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N.C. lottery commission hires former New Mexico chief to run gameNews Story
Will new director force dreaded computerized drawings on North Carolina?North Carolina has put the future of its new lottery in the hands of a former head of the New Mexico Lottery who has helped launch lotteries in three other states.The state lottery commission selected Tom Shaheen, the immediate past president of the North American lottery association, at a meeting Thursday.South Carolina's two top lottery officials executive director Ernie Passailaigue and chief operating officer Tony Coop
Nov 17, 2005, 4:31 pm - Lottery News

New Zealand lottery shop shortchanges winnerNews Story
A New Zealand lottery winner who double-checked his jackpot found he had been shortchanged thousands of dollars by a storeowner.TVNZ reports the owner of a Lotto shop in Kapiti Coast told the man he had won $642 New Zealand ($440 U.S.). It turns out when the lucky winner checked with the Lottery Commission the actual payoff on his $6 ticket was 50 times that amount, or about $20,000 U.S. dollars.The commission said Lotto shops are required to have computer screens visible to customers and to ret
Nov 11, 2005, 9:54 am - Lottery News

New Yorkers going ape for $50M 'King Kong' lotteryNews Story
It's the gorilla of all lotteries.The state lottery's new King Kong Millions game is guaranteeing a jackpot of at least $50 million, spurring New Yorkers yesterday to line up for their first crack at tickets. If I win, I want to run up to the top of the Empire State Building and yell, 'Yeah!' said Carol Roy, 58, of the Bronx, who forked over $2 for a King Kong Millions ticket.On Dec. 5, state lottery officials will head to the top of the Empire State for the one-time drawing - part of a tie-i
Nov 8, 2005, 7:27 am - Lottery News

Audit: 3,000 NY lottery operators didn't pay state taxesNews Story
More than 3,000 New York retailers licensed to operate lucrative state lottery machines failed to pay their state taxes, according to an audit released Monday.State Comptroller Alan Hevesi said the lottery operators owed more than $23 million in unpaid taxes over two years ending in 2004, and 350 of the operators owed more than $10,000 each. Some of the operators did more than $1 million a year in lottery ticket sales.One New York City area retailer owned $43,504 in taxes while using his state l
Nov 1, 2005, 7:23 am - Lottery News

Millionaire senator wins $853K in lotteryNews Story
You might not expect the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to go around buying lottery tickets, but Sen. Judd Gregg is glad he did.On a whim prompted by the frenzy over Wednesday's $340 million Powerball jackpot, the New Hampshire Republican bought a ticket that matched five of the six numbers in the Powerball game.He collected a $853,492 check Thursday.Gregg spent $20 on tickets this week at a Washington gas station, allowing the ticket machine to generate his numbers at random. As he was
Oct 20, 2005, 9:40 pm - Lottery News

Second-largest lottery jackpot in US history wonNews Story
One ticket sold in Oregon matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing to win the $340 million jackpot, the second-largest ever in United States history.The drawing capped off a day of heavy sales in all 27 states where Powerball is played, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.It was the largest jackpot in the game's history and the second-biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.The winning numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 7, 21, 43, 44, 49 and 29.There were
Oct 20, 2005, 9:34 am - Lottery News

USA Mega debuts Powerball lottery annuity calculatorNews Story
An Internet web site offering information about the United States' largest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball, today introduced a new feature for Powerball players.USA Mega (www.usamega.com) created a new annuity calculation feature in response to the new Powerball rules regarding jackpot annuity payouts.Prior to the August 31, 2005 Powerball drawing, jackpot winners who chose the annuity option would receive 30 equal-sized payouts, distributed over a 29-year period.Starting
Oct 9, 2005, 11:49 am - 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

New Jersey Couple are Lottery Mega MillionairesNews Story
A married couple from Rutherford is the winner of the largest single-ticket lottery jackpot in New Jersey history.Helen and Harold Lerner are the holders of a ticket for last Friday's $258 million Mega Millions jackpot.Helen chose the cash option when she bought the ticket at a newsstand in Rutherford last week. The couple will receive $156,141,600 million, before the 25 percent federal income tax deduction.Helen is a lifelong New Jersey resident, and her husband has lived in the state for 28 ye
Sep 23, 2005, 11:50 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery winner to be revealed FridayNews Story
The winner of last week's $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot will be revealed tomorrow.New Jersey Lottery officials have scheduled an 11:30 am news conference on the campus of Seton Hall University to introduce the winner. They won't say whether the winner was a single individual or a group.The winning ticket from last Friday's drawing was bought at a newsstand in Rutherford.The winner will collect the fifth-largest lottery jackpot ever awarded in the US.Officials have even refused to r
Sep 22, 2005, 11:21 pm - Lottery News