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N.J. Gov. Christie signs online gambling billNews Story
Internet gambling scores its biggest win New Jersey on Tuesday became the biggest state yet to allow regulated online gambling, establishing a template that proponents hope other states will follow for a business that federal authorities long treated as a criminal enterprise. The new law allows Atlantic City's casinos to run websites that take bets on games such as blackjack, slots and poker. It also could help legitimize online-gambling companies whose executives the U.S. Justice Departme
Feb 26, 2013, 9:30 pm - Lottery News

Hair stylists spar over $9.5M Hoosier Lotto jackpotNews Story
There is a developing prize fight over a $9.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot. An Indianapolis, Indiana, hair stylist says she won it all, but her co-workers say they pooled their money to buy the winning ticket, and they should split it. Now that jackpot is frozen until further notice. Eight stylists from an east side hair salon were feeling lucky when they chipped in on a work pool last week. One of those stylists bought the tickets for the group and then tickets for herself. When those wi
Feb 22, 2013, 4:06 pm - Lottery News

29 co-workers share $1 million Powerball prizeNews Story
GOOD WILL: Group votes to include absent pool members For at least the past five years, a group of information technology employees at Louisville's Humana headquarters have pitched in a few bucks every week to buy Powerball tickets. A retailer is located in the office tower next door to their building. The most they'd ever won was $16 until Wednesday night of last week, when the group matched all five white balls but not the Powerball to win $1 million. The excitement started Thursday afte
Feb 12, 2013, 4:25 pm - Lottery News

Ornery dog leads to $1M lottery winNews Story
A group of blue collar University of Utah workers will split $1 million in lottery winnings thanks to a set of keys left in a truck and an ornery little dog named Stella. Thirteen years after playing the same set of numbers every month in the Idaho lottery, the group of 33 workers who work on heating and cooling university buildings hit pay dirt when Steve Hughes left his truck running to keep his dog Stella warm while he went inside to a gas station near Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, on Jan. 6.
Feb 11, 2013, 8:10 am - Lottery News

Winning $217M Powerball ticket sold in VirginiaNews Story
By Todd Northrop Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in the Richmond, Va. airport for Wednesday night's drawing will wake up a multimillionaire. The Virginia Lottery said the ticket sold for Wednesday's $217 million drawing matched all five numbers plus the Powerball. The winning numbers were 5, 27, 36, 38, and 41, with Powerball number 12. In addition to the jackpot winner, 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Connecticut, 1 fr
Feb 8, 2013, 8:58 am - Lottery News

Multi-state Wild Card game to changeNews Story
By Todd Northrop Starting with the Wednesday night drawing, the multi-state Wild Card 2 lottery game will undergo some minor changes that will make the jackpots a little bigger, while making the game a little harder to win. Wild Card 2 is currently available to play in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. After somebody wins the jackpot, the new starting jackpot will be $200,000 doubling the old starting jackpot of $100,000. Also, players who win the second prize by matchin
Jan 15, 2013, 2:18 pm - Lottery News

Millions in lottery winnings go unclaimed each yearNews Story
It is hard for some to believe, but even as some Americans dream of hitting it big in the Lotto, Powerball, and Mega Millions jackpots, for some it might have happened and whizzed by unnoticed. Happens all the time, says Illinois Lottery chief Michael Jones. People misinterpret whether they won or lost. People misplace tickets all the time. Jones said the lottery estimates about one percent of all lottery prizes go unclaimed. And, considering the Illinois games raked in about $3 billion
Jan 15, 2013, 8:47 am - Lottery News

Psychic quits job after winning the lotteryNews Story
One of the United Kingdom's best-known psychics has packed away her crystal ball after winning a lotto jackpot. Beti Schulz, 71, landed 2.2 million (US$3.5 million) when her numbers came up in the UK National Lottery. Now, the clairvoyant has decided to retire after spending almost 40 years predicting the future. A pal said, Beti had a lot of fans and they are very disappointed that she is calling it a day. But they are also delighted for her because she has been so good to them. Pa
Jan 12, 2013, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot a mixed blessingNews Story
Sandra Hayes won millions in a Powerball jackpot, and now she is warning others to be careful what they wish for. She says she was both blessed and cursed with the big win. I make it a point to go to Hawaii every year, she says. Traveling is a passion Sandra Hayes could not afford when she was a single mother, studying for her second master's degree. Three student loans to repay, I'm like man there is no way I can do it, she said. That all changed in April of 2006, when Hayes and a
Jan 2, 2013, 8:09 pm - Lottery News

Beware of sharks swimming in your office lottery poolNews Story
Linda Sebastian enjoys her job , but she knows exactly what would happen if the members of her office lottery pool hit their numbers and won Wednesday's record $500 million Powerball jackpot. My group, we'd wipe our whole floor out, she laughed. There'd be nobody left in the office. Even her boss is a member of the pool. I tease him all the time, she said. I say, 'I'll meet you at the lottery headquarters.' But if you join an office lottery pool, you may want to consult a lawyer firs
Nov 28, 2012, 9:15 am - Lottery News