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N.C. lottery excitement: first Powerball jackpot winnerNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket this week in North Carolina is $74.5 million richer this morning. Powerball officials say one winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn Wednesday night was sold this week. That ticket was sold in North Carolina, although there is no word this morning where that ticket was purchased. The winning numbers were 2, 8, 9, 12 and 19, with the Powerball number of 25. The Power Play multiplier was 3. This is the first Powerball jackpot won w
Nov 30, 2006, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Millionaire lottery ticket trash-diver keeps most of prizeNews Story
The million-dollar question has been the talk of the town for months: Should an 83-year-old Blackstone man share winnings from a discarded Massachusetts Lottery jackpot-winning ticket with the man who said he accidentally threw it away? When Edward St. John found the $1 million ticket last October after sifting through a trash can at local convenience store, his answer was a resounding no. But the family of Kevin Donovan , who said he tossed the Hold 'em Poker scratch ticket, took matters t
Aug 28, 2006, 10:20 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery makes contingency plans for takeoverNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission began laying the groundwork Wednesday to take over the $95 million-a-year operation historically carried out by a private corporation in the event that the state is no longer satisfied with its work. Officials made clear that the prospect of the lottery severing its 14-year relationship with Rhode Island-based Gtech Corp. was highly remote. But they also expressed deep concerns over recent reports that the gaming giant, which is soon to be sold to the Italian f
Aug 18, 2006, 3:15 pm - Lottery News

Florida lottery backs GTECH-Lottomatica dealNews Story
The Florida lottery has agreed to the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH Holdings Corp by Italy's Lottomatica, Lottomatica said on Wednesday. Lottomatica plans to buy GTECH in a $5 billion deal that would create the world's biggest lottery operator. One of the deal conditions laid down by Lottomatica is that it would not lose GTECH's lottery operating concessions in the United States. Lottomatica said in a statement that GTECH had been informed of Florida's backing for the dea
Aug 16, 2006, 12:18 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery backs GTECH, Lottomatica dealNews Story
The Ohio lottery has confirmed that the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH by Italy's Lottomatica would not hurt GTECH's lottery concession there, Lottomatica said on Thursday. Lottomatica plans to buy GTECH in a $5 billion deal that would create the world's biggest lottery operator, but one of the deal conditions laid down by Lottomatica is that it would not lose GTECH's lottery operating concessions in the United States. Illinois, New York, Missouri, California, Michigan and
Aug 11, 2006, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Massachusetts man becomes first Ca$hola winnerNews Story
A Massachusetts man is $450,000 richer after he became the first person to win a new multi-state slot game. Richard Keels of Boston's Mattapan neighborhood won $709,000 Sunday at Lincoln Park. He chose a one-time cash payout of $454,000, according to the Rhode Island Lottery. Keels won Ca$hola, the nation's first multistate progressive slot jackpot. It links slots at Lincoln Park and Newport Grand in Rhode Island with those in Delaware and West Virginia. Part of the money gambled at each m
Aug 1, 2006, 9:30 am - Lottery News

GTECH sale closer as more states approveNews Story
The sale of West Greenwich-based GTECH Holdings Corp. to Italian lottery giant Lottomatica SpA this week inched toward completion. Lottomatica said that the state lotteries would continue existing contracts with GTECH, which it plans to buy in a $5 billion deal that would create the world's biggest lottery operator. Lottomatica had asked various U.S. states to confirm that the deal would not hurt existing lottery concessions when it launched the takeover earlier this year. Most states
Jul 28, 2006, 9:48 am - Lottery News

First Ever Multi-State Video Lottery Game Up and RunningNews Story
Jackpot Over $540,000 and Growing The lotteries of Delaware, Rhode Island, and West Virginia have begun operation of America's first multi-state video lottery game. Ca$hola (pronounced cash-O-lah) features a shared prize pool that will create the progressive jackpot game for players in all three states; a jackpot that currently has an annuity value of over $540,000 and grows until won. Sales of the Ca$hola game have begun at video lottery terminals (VLT's) located at tracks in the thr
Jul 26, 2006, 5:23 pm - Lottery News

Sale of Illinois Lottery could start a trendNews Story
If Illinois privatizes its lottery system, investors and public officials in other states will closely watch the groundbreaking move with an eye toward repeating it, a gaming industry leader predicted Wednesday. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat running for a second term in November, announced Tuesday a proposal to sell off or lease the state's lottery system to private investors in order to bolster school funding. He said the state could get $10 billion out of the deal and use the money to fu
May 25, 2006, 9:48 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $100 millionNews Story
The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to grow to the delight of players all over the country. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 503,503 players across the nation won a total of more than $5 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $100 million for Saturday night's drawing. The cash option for the Saturday, May 13th drawing will be an estimated $44.7 million. The numbers dra
May 11, 2006, 12:24 pm - Lottery News