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Tenn. will launch Cash 3 within 60 daysNews Story
Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation CEO Rebecca Paul announced Monday the first online game called Cash 3 would be up and running within 60 days.Playing Cash 3, gamblers pick three numbers and if they match the numbers drawn can win up to $500.Cash 3 drawings will be televised daily. Paul said three ball machines would be used to find the winning combination. Each machine holds 10 balls numbered from 0-9 and someone will draw the final three numbers.The lottery corporation sent out requests
Jan 27, 2004, 5:59 am - Lottery News

First Lottery Tickets Sold in TennesseeNews Story
Lottery fans dreaming of riches waited patiently until after midnight to try their luck as Tennessee became the last state in the Southeast to offer legal gambling.Four different types of scratch-off lottery games went on sale at 12:01 a.m. local time Tuesday. Tickets cost between $1 and $5 and award prizes up to $1 million. I feel it will be lucky here tonight. Hopefully it will be, said Natalie Dukureh, a postal worker in Nashville who raced to a convenience store right after her shift ended
Jan 20, 2004, 6:06 am - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery joins Amber AlertNews Story
Alerts will be transmitted to lotto terminals to be printedThe Kansas Lottery announced Wednesday that it joined the Kansas Amber Alert program, which helps locate missing and abducted children.Amber Alert was implemented in Kansas in March 2002. There are 96 Amber Alert programs nationwide.When an alert is activated by a local law enforcement agency, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation disseminates the information to other law enforcement agencies and media outlets to broadcast the information.N
Jan 15, 2004, 5:35 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

State to end televised drawings of lotteryNews Story
Wisconsin Lottery officials said Monday they will no longer broadcast nightly drawings live on television and will stop producing a weekly game show that had aired for more than a decade.Cancelling the broadcasts reduces expenses for the state lottery. Acting lottery director Michael Edmonds says all lottery profits will be directed toward property tax relief.Edmonds said the broadcasts will stop as of Jan. 1. Drawings will continue to be monitored by Capitol Police and an independent auditing
Dec 9, 2003, 4:58 am - Lottery News

Texas Mega Millions Sales Begin TodayNews Story
For Texas Lottery lovers, there's a whole new ball game today.Beginning at 6 a.m., tickets were going on sale for Mega Millions, Texas' first foray into high-stakes, multistate lotteries.While chances for Mega Millions and the traditional Lotto Texas cost the same $1 the odds of winning the new game are much lower.But with the additional risk comes the lure of a substantially higher jackpot a minimum of $10 million, compared with Lotto Texas' $4 million minimum. People who play the lottery like
Dec 3, 2003, 5:50 am - Lottery News

Special projects shrink lottery proceedsNews Story
Almost $1.8 billion worth of Georgia lottery proceeds that could have gone for HOPE scholarships has instead been spent on a long list of other projects, including museums, security fences and metal detectors, and renovations of historic buildings.And millions are still being spent for special scholarship programs that benefit a few private colleges favored by powerful lawmakers.Now, with HOPE facing a shortfall and a state commission looking for ways to rein in expenses, some officials wonder w
Nov 11, 2003, 5:00 am - Lottery News

Auburndale Man Buys $14 Million Florida Lotto Jackpot TicketNews Story
We have no immediate plans - just to be wise about spending it. -- George Carrier Florida Lotto Jackpot WinnerAn Auburndale (Polk Co.) man's trip to North Florida truly paid off this weekend. While visiting relatives west of Chipley (Washington Co.), he bought the winning Florida Lotto ticket for the Oct. 4 drawing. On his way back home to Auburndale Monday, he collected his estimated $14 million jackpot prize.George Carrier, 60, stopped by Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee to collect his pr
Oct 7, 2003, 5:23 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery Adds New GamesNews Story
Bettors will have more ways to gamble in Michigan next month, and they'll be able to do it in bars and restaurants across the state.State officials hope the new games, which include Club Keno and pull-tab games, will draw more money into state coffers as the struggle to balance the budget continues.The Michigan Lottery saw ticket sales increase 4.5 percent to $1.68 billion in the budget year that ended in September 2002, according to its most recent annual report.Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who prop
Sep 15, 2003, 3:53 am - Lottery News

Lottery board narrows list of CEO candidates to threeNews Story
The list of candidates for the top job in running Tennessee's lottery has been whittled from 15 to three, but lottery officials declined yesterday to say who the finalists are.One official said Tennesseans could rest assured that the chief executive officer candidates would be well-screened and that the board had no choice but to handle it this way.Lottery board spokesman Will Pinkston was asked why there will not be an opportunity for a public review of candidates or the board's selection.''Unf
Sep 5, 2003, 3:27 am - Lottery News