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Georgia Lottery Scratch Games' Empty PromisesNews Story
Most players know the odds of getting rich from the Georgia Lottery are slim, but a recent investigation found you have no chance of winning the top cash prize when you play some scratch-off games.One of those games is 5 Karat Gold, a $1 instant game. Records from the Georgia Lottery show the game has no top prizes left because they were all claimed by mid-November.If I already knew that, then there's no way I'd buy this ticket, said player Brian Wright. That would be a false investment. Additio
Feb 15, 2005, 11:31 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery Scratch Games InvestigatedNews Story
Lottery tickets -- even the instant kind -- don't last forever.Not knowing about that expiration date could ruin your lucky day.If you've ever played a scratch-off lottery game, you have plenty of company in western Pennsylvania.Instant lottery ticket sales last year were $12 million in Beaver County, $14 million in Butler County, $36 million in Westmoreland County, $15 million in Washington County and $97 million -- the highest in Pennsylvania -- in Allegheny County.Ed Mahlman, Pennsylvania Lot
Feb 15, 2005, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Seven Days Left Until $14 Million Illinois Lottery Jackpot ExpiresNews Story
Time Is Quickly Running Out for One Lucky Winner of Huge Illinois Lottery PrizeA $14 million Illinois Lottery jackpot will expire at midnight on January 31, 2005 if no winner steps forward with the winning ticket.If the jackpot remains unclaimed, it will be the largest unclaimed prize in Illinois Lottery history.All Lottery players in the border states of Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Kentucky; as well as anyone that has traveled to Illinois and played the Lottery are urged to check fo
Jan 26, 2005, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

NJ Lottery may use environmentalist's idea for new gameNews Story
The Department of Environmental Protection commissioner has promised to discuss with the New Jersey state treasurer an idea for a lottery game to benefit the environment, but he cannot promise that the game will receive approval, according to a letter from the DEP.Bradley M. Campbell, commissioner for the DEP, stated in a letter Wednesday that he favored the idea of such a lottery but budget issues must be carefully considered. Given the current dedication of lottery revenues to support the stat
Jan 24, 2005, 10:51 am - Lottery News

NJ lottery player pursues an idea to help the environmentNews Story
Ed Knorr was standing in line at a convenience store recently, waiting to buy a New Jersey lottery ticket.As he stood there, an idea struck him. What if funds from a state lottery game benefited the environment, aiding specific funding issues for various environmental causes?Knorr, chairman of the Williamstown-based Green Action Alliance, decided to pursue that idea. He devised the Best Dam Lottery Game, a lottery whose proceeds would provide assistance for private well testing to seniors and
Dec 28, 2004, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Lottery riches are only one component of happinessNews Story
Let's cut right to the chase here. How much money is enough? How much would make you happy this holiday season? We mean really happy. A million? $10 million? $100 million? The age-old question of whether money can buy happiness plays out in the headlines daily. Jewel Whittaker, wife of the lottery winner who took home the richest undivided jackpot in U.S. history a lump-sum payout of about $113 million after taxes now says she regrets his purchase of the ticket that won the $314.9 million jackp
Dec 27, 2004, 8:02 am - Lottery News

Nebraska Lottery Issues Scam WarningNews Story
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning today warned consumers about an e-mail scam that tells recipients they have won a prize from the Nebraska Lottery/Bill Gate (sic) Foundation and dventually asks for a processing fee.Describing itself as a global lottery program, the e-mail scam tells potential victims they have been randomly selected to receive a cash prize and asks them to e-mail their name, telephone number and mailing address to a fiduciary agent. There is even a fictitious ticket number
Nov 26, 2004, 12:15 pm - Lottery News

Officials Say Oklahoma Lottery Could Take Year To StartNews Story
Oklahoma voters earlier this month ended Gov. Brad Henry's yearslong battle to get a statewide lottery, but the task of making the lottery a reality has just begun.Before the first ticket is sold, a lottery commission has to take shape, the rules of the games established and other details worked out.The first step comes with Henry's appointment of a seven-member lottery commission. The governor's office is accepting applications. They'll go through a lengthy and detailed process, including an OS
Nov 19, 2004, 11:50 am - Lottery News

Winner of a Lottery Jackpot Is Accused in Check FraudNews Story
People who win millions of dollars in the lottery often find long-lost friends stopping by, but a Long Island woman who recently hit for $5 million found herself suddenly popular with Nassau County detectives.The woman, Lydia Moore, 54, a health care worker from Glen Cove, won $5 million last month playing Livin' Large the New York Lottery's new instant scratch-off game.She appeared at an Oct. 28 ceremony on Long Island, where a state lottery official introduced her and another winner as our
Nov 8, 2004, 7:50 am - Lottery News

Alabama man wins Florida LottoNews Story
James Kenneth Marlowe of Demopolis, Alabama is $9 million richer after he chose the winning numbers for Florida's Florida Lotto, claiming the Sept. 4 lotto jackpot, estimated at $18 million.Marlowe, a self-employed electrician, chose to take his winnings in a one-time lump sum payment option, in the amount of $9,762,144. He purchased his winning Florida Lotto ticket at: State Line O'Yes Lotto in McDavid, Escambia County. The winning numbers were: 01 - 06 - 08 - 11 - 12 - 37.According to Marlowe,
Sep 9, 2004, 10:44 am - Lottery News