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One winner gets $14 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $14 million, lottery officials said Sunday. The winning ticket was bought in the city of Chipley.A total of 100 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,264.50; 6,986 tickets matched four numbers for $61; and 136,103 tickets matched three numbers for $4.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 4-7-15-25-38-40.No ticket in the Fantasy 5 game matched all five numbers, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.The 1,190 tickets
Oct 6, 2003, 4:07 am - Lottery News

Blue Springs man wins $2.5 million in Missouri Lotto gameNews Story
A suburban Kansas City man won $2.5 million in last Saturday's Missouri Lotto game.John Towell, 49, of Blue Springs, stopped and bought one lottery ticket Sept. 27 on his way from the Pepsi Plant in Olathe, Kan. to the Royals game, where he was scheduled to work. A refrigeration service technician for Pepsi, Towell said in a statement that he plans to keep his job, but scale back on the hours worked. I'll take care of the people who took care of me, said Towell, who is married with three sons.
Oct 2, 2003, 3:38 am - 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

State will drop Plus, revert to old LottoNews Story
If you buy a ticket for tonight's Washington Lotto Plus drawing, you have a chance to win a record $46 million jackpot.In a few more days, your odds of winning will get a bit better.That's because the Washington Lottery Commission is reverting to the old Lotto game after Saturday night's drawing for Lotto Plus. The odds of winning the Lotto jackpot will be 1 in 7 million instead of the 1 in 11 million odds for Lotto Plus.That's one reason lottery officials are bringing back Lotto after a 17-mont
Oct 1, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in south GeorgiaNews Story
A single player has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing.Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's drawing -- worth $150 million -- was sold in Fitzgerald, Ga., about 170 miles south of Atlanta.Besides the grand prize winner, nine players matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. They will receive second prizes of $175,000 each.Another 75 players matched four numbers, plus the Mega Ball number -- good for third prizes of $5,000.The win
Oct 1, 2003, 3:26 am - Lottery News

Check your tickets: $30M still unclaimedNews Story
Take this $30 million, please.The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has $30.5 million to give away, but nobody is coming forward to take the prize. The jackpot from the April 11 Super 7 draw is still unclaimed after almost six months.It's the largest jackpot on the corporation's books ever to go without being claimed.The winner has up to a year to claim the $30-million prize.If it is not claimed, the money goes back into the general lottery pot for future draws, she said.Lottery officials said th
Sep 29, 2003, 3:29 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $9 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $9 million, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 63 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,499; 4,585 tickets matched four numbers for $72.50; and 87,981 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 12-25-26-36-44-48.Two winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $119,246.92 each.The winning tickets were bought in the cities of Miami and Orlando, lottery
Sep 29, 2003, 3:23 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $126 MillionNews Story
None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $102 million Mega Millions drawing matched all six numbers, increasing the Friday jackpot to $126 million.The winning numbers were 5, 16, 24, 49 and 51, and the Mega Ball was 28.Ten second-prize winners each won $175,000 by matching the five lotto numbers, while another five players won $5,000 each by matching four numbers and the mega ball.The next Mega Millions drawing will be held Friday.
Sep 25, 2003, 2:27 am - Lottery News

Jacksonville ticket wins $11 million Florida LottoNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $11 million, lottery officials said Saturday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Jacksonville, officials said.A total of 84 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,814.50; 4,511 tickets matched four numbers for $88; and 97,476 tickets matched three numbers for $5.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 17-31-33-38-44-53.
Sep 22, 2003, 4:05 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Rises to $102 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $102 million Saturday, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in three months.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $87 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were 11 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000 each. Forty-six players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the M
Sep 20, 2003, 9:01 pm - Lottery News