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Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $15 millionNews Story
No tickets matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, creating a $15 million jackpot for the next drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 115 tickets matched five numbers to win $4,039.50; 5,676 tickets matched four numbers for $66.50; and 112,613 tickets matched three numbers for $4.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday were 12, 15, 25, 30, 33 and 47.Fantasy 5Someone who bought a Fantasy 5 game ticket in Lake Worth can collect $251,095.35 for the only winning ticket of th
Apr 26, 2004, 7:03 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery has paid nearly $700,000 in bonuses to dateNews Story
State lawmakers are surprised by the number of Tennessee Lottery employees who have received bonuses totaling nearly $700,000 since the launch of the games in January.Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul has earned $245,000 in bonuses for beginning scratchoff games ahead of schedule and starting the lottery online by March 20. The other 142 Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. employees have cashed $422,304 in startup bonus checks, according to lottery records, an average of $2,974 each.Paul used employee ince
Apr 19, 2004, 6:23 am - Lottery News

Powerball may draw new kind of Tennessee lottery playerNews Story
In the three months since lottery sales began in Tennessee, Paul Cressend has yet to buy a ticket in his home state.Instead, the health insurance salesman tries his luck in Georgia, Florida and Kentucky.That's because all three participate in either Mega Millions or Powerball, multistate games that award jackpots in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Tennessee's highest prize for state-sponsored games is $1 million. If they had big enough jackpots I'd buy lottery tickets in Tennessee, Cressen
Apr 19, 2004, 6:19 am - Lottery News

Elderly Woman Loses $10,000 In Lottery ScamNews Story
Tampa, Florida Police are looking for a man and woman involved in scamming an elderly woman out of $10,000 by convincing her they held a winning lottery ticket.About 10 a.m. Tuesday, the female scam artist walked up to the 70-year-old victim in a Kash n' Karry parking lot at 2525 N. Dale Mabry Highway, police said. She asked whether there was a church nearby because she needed help. The man walked up and told the victim the woman really needed a lawyer to help her with her lottery winnings.The p
Apr 9, 2004, 7:44 am - Lottery News

Florida lotto jackpot rolls to $6 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, sending Saturday's jackpot to an estimated $6 million, lottery officials said Thursday.A total of 50 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,521; 2,857 tickets matched four numbers for $78.50; and 58,143 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Wednesday: 5-19-22-34-43-53.
Apr 8, 2004, 6:11 am - Lottery News

Kiosk nets $10,000 for winning Lotto saleNews Story
The bonus nearly pays for the newly bought stand, and its owners hope their luck draws more customersMaybe lightning will strike twice.For many regulars at the Mall News Stand in Port Richey, that was the hope Monday after news broke that the kiosk sold Saturday's winning $3-million Lotto ticket. Everybody comes in and congratulates us, said Agnes Schaaf, an employee at the stand located inside Gulf View Square mall.Then they buy a ticket.Lately it is Lotto. Some play the scratch-off games.Othe
Apr 6, 2004, 4:09 am - Lottery News

Port Richey ticket wins $3 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One lucky shopper at Gulf View Square Mall matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a $3 million jackpot, lottery officials said Sunday.The shopper was the lone winner in Saturday's drawing.The ticket was purchased at Mall News, a newspaper stand at the Pasco County mall, which is off U.S. 19.The winning numbers selected were 16-23-30-36-41-49.
Apr 5, 2004, 4:05 am - Lottery News

Wife's Birthday Dinner Ends with £4.3M Lottery JoyNews Story
A man who took his wife out for a birthday meal returned home to find he had won 4.3 million on the lottery.Mike Stone, from Leyland in Lancashire, took his wife Sarah out last Saturday night to celebrate her 46th birthday.When the couple came home, they discovered they had won 4,316,624.They now plan to take their six children Jennifer, seven, Clair, 11, Daniel, 12, Christopher, 14, Michael, 20, and Caroline, 22 to Disneyland in Florida.They also plan to buy a bigger house than their three-be
Mar 31, 2004, 4:33 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $6 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 56 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,790.50.3,305 tickets matched four numbers for $93.50.70,098 tickets matched three numbers for $6.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 15-21-41-43-49-52.Fantasy 5Eight winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $31,851.06 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.Three winning tickets were bought Boynton B
Mar 29, 2004, 4:40 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $10 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $10 million, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 46 tickets matched five numbers to win $9,259.50.4,213 tickets matched four numbers for $82; and 90,582 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 6-27-28-35-46-48.Fantasy 5Two winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $128,460.12 each.The winning tickets were bought in the cities of Leesburg and Palm Bay, lot
Mar 22, 2004, 4:21 am - Lottery News