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'Lucky 7' canceled: ABC series pulled after two episodesNews Story
Lucky 7's luck has run out, and it is about to endure a lot of jokes about its unfortunate title. ABC has axed the freshman drama after just two episodes, making it the first cancellation of the 2013-14 season. ABC knows one thing that's working. Starting Oct. 8, the network will plug repeats of Scandal into Tuesday's 10 p.m. hour. The Shonda Rhimes drama hit series highs in its season-three premiere, jumping a whopping 71 percent from last fall. The writing was on the wall for Lucky 7
Oct 4, 2013, 8:08 pm - Lottery News

Struggling UK family facing a bright future after lottery winNews Story
A young family on the verge of losing everything have scooped a 5.8 million (US$8.9 million) lottery fortune. Tracy Tyler, 37, and Adam Young, 30, from Epping, in the County of Essex, England, were struggling to make ends meet this time last week, after Mr. Young lost his job in June. On Saturday night they paused the television program they were watching, as they do every week, to check their lottery ticket. One-by-one, mother-of-two Miss Tyler circled the numbers, before looking up in
Jul 26, 2013, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery Commission to revisit monitor gamesNews Story
With proceeds down from last year, the Arkansas Lottery Commission will consider adding monitor games to boost revenue an option that Gov. Mike Beebe and others have spoken against in the past. Commissioner Dianne Lamberth of Batesville asked the commission Monday to take another look at monitor games, which so far have not been offered in Arkansas. Rep. Mark Perry, D-Jacksonville, co-chairman of the legislative oversight committee on the lottery, had requested earlier that the commission tak
Jun 25, 2013, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery director appeals to state legislature to reject pending billNews Story
Restrictive measure will drastically reduce prizes, cut revenue, director says Statement from Bishop Woosley, Director, Arkansas Lottery Commission Friday afternoon, HB 2263 will be presented to the House Rules committee at the Capitol. HB2263 mandates that 25% of total lottery proceeds be used to fund college scholarships. The Arkansas Lottery Commission (ALC) strongly opposes this bill because of the immediate and detrimental effect it will have on lottery ticket sales, revenues paid
Apr 11, 2013, 7:22 pm - Lottery News

$338M N.J. Powerball winner says he'll help familyNews Story
The winner of a $338.3 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his family. Pedro Quezada, 44, entered Eagle Liquors store, where the ticket was sold, late Monday afternoon. The Passaic store owner ran Quezada's ticket through the lottery machine to validate that it was a winner as a newspaper and television outlets recorded the moment. The New Jersey Lottery confirmed that the winning ticket was validated at the store at 4:30 p.m.
Mar 25, 2013, 9:18 pm - Lottery News

That was fast: No more 'Kwikies' for Maine LotteryNews Story
The odds have dropped to zero for scratch tickets becoming Kwikies. The Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations announced in a Monday press release that it no longer plans to brand the state's scratch tickets as Kwikies. The Maine State Lottery is sensitive to the concerns of retailers and consumers alike, said Gerry Reid, director of Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. We recently tested a new brand name for our instant ticket games, and the initial
Mar 19, 2013, 4:27 pm - Lottery News

Maine lottery scratch tickets may get new controversial nameNews Story
The Maine State Lottery may soon give a name to its scratch tickets for the first time, but the name isn't sitting well with everyone. A few weeks ago, the Maine State Lottery sent a pamphlet out to its 1,300 retailers, saying it plans to name the tickets Kwikies. I thought that's going to be real uncomfortable for my girls behind the register to have guys come in and say 'Hey, give me a Kwikie,' said David Welch, owner of Village Market in Fairfield. In slang terms, a quickie is a sh
Mar 18, 2013, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Va. Lottery's Lady Luck hangs up her wandNews Story
The personification of the Virginia Lottery for more than two decades, Lady Luck, is retiring. Addressing a group of retailers Friday, lottery Executive Director Paula I. Otto said the Lady Luck character, played by Melanie MacQueen, is hanging up her wand. The new face of the lottery is Game Guy, actor Jason Kypros, the central character in the lottery's We're Game ad campaign. The Lady Luck image of a disheveled, wry fairy princess has been associated with the lottery since 1990, when
Mar 2, 2013, 8:10 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery adds new rewards programNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery has launched the new Fun Club Rewards program, a multi-part initiative which rewards players with points for eligible non-winning scratch-off tickets purchased while making them automatically entered into drawings to win large cash prizes. The key to the program is the ability for players to accumulate points based on eligible non-winning scratch-off tickets purchased. The value of the points vary among tickets, said the Kentucky Lottery's Sr. VP of Marketing Steve Casebe
Jan 8, 2013, 7:48 am - Lottery News

El Gordo jackpot brings lottery joy to thousands in SpainNews Story
Spaniards facing yet another year of economic misery found relief in the world's biggest lottery payout on Saturday, the traditional Christmas Gordo, or Fat One, which spread 2.52 billion (US$3.3 billion) in prize money around the country. Champagne corks popped in towns, cities and villages across Spain as tens of thousands of winners took home enough money to keep their families going through the dark days of 2013 and beyond. Yesterday we were both on the dole, but today we are winners,
Dec 24, 2012, 8:33 am - Lottery News