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N.J. Lottery revenue tops $2 billion for second straight yearNews Story
New Jersey Lottery sales topped the $2 billion mark for the second consecutive year even though sales of tickets for both the Pick 6 Lotto and Lotzee games dropped significantly. The lottery, which is New Jersey's fourth-largest revenue producer, brought in $764 million to state coffers in the fiscal year that ended in June. That was an increase of $10 million over the previous year. The biggest sales gains last year were registered for the state's instant games, which increased by 16.5 percent
Sep 4, 2003, 3:32 am - Lottery News

Fortune smiles on lottery winnersNews Story
Winning the Texas lottery is bound to change your life. It's why people play it. But some area winners say the changes aren't as radical as some might think. They have nicer cars and homes. They travel more and work less, but most still work at something.It was the best Christmas gift the Triple J NXS Trust could receive. Their numbers -- 8, 20, 47, 51, 40, 44 -- came in on Dec. 26, 2001.The payoff: $36 million.The triple J's are Jim Ater, Jennifer Willis Wyatt and Justin Pratz. The NXS refers
Sep 1, 2003, 7:52 am - Lottery News

$135.6 Million Powerball Jackpot Won In New HampshireNews Story
America's Game paid off big for one winning ticket sold in New Hampshire. That ticket is worth $135.6 million. The winner will have to decide if they want 29-year annuity or the cash option worth $70.8 million. The ticket holder will have 60 days after the ticket is validated to make that decision.The $135.6 million dollar jackpot is the 8th largest Powerball jackpot in history. It is the 5th largest Powerball jackpot won by a single ticket.In addition to the jackpot winner, 896,881 other Powerb
Aug 31, 2003, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Man wins battle with Hoosier lotteryNews Story
Richard Termite Allender doesnt know if his ticket had the winning Powerball numbers on March 12, but he already feels like he won the lottery.After a six-month battle, the State Lottery Commission of Indiana agreed to release the time the winning ticket was purchased at Joes Junction in Trafalgar.Thats important to Mr. Allender because he has the stores timed security video and hopes to recognize the winner so the prize can be claimed.The lottery commission succumbed to Mr. Allenders request af
Aug 29, 2003, 4:22 am - Lottery News

Bigger jackpot means higher lottery salesNews Story
Despite an alluring $115 million jackpot, Marion Blackwell didn't play Powerball Tuesday.The woman instead purchased tickets for the Daily 3 and Daily 4 drawing at the Blue Flash Food Mart on Cumberland Road. It was just a few months ago when Hobert Parnell of Rocky Gap, Va., won a $62.4 million Powerball jackpot at the same Bluefield store in late March.Blackwell said she normally doesn't play Powerball until the jackpot climbs above $150 million. I don't play Powerball until it gets real high,
Aug 27, 2003, 3:15 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $26 MillionNews Story
The summer is hot and so is Mega Millions. With nine different ways to win, Mega Millions players won more than $1.8 million in Friday's drawing. A total of 241,772 tickets won prizes ranging from $2 to $175,000. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $21 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $26 million for the Tuesday, August 26, 2003 drawing.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 04-19-31-32-51 and the Mega Ball number was 31.Four tickets came w
Aug 25, 2003, 3:45 am - Lottery News

Pembroke Pines hits Lotto jackpot for a 4th timeNews Story
Who said lightning can't strike twice?It hit in this city for the fourth time in 11 years on Saturday when a Florida Lotto ticket, a Quick Pick, matched all six numbers in the $27 million drawing.Because it was the only ticket in Florida with the right combination, 7-8-16-19-47-52, the person who bought the ticket in S.K. Ali's convenience store will get the entire pot.Ali late Sunday didn't know which of his customers beat the 22,957,480-to-1 odds, but the 40-year-old manager of the Columbus Fo
Aug 25, 2003, 3:31 am - Lottery News

A rank amateur takes on the stars in poker’s world championshipNews Story
Chris Moneymaker had plenty on his mind a new mortgage, serious credit card debt and a newborn daughter. But at the moment, he was concentrating on the beefy Costa Rican across the poker table from him. Humberto Brenes had just deposited four neat stacks of blue thousand-dollar chips in the middle of the green felt.Raise, $70,000.Moneymaker studied him again through his sunglasses. Brenes was one of the best no-limit Texas Hold 'em players in the world. Moneymaker was a rank amateur who'd never
Aug 24, 2003, 6:58 am - Lottery News

Uniondale Woman Hits JackpotNews Story
This is Henrietta Henderson's reaction to winning $34 million in the Mega Millions drawing: I didn't really have a reaction. The 71-year-old single mother of five from Uniondale was handed a check Tuesday morning for holding the ticket with the six winning numbers in the July 11 jackpot. Henderson stoically accepted a lump sum of $20.6 million in front of the Quick Pick Deli in Uniondale, where the winning ticket was purchased for $1.These are her plans for her share of the cash: none.The first
Aug 20, 2003, 3:14 am - Lottery News

Alaska Eyeing Powerball, Expanded GamblingNews Story
House Speaker Pete Kott says it's a good bet that plans to expand gambling in Alaska will soon meet success in the state House. Lawmakers and state officials are working over the summer on proposals for video gambling machines and a lottery, both to help ease the state's budget problems. There is even starting to be talk about off-track betting parlors in Alaska.Kott, a Republican from Eagle River, predicts that some form of gaming will move forward in the next legislative session, which starts
Aug 18, 2003, 7:38 am - Lottery News