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GTECH rolls out self-serve lottery machinesNews Story
GTECH sees its new vending machines as the next wave in the industryGTECH Holdings Corp. is about to make it easier for shoppers to get in on the big money.The West Greenwich, Rhode Island lottery provider yesterday unveiled a new vending machine that doles out instant and traditional lottery tickets directly to shoppers.These machines not only allow people to buy scratch-off tickets like they buy a can of soda, they also include a touch screen that allows players to choose their own numbers and
Jul 28, 2004, 8:26 am - Lottery News

N.D. Powerball lottery winner claims $100,000 prizeNews Story
After more than two weeks, the winner of $100,000 from the July 3 Powerball drawing has come forward in North Dakota.Lottery officials knew the winning ticket was sold at Simonson's in Minot, but that was all -- until an Aberdeen, S.D. resident walked into the lottery office in Bismarck Wednesday.The winner, who works in Minot, had been on vacation. The winning ticket was purchased for multiple draws on June 28, and had been sitting on his desk until Saturday night, when he checked the numbers a
Jul 22, 2004, 7:22 am - Lottery News

Thousands of smaller lottery prizes unclaimed in N.D.News Story
More than $50,000 in small lottery prizes sit unclaimed in North Dakota, a common occurrence in states relatively new to the high-stakes Powerball game.It's the honeymoon period, in which players are unfamiliar with the game, North Dakota Lottery spokeswoman Eileen Walsh said.Nearly a quarter million Powerball tickets are purchased weekly in North Dakota, with thousands of small winners remaining unclaimed.As of June 2, 10,470 winning tickets worth $51,755 had not been turned in for a prize. T
Jun 7, 2004, 10:53 am - Lottery News

N.D. to add two new lottery gamesNews Story
North Dakota lottery players will have a second game to play come June 24, four months after the state introduced Powerball.The North Dakota Lottery has announced the arrival of Hot Lotto, a game lottery officials describe as similar to Powerball.For a $1 ticket, Hot Lotto players have a shot at a $1 million jackpot. Players select five numbers from 1 to 39 and one number from 1 to 19 and have a 1 in 16 chance of winning.Drawing dates will take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays and jackpot prize
Jun 7, 2004, 10:50 am - Lottery News

$100,000 Powerball lottery prize shared by five in North DakotaNews Story
Five players who bought a ticket in Valley City, North Dakota are claiming a $100,000 prize from the weekend Powerball drawing, the largest prize paid since the state joined the game.The winning ticket, bought at a Valley City convenience store, matched the first five numbers, but missed the Powerball, state lottery officials said. Players matching all six numbers would have won or shared the $33.2 million jackpot, but none of those tickets was sold.The $100,000 prize had people buzzing in Valle
May 25, 2004, 6:34 am - Lottery News

Lotto winner sits on lucky ticket for weeksNews Story
There are people out there who won't buy lottery tickets unless the jackpot is over $100 million, thinking that anything less isn't worth winning.But one Newark, Ohio man cashed in on a Mega Millions ticket for a cool $175,000, matching five of the six winning numbers from the $20 million Mega Millions drawing April 20. Unbeknownst to him, the winning ticket sat idly in his car for nearly a month.G. Robert Frame stopped at the Beverage Source at 1191 N. Church St. Monday, and decided to bring in
May 21, 2004, 7:44 am - Lottery News

Group of 22 wins $12 million Lotto South jackpotNews Story
Things are downright wild at the Wild Flavors factory in Erlanger, Kentucky after 22 employees won a nearly $12 million Lotto South lottery jackpot.The smell of money was in the air for 22 employees who are the winners of a nearly $12 million lotto jackpot and they're not the only ones cashing in.What are the odds of two $12 million winning tickets being sold 16 miles apart in the same week. Amazingly someone in Green hills still has not come forward to claim their money.But there was a lot of
May 18, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News

GTECH completes acquisition of lottery companyNews Story
U.S.-based GTECH Holdings Corp. said Thursday it had closed a $40 million deal to buy an Antigua-based lottery company.The all-cash deal also gives the lottery giant licenses to operate games in Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Maarten and Saba and St. Eustatius, and Turks and Caicos.GTECH said the acquisition of Leeward Islands Lottery Holdings Co. would add between $20 million and $25 million to the company's $1 billion in annual gross revenues. Leeward should provide $6
May 7, 2004, 7:11 am - Lottery News

Connecticut House votes to give jackpot to winner who missed deadlineNews Story
A Hamden, Connecticut man who missed a deadline to cash in his winning $5.8 million Connecticut Lotto ticket may get a second chance to hit the jackpot.The state House of Representatives voted 81-64 Thursday to give the money to Clarence Jackson, 31, who bought the winning ticket for the Oct. 13, 1995, drawing and missed the one-year deadline to redeem it by three days.But there's a catch.The issue was referred back to the legislature's Appropriations Committee, because there was no money set as
Apr 16, 2004, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Store clerk arrested, accused of stealing scratch-off lottery ticketsNews Story
Captured on video: A lottery player busily playing scratch-off games.Captured in handcuffs: The same lottery player who illegally scratched off almost $500 worth of tickets without paying for them.Robert Lee King, 41, of 14860 Indigo Lakes Circle, North Naples, was arrested and charged with grand theft in connection with his unlucky gambling spree earlier this month.Collier County sheriff's deputies arrested King on Tuesday after a co-worker at the Shell/Site station at 5606 Tavila Circle turned
Mar 25, 2004, 5:00 am - Lottery News