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Tenn. Lottery CEO breaks silence on drawing errorsNews Story
Lottery is committed to accountability By REBECCA HARGROVE (Tennessee Lottery President and CEO) and DENNIS BOTTORFF (Chairman of the Board of Directors) When Tennessee voters called for the creation of a state lottery in November 2002, two things were on most people's minds: Millions in funding for new, specific programs to improve education, and a form of entertainment that would provide cash prizes and other economic benefits to the state. Nearly five years later, the Tennessee Educ
Sep 2, 2007, 7:30 am - Lottery News

$330 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raisedNews Story
Stronger than expected sales of Mega Millions multi-state lottery tickets have caused the 12 Mega Millions states to raise the Friday jackpot to $330 million. The new cash option is worth $194 million. The $330 million jackpot is the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history. The mamoth jackpot has been rolling since Tuesday, July 10th, and represents the 16th drawing in the series. During this jackpot run more than $79 million in prizes have been awarded to players in the for
Aug 30, 2007, 4:29 pm - Lottery News

$325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery nears record highNews Story
Last night Mega Millions became the second United States lottery game in less than a week to cross the $300 million jackpot level. On Saturday one single ticket from Indiana scored a $314 million Powerball win, and now the lottery-playing public will get another shot at an even bigger prize. Because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $250 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball, the jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $325 million for
Aug 29, 2007, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Engineer reported bad Tenn. Lottery computerized drawsNews Story
Tennessee Lottery was slow to act, even after repeated warnings from many players; many call for the return of real lottery drawings The Tennessee Lottery appears to have been slow to investigate reports of a major flaw in its new computerized drawing system, even in the face of multiple warnings from players. Lee Lemonds and his wife watch The Wheel of Fortune every night and because the lottery drawing comes on the same television station, they usually see it as well. It didn't take
Aug 24, 2007, 11:29 am - Lottery News

Tenn Lottery spokeswoman said no chance of drawing errorNews Story
Lottery Post Exclusive By Todd Northrop In early August, when Tennessee Lottery players began seeing the effects of the state's new computerized drawing system, and didn't like what they saw, the lottery's spokeswoman responded with reassuring words. Now she is forced to eat those words. The security and integrity of our games is of utmost importance, said Kym Gerlock, a spokeswoman for the Lottery. There's no reason to doubt these drawings or question the integrity of how we do th
Aug 23, 2007, 4:17 pm - Lottery News

Players warned lottery about tickets flawNews Story
Tennessee lottery players say they warned lottery officials more than 10 days ago that a new computerized system to pick random numbers in the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games appeared to be malfunctioning. They say they were ignored for days while a computer software glitch kept duplicate numbers from being drawn in the games. That meant players who picked numbers like 6-6-9 in Cash 3 or 5-5-5-3 in Cash 4 had no chance of winning. Lottery officials announced Tuesday that the glitch had been correc
Aug 23, 2007, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winners give backNews Story
Powerball winners Steve and Carolyn West and Frances Chaney create foundations to help children, veterans and the poor Powerball winners Steve and Carolyn West and Frances Chaney are giving away portions of their multi-million-dollar prize to benefit local children and other worthy causes. Both the West Family Foundation and the Robert Frances Chaney Family Foundation seek to support nonprofit organizations that serve poor children and families in Southern Oregon. We'd been in some o
Aug 17, 2007, 3:57 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin man claims $14.4M lottery jackpotNews Story
Terry Peters, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, became a millionaire Tuesday. Peters validated the sole winning ticket from Saturday's $14.4 million Megabucks drawing at state lottery offices. Earlier on Monday, Peters had stopped by the store where he purchased the ticket to check if he was a winner. He chose to take the lump sum cash payment of $7.6 million. He will receive about $5.4 million after taxes. Peters will take part in a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the GV Unimart in
Jul 18, 2007, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery threatens to go computerizedNews Story
Web site press release reveals plan is it a trial balloon or just bad news? By Todd Northrop Tennessee Lottery issued a statement on their web site that threatens to bring unpopular computerized drawings to the state. The upstart lottery, which in relative terms is still attempting to gain solid footing in the industry, made the announcement despite numerous player polls showing mistrust and discontent with the faux drawings. The lottery claims computerized drawings are exciting , al
Jul 16, 2007, 5:25 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery raffle drawing date setNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery raffle game named after the date it was to be drawn on is now set to take place about a month later. Several state lotteries in the United States used the perceived lucky digits in the date 7/7/07 to hold special drawings and promotions on that day. The Kentucky Lottery promoted a special raffle drawing created for the date, calling the game Lucky 7's . As the date approached, it became apparent that ticket sales for the raffle were not high enough to support the d
Jul 13, 2007, 10:17 pm - Lottery News