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N.C. lottery excitement: first Powerball jackpot winnerNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket this week in North Carolina is $74.5 million richer this morning. Powerball officials say one winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn Wednesday night was sold this week. That ticket was sold in North Carolina, although there is no word this morning where that ticket was purchased. The winning numbers were 2, 8, 9, 12 and 19, with the Powerball number of 25. The Power Play multiplier was 3. This is the first Powerball jackpot won w
Nov 30, 2006, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery sees summer sales dropNews Story
Oklahoma Lottery sales have been lower than expected this summer, but Powerball play remained strong, the executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission said Tuesday. James Scroggins said about 367 businesses abandoned lottery sales, but more businesses were added than dropped off, increasing the number of retailers to 2,222. He said a slowdown in lottery sales in the summer is typical as people go on vacation and spend money on other recreational activities. He said other states a
Aug 16, 2006, 2:36 pm - Lottery News

Florida lottery backs GTECH-Lottomatica dealNews Story
The Florida lottery has agreed to the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH Holdings Corp by Italy's Lottomatica, Lottomatica said on Wednesday. Lottomatica plans to buy GTECH in a $5 billion deal that would create the world's biggest lottery operator. One of the deal conditions laid down by Lottomatica is that it would not lose GTECH's lottery operating concessions in the United States. Lottomatica said in a statement that GTECH had been informed of Florida's backing for the dea
Aug 16, 2006, 12:18 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery backs GTECH, Lottomatica dealNews Story
The Ohio lottery has confirmed that the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH by Italy's Lottomatica would not hurt GTECH's lottery concession there, Lottomatica said on Thursday. Lottomatica plans to buy GTECH in a $5 billion deal that would create the world's biggest lottery operator, but one of the deal conditions laid down by Lottomatica is that it would not lose GTECH's lottery operating concessions in the United States. Illinois, New York, Missouri, California, Michigan and
Aug 11, 2006, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Online gambling company says it will lock out U.S. bettorsNews Story
fBETonSPORTS, the online gambling company targeted by federal prosecutors in Missouri and Washington, is shuttering the majority of its billion-dollar operations and will no longer accept bets from the United States, a company spokesman said Thursday evening. The move was seen as a significant victory for prosecutors targeting online gambling and as somewhat of a surprise. Industry experts and even a company insider had predicted that BetOn Sports would simply ignore the federal criminal pros
Aug 11, 2006, 11:27 am - Lottery News

$204 Million: Saturday Powerball JackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot in the world; $164 million more than second-largest jackpot The Powerball jackpot continues to grow to unbelievable heights. The multi-state game's $204 million jackpot is $164 million more than the next-largest worldwide lottery jackpot Florida Lotto's $40 million grand prize. (Both games will conduct their drawings tomorrow at 11:00 PM Eastern Time.) Even though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday, three lucky tickets in DC, Iowa, and North Carolina ea
Aug 4, 2006, 4:10 pm - Lottery News

Michigan lottery backs GTECH, Lottomatica dealNews Story
The Michigan lottery has confirmed that the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH by Lottomatica will not hurt its lottery concession in the state, the Italian company said in a statement on Thursday. Lottomatica plans to buy GTECH in a $5 billion deal that would create the world's biggest lottery operator. One of the conditions for the deal is that it will not have an impact on GTECH's lottery operating concessions in the United States. This has caused some hiccups for the two c
Aug 2, 2006, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Bail set at $1m for UK internet gaming bossNews Story
The former BETonSPORTS chief executive David Carruthers is likely to be released on $1m bail within days under a deal with the American government which would allow him to live in the Midwestern city of St Louis until his trial for organizing illegal gambling. Mr. Carruthers was one of eight people connected to BETonSPORTS who appeared in Missouri's federal court yesterday to enter pleas of not guilty in relation to charges of fraud, racketeering and unlawful gaming. Among the others caugh
Aug 1, 2006, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $155 millionNews Story
Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, a total of 746,524 players across the nation won more than $8.7 million in prizes playing America's Game . The jackpot for the Saturday, July 29th drawing will be $155 million with the cash option at $70.7 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 5, 10, 17, 24, 43, and the Powerball was 31. The Power Play multiplier was 4. Two tickets sold in North Carolina won $800,000 each with the Power Play option. In addition, fi
Jul 28, 2006, 10:39 am - Lottery News

GTECH sale closer as more states approveNews Story
The sale of West Greenwich-based GTECH Holdings Corp. to Italian lottery giant Lottomatica SpA this week inched toward completion. Lottomatica said that the state lotteries would continue existing contracts with GTECH, which it plans to buy in a $5 billion deal that would create the world's biggest lottery operator. Lottomatica had asked various U.S. states to confirm that the deal would not hurt existing lottery concessions when it launched the takeover earlier this year. Most states
Jul 28, 2006, 9:48 am - Lottery News