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Powerball Jackpot Soars to $95 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 513,492 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $95 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, November 24 drawing will be an estimated $51.9 million.The numbers drawn were: 4, 29, 45, 48, 50 and the Powerball was 1. The Power Play multiplier was 2.Three players correctly matched the 5
Nov 23, 2004, 8:23 am - Lottery News

N.D. Eroding Minnesota Lottery SalesNews Story
The North Dakota Lottery has taken a bite out of Minnesota Lottery Powerball sales in border cities, according to a Minnesota Lottery official.Still, sales of scratch tickets -- which are not sold in North Dakota -- have kept several Moorhead retailers near the head of the pack for overall Minnesota lottery game sales, research analyst Todd Maki said from state lottery headquarters in Roseville.Sales on both sides of the Red River remained brisk Wednesday as players bought numbers for Wednesday
Oct 8, 2004, 10:17 am - Lottery News

GTech Profits UpNews Story
GTech Holdings Corp., the world's largest lottery systems operator, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose on new contracts, acquisitions and strong sales of its products.GTech, which provides services and equipment to the lottery industry in 45 countries and 25 U.S. states, said it benefited from new contracts in Spain, Italy, Jamaica and Mexico. The company also received a new ticket-vending machine contract in Maine and an extension in Oregon.GTech, which has a 70 percent share of the online
Sep 22, 2004, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot rockets to $84 millionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game just keeps on growing. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 469,680 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.2 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $84 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 18 drawing will be an estimated $45.7 million.The numbers drawn were: 1, 8, 17, 28, 50 and the Powerball was 2
Sep 17, 2004, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Maine Powerball sales strongNews Story
In a little less than 34 hours, Mainers gobbled up $536,191 worth of Powerball tickets to propel the state into the top three markets in the country for the game's Saturday night drawing.Pam Coutts, executive director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, said Monday that total sales for the new Powerball lottery game were actually $570,779, including tickets purchased for future drawings beyond Saturday's game. The huge response to the multimillion-dollar lottery game dis
Aug 3, 2004, 9:01 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery tickets go on sale in MaineNews Story
Eric Moody used to go to New Hampshire to buy Powerball lottery tickets. Now he goes to his neighborhood store.On Friday, Moody was among the first people to buy Powerball tickets at Joe s Smoke Shop when they went on sale in Maine for the first time. Moody, 52, knows the odds of winning the jackpot are 120 million to 1, but he likes the huge payouts -- which can be 100 times higher, or even more, than the Tri-State Megabucks lottery. Set for life, right? The jackpot is $54 million this weekend,
Aug 2, 2004, 9:55 am - Lottery News

Maine gears up for PowerballNews Story
Powerball tickets go on sale in Maine on FridayBarbara Lawrence works the pizza and sandwich counter at the Randolph Takeout, a convenience store with just about everything -- cold beer, graham cracker pie crusts, breath mints for the dog, blood worms and, yes, lottery tickets.Lawrence and her customers have been talking for weeks about the next big item for sale -- Powerball lottery tickets. I've already told everybody that I'll be the first winner from Maine, said Lawrence, 57, who's worked a
Jul 26, 2004, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Megabucks winner couldn’t believe her luckNews Story
The winner of a $2.9 million Tri-State Megabucks jackpot said when she found out the numbers on her ticket matched those for the July 7 drawing she couldnt believe she had really won.I didnt believe it. I put the ticket back on the counter and thought this cant be real, said Janet Suitter, 42, who later called the Park n Go store here to confirm that the numbers were indeed the winning combination.Yesterday, driving her new Nissan 350Z sports car, one of two vehicles she bought to celebrate winn
Jul 16, 2004, 8:09 am - Lottery News

Drawing error leads lottery officials to pay on two numbersNews Story
It is the state lotterys equivalent of a poker dealer forgetting a few cards from the deck.A missing nine ball led to lottery officials honoring two winning numbers for yesterday afternoons Tri-State Pick 3 game. The first numbers drawn were 7-2-2. When the mistake was caught, officials drew again: 1-9-9.Unfortunately, we cant prepare for every circumstance or happenstance, said Maura McCann, a spokesman for the lottery who has been doing the evening drawing for 15 years. It is very infrequent,
Jul 7, 2004, 9:21 am - Lottery News

$52 Powerball Jackpot Won by Ticket Purchased in PennsylvaniaNews Story
For the second time in May a ticket purchased in Pennsylvania won the Powerball jackpot. Saturday night's jackpot was worth $52 million.The winner will now have to decide between the 29-year, 30-payment annuity and the cash option worth $26.9 million. The winner will have 60 days after their ticket is validated to make that decision.In addition to the jackpot winner, 449,694 other Powerball players across the nation won a total of almost $3.8 million in cash prizes.The numbers drawn were: 1, 16
Jun 1, 2004, 12:58 pm - Lottery News