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Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $220 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to jump higher, as lines at lottery machines are starting to grow. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 929,494 players across the nation won a total of more than $10.1 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $220 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, April 12th drawing will be an estimated $101 million. The numbers drawn Saturd
Apr 9, 2006, 1:00 pm - Lottery News

Police offer tips to avoid lottery scamsNews Story
Calumet City, Indiana, police are investigating several reported scams that have misled people into thinking they have won a substantial amount of money from the lottery. According to police, the scam begins when the victim receives a letter in the mail, along with a check for several thousand dollars. The letter then instructs its recipient to call a telephone number in Canada. When the victim calls the Canada number, he or she is told the check is part of the lottery winnings and are ins
Apr 9, 2006, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

Ky. Lottery Under Fire For Scratch-Off TicketsNews Story
In a state known for horse racing and basketball, the ticket of choice for Kentuckians gets scratched every day. Scratch-off lottery tickets account for 56 percent of all lottery sales. Instant lottery ticket sales last year were in the neighborhood of $385 million. This year it'll be over $400 million, Arch Gleason, Kentucky Lottery president, said. The Kentucky Lottery offers about 80 games a year, and these scratch-off tickets typically stay in a store for about three to four month
Mar 2, 2006, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot hits record $365 millionNews Story
Get up and go to work. You didn't win the big one. The multi-state lottery operators in Des Moines, Iowa, reported today that no one won last night's $300 million Powerball jackpot. That means the jackpot will grow to $365 million for Saturday night, if sales continue along their historical patterns. If sales are higher than expected, the jackpot could grow even larger by Saturday. Such a drawing will top the previous record North American lottery jackpot of $363 million. The previous l
Feb 16, 2006, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $250 millionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game continues to grow to enormous amounts. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, 1,324,903 players across the nation won a total of more than $14.4 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $250 million. The cash option for the Saturday, February 11th drawing will be an estimated $120.1 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday night w
Feb 9, 2006, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Lottery Post member turns up the heat on the Hoosier LotteryNews Story
Is the Indiana Lottery vulnerable to inside tampering? By Kevin Leininger Fort Wayne News Sentinel You'd think Jim Grimes would be happy. After all, the retired Noble County engineer, whose concerns about the integrity of the Hoosier Lottery were the subject of a column in June 2004, helped spark an investigation that led to three indictments in an alleged million-dollar scam. But, if anything, Grimes is even more frustrated than he was when we first talked nearly two years ago - even
Jan 31, 2006, 6:06 pm - Lottery News

Indiana lottery rigger faces 50-year penaltyNews Story
William C. Foreman could spend 50 years in state prison if he's convicted of stealing secrets from the Hoosier Lottery in an effort to rig a million-dollar scratch-off game.But the former lottery security official's trial has been delayed so he can challenge the constitutionality of the nation's harshest penalty for breaching lottery security.The state's top lottery official, Esther Q. Schneider, favors the stiff penalty to deter inside jobs that threaten public confidence in the Hoosier Lottery
Jan 30, 2006, 8:57 am - Lottery News

West Lafayette man wins $1 million on last 'Hoosier Millionaire'News Story
A West Lafayette, Indiana, man won $1,022,000 on the final Hoosier Millionaire television show, which ended its 16-year run Saturday night with a special broadcast.Clarence Moore's winnings on the Grand Finale show boosted his total prize money, including winnings from preliminary rounds, to $1,044,000. He became the show's 191st and last millionaire.After drawing from 36,000 entries, 12 semifinalists were selected to compete in two preliminary rounds, where the top six players competed in t
Jan 2, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Deadline Passes For Unclaimed $100K Lottery TicketNews Story
Time, and luck, has run out for whoever bought a Powerball ticket worth $100,000 last summer at a northern Indiana gas station.Wednesday's deadline for redeeming the ticket passed with no one claiming their prize, which would have paid off around $75,000 after taxes, Hoosier Lottery officials said.The ticket, which matched five of six numbers in the drawing, was purchased at a D-Mart store in Lake County's Calumet Township for the June 18 Powerball drawing.Store manager Pali Singh said his custo
Dec 19, 2005, 7:18 am - Lottery News

$100,000 lottery ticket to expire WednesdayNews Story
A Powerball ticket purchased in Gary, Indiana is worth $100,000 until Wednesday, Hoosier Lottery Officials said.A store here sold one of the 86 Match 5 winning tickets on June 18. But the Gary ticket is the only one that has yet to be claimed, said lottery spokesman Drew Griffis on Thursday.Winners have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize, but to collect this six-figure payout, the winner will have to travel to lottery headquarters in Indianapolis.The winner chose 5, 8, 10
Dec 9, 2005, 9:21 am - Lottery News