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Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.News Story
Largest Powerball prize ever in New Mexico Lottery offers advice to winner The New Mexico Lottery announced Saturday that it sold the winning ticket for the $200 million Powerball jackpot prize drawn earlier that evening. It was the only winning ticket nationwide. The massive jackpot is the largest Powerball prize ever won in New Mexico. The winning numbers were 13, 24, 29, 40, 52 and the red Powerball number was 29. The Power Play number was 4. The numbers were drawn Saturday
Sep 28, 2008, 7:32 pm - Lottery News

Sweet dreams in hard times add to lottery salesNews Story
When gasoline prices shot up this year, Peggy Seemann thought about saving the $10 she spends weekly on lottery tickets. But the prospect that the $10 could become $100 million or more was too appealing. So rather than stop buying Mega Millions tickets, Ms. Seemann, 50, who lives in suburban Chicago and works in advertising sales for a financial Web site, saved money instead by packing her lunch a few days a week, keeping alive her dreams of hitting a jackpot and retiring as a multimillionair
Sep 14, 2008, 9:49 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $102 millionNews Story
N.C. player wins $800,000 Power Play prize The jackpot in America's Game is growing. With no winner of Saturday's $92 million jackpot, the top prize in Wednesday's drawing is now $102 million. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday evening, 1 lucky ticket in North Carolina purchased with the Power Play option matched all 5 white numbers and won an $800,000 cash prize. Four tickets additional tickets from the states of Connecticut, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, pur
Sep 7, 2008, 10:07 am - Lottery News

Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rulesNews Story
Changes to coincide with addition of Florida in January; Jackpots to start at $20 million Powerball, arguably the world's best known jackpot lottery game, will be making changes to the game with the addition of Florida in January. The multi-state game will add some white ball numbers and will remove some red ball numbers, to accomodate the increase in number of players once Florida joins the game. If the number matrix is not changed, the jackpot would be hit too often, and it would not re
Aug 12, 2008, 9:57 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery sets sales recordNews Story
The Connecticut Lottery Corp. says it set a record during the last fiscal year with $998.5 million in sales. The state received $283 million of that for its General fund, about $4.5 million more than expected. The Lottery says sales were up by 4.3 percent or $41.5 million over the 2007 fiscal year, and contributions to the state rose by 1.4 percent, or $4 million. Scratch ticket sales showed the largest gain, up $24 million from fiscal 2007.
Jul 15, 2008, 10:11 pm - Lottery News

Three men charged with stealing $1M from lottery winnerNews Story
North Branford, Connecticut, police have arrested three men for allegedly stealing $1 million in cash from a man who hit the lottery more than 20 years ago. Police say the North Branford resident kept his winnings in a home safe. Police say two of the three East Haven men arrested are the grandson and son-in-law of the alleged victim. The money was apparently taken during two thefts in November but the victim, not identified by police, didn't notice the money was missing from his safe
Feb 27, 2008, 7:50 am - Lottery News

'Most dangerous' sex offender wins $10M lottery jackpotNews Story
A convicted Level 3 sex offender has won $10 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery. The Worcester Gazette Telegram reports 56-year-old Daniel Snay, of Uxbridge, could now face charges because he failed to notify authorities that he had moved, according to Connecticut State Police. I'm flabbergasted, Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance told the Telegram. His whereabouts, until you told me about this, have been unknown to us. But I guess you could say he's very fortunate. S
Feb 10, 2008, 9:15 pm - Lottery News

Court: elderly sisters' gambling pact forces lottery jackpot splitNews Story
The Connecticut Appeals Court has ruled a 1995 pact struck by two widowed sisters to split each other's future gambling winnings is still binding despite the fact they no longer speak to one another. The decision paves the way for a public family feud pitting Theresa Sokaitis, 81, against Rose Bakaysa, 85, over a $500,000 Powerball jackpot Bakaysa hit on June 18, 2005, but doesn't want to share with her estranged sibling. Sokaitis is suing Bakaysa for breach of contract. Bakaysa's attorney
Feb 5, 2008, 12:36 am - Lottery News

Connecticut postal worker 'set for life'News Story
Special delivery for post office employee A Manchester, Connecticut, resident and postal worker is set for life. Ken Brenton won the Connecticut Lottery's new scratch and win game Set for Life. Brenton said after getting his hair cut Tuesday he walked a few doors down the street and bought two scratch tickets at the Forest Package Store. When neither ticket yielded any prizes, he opted to buy one more. Scratching the ticket, Brenton revealed a number 3 and noticed it matched the
Sep 28, 2007, 12:20 pm - Lottery News

Mass. Gov. promises to protect lottery revenueNews Story
Seeking to nullify a major complaint about expanded gaming, Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick is pledging to protect state Lottery revenues from being ravaged by casinos. As part of his proposal to establish three casino resorts, including one in Western Massachusetts, Patrick said he will hold harmless the state Lottery, a major source of state aid to cities and towns. The governor said he would cover any loss in lottery revenues with money from a proposed annual 27 percent tax
Sep 26, 2007, 10:52 am - Lottery News