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California Channel snared in fake lottery schemeNews Story
The California Channel, which broadcasts Legislative meetings on cable TV, on Wednesday became the second local entity to reveal that it is the victim of the British International Lottery scam. People have received letters telling them they won $95,000 - and that to receive their winnings, they must first cash an enclosed check for $2,998 that appears to be from the California Channel. The check, according to the letters, will cover a tax and clearance fee that must be wired to a Canadia
Apr 28, 2006, 7:54 am - Lottery News

First proposed N.C. lottery ad beats to different drummerNews Story
The first television commercial for the North Carolina Education Lottery apparently will be looking literally to drum up support. In a concept draft of the ad released by the lottery commission late Tuesday, a man sits in a chair in his home, starting to scratch off a lottery ticket with a coin. Then a drum roll is heard, and the man gives an excited look to his wife before a marching band walks through their living room and plays a fight song. A narrator then talks about the new lottery,
Mar 15, 2006, 6:44 am - Lottery News

West Lafayette man wins $1 million on last 'Hoosier Millionaire'News Story
A West Lafayette, Indiana, man won $1,022,000 on the final Hoosier Millionaire television show, which ended its 16-year run Saturday night with a special broadcast.Clarence Moore's winnings on the Grand Finale show boosted his total prize money, including winnings from preliminary rounds, to $1,044,000. He became the show's 191st and last millionaire.After drawing from 36,000 entries, 12 semifinalists were selected to compete in two preliminary rounds, where the top six players competed in t
Jan 2, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Oklahama Lottery's Pick 3 game takes offNews Story
After four weeks of scratch-offs, the Oklahoma Lottery has diversified on schedule.In a Tuesday meeting, the lottery's commission approved the sale of online tickets. The system started up on Thursday around 5 a.m.The state's first online game, Pick 3, offers a crack at $500 each day including Sunday.Odds are players statewide will recoup 50 percent of what they spend on Pick 3 tickets. Prizes are set and there is no swelling jackpot, as Oklahoma will see with Powerball's expected January arri
Nov 11, 2005, 7:42 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winnings to educate kids, fund parents' honeymoonNews Story
Jay and Lory Schabo of Center, Wisconsin, said their life will not change that much after winning a $853,492 Match 5 Bonus Prize in the October 19th Powerball drawing.It means college money for their three children and a honeymoon they never had a chance to celebrate when they were married 15 years ago. We're going to take care of our kids, Lory Schabo told reporters Tuesday, clearly nervous under the glare of television lights. We're going back to our normal lives. We're quiet people. There w
Oct 26, 2005, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Tennessee $1 Million Lottery Winner Will "Stay The Same"News Story
The Tennessee Lottery's latest winner of $1 million was jubilant after winning, but says the big prize won't mean any dramatic changes in her life. Money doesn't mean that much as long as you're happy, said Ann Strong, who took home a cool million on Saturday at the culmination of the Lottery's third and final Millionaire Live! drawing event held in Memphis at WMC-NBC Channel 5 and broadcast throughout the state. We're just going to do the same ole,' same ole,' said Ann, 59, who lives in Ala
Oct 24, 2005, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Maine woman seeking second lottery jackpotNews Story
Janet and Ernie DeCosta can finally get some sleep tonight. I plan on being up all night, Janet said Tuesday as she headed out to her traditional weekly bingo game on the eve of a live drawing that could net her $1 million this evening. I'm a basket case. More than a year ago, the 50-year-old Weeks Mills resident was on her way to a temporary job at MaineGeneral Medical Center when she scratched off a $10 state instant lottery ticket that handed her a $250,000 prize and a chance to win another
Oct 12, 2005, 9:42 am - Lottery News

Three scratch ticket players eligible for $1 million drawingNews Story
Tennessee Lottery officials have selected three scratch-off ticket players for the October 22nd drawing for a $1 million grand prize.The finalists were selected from more than 225,000 entries submitted by players of Tennessee Millionaire and Volunteer Millionaire instant win games. The games are no longer available.The three finalists are Ann Strong of Alamo; Alvin Bhones of Madison, Ala.; and Peggy Brady of Lancing.The drawing will be broadcast live from Memphis.
Sep 30, 2005, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Anti-lottery group considers legal challenge to N.C. LotteryNews Story
There might yet be a legal fight over the new North Carolina lottery.A spokesman for Citizens United Against the Lottery, a coalition formed to fight its creation, said Monday that the group is weighing a lawsuit challenging how the lottery was approved. It's in distinct consideration, said Bob Rosser, a spokesman for the group, whose board includes former legislator Chuck Neely, former UNC system presidents Bill Friday and C.D. Spangler Jr., and Capitol Broadcasting Co. chief Jim Goodmon. We
Sep 20, 2005, 8:50 pm - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery insists computers are better than ball drawingsNews Story
Still smarting from the sting of a massive security scandal, Indiana Lottery officials are making a claim that computerized drawings actually improve security over traditional lottery drawings conducted with a mechanical ball machine.Hoosier Lottery winning numbers are no longer determined by white balls plucked from a whirling mass inside a wire cage.Now, winning numbers for Hoosier Lotto and daily games are picked in an office room, from a computer inside a black box secured with red, tamper-e
Jul 29, 2005, 2:15 pm - Lottery News