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Will N.C. create a lottery-video poker partnership?News Story
North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, argues that North Carolina's new education lottery will remove the allure of another hotly debated form of gambling -- video poker. People tell me the lottery will probably pretty much do away with video poker, said Black, who backs the video poker industry. Those people who want to do some recreational gambling can certainly get their kicks with the lottery. Other video poker supporters hope the opposite will happen.A few states have made
Sep 12, 2005, 6:51 am - Lottery News

N.D. lottery revenues exceed expectationsNews Story
North Dakota's three lottery games have raised $7.2 million for the state treasury since Powerball sold its first ticket in March 2004, the state's lottery director said.North Dakotans bought $24.9 million worth of tickets in 15 months.Although lottery demand was greater than state officials expected, sustaining the pace will be much more challenging, said Chuck Keller, director of the North Dakota Lottery. I realize that our honeymoon period is over, and that sales for the lottery are going t
Aug 2, 2005, 8:06 am - Lottery News

$1.75 million Hot Lotto ticket purchased in West VirginiaNews Story
The winning ticket for Saturday's $1.75 million Hot Lotto jackpot was purchased at a Kanawha County convenience store, according to West Virginia lottery officials.The ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven on Second Avenue in South Charleston, lottery spokeswoman Nancy Bulla said Sunday. It is West Virginia's first Hot Lotto jackpot.The winning numbers were 13, 21, 25, 30, 31 and Hot Ball 18.Hot Lotto tickets are sold in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia
Aug 1, 2005, 12:00 pm - Lottery News

N.D. couple cashes state's first lottery jackpot ticketNews Story
A Walsh County couple cashed North Dakota's first lottery jackpot ticket, a $420,094 prize in the Wild Card 2 game, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said.The couple was not identified, since North Dakota law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous.They bought the winning ticket last week at a gas station in Michigan, in neighboring Nelson County, in northeastern North Dakota. Michigan is about 35 miles east of Devils Lake.Stenehjem said he presented the couple with their winner's check Tuesda
Jul 20, 2005, 9:36 am - Lottery News

Delaware bill would legalize sports gamblingNews Story
A bill was introduced in the Delaware General Assembly May 31 that, if passed, would allow sports gambling in Delaware making it the only state east of the Mississippi where sports wagering would be legal.Under the legislation, businesses could apply for gambling licenses through the Delaware State Lottery office, allowing them to take bets on sport events such as football or baseball games.The bill, SB 135, is sponsored by state Sen. George H. Bunting, D-Ocean View.If passed, individuals coul
Jun 15, 2005, 2:33 pm - Lottery News

N.D. lottery's first year deemed 'exceptional'News Story
Nearly a year after North Dakota unveiled its state lottery, former Gov. Arthur Link still gets annoyed waiting in line for someone else to splurge on the dream of a big payday.It happened just the other day, Link said, when he watched a man ahead of him in a convenience store hand over $2 for a couple of slips of paper. Link is among the lottery's foremost critics.Those with a sunnier view of the lottery point to a ledger that shows North Dakota's treasury raking in nearly $6 million since Marc
Mar 24, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery Scratch Games' Empty PromisesNews Story
Most players know the odds of getting rich from the Georgia Lottery are slim, but a recent investigation found you have no chance of winning the top cash prize when you play some scratch-off games.One of those games is 5 Karat Gold, a $1 instant game. Records from the Georgia Lottery show the game has no top prizes left because they were all claimed by mid-November.If I already knew that, then there's no way I'd buy this ticket, said player Brian Wright. That would be a false investment. Additio
Feb 15, 2005, 11:31 am - Lottery News

Wyoming closer to starting a lotteryNews Story
A bill that would bring a lottery to Wyoming made it past a second hurdle Thursday, prompting some to wonder how far it will go this year.Similar bills in recent years haven't progressed far.Rep. Wayne Reese, D-Cheyenne, said he thinks this year's legislation will make it through the House and be delivered to the Senate.This year, as in the past, the argument for having a lottery is based in the amount of money that goes outside state lines as Wyoming residents drive to Nebraska, South Dakota, M
Feb 4, 2005, 10:27 am - Lottery News

Oregon lottery sales averaged $249 per resident last yearNews Story
From video-poker machines at bars and restaurants to ticket sales at convenience markets and grocery stores, Jackson County residents spent $42.2 million on the Oregon Lottery in the fiscal year that ended in June.Thats as if every man, woman and child in the county spent about $222 on Lottery games last year, slightly less than the state average.Of course, not everyone plays. Roughly a quarter of the countys population isnt even old enough to gamble. However, per capita spending sales divided b
Dec 29, 2004, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $127 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 649,059 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $127 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, December 1 drawing will be an estimated $69.9 million.The numbers drawn were: 16, 28, 35, 36, 47 and the Powerball was 31. The Power Play multiplier was 2.Seven players correctly matched the
Nov 30, 2004, 7:37 am - Lottery News