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One of these days, someone is going to win Super Six jackpotNews Story
It's been more than nine months since the last time anyone won the Pennsylvania Lottery's Super Six jackpot.This may well be the most elusive jackpot of all time.The last Super Six jackpot, won on Nov. 8, 2002, has been followed by 81 straight rollovers and now stands at $27.5 million. In the world of lottery jackpots, 20 rollovers is a long run. Eighty-one rollovers is astounding.Not that there isn't a perfectly reasonable mathematical explanation.It boils down to the fact that fewer people buy
Aug 21, 2003, 3:23 am - Lottery News

Alaska Eyeing Powerball, Expanded GamblingNews Story
House Speaker Pete Kott says it's a good bet that plans to expand gambling in Alaska will soon meet success in the state House. Lawmakers and state officials are working over the summer on proposals for video gambling machines and a lottery, both to help ease the state's budget problems. There is even starting to be talk about off-track betting parlors in Alaska.Kott, a Republican from Eagle River, predicts that some form of gaming will move forward in the next legislative session, which starts
Aug 18, 2003, 7:38 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $85 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 543,766 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.5 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $85 million. That's the largest lottery jackpot in the country.The cash option for the Wednesday, August 20 drawing will be an estimated $43.5 million.The numbers drawn were: 13, 15, 2
Aug 18, 2003, 3:42 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $72 MillionNews Story
Summer may be winding down but America's favorite lottery game is heating up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 389,455 players across the nation won a total of almost $2.7 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $72 million.The cash option for the Saturday, August 16 drawing will be an estimated $37.8 million.The numbers drawn were: 26, 31, 35, 44, 48 and the Powerball was 32
Aug 15, 2003, 3:35 am - Lottery News

Legality of Tennessee-Georgia lottery partnership questionedNews Story
Lawsuit could delay games, lawmaker saysQuestions are being raised about the legality of the proposed marriage of the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries and whether a legal challenge by a jealous vendor could stall the start to the Tennessee lottery.State Attorney General Paul Summers was asked yesterday to examine the question of whether Tennessee and Georgia can strike a ''strategic alliance'' under terms of the law that created the lottery this spring.The request came from state Sen. David Fowle
Aug 14, 2003, 4:00 am - Lottery News

Big games enter lottery's big pictureNews Story
A giant jackpot lottery such as Powerball or Mega Millions is likely to become part of Tennessee's buffet of games, but the heads of lotteries in Tennessee and Georgia say a possible partnership won't affect which game Tennesseans play.Others, including the chief of the South Carolina lottery, say Georgia's membership in Mega Millions could influence Tennessee to join that game, which is not as well-known by Middle and West Tennesseans.These big games in which states pool their prize money to of
Aug 12, 2003, 5:21 am - Lottery News

N.D. explores lottery agreementNews Story
Numbers for North Dakota's new Powerball lottery may be provided by another state lottery's computer system, a move that officials say would reduce the cost of running the game in a small, rural state. Lottery administrators say the sharing arrangement has a chance to be the first of its kind in the nation. Directors of the new Tennessee lottery, which hopes to begin selling tickets early next year, are exploring a cooperative arrangement with neighboring Georgia.Chuck Keller, North Dakota's int
Aug 11, 2003, 3:16 am - Lottery News

Police think Whittaker was druggedNews Story
Officer says club management trying 'to mislead' investigatorsThe Kanawha County Sheriff's Department says it believes Powerball multimillionaire Jack Whittaker was drugged inside a Cross Lanes strip club when someone broke into his car and snatched a briefcase containing more than $545,000. It was strong enough he didn't get to his Lincoln Navigator for several hours, and when he called 911 he still sounded groggy, Chief Deputy Phil Morris said today.Morris said the management of the Pink Pony
Aug 8, 2003, 2:49 am - Lottery News

Club Manager, Girlfriend Accused of Stealing Powerball Winner's MoneyNews Story
The manager of a strip club and his girlfriend were arrested Thursday for allegedly drugging a Powerball jackpot winner and stealing $545,000 of the winner's money. Authorities said Jeffrey Caplinger and Misty Arnold drugged Jack Whittaker with an unidentified substance Monday night before Caplinger took the money from Whittaker's vehicle as it idled outside the club, the Pink Pony. Caplinger and Arnold are accused of hatching the alleged scheme after Arnold saw the multimillionaire retrie
Aug 8, 2003, 2:46 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $53 MillionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot is on the rise again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 351,135 players across the nation won a total almost $2.3 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 $53 million.The cash option for the Saturday, August 9 drawing will be an estimated $27.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 11, 14, 26, 31, 48 and the Powerball was 30. The Power Play multiplier was 2
Aug 7, 2003, 7:10 am - Lottery News