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Powerball lottery sales, starting this morning, going smoothlyNews Story
The wait is over for Oklahomans eager to try their luck playing Powerball or tired of driving to neighboring states to play.Oklahoma joined 27 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands today in what has become one of the most popular lottery games in the world, because of the size of its jackpots the jackpot hit an all-time high of $340 million in early November.Tickets went on sale at 4:01 a.m. today for the next drawing on Saturday. A drawing worth an estimated $65 million
Jan 12, 2006, 11:50 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionairesNews Story
There was one first-prize ticket in New York's King Kong Millions lottery game, worth $55 million before taxes, in Monday's drawing, which coincided with the New York City premiere of the new movie King Kong. That ticket was sold in Nassau County.Five second-place tickets had a pretax value of $1 million each. The other four were sold in Niagara, Bronx, Steuben and Ontario counties.One of the $1 million second-prize tickets was sold at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties.Lotte
Dec 7, 2005, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Two winning Mega Millions lottery tickets in $35 Million drawingNews Story
Two tickets will share the $35 million jackpot in Tuesday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing.Lottery officials said the winning tickets matching all five lotto balls and the Mega Ball were sold in Wilmington, Calif., and Saginaw, Mich.The prize for Friday's drawing drops back to $12 million.Five tickets had all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball and pay $250,000 apiece: 3 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Washington.Also, 17 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbe
Nov 30, 2005, 3:09 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised again to $315 millionNews Story
Texans have a shot Tuesday night at the largest lottery jackpot in state history.The estimated prize for the Mega Millions game today was raised to $315 million, the heftiest since Texas joined the multistate game in December 2003. Previously, the biggest pot was $290 million in June 2004.Mega Millions tickets are sold in 12 states; winning tickets have been sold in Texas twice. In October 2004, Carrollton resident Ut Van Nguyen bought a winning ticket worth $101 million. A Rowlett family claime
Nov 15, 2005, 4:15 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches whopping $310 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to a near-record $310 million.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $262 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday. Drawing results will be displayed at www.usamega.com shortly after 11:00 PM Eastern Time Tuesday.There were 12 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 1 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New
Nov 12, 2005, 10:10 am - Lottery News

$262M jackpot sparked buying frenzyNews Story
If people seemed overwhelmed by lottery fever this week, it's for good reason.The estimated $262 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game reached the fourth-largest total in Georgia's history. We've sold quite a few (tickets), said Donna King, the shift leader at the BP station at the corner of Shurling Drive and Gray Highway in Macon. We usually do good on the Mega Millions. People won't start playing 'til it gets to a certain amount. That was the case for Faye Coley of Macon, who purchased
Nov 11, 2005, 11:15 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised to $262 millionNews Story
On the same day the winners of the $340 million Powerball jackpot came forward to claim their prize, the jackpot in the nation's other multi-state lottery game swelled to $262 million for Friday.There hasn't been a top winner in the Mega Millions game since September 16th, when a single ticket in New Jersey won $250 million.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $225 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were 26 second-prize winne
Nov 9, 2005, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery will guarantee advertised jackpotsNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission approved guaranteed Lotto Texas jackpots Monday, a measure designed to win back player confidence and avoid more inflated prize estimates by the nation's third-largest lottery.The lottery was rocked this summer by revelations that former Executive Director Reagan Greer signed off on advertising jackpots that were higher than ticket sales could support. Greer resigned in July after Commissioner Tom Clowe told legislators that he thought the executive director had dece
Nov 1, 2005, 11:14 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $147 millionNews Story
The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot is growing to $147 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $128 million drawing.No tickets matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.There were six second-prize tickets: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball to win $250,000.50 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers,
Oct 26, 2005, 1:27 pm - Lottery News

Lottery fever erupts across CanadaNews Story
Tonight's record $40 million jackpot (US$34 million) for Canada's national Lotto 6/49 game has people lining up at ticket vendors across the country.Noemi Nepomuceno, who was out buying tickets in Toronto on Tuesday, says she knows exactly what she'll do with the jackpot. Oh boy, I tell you, first to pay off the debts, pay off the mortgage, and then that's it, Nepomuceno said. Enjoy it, give it to charities, then enjoy my life. I've been waiting for a long time. Elizabeth Wilson won $7.4 milli
Oct 26, 2005, 10:54 am - Lottery News