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Tennessee Lottery joins Powerball super gameNews Story
Jackpots average nearly $60 millionBy late spring or early summer, Middle Tennesseans won't have to make a trek to Kentucky to play Powerball. They will be able to get tickets at their nearest lottery retailer.Yesterday the Tennessee Lottery became the 26th lottery nationwide to join the super lotto game in which jackpots have exceeded $200 million.In this game, players choose six numbers, one of which is the Powerball, a red Ping-Pong ball that can boost a player's winnings into the millions of
Feb 17, 2004, 6:46 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Skyrockets to $177 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $177 million Saturday when no tickets matched all 5 numbers and the Mega Ball in the Friday drawing.The $177 million Mega Millions jackpot is the largest in eight months.The last time the Mega Millions jackpot was this large was on Friday, June 20, 2003, when part-time letter carrier Bernadette Geitka of Essex, Maryland, 54, was the sole winner of a $183 million Mega Millions jackpot.If the jackpot rolls over once more, it will likely
Feb 14, 2004, 8:10 am - Lottery News

Euro Millions Launches TonightNews Story
The first draw of a new European multi-country lottery game which offers jackpots of up to 50m takes place tonight.Tickets for the Euro Millions game have been on sale in the UK, Spain and France for the first draw which takes place in Paris tonight.The jackpot is thought to be in the region of 10m, although organizers say this will grow as time goes on.Players choose five numbers from a list of one to 50, then two numbers from one to nine from a Lucky Star panel on the play slip.It will initi
Feb 13, 2004, 8:21 am - Lottery News

S.C. officials still looking for $600,000 lottery winnerNews Story
State officials looking for winner who purchased six, $100,000 drawsSouth Carolina Education Lottery officials still are waiting for the winner of Tuesday night's Carolina 5 to claim the $600,000 jackpot.Talk about your odds.Someone purchased six identically numbered tickets to win the South Carolina Education Lottery's Carolina 5 jackpot in Ridgeland on Tuesday. The winners or winner has not stepped forward yet, lottery spokeswoman Tara Robertson said Wednesday afternoon. The Tuesday and Frida
Feb 13, 2004, 7:27 am - Lottery News

Need $150 million? Try for Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Lottery players have another chance at the good life Friday night when the Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches an estimated $150 million. I have to win before I decide what I'm going to do with the money, said Ju rez resident Salvador Reynoso, who buys five tickets for the drawing every week. I don't have any idea what I would do with that much money. The game has been attracting thousands of Texans and others in surrounding areas since it began in the state in December. People here have bee
Feb 12, 2004, 6:43 am - Lottery News

$121 Million Mega Millions Drawing TonightNews Story
Mega Millions players from around the world are waiting to hear the winning numbers tonight for the largest Mega Millions jackpot since December, 2003.The current $121 million jackpot was reached after 11 consecutive jackpot rollovers -- drawings in which there was no jackpot winner, causing the jackpot to accumulate for the next drawing.The addition of Texas as the eldventh Mega Millions state appears to have energized the Mega Millions jackpot rollover amounts.In the last jackpot run-up, whi
Feb 10, 2004, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Husband, wife both buy winning lottery ticketsNews Story
It was a double dose of luck for one couple.Unbeknownst to each other, Richard and Lois Thomas each bought winning tickets from Kompak King, a convenience store in Parkersburg, for Thursday night's West Virginia Lottery Cash 25 drawing.Richard Thomas, 66, and Lois Thomas, 65, played the same set of numbers, based on family birthdays, on separate tickets purchased at different times. They discovered they were both winners Thursday night when they checked the tickets.The husband and wife each won
Feb 10, 2004, 6:51 am - Lottery News

Indiana store looking for lottery winnerNews Story
The $100,000 ticket has gone unclaimedSomebody's pipe dream has come true - and the winner doesn't even know it yet.Riegel's Pipe Tobacco Shop, 624 S. Calhoun St., sold a Powerball ticket worth $100,000 on Nov. 22. But nobody has come to claimed the prize, said Frank Bougher, assistant manager.Signs were up in the downtown shop today asking the anonymous winner to come forward. If nobody claims the prize (by the deadline for) the drawing, the state gets to keep the money, Bougher said. We ha
Feb 10, 2004, 6:49 am - Lottery News

Hundreds split lottery winnings on popular number comboNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery either made a lot of people happy Friday night or reminded them that learning to share is still one of life's toughest lessons.For the first time since its inception in 1992, the CASH 5 game was won by a set of numbers that an elementary school kid would love -- 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.Exactly 242 tickets were sold for that combination, meaning each one is worth $439 each. While that's a nice return on a $1 investment, it looks pretty paltry compared to the $446,373.50 jackpot
Feb 9, 2004, 6:03 am - Lottery News

New Mexico students rally against lottery proposalNews Story
Eastern New Mexico Universitys student body president, along with student leaders from across the state, are opposed to a change to the states lottery scholarship that won approval this week from the Commission on Higher Education.The commission this week, during a meeting in Santa Fe, approved a move that would take $2 million out of lottery reserves and use that money for need-based financial aid.Gov. Bill Richardson has proposed taking more than $2 million from the lottery scholarship for tha
Feb 9, 2004, 6:00 am - Lottery News