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Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $10 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, creating a $10 million jackpot for Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 63 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,481.50; 3,877 tickets matched four numbers for $85.50; and 83,570 tickets matched three numbers for $5.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 4, 27, 31, 42, 45 and 48.Four winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $60,930.88 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. The winning tickets were bo
Oct 20, 2003, 4:05 am - Lottery News

Super 6 jackpot hit for first time in 11 monthsNews Story
One player matched all six winning numbers drawn in Friday's Pennsylvania Super 6 Jackpot, the first time in 11 months that the jackpot has been hit.The winning ticket holder selected the cash payout option, worth $36.1 million. The jackpot had grown to more than $61 million, the third-largest in the game's history. The largest was $73 million.Sales of Super 6 tickets have slowed since the state introduced Powerball -- a multi-state lottery -- in June 2002. The last winning Super 6 ticket w
Oct 18, 2003, 1:57 pm - Lottery News

Texas signs contract with Mega Millions; game to begin soonNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission on Thursday entered into a contract with the Mega Millions multistate lottery, which over the past year had average jackpots of more than $40 million.The commission next will begin purchasing equipment such as a random number generator to prepare for the launch later this year. The date hasn't been set, but executive director Reagan Greer said it probably will be after Thanksgiving.The long-term agreement has a six-month out clause, Greer said.The commission also
Oct 17, 2003, 5:08 am - Lottery News

S.D. Lottery investigating system failureNews Story
The South Dakota Lottery has asked a private company to explain why connections to the central lotto computer system failed, leaving many retailers unable to sell lotto tickets for nearly 2 1/2 hours last Saturday night.It was the third network outage since early July, said Clint Harris, executive director of the Lottery.Phone lines and equipment connecting the Lottery and retail outlets to a central lotto computer system in Dover, Del., and backup site in Sharon Hill, Pa., failed.It kept most o
Oct 17, 2003, 4:40 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $140 MillionNews Story
There were no jackpot winners Wednesday but 722,361 players across the nation won a total of more than $6.5 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $140 million. That would rank as the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven months that Powerball has crossed over the $100 million mark.The cash option for the Saturday, Octobe
Oct 16, 2003, 5:35 am - Lottery News

$28M Calif. Lotto Ticket Still UnclaimedNews Story
Someone out there could be a millionaire tonight and not even know it. A huge lottery jackpot has gone unclaimed for more than a month now.You could call it the biggest little casino in Northern California, Kavanagh's Liquor Store boasts four lotto winners totaling $48 million. The house's - or, rather, the liquor store's - share totals about a quarter million dollars. Now that the word of Kavanagh's win streak is out, folks are pouring in.Lottery player Sally Holloway says, After the last winn
Oct 16, 2003, 3:36 am - 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

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $16 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $16 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $12 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There was one second-prize winner from New York in Tuesday night's drawing for $175,000. Seven players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were: 18, 19, 21,
Oct 15, 2003, 3:40 am - Lottery News

Florida Man Claims $3 Million Lotto PrizeNews Story
As the city of North Port grows by leaps and bounds, so will the wallet of one of its residents.Philip C. Dalton, 61, of North Port, claimed his winnings Monday afternoon from the only winning ticket in Saturday night's Florida Lotto. He had purchased the ticket at the North Port Winn-Dixie, 14483 Tamiami Trail.The estimated jackpot is $3 million.The ticket was a quick pick, with the numbers 11, 16, 17, 38, 44, 50.Dalton reportedly elected to take the lump sum payment of $1,936,082, as opposed t
Oct 14, 2003, 3:44 am - Lottery News

$117 Million Powerball JackpotNews Story
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no jackpot winners Saturday but 668,129 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.5 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 estimated $117 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven months that Powerbal
Oct 13, 2003, 4:07 am - Lottery News