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Texas Lottery launches Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game this monthNews Story
Lottery tickets are all about the green, but the blue and silver will be added to the mix this month. The Texas Lottery Commission announced Monday that it will start a Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game Aug. 17. The $5 tickets will have cash prizes of up to $100,000 as well as chances to win packages that include a stadium suite, private tours, and airfare and tickets to an away game. The Cowboys tickets are part of a flood of new lottery games featuring National Football League teams. Leagu
Aug 4, 2009, 10:39 pm - Lottery News

New Hampshire crushes lottery winners with new 10% taxNews Story
Two $1M winners rush to get prizes before taxes skyrocket Will higher taxes have the wrong effect and reduce revenue to the state? The day before a massive 10 percent state tax on lottery prizes went into effect in the Granite State, two winners claimed separate $1 million jackpots something never before witnessed by a 20-year veteran of the lottery. Milford High School teacher John Kasparek, 42, of Brookline, took a lump sum cash payment of $650,000 before taxes after a NH Millionaire'
Jul 1, 2009, 8:11 pm - Lottery News

Conn. AG urges changes before allowing KenoNews Story
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal advised Connecticut legislators Monday to amend the state's memoranda of understanding with two federally recognized Indian tribes before attempting to legalize Keno in the state. He said the proposal to bring Keno to Connecticut, suggested last week by Gov. M. Jodi Rell as a way to raise about $60 million a year in new revenue, could risk the $400 million the casinos provide the state annually in slot machine revenues. Under that memoranda between the t
Jun 2, 2009, 6:48 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Update 1: May 28, 2009, 10:51 a.m. Update 2: May 28, 2009, 11:22 a.m. Someone is South Dakota has the one winning ticket in Wednesday night's $232.1 million Powerball jackpot. The prize, originally estimated at $222 million, came in higher than expected due to heavy sales around the country. Wednesday's winning Powerball numbers were 5, 6, 12, 16 and 21. The Powerball was 7 and the Power Play multiplier was 3. This is an absolute thrill, said Norm Lingle, executive director of th
May 28, 2009, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Connecticut man sues friend for share of lottery prizeNews Story
A Connecticut man is suing a friend for a share of a $1 million lottery jackpot. Armando Martins of Trumbull claims that he and Nuno Nascimento of Bridgeport had an agreement to buy lottery tickets every week and to share if they won. Martins says he gave his friend $75 each week to buy tickets. On April 1, Martins said he only has $74 for his share. The lawsuit says that evening one of the tickets that Nascimento bought at a local grocery store was a $1 million Powerball winne
May 15, 2009, 9:06 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut lottery agents protest cut in commissionsNews Story
More than 100 lottery agents from across the state came to Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill Thursday to protest a cut in ticket commissions by the Connecticut Lottery Corp. The agents, who represent businesses ranging from small convenience stores and gas stations to delis and grocery store chains, are frustrated by an act that state legislators passed in February that cut commissions from 5 percent to 4 percent as of April 1. The lottery corporation's board of directors stil
May 8, 2009, 11:30 am - Lottery News

N.Y. looks to join Powerball lotteryNews Story
The New York Lottery is seeking to enter the 32 jurisdictions currently selling the Powerball lottery as a way to increase state revenue and stop jackpot seekers from heading to other states to play. The New York Lottery is expected to get the go-ahead to enter Powerball through a provision in the 2009-10 state budget that allows the state to enter more than one multi-jurisdictional lottery. New York participates in the 12-state Mega Millions lottery. Lottery Director Gordon Medenica said
Apr 17, 2009, 1:06 am - Lottery News

Q&A with the CT Lottery CEONews Story
The Hartford Business Journal recently conducted an interview of the Connecticut Lottery CEO. Q: The lottery has a rich history in our country, dating back to the Revolutionary War when it was used to finance armaments. A legislator floated the idea of a super lottery for deficit reduction. Is there a lottery game out there that could generate $1 billion for the state in profit? Currently, our revenues to the state exceed a quarter-billion dollars annually. It is unlikely that there exists
Apr 14, 2009, 9:36 am - Lottery News

CT Lottery Sells Out Of 1549 After CrashNews Story
Hours after US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, the lottery number 1549 sold out in Connecticut. Lottery players who attempted to purchase a Play 4 ticket using the numbers 1549 Thursday night were told the number had sold out. Diane Patterson of the Connecticut Lottery said that it is possible for a number to sell out. Patterson said the state has an $8 million liability on the game. She said if a number is picked enough times where it reaches the liab
Jan 16, 2009, 7:25 am - Lottery News

Conn. man's last lotto ticket wins $10M for widowNews Story
On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family. Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury. On Friday, his widow cashed in one of the tickets: a $10 million winner which, in her grief over
Jan 4, 2009, 10:17 am - Lottery News