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Marion stores have streak of Lottery luckNews Story
Big-payoff lottery lightning landed thrice in Marion County, Florida over the past week.Saturday's single Lotto ticket worth $15 million was sold in Summerfield, while one of two winning combinations in Sunday's Fantasy Five drawing worth $83,346 was sold in Ocala. As of the close of business Monday, neither winner had presented themselves. Winners have 180 days to claim their prizes.However, an Ocala resident who won a $103,440 Fantasy Five drawing from a week ago received his prize on Monday,
Oct 29, 2003, 4:17 am - Lottery News

Women's big Powerball win thrusts spotlight on small townNews Story
The last time so many TV trucks were in Holdingford was when Minnesota author Garrison Keillor visited the small town a few years ago, townspeople say.Until Monday, Holdingford probably was best known as a neighbor to Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon or as the Moonshine Capital of the Nation because a golden brew named Minnesota 13 was created there.But now, it'll be known as home to the luckiest lunch ladies.As a city of only about 700 people, everybody knows everybody else, residents say. Perh
Oct 28, 2003, 4:10 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball Tickets Sold In Indiana and MinnesotaNews Story
Powerball paid off big Saturday night for two winning tickets; one sold in Indiana and one sold in Minnesota. The winners will split a $190.9 million jackpot.The $190.9 million dollar jackpot is the tenth largest jackpot in lottery history. It ranks as the sixth largest Powerball jackpot ever.Each ticket holder will have to decide if they want the $95.4 million 29- year annuity or the cash option worth $49.7 million. The ticket holders will have 60 days after the tickets are validated to make th
Oct 26, 2003, 1:55 pm - Lottery News

Daviess County gas station sold winning Powerball ticketNews Story
Lottery officials say a convenience store in a small southwestern Indiana city sold one of two tickets that will share Saturday night's nearly $191 million dollar Powerball jackpot.Hoosier Lottery spokesman Andrew Reed said Shell Mart Number 2 in Daviess County sold one of the two winning tickets.The second ticket was sold in Minnesota.Reed says the Washington Shell Mart will be officially notified that it sold one of the winning tickets after lottery offices reopen Monday and lottery security p
Oct 26, 2003, 1:51 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery ticket worth $6.1MNews Story
Someone who bought a lottery ticket in Cumberland County has won $6.1 million dollars.According to a statement released by New Jersey Lottery, the owner of a Pick 6 ticket sold in Vineland won the contest's top prize in Monday's drawing, but has yet to come forward to claim the prize.The winning ticket was sold at Ed Alba's Food Mart on North East Boulevard, and the winning numbers were 11, 12, 17, 18, 31 and 38.New Jersey Lottery reports that the ticket was the only one of more than 1.1 milli
Oct 16, 2003, 3:28 am - Lottery News

Montana store sells $3.68M Hot Lotto ticketNews Story
Horseshoe? Check.Four-leaf clover? Check.Rabbit's foot? Got it.Now it's time to go to the Kwik Way convenience store at 1219 Main St. in the Heights to buy your lottery tickets.Why? Because the store sold a $110,000 Montana Cash jackpot winner Saturday, then turned around and sold a $3.68 million Hot Lotto winner on Wednesday.Jo Berg, a spokesman for Montana Lottery in Helena, said a Montana store never has sold winning jackpot tickets on consecutive drawings.Who won? I had a phone call this mor
Oct 10, 2003, 5:21 am - Lottery News

LA Lottery Will Honor Misprinted Game TicketsNews Story
Tickets for three state lottery games - Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Quest - that were purchased Tuesday between 1:35 p.m. and 2:11 p.m. for Tuesday night's drawing were inadvertently generated for Wednesday's drawing.Louisiana Lottery President Randy Davis said the Lottery will honor winning Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Quest tickets purchased during that time frame for both drawings, Tuesday, Oct. 7 and Wednesday, Oct. 8.Lottery records indicate 1,493 Pick 3; 724 Pick 4; and 354 Cash Quest tickets were
Oct 8, 2003, 4:36 am - Lottery News

New Minnesota Lottery Game: Northstar CashNews Story
At 6 a.m. this morning, the Minnesota State Lottery launched the Lottery's newest Minnesota only, daily all-cash lotto game called Northstar Cash. For $1 players select five numbers from 1 to 31 for a chance to win Northstar Cash's jackpot that will start at $25,000 and grow until it is won. Players can purchase up to 14 draws at one time. Northstar Cash fits well within our Online Game lineup, Lottery Director George Andersen said of the game. We think it will be popular with Lottery players
Oct 7, 2003, 5:33 am - Lottery News

NJ Changes Cash 5 GameNews Story
The New Jersey State Lottery announced improvements to its Jersey Cash 5 game, starting with the September 15 drawing, that are designed to produce higher jackpots and more player excitement. Since its inception in 1992, Jersey Cash 5 has served as a roll-down game, whereby if there was no top winner (five out of five numbers), the jackpot was divided into the remaining prize pools (four out of five numbers). Jersey Cash 5 now will change to a roll over structure, where the jackpot grows an
Sep 22, 2003, 4:14 am - Lottery News

'Money Man' Tosses Cash Into Fla. CrowdNews Story
Hundreds of people at a shopping mall fought over nearly $10,000 launched into a crowd by a real estate investor known as the Money Man. Six people were taken to hospitals and six others were treated for cuts and bruises, police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. The most serious injury was a possible broken arm, he said.Police said at least 500 people crowded the BayWalk courtyard on Saturday for the cash giveaway. Kevin Shelton appeared on a balcony before firing $2 bills out of his cash cannon,
Sep 16, 2003, 4:16 am - Lottery News