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Group finds winning lottery ticket a month after the drawingNews Story
A lottery pool of shop workers who play the UK Lotto spoke today of their delight at discovering that an unchecked lottery ticket left in their office was worth 5 million (US$9.4 million).The winning ticket was found in a plastic cup a full month after the lucky workers numbers came up in the Christmas Eve Lotto Superdraw, matching numbers 15, 19, 24, 36, 37 and 49.The 12 members of the pool, who worked at Pennys clothes shop and Penmark Cards, in Allestree, Derbyshire, could not conceal their
Jan 26, 2005, 10:47 am - Lottery News

Officials Say Oklahoma Lottery Could Take Year To StartNews Story
Oklahoma voters earlier this month ended Gov. Brad Henry's yearslong battle to get a statewide lottery, but the task of making the lottery a reality has just begun.Before the first ticket is sold, a lottery commission has to take shape, the rules of the games established and other details worked out.The first step comes with Henry's appointment of a seven-member lottery commission. The governor's office is accepting applications. They'll go through a lengthy and detailed process, including an OS
Nov 19, 2004, 11:50 am - Lottery News

Three tickets split $100 million California lottery jackpotNews Story
California Lottery officials announced Sunday that two of the three winning tickets in Saturday's $100 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot were purchased in the Bay Area. One of the three tickets, each now worth $33.3 million, was purchased in Los Altos at JP Liquors, lottery spokeswoman Rosa Escutia said today. A second ticket was purchased at Pal Liquors in Sausalito. The third winning ticket was purchased at Calva Dairy in Huntington Beach, Escutia said. None of the big winners in the s
Aug 31, 2004, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner enjoying lifeNews Story
Donald Boo-boo Smith is, in his own words, a Greenwich original. At 60 years old, the Chickahominy native has never had a telephone -- let alone a cell phone -- or used a credit card. He has not owned a car since the late 1960s. Until recently, he had never opened a bank account. I'm living my life the way I want to, Smith said over coffee yesterday at the Plaza Restaurant on Railroad Avenue, where he can be found most mornings. I don't live for the Joneses. Instead, Smith said he has spent
Jul 29, 2004, 1:48 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lotto sales at all-time highNews Story
Dreams of becoming an instant millionaire are driving Texans to their local convenience store this week in hopes of winning tonight's Texas Lottery drawing of $120 million, the largest jackpot to date.The Texas Lottery Commission is reporting record ticket sales with the ever-increasing jackpot. Texans spent $13.3 million on lottery tickets for Saturday's drawing of $100 million.More than 370,000 people won cash prizes from the weekend drawing - 27 of which had all five numbers, but not the bonu
Jun 16, 2004, 6:59 am - Lottery News

$222M Mega Millions lottery jackpot has Jerseyans dreamingNews Story
A surge of ticket buying has swelled the jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery game to at least $222 million -- a figure that could go even higher before Friday night's drawing.That had lottery players -- the regulars and those who jump in only when jackpots border on the obscene -- trying to comprehend nearly unfathomable riches in the third-largest jackpot ever offered in New Jersey. If I won, my wife would have my face on the side of milk cartons, 'cause I'd be missing, said Jim Mc
Feb 20, 2004, 7:18 am - Lottery News

Woman hits $10 million jackpot at MGM GrandNews Story
First a military veteran hit a Megabucks slot jackpot shortly after Veterans Day, then a woman who was born on Christmas Eve hit Megabucks shortly before Christmas.Friday, a 49-year-old woman who said she dreamed two weeks ago she would win a lot of money did not let the unlucky Friday the 13th superstition stand in the way of fulfilling her dream at a Megabucks machine at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.The winner, a woman from another country who asked to remain anonymous, hit for $10.2 milli
Feb 16, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News

'Hula time' for $400,000 Texas Two Step winnerNews Story
Khon C. Tran of Austin is taking his family for a vacation to Hawaii later this year. Hell pay for it with some of the $400,000 he won playing the Texas Two Step game from the Texas Lottery. Luaus, pristine beaches and palm trees, thats the little bit of heaven Mr. Tran is going to buy for his family with his Texas Two Step prize, said Texas Lottery Commission Executive Director Reagan E. Greer. What a fun thing to do with a prize like this. An avid fan of Texas Two Step, Tran came to the Au
Jan 26, 2004, 7:18 am - Lottery News

N.C. surrounded by state gamblingNews Story
Tennessees launch of a state lottery on Tuesday leaves North Carolina surrounded by states sponsoring gambling games.The arrival of Tennessees lottery will dventually be a timesaver for Gail Nelson of Waynesville. A couple of times a year, she makes the 90-minute drive to Landrum, S.C., to buy $20 worth of lottery tickets for multimillion-dollar drawings.Her Haywood County home is just 30 minutes from the Tennessee line, and she said shell visit the Volunteer State once its lottery grows beyond
Jan 20, 2004, 6:16 am - Lottery News

Tennessee businesses banking on lotteryNews Story
For years, Tony Kim watched as customers looking to buy gas, snacks or cigarettes bypassed his store here and crossed the state line into Kentucky in search of one thing: lottery tickets.Beginning Tuesday, Kim hopes to draw that business back to his Favorite Xpress BP store when Tennessee launches its own lottery a venture almost 20 years in the making. We have to join the game everybody's doing it, said Kim, who with several partners, owns three other convenience stores in Clarksville and five
Jan 17, 2004, 2:50 pm - Lottery News