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Study ranks Missouri lottery as ninth best in U.S.News Story
Lottery Post tapped for examples of computerized drawing problems in other states Many rush to buy tickets when the lottery pool reaches the millions, but do you ever wonder how transparent Missouri's lottery system is? Turns out, Missouri ranks in the top ten for disclosure and fairness, compared to the other 43 states that offer lotteries. In a study by San Antonio professor Gerald Busald released Dec. 14, Missouri ranked ninth overall. California and Pennsylvania scored first and second
Jan 4, 2008, 4:02 pm - Lottery News

Okla. Lottery Commission struggles to meet its 35% profit requirementNews Story
As a result of the finance and audit committee's dreary budget forecasts for fiscal year 2008, the Oklahoma Lottery Commission is planning to trim costs and attempt to get a key statutory requirement of the commission eliminated. The board plans to try to amend out a requirement that the Lottery Commission post a 35-percent profit in their third year of operations. The board said they are doing all they can to trim operating costs without cutting current staff and advertising expenditures,
Sep 19, 2007, 4:34 pm - Lottery News

Is the lottery shortchanging schools?News Story
According to the North American Assoc. of State and Provincial Lotteries, 42 states and the District of Columbia run lotteries, and more than half claim the games boost funding for education. But CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian found that lotteries aren't exactly providing a windfall for schools. If you listen to state lottery ads, we're supposed to believe that all the numbers are supposedly adding up to more and more money for education. Lotteries help, but n
Sep 19, 2007, 12:38 pm - Lottery News

Single winner in $314M Powerball lottery drawingNews Story
There is a winner. Powerball lottery officials say one winning ticket was sold for Saturday night's $314 million jackpot. It was purchased in Indiana. The pot had grown so huge because there had not been a big winner in any of the drawings since late June. Also winning big in the drawing were 36 lucky players who matched the first 5 numbers for a second prize win of $200,000. Winners of the second prize were from the following states: 2 from Arizona, 2 from Connecticut, 3 from W
Aug 26, 2007, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winners give backNews Story
Powerball winners Steve and Carolyn West and Frances Chaney create foundations to help children, veterans and the poor Powerball winners Steve and Carolyn West and Frances Chaney are giving away portions of their multi-million-dollar prize to benefit local children and other worthy causes. Both the West Family Foundation and the Robert Frances Chaney Family Foundation seek to support nonprofit organizations that serve poor children and families in Southern Oregon. We'd been in some o
Aug 17, 2007, 3:57 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery scrambles to increase revenueNews Story
Education funding doesn't see expected boon; officials cite low prize payouts as root cause With sales floundering compared to projections, Oklahoma Lottery officials are scrambling to bring in more money. State officials are saying the lottery hasn't been the boon to educational funding it was touted to be. To increase lottery sales, Lottery Commission Executive Director Jim Scroggins is advocating putting more of the lottery sales into prize money, saying people play to win. The fe
Jul 30, 2007, 10:13 am - Lottery News

Couple wins $15 million lottery jackpot after redeeming $10,000 ticketNews Story
For a Nevada couple, good things come in twos. And that includes winning big Powerball jackpots in Arizona twice. Just days after winning $10,000 with a ticket bought at a northern Arizona caf , Barry and Barbara Salzman traveled to Phoenix to collect their winnings and ended up buying another ticket from the Arizona Lottery office. It just happened to be the $15 million jackpot winner. Of course I don't believe it, I just don't believe it happened, Barry Salzman said at a press confer
Feb 1, 2007, 12:39 am - Lottery News

Last-minute lottery ticket wins $254 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
A retired electrician and World War II veteran is the winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever sold in Missouri worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars. Jim Wilson II's, 84, and his wife, Shirley, say they will share the money with three sons. One of those sons, Terry Wilson, who said he hasn't had a vacation in 30 years, likely will be headed to Australia for some rest and recreation. Jim Wilson came forward Monday to claim the winning prize from last Wednesday's drawing, said
Jan 29, 2007, 5:26 pm - Lottery News

$254 million Powerball lottery ticket richest ever in MissouriNews Story
The winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever sold in Missouri worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars bought the ticket at a suburban St. Louis grocery store, state lottery officials said Thursday. One person matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday - 9, 19, 29, 42, 53 and the Powerball number 17. The winner of the $254 million prize had not yet come forward. The ticket was sold at the Dierbergs grocery store on Tesson Ferry Road in south St. Louis County. We're very excited,
Jan 26, 2007, 10:39 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot largest in 9 monthsNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 946,640 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 the jackpot will grow to an estimated $205 million for Saturday night's drawing. It is the largest jackpot since April 12, 2006, when one ticket from Missouri matched all five numbers plus the Powerball for a $220 million jackpot pr
Jan 18, 2007, 9:07 am - Lottery News