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Unclaimed UK Lottery Prizes Soar to £100m RecordNews Story
Unclaimed UK National Lottery prize money rose to a record 100 million (US$182 million) last year, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport confirmed today.The figure the highest since the game was launched was up from 73 million (US$133 million) the previous year.After 180 days all unclaimed prize money plus the interest accrued goes to the National Lottery Distribution Fund, the DCMS said.The money is then allocated to good causes around the country.Lottery operator Camelot said the un
Jun 17, 2005, 2:03 pm - Lottery News

Delaware bill would legalize sports gamblingNews Story
A bill was introduced in the Delaware General Assembly May 31 that, if passed, would allow sports gambling in Delaware making it the only state east of the Mississippi where sports wagering would be legal.Under the legislation, businesses could apply for gambling licenses through the Delaware State Lottery office, allowing them to take bets on sport events such as football or baseball games.The bill, SB 135, is sponsored by state Sen. George H. Bunting, D-Ocean View.If passed, individuals coul
Jun 15, 2005, 2:33 pm - Lottery News

Fortune cookie bet made Powerball lottery players richNews Story
Powerball lottery officials suspected fraud: how could 110 players in the March 30 drawing get five of the six numbers right? That made them all second-prize winners, and considering the number of tickets sold in the 29 states where the game is played, there should have been only four or five.Many different brands of fortune cookies come from Wonton Food's Long Island City factory.But from state after state they kept coming in, the one-in-three-million combination of 22, 28, 32, 33, 39.It took s
May 11, 2005, 11:23 am - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery to add Keno-style gameNews Story
The Massachusetts State Lottery is betting that restaurant and bar patrons will try their luck at virtual horse racing, a Keno-style game played on video monitors.Each animated race will last about a minute and feature 12 numbered horses circling the track as a fast-talking announcer describes the action. Details are still being worked out, but lottery officials are planning to stage races every 15 minutes, with a minimum bet of $2. Players could bet much as they would at the racetrack, with w
Apr 6, 2005, 8:37 am - Lottery News

Single mother's 'clairvoyant' £9m lottery winNews Story
A single mother has walked off with a 9 million lotto win after a clairvoyant said she would have a big win .Divorced mother-of-one Sharon Creighton was told in a letter from the medium that she was due a big win just weeks before winning last Saturday's rollover National Lottery jackpot.Mrs Creighton, 40, told a press conference today: The clairvoyant that sent me a letter did say I'd have one big win and in the future have two smaller wins. That was about a month ago. It was in letters th
Feb 15, 2005, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Long-awaited lottery number comes upNews Story
A long-awaited lottery number, whose failure to be drawn in nearly two years was blamed for suicides and other family tragedies, finally made its appearance in Venice in Italy's highly popular lotto game.Frenzy over the number, 53, which was drawn in Venice's lottery Wednesday evening, had driven countless Italians to spend large sums on the biweekly lotteries, convinced, every time, the number would be picked out of the basket.Venice is one of several cities which participate in the lotto, and
Feb 10, 2005, 2:00 pm - Lottery News

N.H. lottery chief says $20 ticket price will not be high enoughNews Story
A doubling of the top-priced scratch ticket sold by the New Hampshire lottery would trigger increased sales for only the next two to three years, the states lottery chief warned Wednesday.Sweepstakes Commission Executive Director Rick Wisler advised lawmakers they could avoid a return trip by amending a bill and permitting the eventual top-priced ticket to go from $10 to $25.The lottery would go to the higher-priced ticket over a period of many years, he stressed.We manage our (top-rate) price p
Jan 27, 2005, 11:57 am - Lottery News

Washington Mega Millions lottery player is lucky 10 times overNews Story
Seattle man takes home $1.75 million with multiple winning ticketsArchie Herring of Seattle, Washington just missed winning this weeks huge $130 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, correctly guessing five of the six numbers drawn but missing the all-important Mega Ball number.He is crying all the way to the bank.Herring, 68, played his five-number combination on 10 separate tickets, each one good for a second prize of $175,000, or a total of $1.75 million.Herring brought his winning tickets i
Jan 21, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Wash. Lottery considers adding third weekly drawingNews Story
Lotto and Quinto players may get a third chance to strike it rich each week.The Washington Lottery Commission will meet at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today to consider adding a drawing on Mondays for the flagship Lotto and Quinto games.Presently, drawings are conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays.If approved, the new rule would take effect immediately.Ceil Buddeke, legal counsel for the Lottery Commission, hopes the extra draw day will increase player interest and revenue for the state
Jan 20, 2005, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Ex-cop told to lie to claim Illinois Lottery prizeNews Story
Ron Smith was surprised to learn in August that he was banned from claiming a $995 Illinois Lottery prize because he had been working a security job with the state agency that oversees horse tracks.He continued to be amazed a couple of weeks later when a Lottery staffer called and asked him if he wanted to travel to Springfield and claim the cash on an apparent wink-and-nod basis. A telephone message later left at his house told him he could get the cash in Des Plaines, closer to his Will County
Jan 18, 2005, 9:21 am - Lottery News