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The Christmas Eve lottery miracleNews Story
Kentucky couple claims state-record $128.6 million jackpot A central Kentucky autoworker is lucky he held on to the $128 million Powerball ticket he bought on Christmas Eve during some last-minute shopping after all, it was printed by mistake. Lottery officials said Rob Anderson and his wife, Tuesday, were winners of the largest jackpot in the state's history. On Wednesday the couple was introduced at the state lottery headquarters in Louisville. The Andersons said they didn't initially
Jan 6, 2010, 6:21 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery gets mixed financial reviewNews Story
Oklahoma gets a larger share of the take than most states do, but its net revenue lags Oklahoma squeezes a better return from its lottery than most states do from theirs, but it might get more if it loosened some rules, U.S. Census Bureau data suggest. Oklahoma ranks high in the percentage of lottery proceeds netted for government use, but it's low in actual lottery sales and dollars netted, according to information gathered by the Census Bureau as part of its annual survey of state govern
Dec 30, 2009, 7:48 am - Lottery News

Store that sold $128.6M Powerball lottery ticket identifiedNews Story
Kentucky lottery officials have identified the store that sold the state's largest Powerball jackpot winning ticket over the weekend, but no one has claimed the prize as of Monday morning. ProTravel Marathon, located at 102 Success Drive in Georgetown, sold the only winning jackpot ticket for Saturday's drawing, Kentucky's first since December 2007, when a Bullitt County man claimed a $33.6 million prize. It feels great, Marathon store owner Jack Zakir said. He said he probably sold the t
Dec 28, 2009, 9:59 am - Lottery News

$128.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in KentuckyNews Story
Anyone who bought a Powerball ticket in Kentucky is going to want to double-check it. Kentucky lottery officials say there was a single $128.6 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Georgetown, 65 miles east of Louisville, making it the largest jackpot won in the history of the Kentucky lottery. The Powerball drawing was Saturday night. The winning numbers were 32, 36, 37, 41, and 53, with a Powerball of 30. Kentucky Lottery spokesman Chip Polston said Sunday the retailer where the wi
Dec 28, 2009, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery approves adding Mega MillionsNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors has approved a cross-selling agreement allowing sales of the Mega Millions multi-state jackpot game in the Commonwealth. Tentatively set to go on sale in Kentucky at the end of January 2010, lottery players will have both Mega Millions and Powerball available as multi-state multi-million dollar games. Drawings for Mega Millions are held Tuesday and Friday nights, while Powerball drawings will continue to be held Wednesday and Saturday n
Dec 7, 2009, 9:57 pm - Lottery News

First Kentucky Lottery drawing machine donated to historical societyNews Story
The Kentucky Historical Society has taken posession from the Kentucky Lottery Corporation of a unique piece of state history the machine used to conduct the first legal lottery drawing of the 20th century in the Commonwealth. The Beitel Criterion machine, widely seen on televised drawings, was used for Lotto Kentucky (the first numbers game offered in the state) and Cash 5 drawings from 1989 through 1993. During that time more than $350 million in prizes were awarded through drawings using th
Nov 24, 2009, 12:32 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery draws airing on new TV stationsNews Story
The TV stations which air the nightly Kentucky Lottery drawing program in the state's three largest media markets has changed, effective today. In Louisville, the drawing program will move to WBKI/The CW Louisville. Lexington viewers will now be able to watch the drawings on the CWKYT. Players in Northern Kentucky will see the drawing show on WKRP-TV. Affiliates will remain the same in Bowling Green (WBKO) and Paducah (WDKA). A new affiliate has been added in Evansville (WAZE), while the s
Oct 1, 2009, 6:26 pm - Lottery News

One ticket from S.C. wins $260M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Mega Millions jackpot worth $207M still up for grabs A torrent of ticket sales sent the Poweball jackpot soaring again, to $259.9 million up $15 million since the $245 million estimate was established Saturday and then one ticket won last night. Unless you bought your Powerball ticket in South Carolina, your only shot at a $200+ million lottery jackpot is tomorrow night's Mega Millions drawing. The store that sold the ticket is the Murphy USA gas station at 7530 Garners Ferry Road in Co
Aug 20, 2009, 11:25 am - 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

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $245MNews Story
Approaching record levels; largest Powerball jackpot in 17 months There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the muilti-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $245 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 14th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $122.6 Million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega (www.usamega.com/powerball-j
Aug 16, 2009, 1:27 am - Lottery News