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Powerball Rolls Again; Jackpot Soars to $64 MillionNews Story
The jackpot keeps growing and players keep winning cash prizes in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 444,489 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.1 million in prizes.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $64 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 28 drawing will be an estimated $35.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 01, 05, 37, 38, 53 and the Power
Jan 26, 2004, 7:31 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery rakes in millions fastNews Story
State lottery sets record launch with $10.8MTennessee's lottery took in about $10.8 million on its first day, setting a per-capita sales record for lottery launches with nearly $2 spent for every state resident, officials said. It's a great day and very exciting for us,'' lottery chief Rebecca Paul said Wednesday.Sales as of 10 p.m. Tuesday reached $1.87 for each state resident, surpassing the first-day figure of $1.83 per resident when Georgia started a lottery in 1993. The first day in any lot
Jan 23, 2004, 8:52 am - Lottery News

Governor among first to kick off Tennessee lotteryNews Story
It may have been the first day of Tennessee's lottery and the first time Gov. Phil Bredesen had ever bought a lottery ticket, but he knew exactly which one he wanted when he walked into a market Tuesday. Tennessee Treasures, he said as he pulled out $2 for the clerk. I like the name. Bredesen, wearing a yellow-and-purple lottery button reading Education Wins, wasn't disappointed when he didn't win a prize on his first ticket - or any of several follow-up tries - because the proceeds go towar
Jan 21, 2004, 5:27 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery snapshots from day 1News Story
12:01 a.m. - Waiting to be firstYou win some. You lose some.Starting at 11:30 Monday night, a small line formed inside the Corner Express Exxon in Henderson. The store was crowded for so late at night.Regina Vandiver and her mother-in-law, Vickie Rhodes, were the first two people in line to buy lottery tickets. I want some money! Vandiver said, cash in hand. Come on, Mama needs a new pair of shoes, Rhodes chimed in.The women shared a cigarette and counted down the minutes according to the offi
Jan 21, 2004, 5:24 am - Lottery News

N.C. surrounded by state gamblingNews Story
Tennessees launch of a state lottery on Tuesday leaves North Carolina surrounded by states sponsoring gambling games.The arrival of Tennessees lottery will dventually be a timesaver for Gail Nelson of Waynesville. A couple of times a year, she makes the 90-minute drive to Landrum, S.C., to buy $20 worth of lottery tickets for multimillion-dollar drawings.Her Haywood County home is just 30 minutes from the Tennessee line, and she said shell visit the Volunteer State once its lottery grows beyond
Jan 20, 2004, 6:16 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $46 MillionNews Story
The jackpot keeps growing and hundreds of thousands of players keep winning cash prizes in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 394,159 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.7 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 $46 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 21 drawing will be an estimated $25 million.The numbers dra
Jan 19, 2004, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery Officials Prepare For Loss Of Tennessee CustomersNews Story
While Tennesseans prepare to win jackpots in their own state for the first time, Kentucky Lottery officials are fretting over the potential lost revenue.Tennessee will launch its first lottery game Tuesday -- scratch-off tickets.Online games are expected to begin by March, and Tennessee likely will join a multistate game like Mega Millions or Powerball by summer.Kentucky Lottery president and chief executive Arch Gleason estimates the state will lose 48.4 million dollars in sales in the 2004-20
Jan 19, 2004, 7:15 am - Lottery News

Tennessee businesses banking on lotteryNews Story
For years, Tony Kim watched as customers looking to buy gas, snacks or cigarettes bypassed his store here and crossed the state line into Kentucky in search of one thing: lottery tickets.Beginning Tuesday, Kim hopes to draw that business back to his Favorite Xpress BP store when Tennessee launches its own lottery a venture almost 20 years in the making. We have to join the game everybody's doing it, said Kim, who with several partners, owns three other convenience stores in Clarksville and five
Jan 17, 2004, 2:50 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $37 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the rise again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 331,569 players across the nation won a total of more than $3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $37 million.The cash option for the Saturday, January 17 drawing will be an estimated $20.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 12, 33, 40, 44, 50 and the Powerball was 40.
Jan 15, 2004, 5:56 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Rolls To $137 MillionNews Story
Visions of Powerball tickets will be dancing in the heads of lottery players across the nation this Christmas Eve. That's because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $137 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The cash option for the Wednesday, December 24 drawing will be an estimated $74.4 million.There may have been no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 770,912 players across the nation won a total
Dec 22, 2003, 6:16 am - Lottery News