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Luck, Be a Lady, Madame, and SenoraNews Story
Inspired by American lotteries like Mega Millions, outfits in Spain, Britain, and France have joined forces to woo European bettorsViviane Leconte isn't one to bet on the ponies -- too complicated to be much fun, in her view. But two weeks ago, Leconte, a 58-year-old receptionist in Paris, finally found her gambling Valhalla with the launch of Euro Millions, the first pan-European lottery, and won $400 on her first try. It's so easy, she beams.After more than a decade of research, three nation
Mar 1, 2004, 4:21 am - Lottery News

Woman hits $10 million jackpot at MGM GrandNews Story
First a military veteran hit a Megabucks slot jackpot shortly after Veterans Day, then a woman who was born on Christmas Eve hit Megabucks shortly before Christmas.Friday, a 49-year-old woman who said she dreamed two weeks ago she would win a lot of money did not let the unlucky Friday the 13th superstition stand in the way of fulfilling her dream at a Megabucks machine at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.The winner, a woman from another country who asked to remain anonymous, hit for $10.2 milli
Feb 16, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Jamaica scales back lottery tax planNews Story
Only lottery winnings over $15,000 to be taxedThe Jamaica givernment yesterday announced a $15,000 threshold on lottery winnings, before the 15 per cent tax is applied, confirming Sunday's lead story in the Observer.Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies admitted at a post-Cabinet news briefing at Jamaica House that the decision to tax winnings had led to a fall-off in sales of the popular Cash Pot game run by Supreme Ventures, while fuelling underground gaming.Cash Pot sales, which generated $970 mi
Dec 16, 2003, 5:27 am - Lottery News

Alaska closer to getting lotteryNews Story
Alaskans could be betting on a new state lottery soon after the upcoming legislative session ends next spring. On Monday, several members of the state house and senate spoke to business leaders about the upcoming session, and gambling, at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce luncheon.Several lawmakers are betting that if new forms of gambling are created, the additional revenue will help bridge the state's fiscal gap. However, many lawmakers including Governor Frank Murkowski are opposed to expandi
Dec 9, 2003, 4:56 am - Lottery News

Lottery nixes man's bid to buy 7 million ticketsNews Story
A deep-pocketed mystery man from Chicago tried to bet an odds-skewing $7 million on the Mass Millions numbers game this week after Lottery officials opened the door by helping him buy 60,000 of the dollar tickets just last week.Lottery officials furiously backpedaled yesterday, refusing to release the man's identity even as they admitted they have no idea where his cash came from - raising fears among lawmakers that a mobster or drug kinpin may be trying to launder money through the Lottery. I'm
Nov 14, 2003, 5:13 am - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery Increases the Lotto Cash Value to 50 PercentNews Story
Future Colorado Lotto winners will receive an extra 10 percent beginning October 31, 2003 when they choose the Cash Value Option. The Cash Value has been set at 40 percent since it was introduced on July 10th, 1994. It's always exciting to announce changes that provide our winners with more money, said Lottery Director Mark Zamarripa. The Cash Value has been the same for almost ten years and it was time for us to bring it in line with the current market situation. The Cash Value Option is d
Nov 3, 2003, 4:06 pm - Lottery News

Free lotto ticket promotion taken lightlyNews Story
Some in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln communities are concerned that a lotto promotion at a UNL restaurant sent the wrong message to students about gambling.In a promotion that ended Sunday, the Subway restaurant at the Nebraska Union gave away about 9,000 coupons for free Nebraska scratch tickets during a four-week period, according to the restaurant's manager, Jennifer Acklin.Deb Hammond, director of Choices, a gambling treatment center in Lincoln, said the promotion was a con
Oct 2, 2003, 3:33 am - Lottery News

Florida Lottery Names GTECH For New Multi-Year ContractNews Story
GTECH Holdings Corporation (NYSE: GTK) yesterday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, has been selected by the Florida Lottery as the apparent successful bidder to supply a new online and instant-ticket lottery system, lottery terminals, and related telecommunications network. The proposed six- year integrated services contract is expected to commence on February 1, 2005, and includes two two-year extension options. This decision by the Florida Lottery is the result of
Sep 4, 2003, 3:41 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery Introduces 'Front Pair Payout' Promotion for Daily 4News Story
Michigan Lottery players will soon have yet another way to win cash prizes with the Lottery's Daily 4 game thanks to the Lottery's newest promotion -- Front Pair Payout. In the Daily 4 game, Lottery players choose any four-digit number and then place a $1 bet for that drawing. There are three different ways to place bets in the Daily 4 game -- straight, boxed and two-way. If a player chooses to play a number straight, he or she would need to match the number he or she picked in the exact order
Aug 29, 2003, 11:20 am - Lottery News

Bookies in ExileNews Story
Costa Rica is highly prized by the world's backpackers and sightseers for its unspoiled natural beauty, but it's easy to forget that when arriving in its grimy capital, San Jose. The newly remodeled airport is surrounded by chain hotels, freshly paved roads and shiny corporate plazas. After that it goes rapidly downhill. A dusty highway heading vaguely toward downtown takes you through the poorer suburbs of San Jose, packed with families in corrugated-tin-roof shacks. Above them, on the sides of
Aug 19, 2003, 4:01 am - Lottery News