

Delaware legislation eliminates computerized lottery drawingsNews Story
Bold action to restore credibility to Delaware lottery drawingsTwo key Delaware lawmakers have finished drafting a bill, which if enacted, will eliminate computerized lottery drawings in Delaware, and force the state lottery to conduct live drawings on TV and over the Internet.House Majority Leader Wayne A. Smith, R-Clair Manor, and Sen. Nancy W. Cook, D-Kenton, form the bipartisan sponsorship for this landmark piece of legislation.The bill directs the Delaware Lottery Office to hold live lotter
Feb 15, 2005, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Support eroding for Maine Gov.'s lottery planNews Story
A Democratic state senator from Portland is breaking ranks with Gov. John Baldacci on the governor's plan to help balance the state budget by selling future lottery revenue. But it remains to be seen if that defection is isolated or the first sign that support is crumbling within the governor's party.Sen. Ethan Strimling, one of 19 Democrats in the 35-member Senate, said Wednesday he cannot support borrowing $250 million from an investor and repaying it by selling lottery revenue. Strimling said
Feb 10, 2005, 1:27 pm - Lottery News

Group finds winning lottery ticket a month after the drawingNews Story
A lottery pool of shop workers who play the UK Lotto spoke today of their delight at discovering that an unchecked lottery ticket left in their office was worth 5 million (US$9.4 million).The winning ticket was found in a plastic cup a full month after the lucky workers numbers came up in the Christmas Eve Lotto Superdraw, matching numbers 15, 19, 24, 36, 37 and 49.The 12 members of the pool, who worked at Pennys clothes shop and Penmark Cards, in Allestree, Derbyshire, could not conceal their
Jan 26, 2005, 10:47 am - Lottery News

New Delaware Lotto Game to be Launched Amid Concerns Over DrawingsNews Story
While the Delaware Lottery is launching its new Multi-Win Lotto game on Thursday, lawmakers will be continuing work on a measure stipulating that the lottery must convert back to mechanical drawing machines and live television broadcasts.But lottery officials say their high-tech system provides top security and ensures the offerings remain games of chance.Inside lottery headquarters in Dover, an auditor from an outside firm and state lottery office personnel gather in a secure room to draw the n
Jan 22, 2005, 1:05 am - Lottery News

California liquor store waiting for mystery lottery winnerNews Story
Millions of dollars were awaiting an anonymous lotto ticket holder Thursday as the owners of Valencia Liquor made preparations to greet California's latest midweek SuperLotto Plus winner.As of late afternoon, a Quick Pick holder with the numbers 2, 9, 27, 30, 45 and mega-number 13, won the $10 million prize but had yet to make a claim at the Newhall liquor store, where two other big winners claimed some serious cash in the past. It's a good possibility that that person is working and hasn't chec
Jan 21, 2005, 3:39 pm - Lottery News

Washington Mega Millions lottery player is lucky 10 times overNews Story
Seattle man takes home $1.75 million with multiple winning ticketsArchie Herring of Seattle, Washington just missed winning this weeks huge $130 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, correctly guessing five of the six numbers drawn but missing the all-important Mega Ball number.He is crying all the way to the bank.Herring, 68, played his five-number combination on 10 separate tickets, each one good for a second prize of $175,000, or a total of $1.75 million.Herring brought his winning tickets i
Jan 21, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Landmark bill would ban computerized lottery drawings in DelawareNews Story
LANDMARK: Could we be seeing the beginning of the end of computerized lottery drawings?Lottery Post sincerely hopes so, and hopefully we have had a part to play in the genesis of this important bill. We encourage all of our readers to support this bill, and identify it throughout the United States as a model for every state to follow.A bipartisan duo of lawmakers said Wednesday they intend to push a bill to require the Delaware state lottery to abandon a computer that picks winning lottery numb
Jan 20, 2005, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Bangladeshi housemaid wins record Jordan lottery jackpotNews Story
A Bangladeshi housemaid was reportedly the sole winner of Jordan's New Year lottery, netting record pre-tax prize money of 350,000 dollars.It was the largest payout in the history of the lottery, which is run by the general union of charitable organisations, the official Petra news agency said.Mohammad Abdel Malek, 57, had been working in Jordan for 23 years, one of tens of thousands of Asians employed in the kingdom on wages of as little as 100 dollars a month.But the lucky winner will have to
Jan 6, 2005, 2:09 pm - Lottery News

Audit finds gaps in Oregon Lottery securityNews Story
A state audit has concluded that the Oregon Lottery should tighten user access to computer data and improve security at employee workstations.The points were raised in an annual financial audit that the state Audits Division released Wednesday. The audit found no major problems for the year ending in mid-2004 but brought up a few issues that require management's attention, the audit said.A letter accompanying the audit said that Oregon Lottery managers should review computer-access rights when
Jan 6, 2005, 12:09 pm - Lottery News