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Mega Millions Winners to Claim $239 Million Jackpot ThursdayNews Story
Virginia Lottery will announce multiple winners of the record $239 million jackpotThe winners of a $239 million Mega Millions jackpot have come forward more than a month after the winning ticket was sold, the Virginia Lottery said Wednesday.Lottery spokesman Ed Scarborough said the winners' names and other details would not be revealed until a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond.The $239 million jackpot is the world's second-largest single-ticket lot
Mar 31, 2004, 10:10 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot still growing: $75 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $75 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $63 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were eight second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing. Those ticket were sold in New Jersey (2), Georgia, Michigan, New York (2), and Washington (2).Twenty-nine players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each w
Mar 31, 2004, 4:52 am - Lottery News

Player wins UK Lottery jackpot buying ticket onlineNews Story
Camelot, the company that operates the UK National Lottery, is trumpeting its first online lotto millionaire.The winner has opted for only partial publicity, meaning all that can be revealed is where they come from - Edinburgh.What has been revealed is that the winning sum totalled 5,935,128 (US $10.8 million). The numbers from the March 20 drawing were 13, 21, 37, 42, 46 and 48.Camelot describes it as the UK's largest ever online gaming win. This is fantastic news for the winner and a great d
Mar 30, 2004, 5:06 am - Lottery News

Visible numbers end sales of Louisiana Lottery scratch-off gamesNews Story
The Louisiana Lottery Corp. has stopped sales of three scratch-off games because numbers supposed to be hidden could be read without scratching off anything.The Louisiana Boil, Extra Free Spot Bingo and Winning Combinations games all had the problem, the company said in a news release Monday.It said sales of Winning Combinations were halted Thursday after lottery workers realized that the numbers were visible through the latex scratch-off coating.Lottery President Randy Davis ordered the printer
Mar 30, 2004, 4:52 am - Lottery News

Tenn. stores to receive $25,000 for selling Powerball jackpot ticketNews Story
A Tennessee retailer who sells a Powerball ticket that nets the multimillion-dollar grand prize will receive a reward $25,000.The Tennessee Lottery board set the figure yesterday during its regular meeting.Rebecca Paul, president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., told the board that a decision is a week or two away on when Powerball tickets will begin selling in late spring.During the meeting, the lottery also introduced two new scratch-off games, continuing t
Mar 30, 2004, 4:30 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $63 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $63 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $53 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were five second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000 each. Those tickets were sold in New Jersey, Georgia, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.39 players matched four of the five lotto numbers,
Mar 29, 2004, 4:50 am - Lottery News

Beware of Phony Prize Promotions, Lottery Schemes, and Bogus E-mailsNews Story
By now, most people who use e-mail on a regular basis are quite familiar with the word spam and what it looks like in their e-mail in-box. If it wasn't frustrating enough to sort through and fill your trash with junk (postal) mail every day or answer unsolicited telemarketing calls during the dinner hour, now these nuisances and fraudulent schemes have found a new way into our homes and offices through e-mail.According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), consumers in the United States an
Mar 26, 2004, 9:22 am - Lottery News

GTECH is in play in BrazilNews Story
Analysts don't think a political scandal will hurt the company's chances of continuing to run the country's lotteryA top Brazilian government official allegedly told two GTECH Holdings Corp. employees in 2003 that they could have a lottery contract extension.All they needed to do, said Waldomiro Diniz, the former deputy head of parliamentary affairs, was hire a consultant for between $4 million and about $6 million, according to Brazilian newspaper reports based on the employees' testimony.A lot
Mar 26, 2004, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Texas Schools Getting Bonus From LotteryNews Story
Public education has hit the jackpot with the Texas Lottery. Lottery officials say the state's online and instant games are raising billions for Texas schools.Like a lot of Texas Lottery players, Barbara Chongulia pays far more attention to how much money she might win than where the money she spends on tickets goes. It's fun. It's like buying hope, Chongulia said. I buy it everyday anyway, so it doesn't really matter to me. Since 1997, by state law, it goes to public education. Lottery offic
Mar 25, 2004, 4:56 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $53 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $53 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $43 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were six second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing. Those winners were from New Jersey (2), Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Washington.Twenty players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The
Mar 24, 2004, 4:35 am - Lottery News