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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $102 MillionNews Story
Powerball is on the rise and once again the jackpot has crossed over into the $100 million range. There were no jackpot winners Wednesday but 517,732 players across the nation won a total of more than $6.3 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 $102 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven mont
Oct 9, 2003, 4:08 am - Lottery News

Washington Man Claims $47 Million Lotto Plus PrizeNews Story
David D. Gibson's positive attitude about life has paid off in a big way with a $47 million Jackpot prize. Life is all about taking chances, said Gibson. I have a positive attitude about life, so I'm not afraid to take chances. The glass is always half-full. Gibson, a Kirkland resident, purchased his Lotto Plus tickets on Saturday, October 4 the last day to play the game with a record $47 Million Lotto Plus Jackpot prize on the line. When I bought my Lotto Plus tickets, I knew it was the las
Oct 9, 2003, 3:38 am - Lottery News

LA Lottery Will Honor Misprinted Game TicketsNews Story
Tickets for three state lottery games - Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Quest - that were purchased Tuesday between 1:35 p.m. and 2:11 p.m. for Tuesday night's drawing were inadvertently generated for Wednesday's drawing.Louisiana Lottery President Randy Davis said the Lottery will honor winning Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Quest tickets purchased during that time frame for both drawings, Tuesday, Oct. 7 and Wednesday, Oct. 8.Lottery records indicate 1,493 Pick 3; 724 Pick 4; and 354 Cash Quest tickets were
Oct 8, 2003, 4:36 am - Lottery News

New Minnesota Lottery Game: Northstar CashNews Story
At 6 a.m. this morning, the Minnesota State Lottery launched the Lottery's newest Minnesota only, daily all-cash lotto game called Northstar Cash. For $1 players select five numbers from 1 to 31 for a chance to win Northstar Cash's jackpot that will start at $25,000 and grow until it is won. Players can purchase up to 14 draws at one time. Northstar Cash fits well within our Online Game lineup, Lottery Director George Andersen said of the game. We think it will be popular with Lottery players
Oct 7, 2003, 5:33 am - Lottery News

Kentucky lottery advertising changed in response to suitNews Story
A semiretired bookkeeper has sued the Kentucky Lottery Corp., accusing it of falsely advertising how numbers in one of its instant-win games are picked.Ronald B. Hub's lawsuit, filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court, seeks $1,000 in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.It claims a promotional brochure by the lottery stated that the single-digit numbers printed on Extra Cash tickets are randomly generated. However, Hub says losing numbers were printed much more frequently e
Oct 7, 2003, 5:26 am - Lottery News

Man Sues Kentucky Lottery for $10 MillionNews Story
A semi-retired Stanton, Ky., bookkeeper is trying to beat the Kentucky Lottery Corp. over its own game.Ronald B. Hub said he believed the lottery wasn't playing by its own rules and he wants it punished to the tune of $10 million in a lawsuit he filed.In the Jefferson Circuit Court suit he filed without a lawyer, Hub challenged the lottery's claim in a promotional brochure that the single-digit numbers printed on tickets in its Extra Cash games were randomly generated.He cited tickets he bough
Oct 6, 2003, 4:21 am - Lottery News

Sergeants will give orders after an $89M lottery winNews Story
Danielle and Tirrell Moore have 150 million reasons to quit the Army and return to civilian life.The couple bought the winning ticket for the Mega Millions multistate lottery and won a $150 million jackpot while on leave from South Korea.They chose to receive a lump-sum payment of $88.9 million and now plan to ask the Army for releases.Tirrell Moore, 30, is a chemical decontamination specialist with the 520th Maintenance Company. His wife has served as a helicopter electronic technician with C C
Oct 3, 2003, 2:58 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winners: Dream wedding in the cardsNews Story
A U.S. soldier on leave from South Korea won a $150 million jackpot this week in a multistate lottery.Staff Sgt. Stephen Tirrell Moore, 30, was visiting his home in Fitzergald, Georgia, on a 30-day leave when he bought the winning ticket.Moore and his wife, Danielle, talked Friday to CNN Anchor Daryn Kagan from their hometown. Below is a partial transcript:KAGAN: Your husband is home on leave. And did you know he was out there buying lottery tickets?DANIELLE MOORE: Yes, I did actually, because h
Oct 3, 2003, 2:55 pm - Lottery News

$10M jackpot winner's luck runs outNews Story
A multimillion-dollar lottery jackpot winner had a reversal of fortune yesterday when he was sent to jail for his part in a high-speed police chase.Gerald Muswagon, 40, was convicted of dangerous driving yesterday for reaching speeds of 180 kmh while fleeing from police on residential streets in October 2000.A single father of two, Muswagon had hoped to be handed a conditional sentence that would have allowed him to continue looking after his children.His lawyer, Tim Valgardson, even invited sen
Oct 2, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

State will drop Plus, revert to old LottoNews Story
If you buy a ticket for tonight's Washington Lotto Plus drawing, you have a chance to win a record $46 million jackpot.In a few more days, your odds of winning will get a bit better.That's because the Washington Lottery Commission is reverting to the old Lotto game after Saturday night's drawing for Lotto Plus. The odds of winning the Lotto jackpot will be 1 in 7 million instead of the 1 in 11 million odds for Lotto Plus.That's one reason lottery officials are bringing back Lotto after a 17-mont
Oct 1, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News