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New Web site calls on lottery directors to add MegaplierNews Story
A lottery Web site was opened Saturday calling for the eleven Mega Millions state lottery directors to add the Megaplier feature to the game in all Mega Millions states.Currently, the Megaplier feature is only available to Texas players.According to the Web site, Megaplier.com, the Megaplier costs $1 per play board, and gives the player a chance to multiply all non-jackpot Mega Millions prizes by up to four times.Powerball multi-state lottery players have had this option for years with the Pow
Mar 22, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot climbs to $43 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $43 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $36 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were four second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing who will each receive $175,000 for matching all five numbers but not the Mega Ball. Those tickets were sold in Illinois (2), New York, and Virginia.Twenty-six players matched four of the five lotto numbe
Mar 22, 2004, 4:32 am - Lottery News

North Dakota lottery selling first tickets this weekNews Story
After decades of arguing, thousands of petition signatures, a 19th-century bribery scandal and five statewide votes, North Dakota this week joins the crowded ranks of states that play the lottery.For its supporters, Thursday's debut of the Powerball game is a tardy acknowledgment of the pervasiveness of lotteries -- North Dakota's neighboring states all have Powerball -- and a chance for players to have fun while they drop a few dollars into the state's treasury. I think North Dakotans are just
Mar 22, 2004, 4:14 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $36 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $36 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $27 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were four second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, each worth $175,000: 1 from New Jersey, 1 from Georgia, and 2 from New York.Twenty-four players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winn
Mar 17, 2004, 5:32 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

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $20 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $20 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $13 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were three second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing. But 13 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winning numbers from Friday's drawing were: 16, 23, 29, 36, and 51. The Mega B
Mar 10, 2004, 4:36 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $13 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $13 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Fridays $10 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were seven second-prize winners from Friday nights drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000 each. Three were sold in Illinois, two in Maryland, and one each in New Jersey and Texas.Also, 29 players matched four of the five lo
Mar 8, 2004, 5:00 am - Lottery News

Man loses $41,000 in sweepstakes scamNews Story
A 28-year-old Franklin, New Jersey man got a letter in the mail indicating he had won more than $600,000 in Spain's El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery program. But over a two-week period, that Franklin man wound up withdrawing money from his bank account, taking cash advances on his credit card, borrowing from family and losing about $41,000 to the lottery scam.And police say it's unlikely the money will ever be recovered.Now the warehouse worker, who asked that his name not be used, is taking out a
Mar 5, 2004, 4:25 am - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery sale drop-off is less than expectedNews Story
Since the first scratch-off lottery tickets started selling more than a month ago, sales have been declining.That was expected as the initial euphoria with the lottery wore off. Sales volume has dropped to roughly 49% of what it was during the first seven days of the lottery. That usually happens after the first week, Rebecca Paul, Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.'s president and chief executive officer, said of what she had seen with other start-up lotteries.By that measure, then, Tennessee's
Mar 1, 2004, 4:30 am - Lottery News

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