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Most Kentucky Lottery players don't know where the money goesNews Story
Kentucky is only state with odd law that prohibits advertising where funds go Since its inception, the Kentucky Lottery has taken in $12.5 billion. A recent study said most people in the commonwealth have no idea where that money goes. A local TV station has been investigating how much of that Powerball cash actually goes to Kentucky. Kentucky Lottery officials believe they could be taking in more money if Kentuckians were better informed about lottery proceeds, but state law is prevent
Oct 29, 2010, 9:52 am - Lottery News

Pick 3 'triple' pays out record $2.88M to N.C. Lottery playersNews Story
By Todd Northrop Triple digits paid off in a big way for North Carolina Pick 3 players in the Monday, Sept. 6 evening drawing. The 2-2-2 combination resulted in a record-setting prize payout of $2.88 million to more than 11,000 winning tickets. This record payout is the highest since the Dec. 25, 2009 drawing, which paid out more than $2.28 million to players who chose the 5-5-5 combination. Monday's drawing was the first time the 2-2-2 combination has been drawn since Pick 3 sales b
Sep 8, 2010, 3:50 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery achieves 13th straight year of record salesNews Story
Despite a challenging economy and two paralyzing snow stormsthat buried large parts of the state, the Maryland Lottery tallied more than $1.706 billion in sales in Fiscal Year 2010, breaking its sales record for the 13th year in a row. The Maryland Lottery also contributed $509.7 million to the state, which is used to support important programs, including education, public safety and health and environmental programs. 2010 Fiscal Year-end highlights include: Sales of more than $1.706 b
Aug 8, 2010, 11:05 pm - Lottery News

Against the odds, KY Lottery returns record amount to stateNews Story
Mega Millions helps power sales; Powerball keeps improving too By Todd Northrop The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) today announced a record-breaking $214.3 million was returned to the Commonwealth in Fiscal Year 2010, despite lottery sales dropping $38 million or 4.7% during the same period. The $214.3 million surpasses the previous record set last year by $9.9 million or 4.8%. The figure is comprised of $200.7 million from profits for scholarship, grant and higher education program
Aug 2, 2010, 1:09 pm - Lottery News

N.C. man wins $90,800 in Pick 4 lottery drawingNews Story
Fourth major lottery prize hit by playing 20 tickets with same number It's been a good number for me. That remark by Steven Granger of Henderson, North Carolina, may be the understatement of the year. He selected the number combination 5-1-1-7 on 20 tickets in the Virginia Lottery's May 22 Pick 4 day drawing, and they all won. Each of his exact order tickets won $5,000 and each of the 50/50 tickets won $2,700, for a grand total of $90,800. That would be amazing enough, but it's onl
Jun 5, 2010, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Va. delivery driver wins second major lottery prizeNews Story
A lucky delivery truck driver has once again hit the lottery. Three and a half years after winning $150,000 on a Pick 4 drawing, Karl Hartman of Chesterfield has won $5 million on a Virginia Lottery scratch-off ticket. Hartman's Pick 4 win came in 2006, when he bought 30 tickets in one Pick 4 drawing, all with the same numbers, and they all won. Now Hartman is the first player in state history to win $5 million on a scratcher ticket after claiming the top prize in Virginia's $5 million
May 9, 2010, 7:12 am - Lottery News

St. Louis man wins $24,000 playing Pick 4News Story
If you have a set of numbers you believe in, why not purchase more than one ticket? In Numbers Games like Pick 3 and Pick 4, which have fixed prizes for matching all of the winning numbers, you will win the designated prize for each ticket you hold. That's exactly what Anthony Nguyen of St. Louis, Missouri, did. Nguyen purchased four Straight Pick 4 tickets with the combination 5-6-1-4 for the March 16 Midday drawing. That was the winning combination for that drawing and Nguyen won $6,000
Mar 30, 2010, 8:10 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery to pay for Pick 4 errorNews Story
During the South Carolina Education Lottery's evening Pick 4 draw for Saturday, March 13, the numbers 7, 2, 4, and 5 were selected. However, an error occurred when the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 were entered into the central system for validating claims, according to a release from SCEL. The lottery will pay Pick 4 ticket holders for either set of numbers. Lottery Post's South Carolina Pick 4 evening results history (www.lotterypost.com/) includes both combinations.game/176/results Lottery spo
Mar 16, 2010, 11:28 am - Lottery News

Man wins $100,000 in one Pick 4 drawingNews Story
I just had a feeling about that particular number, said Douglas Holland of Fayetteville, North Carolina. That particular number was 3851. He played that number 20 times in the December 3 Pick 4 night drawing and won. Since the top prize for each exact order wager in Pick 4 is $5,000, his total winnings for those 20 tickets came to $100,000. He bought all of the tickets at Kroger, located at 240 Commonwealth Boulevard in Martinsville. It feels great, he told Virginia Lottery officials
Dec 17, 2009, 8:13 am - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery reports $7.6M in October lotto prizesNews Story
Traveling to New Jersey for Thanksgiving, making upgrades to a recently purchased property and repairing a pick-up truck are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's scratch-off games plan to spend the more than $6 million claimed in October. The Lottery also reported more than $7.6 million in winning tickets won on draw-style game tickets last month. October's draw-style game winnings included one Easy 5 jackpot of $117,823, one match-5 Powerball with Power Play prize of $
Nov 17, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News