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Paul says to expect multistate lotto games by summerNews Story
Tennesseans hoping to try their luck at big multistate lottery games like Mega Millions or Powerball likely will get their wish by next summer, lottery chief Rebecca Paul said Tuesday.But before that can happen, the Tennessee lottery must first get the basics up and running -- including its own instant ticket and online gaming systems, Paul said in an interview with The Associated Press.Lottery officials have set a Feb. 10 start date for selling instant tickets -- a very, very aggressive schedu
Nov 5, 2003, 5:50 am - Lottery News

New games are boon for MichiganNews Story
Club Keno, the Michigan Lottery's first video game, sold more tickets than expected in its first week.Playing nearly around the clock in 752 bars and restaurants, customers bought $2,113,344 in Club Keno tickets through early Tuesday, Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters said. We're very pleased with the launch, he said.The Michigan Bureau of State Lottery had projected sales per terminal would average $2,000 in the first week starting Oct. 27. The actual figure: $2,810.Club Keno and a new paper-ti
Nov 5, 2003, 5:47 am - Lottery News

State plans to give lottery vendors prizes for ideas to increase salesNews Story
Illinois Lottery vendors can win prize money from a pot of $200,000 if they generate ideas on how to entice customers to buy more lottery tickets.Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is hoping the move will increase revenue for the state, which has been battling a roughly $5 billion deficit. The state-run games of chance have seen flat or declining sales in recent years.There are two sessions, one in Hillside on Nov. 12 and another in Springfield on Nov. 20, in which vendors can enter drawings
Nov 5, 2003, 5:37 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery to End Change GameNews Story
Lottery Post ExclusiveThe Michigan lottery will be ending the Change Play lottery game within two weeks.According to Stepheni Schlinker, Michigan Lottery Director of Public Relations, the last drawing of the Change Play game will take place on November 16.The game is being dropped from the Michigan Lottery game lineup because of poor sales. Sales dropped off over time, Schlinker said. When the game started in October 2002, it was selling about $400,000 per week. By September sales were down
Nov 4, 2003, 7:47 am - Lottery News

New Day, New Perspective for Winner of $175,000 Mega Millions PrizeNews Story
On Thursday, John Ferguson of Curlew, Washington was concerned about car payments, property taxes, and where he would find his next job.Oh, what a difference a day makes!Friday, Ferguson redeemed his winning Mega Millions ticket at the Washington Lottery's Spokane Office for his $175,000 prize and is planning visits to see his grandchildren in Alaska and California.Ferguson is the Washington Lottery's newest big Mega Millions winner. He won with a ticket for last Tuesday's drawing that he purch
Nov 4, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News

Maryland Evening Pick 3 Number-777 Pays Out $2.2 MillionNews Story
Hundreds of players are arriving at Lottery retail locations across Maryland to claim cash prizes they won in Wednesday's Pick 3 game.Initial reports indicate that players wagered $491,000 on the lucky number 777-which paid out $2.2 million in prizes or approximately 462 percent over the games ticket sales last night. The Lotterys total losses are nearly $1.8 million.Lucky players that wagered $1.00 straight on the last evenings Pick 3 game won $500.00 each.
Oct 31, 2003, 5:18 am - Lottery News

Longtime lottery player's $36 million ticket is worth the waitNews Story
Ever since she turned 18, Tanya Belair has played the Pennsylvania Lottery's jackpot games with mind-numbing regularity.She long ago stopped checking her $5 tickets after each drawing. Instead, the 29-year-old biologist from North Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, stockpiled her chances in a box, checking them en masse when the piles got too big.But that routine was interrupted Oct. 19 when her dad, Frederick, showed her a newspaper report that the winning Super 6 Lotto ticket from the previous
Oct 31, 2003, 5:09 am - Lottery News

Second Consecutive Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In IndianaNews Story
A winning Powerball ticket has been sold in Indiana for the second straight drawing.The Multi-State Lottery Association said one ticket was sold matching all five numbers and the Powerball in Wednesday's drawing, and it was sold in Indiana. That ticket wins the $10 million jackpot.The winning ticket was sold at a Tobacco Road Marathon station at 1541 W. Thompson Road on Indianapolis' southwest side.The numbers drawn were: 8, 19, 22, 34, 53 and Powerball 29.Earlier Wednesday, a Daviess County wo
Oct 31, 2003, 5:06 am - Lottery News

Another Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in IndianaNews Story
For the second time in four days Powerball paid off big for a player in Indiana.On Saturday a $190.9 million jackpot was split between two tickets; one purchased in Indiana and one in Minnesota. Wednesday night's $10 million jackpot was the 30th Powerball jackpot win for Indiana. There have been a total of 175 jackpot winners in the history of Powerball.The winning ticket holder for Wednesday night's draw now has a choice to make. They can take the $10 million annuity, which will be paid out
Oct 30, 2003, 5:28 am - Lottery News

Lottery sales net Wisconsin $37 million in property tax reliefNews Story
The sale of Wisconsin Lottery tickets grew 25 percent from July 1 through Sept. 30 the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the Wisconsin Lotterys acting director said this week.The state lottery posted sales of a little more than $124.8 million as compared to $99.6 million in the same period last year, Michael Edmonds said. The sales were spurred by an increasingly strong scratch ticket market, a popular new online game and a large Powerball jackpot.The $124.8 million in sales produces an
Oct 30, 2003, 5:23 am - Lottery News