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Kentucky Lottery tries to stave off losses from competitionNews Story
With record-smashing sales for two straight years, these should be heady times for the Kentucky Lottery.Even as lottery officials announced Thursday that a record $193.5 million in proceeds were turned over to the state last fiscal year, there was no time for celebration. Officials are too busy trying to stave off expected losses to Tennessee and its lottery that debuted this year.For years, the Kentucky Lottery reaped a windfall from Tennesseans who crossed the border to play the numbers games,
Aug 13, 2004, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Maine Powerball sales strongNews Story
In a little less than 34 hours, Mainers gobbled up $536,191 worth of Powerball tickets to propel the state into the top three markets in the country for the game's Saturday night drawing.Pam Coutts, executive director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, said Monday that total sales for the new Powerball lottery game were actually $570,779, including tickets purchased for future drawings beyond Saturday's game. The huge response to the multimillion-dollar lottery game dis
Aug 3, 2004, 9:01 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $63 MillionNews Story
America's favorite lottery game is on a roll. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 428,713 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.4 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 $63 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, August 4 drawing will be an estimated $33 million.The numbers drawn were: 14, 31, 35, 45, 47 and the Powerball was 35. The Power Play multiplier
Aug 2, 2004, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Tenn. lottery fans make fewer runs for the Kentucky borderNews Story
Gene Dotson is something of a video-game-stool philosopher of luck.As a regular lottery player, the retiree from Nashville has good reason to think about these things.''Is there such a thing called luck?'' Dotson asked Tuesday, a twinkle in his eye and a cigarette between two fingers as he played a video poker game at a lottery outlet just north of the Tennessee-Kentucky line, 36 miles from home. ''Is it who you are? ''Why do people keep doing it? Why do I keep doing it?''Whatever the cosmic an
Aug 2, 2004, 9:52 am - Lottery News

$36 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For GrabsNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 308,906 players across the nation won a total of more than $3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $36 million.The cash option for the Saturday, July 24 drawing will be an estimated $19.1 million.The numbers drawn were: 3, 31, 38, 42, 46 and the Powerball was 2. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Three players correctly matched the 5 whit
Jul 22, 2004, 7:40 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery sales set record last fiscal yearNews Story
Kentucky Lottery ticket sales for the fiscal year ending June 30 totaled a record $725.2 million, a 7.7 percent increase over the previous year, state lottery officials announced yesterday.The figure is slightly higher than the $723.8 million predicted by lottery officials after a board meeting six weeks ago.At the same time, however, the board provided specifics about how much revenue has been lost since Tennessee began its lottery in mid-January and then added the popular Powerball game in mid
Jul 22, 2004, 7:19 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $27 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 351,620 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.6 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 $27 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, July 21 drawing will be an estimated $14.5 million.The numbers drawn were: 20, 23, 36, 45, 50 and the Powerball was 9. The Power Play multiplier was 3.Three players correctly matched the 5 wh
Jul 19, 2004, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Minnesota ticket wins $21.1 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Powerball paid off big for one lucky ticket Wednesday night. The winning ticket worth $21.1 million was purchased in Minnesota.The winner will now have to decide between the 29-year, 30-payment annuity and the cash option worth $11.1 million. The winner will have 60 days after their ticket is validated to make that decision.In addition to the jackpot winner, 310,533 other Powerball players across the nation won a total of almost $3.1 million in cash prizes.The numbers drawn were: 18, 25, 30, 3
Jul 8, 2004, 10:10 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery Director Lauds StartupNews Story
Tennessee's lottery is on track to be either the best or second-best lottery startup in U.S. history, lottery President Rebecca Paul said yesterday.Players have racked up about $422 million in sales as of last Sunday, which could put Tennessee ahead of Georgia's record-setting per capita sales in its first five months and 20 days of operation, Paul said.The lottery is using June 30, the end of the state's fiscal year, to measure its performance since games began here on Jan. 20. South Carolina h
Jun 29, 2004, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $67 MillionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot is climbing right along with the temperatures this summer. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 381,524 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $67 million.The cash option for the Saturday, June 26 drawing will be an estimated $34.5 million. The numbers drawn were: 9, 12, 16, 20, 39 and the Powerba
Jun 24, 2004, 8:21 am - Lottery News