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Kansas Lottery adds 'Hot Lotto' gameNews Story
Mini Powerball is coming to Kansas. Sales for the multi-state Hot Lotto numbers game began Sunday for Wednesday's first biweekly drawing that will include the Sunflower State. Like Powerball, winning Hot Lotto numbers are selected and announced every Wednesday and Saturday. Hot Lotto jackpots are smaller than those offered by Powerball, but players have better odds of winning. The odds are 1 in 16 of getting any winning Hot Lotto ticket for prizes that range from $2 to the minimum $
Mar 14, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Behind the scenes of the Georgia LotteryNews Story
The Georgia Lottery had record-breaking sales last week a whopping 80 million dollars. The lottery has been around for 13 years now and lottery officials say 86 percent of Georgians play. But is it a fair game? WALB News took a behind-the-scenes look to find out. Every day, two lottery employees and an auditor get things ready for the drawings. A computer will determine which machines, even which balls will be used. Draw manager Bridgette Knight prepares to retrieve the machines tha
Feb 14, 2006, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Survey: 20% say lottery is most practical path to wealthNews Story
A majority of Americans are pessimistic about their ability to save $200,000 in net wealth in their lifetimes, and more than one-fifth say the lottery is the most practical way for them to reach that type of goal, according to a new survey.Just 26% of adults surveyed think they could accumulate $200,000 in net wealth in their lifetime, and 9% believe they could collect $1 million, according to the survey of about 1,000 Americans by Opinion Research Corporation for the Consumer Federation of Amer
Jan 10, 2006, 6:54 am - Lottery News

Casino coupon error gives 11,000 people $525News Story
Roughly 11,000 patrons of Harrah's Joliet Casino in Illinois got a big surprise in the mail last week: a coupon good for $525 in wagering.But casino officials were surprised more than anyone else.The casino's direct-marketing vendor mistakenly made the coupons for an amount much higher than the usual $15 to $20 that was intended to be the value, Harrah's said.The company will honor the coupons, which were sent out last week, said Harrah's Illinois regional president Joe Domenico. The announcemen
Nov 21, 2005, 9:42 am - Lottery News

Thieves uncover hole in Okla. lottery planningNews Story
A flaw in security allowed thieves to steal lottery tickets from an Oklahoma store and redeem them before lottery officials could deactivate the ticket identification codes.The Oklahoma Lottery Commission says it will soon hire security people working beyond the regular hours of the commission office to prevent stolen lottery tickets from being cashed.Last Tuesday thieves robbed a Norman convenience store of its supply of tickets about 5 a.m.. The store owner said she tried to call the commiss
Nov 1, 2005, 11:54 am - Lottery News

Lottery gadfly not betting on getting top postNews Story
Some say she's a watchdog; others say she's a nuisanceDawn Nettles has a job interview Friday, but she figures the odds are against her. They're not going to hire me, the 54-year-old Garland woman said. They hate me with a passion. They refers to the Texas Lottery Commission and Gtech Corp., the company that operates the lottery for the state. The commission is seeking an executive director to replace Reagan Greer, who resigned in July after admitting he had signed off on advertising inflate
Oct 13, 2005, 9:51 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery commission has full plate, rapid timeline aheadNews Story
Denny Bottorff said he'll never forget Jan. 20, 2004 - the day the Tennessee Lottery sold its first scratch-off tickets. It was like when your first child was born, Bottorff said. You get the same elation and satisfaction. The first and only chairman of the quasi-governmental corporation that runs the Tennessee Lottery, said North Carolina's new lottery board also will feel the same labor pains his panel felt as new games are delivered to players in North Carolina as soon as possible.Gov. Mike
Sep 26, 2005, 6:54 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery officials continue to investigate drawing errorNews Story
South Carolina Lottery officials say it will be several months before the financial impact is clear from an error made in a Palmetto Cash Five drawing last month.On June 24th, one of the numbers in the live random drawing was reported as 37, although the number drawn actually was 27. The incorrect number was sent to media outlets across the state and posted on the South Carolina Education Lottery Web site.Once the error was discovered, lottery officials decided to pay out on winning tickets with
Jul 22, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery posts wrong numbers; causes pay off problemsNews Story
When Roy Corbitt went to collect on a winning lottery ticket, he was expecting a payout of $9 or $10. I know I had three numbers. I didn't really know I had four. That's why I was shocked when they guy said, 'you won $600'. When Corbitt went to the lottery claims office to collect his winnings, he was told that there was a problem with his ticket.He wasn't alone.Corbitt said several people also came to claim their money. A lot them had $600 or $700 like I did, Corbitt explained.But instead
Jun 28, 2005, 1:02 pm - Lottery News

Human error to blame for Powerball delayNews Story
Human error in Iowa was behind a delay in the midweek Powerball drawing, lottery officials said Thursday.Wednesday night's drawing in a Des Moines suburb was delayed 37 minutes the second such delay in a month. The May 25 drawing also missed the time reserved for it to be broadcast to 90 television stations across the nation.Mary Neubauer, a spokeswoman for the Iowa Lottery, said human error was to blame for Wednesday's delay. In this particular case, someone did look at the sales figures but
Jun 24, 2005, 2:21 pm - Lottery News