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The Two Titans of the Lottery IndustryNews Story
We often hear that the $40 billion spent on video games worldwide dwarfs the amount spent on the motion picture industry. But another form of mass entertainment dwarfs them both: the lottery business. According to a Morgan Stanley study, sales of lottery tickets around the world will top $160 billion in 2004.You should be thankful for the lottery business this week as you write a check for your tax bill. That's because you'd probably owe a lot more if not for your fellow citizens' crazed desire
Apr 15, 2004, 4:58 am - Lottery News

Super 7 lottery win both heartwarming and amazingNews Story
It may be the feel-good lottery win of all time: a single mom who can now help her kids, and a father of three who proved lottery lightning can strike twice.When Sharon Mentore grabbed her cheque for $10.5 million yesterday, the single mother of three couldn't restrain her joy.Smiling broadly, she began to dance and tell of her plans.She's told her father he no longer needs to report for his factory job: She's sending him on a trip to his native Guyana. I'm one of those people who likes helping
Apr 14, 2004, 7:29 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery has largest payout ever in Pick 4News Story
Lady Luck waived her wand just right Tuesday for more than 1,500 Virginia Lottery ticket holders who played 7-7-7-7.The Virginia Lottery announced its largest payout ever for Pick 4 when the quadruple number was drawn in the afternoon game. The lottery will pay out $5.57 million to 1,503 ticket holders who matched the winning number. Our players won big today, said Virginia Lottery Executive Director Penelope W. Kyle. We paid out more today on the Pick 4 game than we ever paid in 15 years. Mos
Apr 14, 2004, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Euro Millions $30.5 million lottery winner 'shocked'News Story
A British woman who scooped the biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot was said Monday to be pretty shocked .Marion Richardson won 16.7 million in the lottery which runs across the UK, France and Spain.It is the first time the jackpot has been won in the UK since the competition was launched in February.Ms Richardson, a former postal worker, lives with her partner in Winlaton, Tyneside.Her partner, who did not want to be named, said: We have had loads of calls from people wishing her luck. We are
Apr 13, 2004, 5:18 am - Lottery News

UK player wins record Euro Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
The biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot has been won by a British ticketholder for the first time, Camelot said today.Camelot said the unknown ticketholder won 16.7 million (US$30.6 million) in the continental-wide lottery.Previous winning tickets have originated from France and Spain.The ticket has landed the sixth richest prize in British lottery history, with the biggest jackpot being the 22.6 million won by Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison, of Hastings, East Sussex, in June, 1995.It costs 1.
Apr 12, 2004, 2:01 am - Lottery News

Delaware agent wins "fastest lottery fingers" awardNews Story
The second time was the charm for Aimee Truitt.Miss Truitt, 18, of Georgetown, Delaware, walked away with $800 after winning the Delaware Lottery's 12th annual Fastest Fingers championship March 30 in Dover.A clerk at Bodie's Market in Georgetown, Miss Truitt was one of 14 terminal operators from Delaware Lottery retail stores eligible to compete in the finals. Competitors raced through a test that determined which operator could produce a set number of lottery tickets in the shortest time. Mi
Apr 8, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Ohio Woman Guilty in Mega Millions CaseNews Story
A woman who claimed that she bought and lost a $162 million lottery ticket was found guilty Tuesday of filing a false police report. She was fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service.Elecia Battle, 40, of Cleveland, reached an agreement with prosecutors that called her to plead no contest to the misdemeanor charge with the understanding that she would be found guilty. She could have gotten six months in jail.Shortly after a Dec. 30 lottery drawing, Battle filed a police
Apr 6, 2004, 12:29 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner waited 50 weeks to pick up $30 millionNews Story
A very cautious Southern Ontario man has won the largest jackpot in Canadian history.Raymond Sobeski waited almost an entire year before coming forward to claim his prize of $30 million because, he says, he didn't want to do anything rash. He won the staggering prize on the Super 7 draw on April 11, 2003. Now the ex-farmer and self-employed computer repairman, says he's ready to become a multimillionaire.When he was asked how he felt Sobeski - who will only say he's in his 40s - said, A litt
Apr 2, 2004, 5:05 am - Lottery News

Virginia hoping the joke's not on themNews Story
It's either an April Fools' joke for the annals or the beginning of an incredibly moneyed life for the nation's newest multimillionaire.Virginia Lottery officials said yesterday that they believe that the winner of last month's $239 million prize has finally, through a lawyer, come forward and is expected to provide the winning Mega Millions ticket for confirmation today.Lottery officials, who learned Feb. 20 that an individual purchased the single winning ticket at the Red Apple convenience sto
Apr 1, 2004, 5:15 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Winners to Claim $239 Million Jackpot ThursdayNews Story
Virginia Lottery will announce multiple winners of the record $239 million jackpotThe winners of a $239 million Mega Millions jackpot have come forward more than a month after the winning ticket was sold, the Virginia Lottery said Wednesday.Lottery spokesman Ed Scarborough said the winners' names and other details would not be revealed until a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond.The $239 million jackpot is the world's second-largest single-ticket lot
Mar 31, 2004, 10:10 pm - Lottery News