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Democrats trying to ruin Calif. Mega Millions lottery participationNews Story
Democrat lawmakers in California will convene an emergency hearing on what their attorneys call Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's illegal linking of California with the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game.Republicans say this is the latest Democrat obstruction, as the Governor continues his bid to rescue California from its fiscal and electoral problems.National and state anti-gambling groups said they would delay filing a lawsuit against Schwarzenegger's deficit-easing entrance into Me
Jun 17, 2005, 11:09 am - Lottery News

California could be golden for 12-state Mega MillionsNews Story
At Bluebird Liquors in Hawthorne, California, where there's almost always a line to buy lottery tickets, owner Frank Kumamoto is eagerly awaiting California's entry into the multistate Mega Millions game. So are his regular customers. Oh, yeah, I'll play, because there's a bigger jackpot and more to win, said Barbara Fluffy Brown, a Boeing worker who drove from nearby Los Angeles to play the numbers here. It's only a dollar, so what the heck? A week from Wednesday, California will become the
Jun 15, 2005, 12:33 pm - Lottery News

Lawyer thinks Calif. participation in Mega Millions is illegalNews Story
According to one legislative lawyer, California's much-heralded entrance into the 11-state Mega Millions lottery may be illegal, even as outlets around the state prepare for the debut of the popular game.Lottery Director Chon Gutierrez was told by legal advisers when California joined Mega Millions that the move to revitalize the state's languishing lottery was legal because it advanced the education-benefiting cause of the voter-approved Lottery Act of 1984.Around the state, locations for buyin
Jun 15, 2005, 11:33 am - Lottery News

Unclaimed lottery winnings scam targets elderlyNews Story
Oregon State Police plan to announce today that they are investigating a scam targeting the elderly that promises large unclaimed lottery winnings from two fictitious Salem companies.The scam has claimed at least seven victims in Georgia, Florida, California and Pennsylvania who combined have lost about $30,000, Detective Rich Dennis of the Oregon State Police said Wednesday.Here's how the scam works: A letter arrives in the mail on letterhead from fake Salem firms Golden Lotto Mega Bucks or Top
Jun 9, 2005, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Ohio store sells winning $106 million Mega Millions lottery ticketNews Story
Ohio has its fourth Mega Millions lottery winner, who will gross $106 million, or a $66,666,686 lump sum.The Emery Road convenience store that sold the ticket will receive $100,000. I'll take the family on vacation, Ajay Patel, 35, owner of Emery Food Mart, said Saturday morning.He and his wife, Asmita, 30, moved from India to the United States in 1987. They have surpassed the American Dream.The Patels also sold a winning Super Lotto ticket in 1999 that brought them $5,000. And Ajay's brother-i
Jun 6, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Busy lottery winner finally takes a break and claims jackpotNews Story
The man who called lottery officials last week and told them he was too busy working to collect his $56 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot finally showed up Thursday at the California Lottery's Santa Fe Springs district office, nearly two weeks after his win.Richard Martinez of Los Angeles, who is single and in his 30s, said he had waited until Thursday to claim his prize because I had to request and be approved for time off.' We are glad the mystery surrounding our $56 million jackpot winner is f
May 20, 2005, 11:36 am - Lottery News

New Hamshire budget closely linked to lottery luckNews Story
If someone won Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, New Hampshire's tight state budget would be the big loser, according to the chairman of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.A winner of the $129 million jackpot would cool off betting in the final six weeks of the state's budget year, which could prevent the state from meeting its $71 million profit target, said Chairman Richard Campbell. We aren't going to make it unless Powerball gets on a roll, Campbell told Gov. John Lynch and the Executi
May 20, 2005, 10:21 am - Lottery News

California Lottery fixes major problem with Derby gameNews Story
Computerized lottery drawings the culprit in flawed results Dave Andres, an insurance underwriter from Altadena, California, thought he alone was in the habit of scanning hundreds of winning numbers in the lottery's least-popular game, Daily Derby. He assumed no one else noticed that for 100 days running this winter, none of the winning times in the horse race-themed game had numbers that were repeated. He knew that players had to not only pick the right horses but also the last three d
May 13, 2005, 10:32 am - Lottery News

Winner of $56 Million CA Lottery Jackpot Too Busy To Claim PrizeNews Story
California Lottery officials announced the winning ticket for last Saturday s $56 million SuperLOTTO Plus jackpot was sold at Broadway Food Corner in Los Angeles. A young man telephoned our Santa Fe Springs District Office earlier today and said he held the winning ticket, said Acting Director Chon Gutierrez. The gentleman told our district manager in Santa Fe Springs that he could not claim his ticket because he had to work a double shift and would try to come back sometime later this week,
May 11, 2005, 3:58 pm - Lottery News

Lottery officials forsee $500 million Mega Millions jackpotsNews Story
California, the Golden State, will bring a lot of green to the Mega Millions Lottery jackpots when the state joins the multistate game next month. That's green as in greenbacks.Mega Millions Lottery officials expect jackpots, under the right circumstances, to reach a staggering half of a billion dollars, said Michigan Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters. With California in, the computer model says there is a high probability of a $500 million Mega Millions jackpot, Peters said. The largest Mega Mi
May 8, 2005, 7:54 am - Lottery News