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Lottery Post Adds New Lottery Predictions FeaturesNews Story
Lottery Post, a leading Internet Web site focused on the lottery industry, increased its offerings today with the addition of a section dedicated to future lottery predictions.Using the new Predictions page, Lottery Post members can input numbers that they predict will be drawn in upcoming lottery drawings. Lottery players enjoy predicting upcoming numbers for a variety of reasons, including:Testing pattern theoriesAs a contest with other playersSimulating lottery playDetermining if government
Feb 7, 2004, 7:41 pm - Lottery News

Fresno resident wins $10 million Calif. SuperLotto Plus jackpotNews Story
Fresno is home to California's newest multi-millionaire. Jaime Chavez won Wednesday night's $10 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot with a ticket he bought in a local convenience store.Jaime Chavez wasted no time in turning in his winning ticket at the lottery office in north Fresno. He's the only one in California to pick all six numbers in Wednesday's SuperLotto Plus drawing worth $10 million.Chavez won it all with a one dollar quick pick purchased at the Church Market at Church, near Maple, in
Feb 6, 2004, 6:42 am - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery launches; jackpots 'may top £50m'News Story
A new European lottery with a possible jackpot of 50 million or more has been launched.EuroMillions will link the UK's National Lottery to equivalent games in France and Spain.The tickets will go on sale in the UK on Saturday February 7, priced 1.50, for the first draw on Friday February 13. Camelot, operator of the National Lottery, estimate the first jackpot will be 10 million, rising to an average of around 14 million. With rollovers, the big prize could reach 50 million or more, the com
Feb 5, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Mystery person claims $70 million Texas Lotto prizeNews Story
The Texas Lotto ticketholder who apparently won the $70 million jackpot over the Super Bowl weekend laid claim to the prize Monday, the state lottery commission reported. We did get a visit from somebody who said they have the winning ticket, and the ticket has passed our first stage of review, which is called the initial inquiry, said Karen Kalergis, an agency spokeswoman.The winner has 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim the jackpot. The ticket was purchased at the Corner Stop, 115
Feb 3, 2004, 5:31 am - Lottery News

Convenience store's lucky streak continuesNews Story
A convenience store where three winning lottery tickets were sold in less than six months is credited with the sale that netted the latest $70 million Lotto Texas jackpot.A clerk at an independent Corner Stop said he learned Sunday morning that the winning Lotto ticket was sold at Javed Panjwani's store.Panjwani had spent Friday afternoon hanging certificates from two winning Cash 5 lottery tickets he sold last year at the southwest Houston convenience store. He stood back, admired his work and
Feb 2, 2004, 5:06 am - Lottery News

2 tickets split $7 million Florida Lotto prizeNews Story
Someone in the Pensacola area just became a millionaire.One of two winning tickets for Saturday's Lotto drawing was purchased at Bob's Superette No. 2 on Lillian Highway near the Perdido Bay Bridge. A second winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot was purchased in Fort Lauderdale, according to a Florida Lottery press release.Store owner Pearl Meszaros was excited Sunday to learn a customer was one of the winners. I think it's great, Meszaros said. It's as if we won ourselves because it mean
Feb 2, 2004, 4:54 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Adds Four New Scratch GamesNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery will add more instant games to its repertoire this weekend, giving players four more choices of games to play and more ways to win, officials said.The colorful tickets, which contain fields of play that players must scratch in order to win, will offer prizes ranging from a free ticket to $1 million. Due to the tremendous amount of interest during our first 10 days, we're answering the demands of retailers and players by introducing four new games a few days ahead of sched
Jan 30, 2004, 2:45 pm - Lottery News

Nimitz Sailor wins $6.5 million in California lottoNews Story
There was a time when Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Don Burdette and his family struggled from paycheck to paycheck in order to pay their bills. Now, those struggles are gone.Burdette, a 23-year-old Sailor aboard San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), won the California Lottery Jan. 14 and split a $13 million dollar jackpot with one other Californian. We both decided to take the lump sum up front instead of in payments, said Burdette. After splitting the money and taxes were deduc
Jan 30, 2004, 6:51 am - Lottery News

N.C. man claims $12.6 million Lotto South jackpotNews Story
An Elizabeth City, North Carolina man who bought a lottery ticket on a whim after getting stuck in Chesapeake traffic won a $12.6 million jackpot, the Virginia Lottery announced Thursday.Hubert Griffin, a retired U. S. Army staff sergeant and former North Carolina corrections officer, was the only ticket holder to match all six numbers of the Lotto South jackpot on Saturday.It was the largest Virginia Lottery jackpot ever won by a North Carolinian, said Ed Scarborough, a Virginia Lottery spokesm
Jan 30, 2004, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Self-service machines coming for Texas Lottery gamesNews Story
The Texas lottery is joining the high-tech revolution.Lottery officials plan to install about 1,000 ATM-like machines at retail outlets across the state that will dispense tickets for such games as Lotto Texas, Mega Millions and Cash Five. The machines will not only sell tickets, but they will also be able to scan tickets from previous drawings and tell players whether they have won any money. We think the players will like them, said lottery spokesman Bobby Heith. You can purchase your ticket
Jan 29, 2004, 6:12 am - Lottery News