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North Wales couple hit UK Lotto jackpotNews Story
A retired school cook has scooped a 721,000 (US$1.4 million) lottery jackpot in the UK National Lottery.Eluned May Jones, 67, of Minffordd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, was one of four who shared Wednesday's 2.8m (US$5.4 million) top prize last week.The former assistant cook at Ysgol Cefn Coch has been trying for a decade, winning no more than the occasional 10 (US$19.22).Eluned, who runs a bed and breakfast with husband Ben, has stuck to the same numbers from the start.In recent years she has adde
Dec 9, 2004, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Ad blitz fuels Massachusetts Lottery successNews Story
Massachusetts lottery profits are on a record-setting pace this year, but officials are retooling the sagging Keno operation and launching new games to maintain the growth of state-sanctioned gambling revenues. Last year, our net return to the state was $912 million, which was our best return ever, Joseph Sullivan, director of the Massachusetts State Lottery told the Herald. We're on pace to beat that. Our first quarter, from July through Oct. 2, we're 5.4 percent higher in terms of our net pro
Nov 26, 2004, 12:11 pm - Lottery News

Officials Say Oklahoma Lottery Could Take Year To StartNews Story
Oklahoma voters earlier this month ended Gov. Brad Henry's yearslong battle to get a statewide lottery, but the task of making the lottery a reality has just begun.Before the first ticket is sold, a lottery commission has to take shape, the rules of the games established and other details worked out.The first step comes with Henry's appointment of a seven-member lottery commission. The governor's office is accepting applications. They'll go through a lengthy and detailed process, including an OS
Nov 19, 2004, 11:50 am - Lottery News

Canadian and U.S. officials shut down lottery scamsNews Story
Those enticing e-mails and telemarketing calls saying you have won some nation's lottery? They're bogus, folks. Guard your money.So who is falling for these scams? In most cases, trusting elderly consumers who see this as a chance to leave money to their kids.The scams have been hard to nail down because they work across national borders, raising jurisdictional hurdles.But U.S. agents now are working with their foreign counterparts to crack down on the frauds.Canadian and U.S. investigators said
Nov 19, 2004, 11:49 am - Lottery News

BBC to lose exclusive rights to show UK National Lottery drawsNews Story
The BBC is to lose exclusive television rights to the UK National Lottery because Camelot believes its games would be better promoted on rivals such as ITV and Channel Five.The lottery operator, which is believed to be negotiating with several commercial broadcasters, wants to overhaul television coverage in 2006 when the BBC's existing contract to show the draw comes up for renewal.The company would now prefer an arrangement whereby the draws of its seven games are shown across different channe
Nov 15, 2004, 9:13 am - Lottery News

UK National Lottery Celebrates 10 YearsNews Story
Celebrations to mark 10 years of the National Lottery have taken place across the UK on Saturday.More than 150 lottery-funded venues in cities including Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast have hosted dvents or opened their doors for free.The main dvents were held at London's Tate Modern art gallery, which was set up with 53m from the lottery.The celebrations included a Lotto birthday draw in the evening, with six people sharing the 10m prize money.The BBC's arts correspondent Torin Douglas said even
Nov 8, 2004, 7:48 am - Lottery News

Checkout clerk: 'You've had a big win, sir'News Story
A young agricultural engineer saw a five-week lucky streak on the National Lottery spiral to new heights when his six numbers scooped him the 2m (US$3.65 million) jackpot.Meredith Davies, 32, had won a tenner every week for a month before all his numbers came good on the Saturday October 16 draw.He bought the winning ticket at Lomax's in Bridge Street, Lampeter.But despite normally checking his tickets the next day, it has taken Mr Davies more than a week to realise that Lady Luck had passed hi
Oct 28, 2004, 8:04 am - Lottery News

Lottery Winner Almost Did Not Buy TicketNews Story
The 1,700th UK National Lottery millionaire revealed today how he almost spurned the chance to buy the winning ticket but changed his mind and made one of the best decisions of my life.Robotics engineer John Ellis, 48, was almost put off by a long queue to buy a ticket for last Saturdays draw at his local Morrisons supermarket in Redcar, Cleveland.But when he saw it was raining outside, he decided to wait and bought the lucky dip ticket which saw him and 45-year-old wife Sue scoop 2,069,730 (US
Oct 25, 2004, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Lottery gift wins mechanic thousandsNews Story
A Portuguese car mechanic who was given a lottery ticket as a tip after earlier refusing to buy it, has scooped a 50,000 (US$63,045) jackpot, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.Lottery salesman Jose Macedo tried to sell the 5 (US$6.30) winning ticket to Artur Luis but ended up giving it to the mechanic to show his appreciation for the small amount charged to fix his car.When the numbers on the national lottery ticket were drawn Monday, the mechanic won the 50,000 first prize. It was an e
Oct 21, 2004, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Georgia Senate Candidate Proposes National LotteryNews Story
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Denise Majette proposed a national lottery for education Thursday, saying schools are woefully underfunded and need a boost without raising taxes.A national lottery, Majette said, could add more than $100 billion over 10 years for education. States that currently don't have lotteries could opt out of the national lottery, she said.Details were sketchy on how the program would work, although Majette insisted it would not sap the fund-raising power of state lott
Oct 7, 2004, 9:04 pm - Lottery News