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New Penn. Lottery 5-digit game on sale Aug. 26News Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest game is the 5-digit numbers game, Quinto, offering 13 ways to play and win up to $50,000 cash. Drawings will be held both at midday and evening, seven days a week. Tickets for Quinto will cost $1 each. The new game is played similar to Pick 3 and Pick 4 games, except with Quinto there are 5 positions for the numbers 0 through 9. For a $1 purchase, players can wager Straight, Front 4, Back 4, Front 3, Back 3, Front Pair, Back Pair or Box, as follows:
Aug 5, 2008, 12:59 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Powerball lottery ticket about to expireNews Story
Ticket worth $800,000 will expire April 14 The clock is ticking on an unclaimed Powerball ticket worth $800,000. That ticket, which was purchased for the October 17, 2007, drawing will expire if not claimed by 5 p.m. on April 14. The ticket that matched the five white balls was purchased at Jai Mataji Inc. at 121 Julian Place in Troutman. The numbers on the white balls for that drawing were 14-15-19-42-46. The player also purchased the Power Play option for an extra dollar, and sinc
Apr 6, 2008, 12:48 pm - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery Chosen to Host 2008 International ConferenceNews Story
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell Thursday announced that the Pennsylvania Lottery has been selected to host the annual conference and trade show for the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) in September 2008.The conference will be held in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania has the finest lottery operation in the country, and this conference will give us a chance to showcase its many successes while giving visitors a glimpse of the beauty and vitality of Pennsylvani
Sep 30, 2005, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery Sales Pass the $15 Billion MarkNews Story
Best Second Quarter in Lottery's History Is Good News for K-12 Public SchoolsThe Virginia Lottery reached two major milestones as the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 came to a close.Executive Director Penelope W. Kyle today announced the best second quarter in the Virginia Lottery's history as nearly $330 million in sales were reported from October through December 2004.Kyle also announced that the Virginia Lottery has passed the $15 billion mark in total sales since the Lottery began in Sept
Jan 24, 2005, 10:31 pm - Lottery News

Virginia lottery players won $750 million in 2004News Story
The Virginia Lottery says players won just under $750 million dollars in prizes during the last calendar year.Five winners became millionaires.According to lottery officials, the five largest prizes of 2004 included one Mega Millions jackpot, three Lotto South jackpots and one scratch ticket. The winners hailed from northern Virginia, Richmond, North Carolina and two from the Shenandoah Valley. The biggest prize was a Mega Millions jackpot of $239 million dollars, the largest prize in the histo
Jan 10, 2005, 2:54 pm - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot soars to $128 millionNews Story
Powerball is up for grabs again offering a jackpot of $128 million for next Wednesday's draw. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday evening, but 774,200 players across the nation won a total of more than $6 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $128 million with a cash option value of $70.7 million! That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.This is only the sdvent
Sep 27, 2004, 8:05 am - Lottery News

Partnership Claims $35 Million Florida Lotto JackpotNews Story
The Florida Lottery announced today the $35 million Florida Lotto jackpot from the January 21 drawing was claimed in the name of the Cruz Family Partnership of Carol City, Florida.The members of the Cruz Family Partnership include: Euridice Cruz, Edgar Cruz, Edgar Mauricio Cruz, Maria Cruz, Andrea Cruz Munoz, Julian Cruz, and Cesar Cruz.The Cruz Family Partnership received the jackpot in one lump sum of $20,190,727.74.The winning Lotto ticket was purchased at Publix, located 18496 N.W. 67th Stre
Jan 29, 2004, 2:38 pm - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery Sales Above ProjectionsNews Story
Kansas lottery sales continue to grow, as the third quarter of the fiscal year gets under way. Current sales reflect a $10 million increase over projected sales for the 2004 Fiscal Year. We believe our sales increases are a result of change we made in game development and marketing practices, reports Executive Director Ed Van Petten. We have introduced more instant games in the market, and these games have shown the largest increase. The Powerball game also boosts sales when the jackpots in
Jan 29, 2004, 7:01 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery snapshots from day 1News Story
12:01 a.m. - Waiting to be firstYou win some. You lose some.Starting at 11:30 Monday night, a small line formed inside the Corner Express Exxon in Henderson. The store was crowded for so late at night.Regina Vandiver and her mother-in-law, Vickie Rhodes, were the first two people in line to buy lottery tickets. I want some money! Vandiver said, cash in hand. Come on, Mama needs a new pair of shoes, Rhodes chimed in.The women shared a cigarette and counted down the minutes according to the offi
Jan 21, 2004, 5:24 am - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery reports boost due to PowerballNews Story
Louisiana lottery revenue took a significant jump last year, largely because of four Powerball jackpots that exceeded $100 million in the last half of 2003, lottery officials said.During the calendar year 2003, lottery revenue totaled $330.1 million, up from $309.6 million in 2002 and $314.2 million in 2001. The lottery took in $290.2 million in 2000 and $272.1 million in 1999.State government gets at least 35 percent of the lotterys take each fiscal year.Since July, the multistate Powerball gam
Jan 20, 2004, 10:57 am - Lottery News