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Lotteries hit record profits last yearNews Story
Lottery sales are strong, but there are points of weakness By Todd Northrop Government-sponsored lotteries are continuing their broad expansion as income-producing entities, as many lotteries reported record profits in the last fiscal year. Reports of record profits from the lotteries come despite continuing high unemployment and an economy that has been flat or downward-trending for the past two years. Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich says he believes the lottery does well in a bad econo
Jul 25, 2011, 1:19 pm - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionairesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page. Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with only 500,000 of the $20 tickets available for purchase. Each of the game's $20 tickets offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million. There was one drawing on July 9, 2011 to sele
Jul 9, 2011, 10:26 pm - Lottery News

PA Lottery raffle ticket worth $1M set to expire this weekNews Story
Time is running out for the holder of a Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle ticket worth $1 million from the July 10, 2010, drawing to claim the prize. The ticket and prize will expire one year from the date of the drawing, but because that date falls on a Sunday, it must be presented a bit sooner. This is the only one of the four $1 million winning tickets sold in last July's Millionaire Raffle drawing to remain unclaimed, said Drew Svitko, Lottery interim executive director. We know
Jun 29, 2011, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Lucky Md. lottery player wins againNews Story
Typically wins $50K per year, but this time he won $1 million By Todd Northrop Joe Vaeth, Jr. is no stranger to Lottery wins. The 55-year-old has won $50,000 three years in a row playing Pick 4. He's picked up many additional Lottery prizes along the way and told Lottery officials that friends often want to rub his head and shoulders for good luck. Sporting a t-shirt emblazoned with a Corvette emblem, Joe also recounted the '65 Corvette that he won in a raffle 15 years ago. And, in a
May 20, 2011, 10:47 am - Lottery News

Spanish lottery player wins €123M Euro Millions jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop One lucky lottery ticket sold in Spain won the entire 123 million (US$174 million) jackpot in the Friday Euro Millions drawing. The mega jackpot became so large so fast because the 11 countries participating in Euro Millions boosted the grand prize to 100 million this week to promote the new Tuesday drawings. When no ticket matched all five numbers plus the two lucky stars Tuesday, the jackpot grew to 123 million Friday. This huge jackpot has been really exciting for p
May 14, 2011, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery launches 50/50 raffle FridayNews Story
State's first raffle in 4 years Lottery Post Exclusive by Todd Northrop On Friday, the Kentucky Lottery kicks off sales for its newest game, 50/50 Split the Pot Raffle. Tickets for the new raffle game will only be available for a period of less than four weeks, and on June 10, one lucky winner is going to win half the proceeds. Unlike a traditional raffle, the 50/50 game does not impose a limit on the number of tickets sold; rather, the more tickets that are sold, the better, beca
May 12, 2011, 5:35 pm - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery creates millionaire in raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Louisiana Lottery's finale drawing for its newest $10 raffle game, Millionaire Bonus Raffle, was held Thursday morning, creating one freshly-minted millionaire and several winners of $20,000. Raffle number 021159 was randomly selected as the $1 million winner from the 275,052 tickets that were sold. The complete list of winning numbers can be found on Lottery Post's Louisiana Lottery Results page. The winning ticket was sold in Lafayette. In today's finale dra
May 12, 2011, 12:43 pm - Lottery News

Euro Millions launches new Tuesday draw with €100M jackpotNews Story
Euro Millions, the multi-country lottery game played amongst European countries, is set to implement changes to the game and launch a new weekly lottery draw on Tuesdays with a massive 100 million (US$143M) jackpot. A sales frenzy is expected for the first draw as players have just four days to buy their tickets, which went on sale yesterday. The special draw marks Euro Millions moving to twice a week, as well as other changes to the game which are designed to create bigger jackpots and mo
May 8, 2011, 9:26 am - Lottery News

Florida Lottery draws raffle winning numbersNews Story
State tries different raffle cost, prize format By Todd Northrop This afternoon the Florida Lottery conducted its eighth raffle drawing, but its first using a new lower-cost and lower top prize format. The top prize in Lucky 7 Raffle is $700,000, but hundreds of other players will win prizes ranging from $70 to the top $700,000 prize. The complete list of winning numbers for Lucky 7 Raffle can be found at Lottery Post's Florida Lottery Results page. Tickets for the raffle went on
May 5, 2011, 3:35 pm - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery game comes to ArkansasNews Story
After a false start, Decades of Dollars finally lands in fourth state By Todd Northrop In January, a new multi-state lottery game called Decades for Dollars was introduced, and was intended to be offered in the state of Arkansas, but legislative obstacles stopped the plan dead in its tracks at the time. Now those issues have been cleared, and Decades of Dollars has landed in the state three months after the game's first drawing. Starting Tuesday, May 3, tickets for Decades of Dollars
May 2, 2011, 8:10 pm - Lottery News