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Dream big: Mega jackpot for tonight is $103 millionNews Story
Lottery business for the Mega Millions $103 million jackpot drawing tonight was unusually slow in downtown Detroit on Monday due largely to the closure of federal government offices, banks and financial markets for the Presidents' Day holiday. But Hisham Haydous, manager of Wally's Convenience and Deli in the Murphy-Telegraph Building near Shelby and Congress, said things will be different today as workers return to their jobs. Many customers don't even play the Mega Millions lottery unti
Feb 17, 2009, 8:50 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery's raffle drawing is finally hereNews Story
After seeing all the other raffle-drawing states crown their millionaires during the holiday season, New Jersey lottery players may have gotten restless. But tonight is now their night. The full list of winning numbers for the Jersey Jackpot Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's New Jersey Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/nj). Jersey Jackpot Raffle, a short-term raffle-style game, will make 1,216 lucky players richer, with prizes ranging from $250 up to the top $2 milli
Jan 21, 2009, 8:33 pm - Lottery News

Calif. Lottery introducing new game showNews Story
After nearly 24 years and millions in prizes, the California Lottery is replacing its Big Spin television game show with what it hopes will be a more attractive, four-part successor, Make Me a Millionaire. The weekly half-hour show will air for the first time Saturday on 10 stations in the same 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. time bracket as The Big Spin. Over the years, in the realm of game shows, we've seen a lot of newer, more exciting shows come along, said Alex Traverso, a lottery spokesman. This
Jan 16, 2009, 8:27 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

Minnesota Lottery draws winning numbers in raffleNews Story
The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Thursday for its special Millionaire Raffle drawing. The full set of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Minnesota Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mn). Millionaire Raffle is the third annual holiday raffle game from the Minnesota State Lottery. Players purchased tickets for $10 each. Tickets went on sale Oct. 19 and were completely sold out by Dec. 28. The raffle has sold out in each of its three years.
Jan 1, 2009, 11:00 pm - Lottery News

Rhode Island Lottery celebrates first raffle drawingNews Story
Rhode Island didn't have any trouble selling out its first-ever raffle game. The drawing was held last night, and the full list of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Rhode Island Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ri). With only 120,000 tickets available for sale, the state Lottery Commission proclaimed the New Year's Eve drawing as having the best odds among New England lotteries to win $1 million. Tickets for the raffle cost $20 each. In addition to the
Jan 1, 2009, 10:55 pm - Lottery News

Florida Lottery Raffle drawing crowns 9 new millionairesNews Story
One million Florida Lottery tickets had a shot at winning $1 million, and nine of those are officially chosen as the big winners. Lottery players anxiously waiting to see if they are now among the wealthy can check their tickets at Lottery Post's Florida Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/fl). With only 1 million tickets available for the raffle, Florida lottery ticket buyers had a better chance of winning a million dollars than with any other game offered in the state. The
Dec 31, 2008, 5:29 pm - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery raffle made a millionaire tonightNews Story
Idaho Lottery conducts first USA holiday raffle drawing of 2008 The Idaho Lottery conducted its $1,000,000 Raffle drawing Tuesday evening, and created one instant millionaire. The winning numbers are available Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/id). In addition to the $1 million top prize, there will be four winners of $15,000, 500 winners of $300, and 150 winners of $100. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments. A total of 250,000 tickets were avail
Dec 31, 2008, 1:12 am - Lottery News

National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000News Story
A systems failure at the lottery operator Camelot caused terminals in shops to crash as they tried to issue tickets for the main Lotto draw and even halted Internet sales. The dramatic reduction in takings for the post-Christmas draw caused the jackpot to be trimmed from the 4.2 million (US$6.1 million) estimated on Christmas Eve to 3.4m (US$5m). Camelot apologized publicly after the problem which may also have prevented a potential jackpot winner from buying a ticket. A single player w
Dec 29, 2008, 9:54 am - Lottery News

Winners share $3 billion in Spain's El Gordo lotteryNews Story
Economic woes eased for thousands in Spain on Monday as the Christmas lottery billed among the world's richest dished out some 2.32 billion (US$3.23 billion) in prizes. The top prize of the lottery dubbed El Gordo (The Fat One) went to holders of tickets bearing the number 32365 which appears on 1,950 tickets, each winning 300,000 (US$418,000). Thousands of others cashed in on runner-up prizes. The top number was sung out at just after noon Monday by pupils of Madrid's Saint Ildefonso Scho
Dec 23, 2008, 9:06 am - Lottery News