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Idaho Lottery raffle made a millionaire tonightNews Story
Idaho Lottery conducts first USA holiday raffle drawing of 2009 The Idaho Lottery conducted its $1,000,000 Raffle drawing Wednesday evening, and created one instant millionaire. The winning numbers are available Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/id). In addition to the $1 million top prize, there will be four winners of $10,000, 60 winners of $1,000, 1,000 winners of $100, and 2,000 winners of $50. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments. A total of
Dec 31, 2009, 1:11 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery's $1 million raffle almost sold outNews Story
The Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle is 90 percent sold out, meaning there are about 25,000 of the $10 tickets still available. As fewer and fewer Raffle tickets remain, the speed at which players are purchasing them is definitely increasing, said Jeff Anderson, the Idaho Lottery director, in a prepared statement. There may not be any left in the next day or two. Only 250,000 tickets were available for purchase when the game began on October 31, representing a one in 250,000 chance at winning the
Dec 21, 2009, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery Commission approves Mega MillionsNews Story
Tickets to go on sale in Jan. 2010 Idahoans may soon get the chance to play another multi-million dollar jackpot game. The Idaho State Lottery Commission announced Tuesday that Mega Millions, the nation's other big jackpot, multi-state draw game could start selling tickets in Idaho early as Jan. 31, 2010. The five-member Lottery Commission unanimously approved offering Mega Millions with Megaplier tickets in Idaho. Powerball with PowerPlay, Idaho's other big jackpot game, will also c
Nov 17, 2009, 9:29 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball prizes top $200 millionNews Story
Jackpots for the two multistate lotteries in the U.S. rose above $200 million each as players await tonight's drawing for one of the prizes. USA Mega (www.usamega.com) said on its Web site that stronger-than-expected sales over the past three days increased the jackpot for tonight's drawing by $5 million to $250 million, or $124.8 million in cash. The odds of winning are 1 in 195 million. It's the 10th-biggest prize ever for the lottery, which is played in 30 states including Connecticut, Flo
Aug 19, 2009, 10:45 pm - Lottery News

Washington Lottery may add Powerball to lineupNews Story
Washington lottery players may soon be able to buy tickets for the Powerball multi-state game at their local grocery, deli or convenience store. A proposal that will be heard before the Senate Ways and Means committee this afternoon would allow the Washington Lottery to link with other multi-state games without getting Legislative permission first. Currently, the Mega Millions is the only multi-state game played in Washington. This bill would allow the lottery to sell additional multi-
Mar 24, 2009, 8:33 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery raffle made a millionaire tonightNews Story
Idaho Lottery conducts first USA holiday raffle drawing of 2008 The Idaho Lottery conducted its $1,000,000 Raffle drawing Tuesday evening, and created one instant millionaire. The winning numbers are available Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/id). In addition to the $1 million top prize, there will be four winners of $15,000, 500 winners of $300, and 150 winners of $100. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments. A total of 250,000 tickets were avail
Dec 31, 2008, 1:12 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.News Story
Largest Powerball prize ever in New Mexico Lottery offers advice to winner The New Mexico Lottery announced Saturday that it sold the winning ticket for the $200 million Powerball jackpot prize drawn earlier that evening. It was the only winning ticket nationwide. The massive jackpot is the largest Powerball prize ever won in New Mexico. The winning numbers were 13, 24, 29, 40, 52 and the red Powerball number was 29. The Power Play number was 4. The numbers were drawn Saturday
Sep 28, 2008, 7:32 pm - Lottery News

Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rulesNews Story
Changes to coincide with addition of Florida in January; Jackpots to start at $20 million Powerball, arguably the world's best known jackpot lottery game, will be making changes to the game with the addition of Florida in January. The multi-state game will add some white ball numbers and will remove some red ball numbers, to accomodate the increase in number of players once Florida joins the game. If the number matrix is not changed, the jackpot would be hit too often, and it would not re
Aug 12, 2008, 9:57 pm - Lottery News

Fortune cookie prophecy comes true for lottery winnersNews Story
Cookie credited with positive message, not winning numbers Two Nampa men will split a $600,000 Powerball prize, and they credit a fortune cookie for their good fortune. John Garcia and Eddie Dietrich bought their winning ticket at the Maverik Store at 2516 W. Karcher Road in Nampa. Idaho Lottery officials say the winning ticket was for last Wednesday's Powerball draw. It matched five numbers, but not the Powerball and was worth $200,000, but since they paid an extra dollar for the Powe
Mar 10, 2008, 4:50 pm - Lottery News

Worker accused of stealing winning Oregon lottery ticketNews Story
An investigation by Oregon State Police Lottery Security Section detectives has led to the arrest of a Springfield man who allegedly stole a winning $50,000 scratch-it ticket from the victim at a Springfield restaurant. The suspect was arrested when he came to lottery headquarters to claim the $50,000 prize. Oregon State Police was contacted by the victim, a 37-year old Kooskia, Idaho resident, on December 26th, reporting the theft that day of a winning Oregon Lottery scratch-it ticket. Li
Jan 9, 2008, 11:29 am - Lottery News