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Tenn. Lottery runs out of ticket terminals as drawings nearNews Story
Tennessee Lottery officials are looking for more terminals to sell tickets. They say the number of retailers that want to sell tickets is way beyond expectations.3800 Tennessee retailers are now selling lottery tickets, while another 1,800 are waiting to find out if they can. But there's a temporary problem - only about 300 ticket terminals available for installation, and there may not be more until the end of March. So we need some terminals...quite a few, said lottery CEO Rebecca Paul.Paul d
Feb 24, 2004, 5:48 am - Lottery News

Georgia benefits from huge Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Extra Income Shoring Up HOPE ScholarshipGeorgia lottery players and residents of 10 other states will compete Friday night to win the Mega Millions jackpot, which stands at $222 million - the largest payday in the game's history.The drawing, which is usually broadcast live from the Midtown Atlanta studios of WSB-TV/Channel 2, will be held at Times Square in New York at 11 p.m.Lottery officials said the huge jackpot is good for the game, its players and the state. A record-breaking Mega Millions
Feb 20, 2004, 7:00 am - Lottery News

British Lotto winner's legal problems growNews Story
Michael Carroll picked up his $18 million lottery check wearing a court-issued electronic tracing tag.And the longtime petty criminal's worries have only gotten worse since he became a rich man.Carroll -- dubbed the Lotto Lout in the British press -- recently pleaded guilty to drug possession. He also is accused of receiving $2,000 worth of stolen power tools. Those are just the latest entries on Carroll's long rap sheet, which includes brushes with the law both before and after his big win.Th
Feb 19, 2004, 7:30 am - Lottery News

School Board Discusses Resolution Supporting N.C. LotteryNews Story
School Leaders Say Money Spent In Virginia Could Be Spent On N.C. EducationNorth Carolina school leaders near Virginia seem especially passionate about the lottery money that goes north of the border.They want it spent here on education. Tuesday night, the Roanoke Rapids school system is expected to become the first in North Carolina to try to make that happen.Virginia welcomes travelers headed north into Greensville County. Just a few miles up the interstate Tuesday, a convenience Store in Skip
Feb 18, 2004, 5:27 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket thieves beginning to strike across TennesseeNews Story
Lottery fever isn't just for paying customers.Thieves from Memphis to Knoxville are trying to cash in on the games, and store owners are taking matters into their own hands to counter them.Ali Haimed of Memphis learned the hard way that criminals have a new target after the lottery's Jan. 20 startup. When he opened his store Jan. 30, about $1,500 worth of tickets and the clear display case they were in were both gone. They took the whole box, Haimed said.Several lottery ticket thefts have been
Feb 16, 2004, 6:01 am - Lottery News

Sergeant accused of stealing Georgia lottery ticketsNews Story
A 24-year veteran of the Richmond County Sheriffs Office was suspended without pay after he was charged with stealing lottery tickets while on duty at a grocery store.Sgt. William Billy Hambrick, 52, was charged with a felony count of theft and was released from the Richmond County jail Wednesday night on $5,050 bond, officials said. His suspension was announced Thursday by Richmond County Sheriff Ronnie Strength.Investigators found that the sergeant had been filling out Cash 3 Georgia Lottery t
Feb 13, 2004, 7:43 am - Lottery News

Bill created to clean up Colorado lotteryNews Story
Concerned over an audit that found problems with the Colorado Lottery, lawmakers began work Tuesday on a bill that would require ethics training and criminal background checks of all lottery officials, including the governor's appointees. The lottery is the kind of thing we need to clean up in state government, said Sen. Ron Tupa, D-Boulder, chairman of the Legislative Audit Committee.The bill would require lottery commissioners, who are appointed by the governor, to undergo ethics training, ba
Feb 11, 2004, 6:06 am - Lottery News

GTECH Named Apparent Winning Vendor for Mexico Lottery ContractNews Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation announced Tuesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, has been selected by Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica (Pronosticos) as the apparent successful vendor to provide equipment and services for a new online lottery system and associated telecommunications network in Mexico under a proposed six-year contract. This decision is the result of a competitive procurement.The Request for Proposal (RFP) calls for the replacement of Pronosticos' existing
Feb 4, 2004, 5:41 am - Lottery News

Interim Minnesota lottery chief namedNews Story
The Minnesota Lottery will be temporarily led by Michael Vekich, the former chairman of a state colleges board who was among Gov. Tim Pawlenty's challengers for the Republican nomination in 2002.Pawlenty announced Vekich's appointment Monday, six days after the suicide of longtime director George Andersen. A soon-to-be released government audit of lottery operations had taken an emotional toll on Andersen, according to family members and friends.Pawlenty referenced the audit in a news release ab
Feb 3, 2004, 5:38 am - Lottery News

Simple solution fixes store's lottery machineNews Story
Three days after everyone else, the only lottery store in Harrogate, Tennessee is finally selling tickets. And the solution to what seemed a complicated problem, was simple.It wasn't a lottery technician who helped solve the problem at the Chevron D and B Quick Stop. It was a customer.For the last three days, Quick Stop workers had to turn away customers wanting lottery tickets. They don't like it and I've had to turn them down several times, said Penny Overton.But Friday morning, things chan
Jan 23, 2004, 8:34 pm - Lottery News