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Intralot wins Idaho Lottery from larger rival GtechNews Story
The Idaho Lottery will have a new vendor starting next February after a Greek company that's expanding in the U.S. won a $30 million contract to run the state's scratch ticket and online gaming system from a larger rival. Intralot USA, a Georgia-based unit of Athens, Greece-based Intralot, beat out Rhode Island-based GTech by promising better service for instance, Idaho's online games, including Powerball, will run 24 hours a day under Intralot, up from the previous 22 hours and a more-at
May 3, 2006, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $174 millionNews Story
No one hit the Powerball lottery jackpot Saturday, but 800,964 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.6 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $174 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, April 5th drawing will be an estimated $80.4 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 1, 10, 23, 50, 55, and the Powerball was 29. The Power Play multiplier was 3. Eigh
Apr 3, 2006, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $88 millionNews Story
Two $1 Million Power Play Prizes Won The Powerball jackpot continues to get bigger and bigger, exciting players from all across America. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 503,287 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.9 million in prizes in America's Game . Also, two lucky players in North Dakota and Oklahoma won $1 million each playing the Powerball add-on feature of Power Play. Their normal prize for matchng 5 white numbers of $200,000 was mult
Mar 16, 2006, 10:18 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery pays out $26M dividend to schoolsNews Story
Since 1989 Idahoans have bought $1.3 billion worth of lottery tickets and scratch games in hopes of hitting the big jackpot. Tuesday, the Idaho Lottery Commission announced another winner Idaho's schools. In its 2005 fiscal report, the lottery commission reports a record-setting dividend last year that saw $26 million go to Idaho's public schools and buildings. That money was divided among the state's 114 school districts, and paid for the completion of 82 projects. In 2005, Ad
Mar 16, 2006, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Indiana lottery rigger faces 50-year penaltyNews Story
William C. Foreman could spend 50 years in state prison if he's convicted of stealing secrets from the Hoosier Lottery in an effort to rig a million-dollar scratch-off game.But the former lottery security official's trial has been delayed so he can challenge the constitutionality of the nation's harshest penalty for breaching lottery security.The state's top lottery official, Esther Q. Schneider, favors the stiff penalty to deter inside jobs that threaten public confidence in the Hoosier Lottery
Jan 30, 2006, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery states report brisk sales for huge jackpotNews Story
Hopeful lottery players are plunking down their money for Powerball lottery tickets at an astounding pace, in advance of tonight's estimated $300 million jackpot drawing.USA Mega will display the drawing results minutes after the drawing, which occurs at 11:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Pacific Time).Also on www.usamega.com, players will be able to see the Power Play number drawn, and within an hour or two the website will announce whether or not there was a jackpot winner. At that time, the Wedn
Oct 15, 2005, 4:55 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $205 millionNews Story
Third player in three weeks wins $1 million Power Play prizeThe jackpot in America's Game is breaking into new levels capturing the attention of players around the country.Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 1,021,999 players across the nation won a total of more than $11.2 million in prizes.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will reach an estimated $205 million.The cash option for the Saturday, October 8th drawing will be
Oct 6, 2005, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $180 MillionNews Story
Player wins $1 million Power Play prize for second time in two weeksThe Powerball jackpot continues its climb, as excitement builds among the players from across the country.Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, a lucky player in Tennessee won $1 million with Power Play, plus 927,446 players across the nation won a total of more than $9.6 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimate
Oct 3, 2005, 9:09 am - Lottery News

For Mega Millions winner, the moon's the limitNews Story
If you win tonight's Mega Millions lottery worth roughly $153 million if you select the cash option for the $250 million jackpot you can buy 120 million liters of Coke at a local grocer.If you'd like, you could top off with about 186 million gallons of unleaded which would get you, say, about 12 miles down the road in your gargantuan SUV.But why settle for small potatoes when you could buy the entire farm maybe Idaho? Some of the things you could cover with your riches: Trip to moon, $1
Sep 16, 2005, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increases to $92 millionNews Story
The jackpot in America's Game continues to move upward.Even though the Powerball lottery jackpot was not awarded Wednesday evening, 405,224 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 million in prizes.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $92 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 17th drawing will be an estimated $46.5 million.The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 21, 24, 42, 49, 50 and the Powe
Sep 15, 2005, 12:39 pm - Lottery News