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Kentucky Lottery has record revenuesNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. had a record $744 million in revenues, or total ticket sales, in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to year-end figures. The brisk sale of tickets for interactive, scratch-off games offset a decline in tickets sold for online, or computerized, games, including Powerball, Pick 3 and Pick 4. Those sales suffered, in part, because there was only one large Powerball jackpot, which was hit at $254 million last January. Some tickets for the interactive games se
Jul 30, 2007, 8:32 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery to begin Sunday draws in MayNews Story
A new Pick 10 game is also on the way For the first time in its 33-year history, the Ohio Lottery plans to hold Sunday drawings. Adding Sunday drawings to the daily Pick 3, Pick 4 and Rolling Cash 5 games will mean additional sales of $26 million to $34 million next year, with increased profits of $10.9 million to $14.3 million, lottery director Mike Abouserhal said at a Commissioners meeting in March. Commission members were briefed on the specifics of the new draws at the April 16 com
Apr 17, 2007, 7:39 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery tickets sold in vending machinesNews Story
Like chips and soda, now you can buy North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets from vending machines. The lottery began installing 500 machines statewide last week. The vending machines sell 24 games costing $1 to $10 each. Many will go into supermarkets including Food Lion and Lowes Foods, said Alice Garland, lottery deputy executive director. Some will land in convenience stores with high ticket sales to free up clerks. Vending machines are not new to state lotteries. Maryland has us
Apr 10, 2007, 11:13 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery panel rejects new Gov.'s call for smaller prizesNews Story
Ohio Lottery Commission officials say a recommendation from Ohio's new Governor that they reduce prizes to give their profits a boost would have the opposite effect. Lottery officials responded yesterday to a report from Gov. Ted Strickland's transition advisers that said the lottery has an inordinately high percentage of prize payouts. The advisory panel last month asked lottery commissioners to consider scaling back the 59 percent it returned in prizes, which was higher in 2004 than w
Feb 13, 2007, 9:21 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery halts Pick 4 betting on final score of Buckeyes gameNews Story
Ohio Lottery players were betting that the numbers 4114 would be luckier for them than the Buckeyes. So many people placed wagers based on the 41-14 final score of Florida's victory over Ohio State in the national championship game that the lottery stopped players from choosing the numbers Tuesday morning, spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said. The lottery automatically stops players from selecting numbers for the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games once the potential payout reaches $6 million, Kilbane sai
Jan 10, 2007, 10:57 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery adds Sunday drawingsNews Story
In an effort to ward off losses to North Carolina, the Virginia Lottery is adding Sunday drawings, starting this weekend. Competition south of the border will cut into Virginia Lottery profits this year, but new games could limit the losses to North Carolina. You don't want to sit still and watch that flattening of sales occur, said Sheila Hill-Christian, executive director of the State Lottery Department. The North Carolina lottery, started last year, could lop profits $50 million, d
Jan 5, 2007, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

Luck pays off for a whole lot of Maryland Lottery playersNews Story
Lottery players sometimes prove a quirky and superstitious bunch, picking their numbers on sentimental value (a birthday, anniversary or just plain lucky number) and loyally playing the same game, using the same numbers, at the same store. But would one person play a favorite set of numbers in the same game 15 times in a single day? An oddity to be sure, lottery officials say but not unheard of. And that is their best guess about what happened in Saturday's Bonus Match 5 game which y
Dec 28, 2006, 1:22 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery starts Pick 5 game FridayNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery turns seven months old next week, and its players continue to try and cash in. On Oct. 6, the Carolina Pick 3, a game that has a top prize of $500 and operates similarly to Powerball but gives players a better chance to win, was released. On Friday, the Carolina Cash 5 game will be released. Tracy Montgomery, a cashier at Spinx convenience store in Kinston, said lottery sales have skyrocketed since the release of the Pick 3 game. We've sold more
Oct 24, 2006, 7:48 am - Lottery News

N.C. Powerball lottery winner had to disconnect phoneNews Story
Count Roxboro, North Carolina, resident Willie Scott among the fans of the still-growing North Carolina Education Lottery. Of course, it helps that Scott still is counting his money. It's great, said Scott, who recently won $800,000 in a Powerball drawing. It's the best thing because a lot of money was going out of state, but now that money is staying in the state to help with education. Even with big winners such as Scott claiming life-altering prizes, the lottery has generated
Oct 18, 2006, 7:58 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery Celebrates One Year AnniversaryNews Story
Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of the beginning of the Oklahoma Lottery. Lottery officials say it's been an excellent year, even though sales are lagging slightly behind projections. This year, Oklahomans won more than $129 million. So far, more than $68 million has been transferred to Oklahoma education. Lottery Commission Executive Director Jim Scroggins says the lottery is expected to generate $123 million this year for education. But before it started, lottery supporters e
Oct 12, 2006, 3:51 pm - Lottery News