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$315M Lottery Winner Shuns AttentionNews Story
$315M Lottery Winner Andrew Whittaker Says He Wishes He'd Been Quieter About Hitting JackpotThe letters never stop. Requests, pleas, hard-luck stories, tales to break your heart: thousands of them, enough to fill hip-high filing cabinets that line three conference-room walls in Andrew Jack Whittaker's new office.They come by the dozens, day after day, though it has been a year since Whittaker won the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history $314.9 million, payable in an after-tax lum
Dec 26, 2003, 3:50 am - Lottery News

Trying to Sell California's LotteryNews Story
The lyric California, here we come, right back where we started from is part of:a) A song heard by millions of viewers when the series The O.C. appears on Fox Broadcasting.b) A song that perfectly captures the bizarre circumstances of what may well be the strangest advertising account review ever to take place in the West.c) Both of the above.(The answer is, of course, c, and those who chose it must read daily newspapers enough to recognize a column-opening gambit when they see one.)The re
Dec 12, 2003, 5:27 am - Lottery News

Chairman of Oregon Lottery calls it a career at 94News Story
E.D. Debbs Potts retires after almost 50 years of public serviceTwo decades after voters retired him, and three decades after most people retire themselves, E.D. Debbs Potts of Grants Pass said farewell Friday to his last state position as chairman of the Oregon Lottery Commission.Potts has been the commissions only chairman in the 19 years since voters created the Oregon Lottery and he lost his state Senate seat. During that period, the Lottery has had six directors.At 60 or 65, most of us are
Nov 24, 2003, 4:56 am - Lottery News

GTECH scrutinized in bid for Tennessee lottery contractsNews Story
GTECH Corp., the lottery giant bidding for Tennessee contracts, has been praised for quick startups and leading technology.But the company has also been criticized for aggressive lobbying and a series of missteps in the 1990s that led to the criminal conviction of one employee and culminated in an overhaul of top managers three years ago. I don't think their past record should reflect adversely on ... the present company, although it does require someone to look at them with a little more due di
Nov 20, 2003, 7:00 am - Lottery News

California Lottery Kicks Off ReviewNews Story
The California Lottery today posted to its Web site a request for proposal for its four-year, $100 million general market advertising account.The 95-page document, which comes after the lottery issued a draft RFP and solicited feedback from agencies, was accompanied by a letter from lottery CEO Anthony Molica. In the letter, Molica said the final RFP was constructed with the spirit of showing the advertising community that the California Lottery listened to their concerns and welcomes them to p
Nov 18, 2003, 5:05 am - Lottery News

California Man Hits Big-Spin Pay-DirtNews Story
Ricky Rehberg always knew playing lottery scratch-offs would pay off.The Hayward resident, who said he has been playing scratch-off tickets for about 16 years, won $120,000 on the California Lottery's Big Spin television program that aired Saturday. It was so amazing. Something like this has never happened to me, Rehberg said.Rehberg, 49, actually won the money on the show a couple of months ago, but the program took a while to air, he said. Since then, he has paid off bills, bought new furnitu
Nov 13, 2003, 5:16 am - Lottery News

State to display odds of winningNews Story
When Tennesseans start playing the lottery next year, they'll know something dreamers in many other states don't: the odds of winning.State law doesn't require the odds to be advertised, but Tennessee lottery chief Rebecca Paul believes it's good business to do so. Every place I've ever been has prominently displayed it in brochures, at point of sale, where people get their play slips, where they fill them out, Paul said. It's important to have it there and ready and available for anybody who
Nov 10, 2003, 4:51 am - Lottery News

New Day, New Perspective for Winner of $175,000 Mega Millions PrizeNews Story
On Thursday, John Ferguson of Curlew, Washington was concerned about car payments, property taxes, and where he would find his next job.Oh, what a difference a day makes!Friday, Ferguson redeemed his winning Mega Millions ticket at the Washington Lottery's Spokane Office for his $175,000 prize and is planning visits to see his grandchildren in Alaska and California.Ferguson is the Washington Lottery's newest big Mega Millions winner. He won with a ticket for last Tuesday's drawing that he purch
Nov 4, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News

Second Consecutive Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In IndianaNews Story
A winning Powerball ticket has been sold in Indiana for the second straight drawing.The Multi-State Lottery Association said one ticket was sold matching all five numbers and the Powerball in Wednesday's drawing, and it was sold in Indiana. That ticket wins the $10 million jackpot.The winning ticket was sold at a Tobacco Road Marathon station at 1541 W. Thompson Road on Indianapolis' southwest side.The numbers drawn were: 8, 19, 22, 34, 53 and Powerball 29.Earlier Wednesday, a Daviess County wo
Oct 31, 2003, 5:06 am - Lottery News

7-Eleven store owner sells winning lotto ticket to himselfNews Story
Narinder Badwal threw a party at his friend's Milpitas restaurant after learning that the 7-Eleven store he owns in Santa Clara had sold one of two tickets for last week's $99 million Super Lotto jackpot. He was due a share of the $247,500 commission.What Badwal didn't know until the next morning was that he had sold one of the winning tickets to himself -- and that he had won $49.5 million, representing his half of a jackpot that he shared with an aspiring actress from Southern California.Today
Oct 28, 2003, 4:02 am - Lottery News