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Powerball lottery win energizes Pennsylvania neighborhoodNews Story
Not often is a middle-aged woman seen hopping in public, yet there was Mary Ann Seems, bouncing on her toes yesterday in a , her fists quivering in post-lottery fever. This is so exciting! exclaimed Seems, 47, of Titusville, N.J. I don't care who it is; it's in our neighborhood! Seems lives just across the Delaware River from Washington Crossing, where a Cumberland Farms store last week sold the richest winning lottery ticket so fare in Pennsylvania history.Annuity value: $213.2 million.Cash o
May 11, 2004, 7:24 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania store sells $213M winning Powerball ticketNews Story
Working at the convenience store where a $213.2 million Powerball ticket was sold -- the largest jackpot prize in Pennsylvania lottery history -- had Bo Ridgeway waxing philosophical yesterday. It's really something if you think about it. Fantasy and myth far outweigh rational thinking, the Cumberland Farms clerk said. People come into the store thinking they're going to win. Just like that person. It came to fruition for one person. That person, who has not come forward yet, purchased the tic
May 10, 2004, 6:41 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $205 MillionNews Story
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $205 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $205 million dollar jackpot would rank as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever, and the 9th largest lottery jackpot of all time.The cash option for the Saturday, May 8 drawing will be an estimated $107.3 million.There were no P
May 6, 2004, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Verizon Network Failure Halts Penn. Lottery SalesNews Story
Verizon, the telecommunications provider for the Pennsylvania Lottery, experienced a network failure in Central Pennsylvania around lunchtime Tuesday.The problem was resolved within approximately an hour and a half and all retail operations have been restored.The failure affected 274 Pennsylvania Lottery retailers in the Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Tamaqua, Nanticoke and State College areas.Some Lottery terminals in the (717), (570), and (814) area codes began experiencing technical problems ar
May 5, 2004, 7:28 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $170 MillionNews Story
Powerball will dominate conversations around the water cooler this week. That's because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $170 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $170 million dollar jackpot would rank as the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.The cash option for the Wednesday, May 5 drawing will be an estimated $90.4 million.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 964,485 players ac
May 3, 2004, 10:52 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $145 MillionNews Story
Five lottery players across the nation were just one ball shy of winning the world's largest current lottery jackpot Wednesday night. The ball those players were missing was the Powerball. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 765,908 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 Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $145 million. The cash option for the Saturday,
Apr 29, 2004, 7:52 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot zooms to $120 millionNews Story
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 694,536 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.7 million in prizes in America's Game. Sixteen of those players were just the Powerball away from winning the jackpot.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $120 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the nation
Apr 26, 2004, 7:07 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games Reports First Quarter 2004 ResultsNews Story
Revenues Increased 51%; Net Income Increased 80% to $20 million; Earnings per Diluted Share were $0.22Scientific Games Corporation today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004. Revenues for the first quarter of 2004 increased 51% to $185.5 million compared to $123.2 million for the first quarter of 2003. Income before the preferred stock dividend was $20.4 million, an increase of 80% over 2003 first quarter income of $11.3 million, and diluted earnings per share increased 6
Apr 22, 2004, 5:17 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery Seeking Input on New Lottery GameNews Story
The Ohio Lottery posted the details of two possible replacements for the Super Lotto Plus game, and is asking readers for their opinion.Details presented for each game include:The size of the number poolPrice of each ticketNumber of plays per ticketJackpot starting size and payment optionsEstimated number of winners per drawNumber of draws per weekPrize matrix with oddsOne game concept appears to be similar to the Pennsylvania Lottery's Match 6 game, while the other game concept is a more tradit
Apr 9, 2004, 4:25 am - Lottery News

Powerball Reaches $31 MillionNews Story
March may be winding down but the action in America's favorite lottery game is heating up. More people are playing, and more people are winning Powerball.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 335,493 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in America's Game.North Dakota players got their first taste of Powerball this week. Tickets went on sale for the first time Thursday morning and Saturday night's drawing produced more than 7,000 cash prize winn
Mar 29, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News