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Spare change becomes lottery win for retired coupleNews Story
Having a couple of loonies [coins] in her pocket at the right time will allow Elizabeth Ross and her husband Douglas to buy a new car, renovate their home and make things a little easier for their loved ones. Tuesday afternoon, Elizabeth Ross stopped at a lottery booth to buy tickets for the next day's Lotto 6/49 draw while her husband headed to a nearby coffee shop. I said, 'Oh, give me a Set for Life,' she recalled. That's the first one I bought this year. I don't buy too many of th
Jan 19, 2007, 2:21 pm - Lottery News

$17 million in Ohio Lottery scratch prizes unclaimedNews Story
Ohioans won $17 million and never bothered to collect their prizes. The Ohio Lottery says that's the amount that went unclaimed from instant scratch-off tickets during the fiscal year that ended in June. Players have about six months to redeem winning tickets, and officials say about one out of every 50 was never cashed in. Unclaimed prize money is kept in the pot to pay off winners who do come forward. Lottery spokeswoman Mardele Cohen says if you have a scratch-off and aren't sure w
Jan 15, 2007, 2:18 pm - Lottery News

New lawsuit claims Indiana Lottery did not award all prizesNews Story
Man who spent $40,000 on lottery sues to get money back; lawsuit claims Hoosier Lottery overstated number, amount of prizes in 'Cash Blast' game Two men filed a lawsuit Friday against the Hoosier Lottery, seeking class-action status as a result of the lottery's admitted misrepresentation of the number and amount of prizes available in a scratch-off game. Jeff Frazer, Carmel, and Jeff Koehlinger, Auburn, seek reimbursement in the lawsuit filed in Marion County for the losses they incurred w
Jan 6, 2007, 9:07 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery breaks weekly sales recordNews Story
The New Jersey Lottery today announced that it had a record-breaking week for instant-ticket sales at the end of 2006. Lottery officials said $28,563,561 worth of 'scratch-off' tickets were sold from December 21-27. The previous record for one week of sales was $26.9 million December 22 thorugh 28, 2005. Total lottery sales for fiscal 2006 was also a record $2.4 billion.
Jan 5, 2007, 3:55 pm - Lottery News

New York Lottery making some changesNews Story
NY Lottery figures better late than never to catch 'raffle fever' It looks like the New York Lottery's new year's resolution is to become more interesting. To accomplish that they are adding one new game and two changes. The first is a new limited scratchoff game called Raffle to Riches. Under this new format the lottery will print only 1.5 million Raffle to Riches tickets. It ends on Feb. 8, or when they're sold out. Out of those 1.5 million $20 tickets, there will be 12 winne
Jan 4, 2007, 7:24 pm - Lottery News

Calif. Lottery misprint leaves 'winners' with nothingNews Story
Many people thought they struck it rich playing one of the California Lottery's Scratcher games. But they didn't, and lottery officials blame a misprint, an error, to explain why some folks got a free game ticket instead of thousands of dollars in cash. The Luna family thought Christmas had come early. My understanding is I won it fair and square. Lucy Luna was playing the $3 Scratcher Word Crossword. The ticket says scratch letters to reveal 10 words win $20,000. Lucy scratch
Dec 12, 2006, 7:35 am - Lottery News

Michigan lottery ticket thieves sought by deputiesNews Story
Livingston County sheriff's officials are looking for a man and woman who stole a large amount of Michigan instant lottery tickets from a drugstore east of Howell. Deputies said surveillance videos from CVS Pharmacy, 2235 E. Grand River Ave. in Genoa Township, show a man and a woman walking into the business to return bottles at about 3:30 a.m. Nov. 17. The male then reached behind the counter and tore off an undisclosed amount of lottery tickets, deputies said. The man is described a
Nov 29, 2006, 7:48 am - Lottery News

NJ Lottery tickets call Corzine 'Acting Gov.'News Story
Gov. Corzine got an early Christmas present from the New Jersey Lottery a demotion to acting governor. A $2 scratch-off game, Holiday Lucky Times 10, that hit the stores Nov. 13 lists Jon S. Corzine as Acting Governor on a list of state and lottery officials, even though Corzine was elected to a four-year term in November 2005. I just bought a ticket, I looked at the back of it just to see what the prizes were and I happened to notice it said, Jon Corzine, acting governor,' said Ja
Nov 21, 2006, 9:38 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery ticket agent guilty in fraud caseNews Story
Agent lied to customer about a winning ticket A Sylva, North Carolina, woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Jackson County Superior Court in connection with lottery fraud. Jodi Gibson, 23, was charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretenses and sentenced to a minimum of six months and a maximum of eight months in prison. This is the first incident of its kind since the lottery's inception in March. Other attempts at fraud usually involved people trying to fool the system,
Nov 15, 2006, 11:09 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery to launch Christmas-themed gamesNews Story
The North Carolina Lottery is putting another game into play Tuesday. The first $10 instant ticket game in North Carolina is reaching stores. The new game is part of a trend in the lottery industry in that it's a holiday-themed scratch-off game that officials hope will boost sales. Lottery director Tom Shaheen says more games at $10 or above are expected, including the possibility of a $20 instant ticket game, which Shaheen says may be attractive to people who don't always play the lottery
Nov 3, 2006, 7:27 am - Lottery News