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New Hamshire budget closely linked to lottery luckNews Story
If someone won Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, New Hampshire's tight state budget would be the big loser, according to the chairman of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.A winner of the $129 million jackpot would cool off betting in the final six weeks of the state's budget year, which could prevent the state from meeting its $71 million profit target, said Chairman Richard Campbell. We aren't going to make it unless Powerball gets on a roll, Campbell told Gov. John Lynch and the Executi
May 20, 2005, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Wyoming lottery being consideredNews Story
An interim legislative committee is considering a measure that would let voters have a say on whether Wyoming should join the Powerball lottery.The Joint Travel, Recreation and Wildlife Interim Committee decided Monday to wait to vote on the proposal to give the public time to review the idea and comment.The ballot measure would be nonbinding, and the Legislature would not have to allow Powerball in the state.Initial debate among committee members showed division on the idea. Why are we putting
May 17, 2005, 1:57 pm - Lottery News

Fortune cookie bet made Powerball lottery players richNews Story
Powerball lottery officials suspected fraud: how could 110 players in the March 30 drawing get five of the six numbers right? That made them all second-prize winners, and considering the number of tickets sold in the 29 states where the game is played, there should have been only four or five.Many different brands of fortune cookies come from Wonton Food's Long Island City factory.But from state after state they kept coming in, the one-in-three-million combination of 22, 28, 32, 33, 39.It took s
May 11, 2005, 11:23 am - Lottery News

Clash of the Lottery Titans: Scientific Games Suing Rival GTECHNews Story
Lottery and betting equipment maker Scientific Games Corp. said Monday that its subsidiary Scientific Games Royalty Corp. is suing GTECH Holdings Corp., the world's largest operator of lottery systems, for patent infringement.The lawsuit concerns the enforcement of Scientific Games' group participation multiplier patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,648,753 and 6,692,354 and GTECH's unauthorized and illegal use of same.Lorne Weil, Scientific Games' chairman and CEO, said, It is our intention to vigorous
May 9, 2005, 7:16 pm - Lottery News

Penn. couple collect $10.16 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A couple from Cranberry, Butler County, Pennsylvania received a check for $10.16 million from the state yesterday after winning the Powerball jackpot ticket drawn March 16.Bob and Patty MacZura had the lone winning ticket for that drawing, which had an annuity value of $18.7 million. The couple chose to take the money all at once instead of annual payments.They bought their ticket at the Sunoco A-Plus convenience store on Perry Highway in Mars. The store will get a $100,000 bonus for selling the
May 4, 2005, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery States Vote to Change GameNews Story
The 29 lotteries that participate in the Powerball game have voted to make changes that will boost the average jackpot size, but also will boost the odds of winning.Starting Aug. 29, the beginning jackpot will increase to $15 million from the current $10 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association announced Wednesday. The top prize will grow by no less than $5 million between each drawing. Lottery games need to be changed from time to time, to respond to both player demands and population chang
Apr 6, 2005, 4:57 pm - Lottery News

Indiana lottery winners get help from fortune cookieNews Story
Who would think that a fortune cookie could bring you so much good fortune, asks Hoosier Lottery Director Esther Schneider.Call it bizarre or downright unbelievable.Alvin Barnes from Pittsboro says, They don't taste good and the advice I get I can get from an old lady. Maybe they are lucky, I don't know, adds Deb Herndon of Indianapolis.Somewhere between the realm of good fortune and plain dumb luck something strange happened. Lottery officials say 110 people hit the jackpot in the March 3
Apr 6, 2005, 12:57 pm - Lottery News

Fortune cookie lottery numbers wins bank teller $500,000 in PowerballNews Story
Fortune was smiling on a first-time South Carolina Lottery player this past week.Sherril Shingler, who has a Smoaks address but actually lives in Bamberg County, has given a whole new meaning to the old saying, That's the way the cookie crumbles. After having Chinese food for lunch last Wednesday, Shingler, who has been employed for the past two years as a bank teller at Enterprise Bank in Ehrhardt, asked a co-worker to purchase a Powerball ticket for her, using the lucky numbers that were prin
Apr 6, 2005, 12:06 pm - Lottery News

Tenn. lottery chief hopes Powerball win propels salesNews Story
Tennessee's first sale of a Powerball jackpot ticket has officials of the Tennessee Lottery hoping there will be more interest in the multi-state game, whose sales in Tennessee have been on the decline since December. I think having a Tennessee jackpot winner will excite folks, said Rebecca Paul, president and CEO of the state lottery, referring to Wednesday night's $25.5 million win by a family from South Pittsburg, Tenn. The large award was shared by Richie and Bobbi Hubbard, Brent and
Apr 4, 2005, 11:54 am - Lottery News

Store owners sell themselves $25.5 million Powerball lottery ticketNews Story
Their day started with a phone call that they had won $25,000.And it only got better from there.Twenty-five million dollars better, in fact, for the Hubbard family Richie, Bobbi, Brent, Brian, Angel and Stacey, the first people to buy a ticket in Tennessee and win the Powerball lottery jackpot.''That sure is a lot of zeroes,'' Richie Hubbard said as he and his family posed with an oversized cardboard check at the Tennessee Lottery's MetroCenter headquarters in Nashville yesterday afternoon.When
Apr 1, 2005, 8:36 am - Lottery News