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Kentucky Lottery adds new Keno game featureNews Story
Keno is Kentucky's 2nd-most popular draw game Kentucky Lottery players now have a new way to win even more prizes in the popular game Keno, as the new Bulls-Eye feature is now available. Players can choose to add the Bulls-Eye to their base Keno wager for a chance to win additional prizes. Adding Bulls-Eye will double the cost of the base Keno wager. For example, if a player wagers $5 on their base Keno game, adding Bulls-Eye will cost an additional $5. During every drawing, a Bulls-Eye
Dec 18, 2018, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery reports highest monthly sales in state historyNews Story
The near-world record Mega Millions jackpot run in tandem with a Powerball jackpot run that rose to more than $680 million led to the most successful sales month in the nearly 30-year history of the Kentucky Lottery. Overall sales for the month were $115.5 million, which is $33.2 million (or 40.3%) more than budgeted. This shatters the previous record sales month from January 2016, when a world-record Powerball jackpot of $1.6 billion led to sales of $105.1 million. This in turn led to $34
Nov 12, 2018, 9:13 am - Lottery News

Lottery sales at retailers 'almost pandemonium'News Story
Are you dreaming about hitting it big with the lottery? You're not alone. Lottery retailers are seeing a torrent of sales with $1.4 billion in lottery jackpot winnings up for grabs. As of Thursday afternoon, the Mega Millions jackpot was at a jaw-dropping record high of $970 million with a cash option of $548.6 million. The next drawing is Friday night. The Powerball jackpot continues to grow as well. It's at $430 million with a cash option of $248 million. The next drawing is Saturday,
Oct 18, 2018, 2:29 pm - Lottery News

$470 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
13th-largest jackpot in US lottery history By Todd Northrop After 21 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of nearly a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. When nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $470 million the biggest since a $543 million Mega Millions jackpot from the July 24 drawing was claimed by a grou
Oct 6, 2018, 8:04 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery offers new "1-off" wagering optionsNews Story
5 Card Cash game also gets enhancements By Todd Northrop Kentucky Pick 3 and Pick 4 lottery players now have an option to win just by getting close the numbers drawn. Last week, starting on July 29, the Kentucky Lottery added a new feature for the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games which allows players to win prizes if their numbers are one digit higher or lower than the winning numbers drawn. 1-Off is a new wager type for Pick 3 and Pick 4. A player can select the 1-Off feature at the time of
Aug 6, 2018, 4:11 pm - Lottery News

Woman wins $1.2 million on $18 Kentucky Derby betNews Story
It's called the sport of millionaires and horse racing just added a new one. A Texas woman reaped $1.2 million on an $18 bet on a series of Kentucky Derby day races, officials said on Sunday. The Austin woman, who did not want to be identified, made a Pick 5 wager at the Retama Park racetrack in Salem, Texas, on Saturday and watched as each of the ponies she picked ran on a rainy, muddy day at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, some 1,100 miles away. Not only did she
May 7, 2018, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Brothers admit guilt in lottery scamNews Story
Two siblings from Maryland who convinced multiple local residents to pay taxes and fees in advance of collecting on nonexistent lottery winnings entered guilty pleas Thursday in federal court. Daniel Archer, 29, and Matthew Archer, 28, each pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green to 20 counts of wire fraud. The two men accepted plea agreements in which they will pay $728,442.18 in restitution. Each count of wire fraud carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, but
Jan 19, 2018, 3:06 pm - Lottery News

Will NC Lottery players move online and hurt retail stores?News Story
The N.C. Retail Merchants Association wants legislators to put the brakes on a proposal to offer online instant lottery games, arguing the move could harm stores that sell lottery tickets. The N.C. Education Lottery Commission has the proposal for online instant games on its Tuesday agenda; lottery spokesman Van Denton said the commission will vote on whether to ask vendors to submit proposals for how they'd provide the online games. The commission's Revenue Generating Committee, led by forme
Dec 4, 2017, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Bob Newhart brings back Papa Elf in new Kentucky Lottery holiday commercialNews Story
Includes video report You may do a double take when you see the latest commercial from the Kentucky Lottery. Yup. Legendary actor Bob Newhart dusted off his Papa Elf costume from his turn in the Christmas blockbuster movie Elf to work with the Kentucky Lottery promoting its Holiday Gift Series Scratch-Off campaign. The 88-year-old actor's popularity spans multiple generations thanks to his television work on Newhart and The Bob Newhart Show, which aired in the 1970s and '80s. He was int
Nov 29, 2017, 7:10 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery hires new CEONews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. board voted Tuesday to approve Gov. Matt Bevin's appointment of Tom Delacenserie as the new president and CEO of the state's lottery. He has been CEO and secretary of the Florida Lottery since November 2015 and fills a post that has been vacant for nearly a year following the retirement and subsequent unexpected death of longtime Kentucky Lottery CEO Arch Gleason. Delacenserie is 68 years old and will start work in Kentucky on June 5. He was raised in the Green B
May 23, 2017, 3:02 pm - Lottery News