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Mass. Lottery testing new Keno game this weekNews Story
The Massachusetts State Lottery revs up a new Keno game this week that gives gamblers the chance to place $1 bets on animated stock-car races, complete with roaring engines and spectacular crashes. The Daily Race Game will be tested at five locations with plans to expand to 200 over the next eight weeks, and ultimately to 1,300 establishments. The game, the first expansion of Keno since it launched in 1993, is being confined to bars and restaurants with Lottery licenses that serve liquor.
Apr 10, 2007, 8:04 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery's new '3 Line Lotto' starts next MondayNews Story
Starting next week, the Kentucky Lottery will offer its latest game, 3 Line Lotto, which takes the place of the old Tic Tac Cash game. Tickets for the new game will cost $2 each and go on sale across the state next Sunday, April 15, for the first drawing on Tuesday, April 17. Drawings will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 pm (Eastern Time)/9 pm (Central Time). The Kentucky Lottery broadcasts the results on local television stations approximately one hour later. With each ticket, pla
Apr 9, 2007, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

Grandma's lottery ticket detour pays offNews Story
Seventy-three-year-old grandmother Margie Coy had plans to visit her grandson Terry Coy II in Greensburg, Ind., last weekend when her boyfriend decided to take a detour into Kentucky. I asked him where we were going and he said he wanted to buy some Win For Life tickets in Kentucky, said Coy, who lives in the little town of Windfall near Kokomo in northern Indiana. I pretty much go along with anything he wants to do. They motored over the I-275 bridge near Lawrenceburg and followed the
Mar 29, 2007, 12:21 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery's raffle game results drawnNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery selected the winning numbers Monday for its special Million Dollar Draw raffle-style game. 500,000 tickets costing $10 each were sold for the raffle. The event will produce 2 prizes worth $1 million, 2 prizes worth $50,000, 30 prizes worth $10,000, and 700 prizes worth $500. The full list of winning numbers can be found on the Million Dollar Draw results page: https://www.lotterypost.com/ky-lottery-raffle-2007.asp
Mar 19, 2007, 6:20 pm - Lottery News

Drawing date set for Kentucky Lottery's Million Dollar DrawNews Story
Best chance ever of hitting the Kentucky Lottery for a millions bucks is nearly sold out A pair of new millionaires will be created on the morning of March 19th, when the Kentucky Lottery will hold the Million Dollar Draw. Tickets for the raffle-style game went on sale January 1st, and there are less than 19,000 tickets remaining. A maximum of 500,000 tickets will be sold for the Million Dollar Draw once ticket number 500,000 is sold, the game ends and players will wait until the 19th
Mar 5, 2007, 4:45 pm - Lottery News

Indiana Lottery sell-off advances in state SenateNews Story
Correction: This story originally identified Kentucky as the state selling off its lottery. We apologize for the error. A Senate committee approved legislation yesterday to privatize the Hoosier Lottery after university officials said they needed the money it would generate to attract top researchers and boost life sciences. We believe this bill is a difference maker, said Purdue University President Martin Jischke. Senate Bill 577 passed 7-5 largely along party lines, with Republi
Feb 21, 2007, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery raffle tickets now on saleNews Story
Sales of Kentucky Lottery Corp.'s new game called Million Dollar Draw, for which only 500,000 tickers will be sold at $10 each, went on sale yesterday. Once all of the tickets, which each contain a unique six-digit number, have been sold, the Kentucky Lottery will publicly announce the date and time of the drawing, according to lottery officials. Players may not choose their own numbers. A random number generator will select 734 winning numbers. Computerized drawings have been the su
Jan 2, 2007, 3:06 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Builds to $93 MillionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to build. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 578,943 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 $93 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, November 1st drawing will be an estimated $44 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 14, 22, 30, 38, 41, and the Powerball was 12. The Power Play multip
Oct 31, 2006, 7:42 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $179 millionNews Story
Three $1 million Power Play prizes won The Powerball jackpot is on the move in big ways. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, three lucky tickets in Colorado, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania each won $1 million with Power Play. A total of 885,793 tickets across the nation won more than $12.8 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 $179 million. The cash option for the
Sep 17, 2006, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

Convenience Store Employee Accused Of Altering Lottery TicketsNews Story
A northern Kentucky woman has been indicted for allegedly altering lottery tickets. Catlettsburg convenience store employee Barbara Steele of Ashland was indicted by a Boyd County grand jury last week. Steele, 26, faces one count of lottery fraud, a crime punishable by five to 10 years in prison. The indictment accuses Steele of altering stolen state lottery tickets at the Fast Lane store in Catlettsburg with the intent to defraud. Commonwealths Attorney J. Stewart Schneider says Steele
Sep 12, 2006, 7:04 am - Lottery News