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Minnesota lottery chief's suicide note: 'Pity me, blame no one else'News Story
Before committing suicide in January, Minnesota State Lottery Director George Andersen left handwritten notes encouraging his family to not look back. He said he thought lottery operations were proper and am told they are not. Pity me, blame no one else. He added in another note: I must carry the burden and it is too much. . . . Andersen, 53, had run the lottery since it started in 1990 and had done so with little legislative oversight. The state Legislative Auditor reported recently that t
Mar 26, 2004, 8:42 am - Lottery News

News agency owner wins $259,000 in Penn. lotteryNews Story
Wayde Christophel will soon be smiling all the way to the bank.Christophel, a Waynesboro resident who owns The Waynesboro News Agency on West Main Street with his wife Kim, won the $259,000 jackpot in Friday night's Cash 5 drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery.He's not a complete stranger to lottery luck, though. Six years ago, he won $5,000 in the former Saturday Night Spin game.Christophel said he plans to file a claim at lottery headquarters today in Harrisburg, so he was unable to provide deta
Mar 23, 2004, 4:39 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $18 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 335,839 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.1 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 $18 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, March 24 drawing will be an estimated $10.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 2, 14, 24, 27, 44, and the Powerball was 6. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Five players correctly matched the 5 wh
Mar 22, 2004, 4:29 am - Lottery News

Dreams of lottery cash turn to dustNews Story
When a friendly telemarketer called a 74-year-old Bethlehem, Pennsylvania woman two weeks ago to tell her she'd won $5 million in a Canadian sweepstakes, it sounded too good to be true.But the young man on the other end of the line convinced the woman she was a winner and to claim her prize she had to send him $1,900 cash to cover taxes and fees on the winnings.Bethlehem police later learned the man was a con artist, but only after the victim took out a home loan to wire him the original amount
Mar 22, 2004, 4:11 am - Lottery News

$12 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For GrabsNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 315,941 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 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 $12 million.The cash option for the Saturday, March 20 drawing will be an estimated $6.7 million.The numbers drawn were: 7, 15, 20, 24, 43 and the Powerball was 5. The Power Play multiplier was 4.Six players correctly matched the 5 whit
Mar 18, 2004, 4:34 am - Lottery News

In Pennsyvania, lottery tickets a big sellerNews Story
York County sold $52.3M tickets last yearWith more than $1.1 million in sales, the Manchester Shell in Manchester Township near York sold more lottery tickets than any other outlet in York County last year.With nearly $750,000 in sales, Lynn's Shur Fine at 5660 York Road in New Oxford, sold more than any other retailer in Adams County.In all, York County's 230 lottery outlets sold a total of $52.3 million in tickets in 2003, according to data provided by the state lottery.Adams County's 51 lotte
Mar 15, 2004, 7:11 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $90 MillionNews Story
The jackpot keeps going up and hundreds of thousands of Powerball players keep winning cash prizes in America's favorite lottery game.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 475,355 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 $90 million.The cash option for the Saturday, March 13 drawing will be an estimated $50.2 million.The
Mar 11, 2004, 5:35 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows To $79 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 487,798 players across the nation won a total of more than $4 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 $79 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, March 10 drawing will be an estimated $44 million.The numbers drawn were: 9, 17, 46, 49, 51, and the Powerball was 9. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Six players correctly matched the 5 white n
Mar 8, 2004, 5:05 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Leaps To $70 MillionNews Story
If you are looking for the largest lottery jackpot in the nation, look no further than Powerball. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 398,994 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.9 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 $70 million.The cash option for the Saturday, March 6 drawing will be an estimated $38.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 5, 11, 17, 23, 53
Mar 4, 2004, 4:43 am - Lottery News

Five charged in Pennsylvania lottery ticket theftsNews Story
A mother and daughter and three other employees of a Scranton, Pennsylvania convenience market stole more than $62,000 last year by taking thousands of instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners, a Lackawanna County detective charged Thursday.The five were tripped up when the owner of Sdventh Avenue Kwik N Ezy Kwik Mart noticed a large discrepancy in lottery ticket sales during a year-end review of accounts, according to an arrest affidavit.They are charged with single counts of theft by unl
Feb 20, 2004, 6:44 am - Lottery News