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Kentucky Lottery hurt by players' luckNews Story
Big prize payouts by the Kentucky Lottery, including multimillion dollar payments to winners in three February Pick 3 games, are making a dent in the amount of money being returned to the state treasury, lottery officials said Friday.Normally, in the twice-daily Pick 3 drawing, having the same digit for all three numbers occurs only once every six weeks or so, lottery officials said. But 3-3-3 was drawn on Feb. 2, resulting in payment of $2.86 million in prizes, 2-2-2 was drawn on Feb. 12, resul
Mar 28, 2005, 10:06 am - Lottery News

NJ may ban smoking in casinosNews Story
Acting New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey may use the power the position he stumbled into when Gov. McGreevey resigned last year to push an aggressive anti-smoking agenda, which would even include banning smoking in New Jersey casinos.Codey's flip-flop on the smoking ban has restaurants, casinos, and small business owners upset. The marketplace not the government should decide if it makes sense to allow people to smoke in certain areas, they contend.The proposal to ban smoking in most public
Mar 10, 2005, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Nevada Assembly passes lottery measureNews Story
Passage of Nevada lottery bill is only the first step in a four-year processA resolution to legalize a Nevada state lottery was approved 33-9 Monday in the Assembly after supporters emphasized profits would buy textbooks for schoolchildren. Nevadans already buy lottery tickets, said Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, D-Henderson. They buy them in California. California kids have schoolbooks. Nevada kids don't. In an earlier hearing, Perkins cited a poll showing that 73 percent of Nevadans suppo
Mar 8, 2005, 10:39 am - Lottery News

The Learning Channel profiles big lottery winnersNews Story
David Edwards, an ex-con from Kentucky who through a stroke of luck moved uptown to a gated community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, stole the show Sunday in Lottery Homes.The program, which aired at 9 p.m. on The Learning Channel, looked at seven lottery winners around the country -- before and after they struck it rich. They were all wonderful and all down-to-earth, says Alice McGee, one of the show's producers. They don't have the attitude of the manner born. Still, she notes, Mr. Edwards
Mar 7, 2005, 11:30 am - Lottery News

Indiana Ticket Wins $19.9 Million Powerball Lottery JackpotNews Story
A Powerball ticket sold in Elwood, Indiana matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, entitling the holder to a $19.9 million jackpot, a Hoosier Lottery spokesman said.So far, no one has come forward to claim the prize. The winning ticket was sold at McClure Oil in Elwood, the spokesman said.The winning numbers drawn for the Powerball game Saturday were 9, 13, 27, 40, 53 and a Powerball number of 28.Also, 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 fr
Mar 7, 2005, 10:45 am - Lottery News

Idaho man, 22, wins Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A 22-year-old restaurant manager is the winner of Wednesday's $18.7 million Powerball jackpot.Eric Kyle bought the $1 Powerball ticket on a whim at a Big Smoke store last Tuesday, and didn't realize he held the winner until he saw news reports on Thursday. I was instantly shaking, Kyle said during a news conference at Idaho Lottery headquarters Thursday afternoon. It's something I dreamed about for a long time. After waking his roommate to check the numbers, Kyle called lottery officials. Then
Feb 25, 2005, 1:30 pm - Lottery News

NH Senate approves $20 scratch ticket costNews Story
The New Hamprshire Senate joined Governor John Lynch on Thursday in endorsing a doubling of the top-priced scratch ticket cost.The bill (SB 20) would raise the lottery ticket cost from $10 to $20.The Senate passed it, 18-5, after no debate on the subject.Senate Majority Leader Robert Clegg, R-Hudson, said the Lottery Commission has committed to public service announcements that warn about compulsive gambling.Nashua Democratic Sen. Joseph Foster voted against the bill, the only one among the eigh
Feb 25, 2005, 12:15 pm - Lottery News

$20 Million Lotto South Jackpot Is Sixth Highest EverNews Story
While many people's attention was diverted by the Super Bowl and other events, the Lotto South jackpot has been quietly growing.With no jackpot winner in Saturday's Lotto South drawing, the jackpot has grown to an estimated $20 million, which is the sixth highest amount since the game began in September 2001.Lotto South is played in Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia with drawings at 11:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Its record-high jackpot was $26 million for the January 5, 2002 drawing.Ten
Feb 10, 2005, 11:36 am - Lottery News

N.H. lottery chief says $20 ticket price will not be high enoughNews Story
A doubling of the top-priced scratch ticket sold by the New Hampshire lottery would trigger increased sales for only the next two to three years, the states lottery chief warned Wednesday.Sweepstakes Commission Executive Director Rick Wisler advised lawmakers they could avoid a return trip by amending a bill and permitting the eventual top-priced ticket to go from $10 to $25.The lottery would go to the higher-priced ticket over a period of many years, he stressed.We manage our (top-rate) price p
Jan 27, 2005, 11:57 am - Lottery News

Will Tennessee's new games cloud Kentucky lottery's future?News Story
Kentucky has Daniel Boone, Abe Lincoln, Adolph Rupp, Loretta Lynn, and Ashley Judd.Tenessee has Davy Crockett, Andy Jackson, Bob Neyland, Dolly Parton, and Dixie Carter.For a couple of centuries, there has been a border rivalry between Kentucky and Tennessee as the states have dueled over history and heroes and have had spats over sports and politics. Now the rivalry has become more serious than ever. The Big and the Big Orange are fighting over the Big Green - as in money.Kentucky has the lotte
Jan 27, 2005, 10:57 am - Lottery News