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NJ Lottery adds 'Xtra' feature to Pick 6 gameNews Story
Includes video report New Jersey Lottery players now have the opportunity to increase their non-jackpot prizes by up to five times on the long-time favorite game, Pick 6, with the addition of the new Xtra feature. Players may purchase their Pick 6 tickets with Xtra for an additional $1 per play beginning on Jan. 13 for the Jan. 15 drawing. Pick 6 Xtra increases the game's base prize amounts by a randomly selected multiplier number during the Pick 6 Xtra draw. The purchase of Xtra will a
Jan 13, 2015, 1:42 pm - Lottery News

NJ lottery winners still receiving welfare, food stamps, audit saysNews Story
An audit sniffing out fraud in New Jersey's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program detected 66 lottery winners who were perhaps too lucky. They were all welfare and food stamps beneficiaries who had each won more than $10,000, including one person who had been collecting $1,000 a week from the Win for Life scratch-off game prior to 2009. Ten other winners netted more than $100,000 in lottery proceeds from 2011 to 2013. All of them were still collecting food stamps this year, according to t
Dec 6, 2014, 2:52 pm - Lottery News

NJ Lottery investigating retailer lottery ticket 'discounting' practicesNews Story
Some people seem to have all the luck. And in New Jersey, some of the luckiest people are retailers who sell lottery tickets. Or so it appears from the New Jersey Lottery's list of winners. An Asbury Park Press review of Lottery claims submitted since 2009 found that half of the 20 most frequent prizewinners are either licensed lottery retailers or family members of store operators. As a group, those 10 people collected 840 prizes totaling almost $1.8 million, the Press found. About 70
Dec 6, 2014, 11:30 am - Lottery News

First NJ Lottery Cash4Life top prize winners celebrate their win at retailerNews Story
New Jersey's first Cash4Life Top Prize winners, Joseph Ianiro and John Opaluch from Hasbrouck Heights, celebrated their win from the Nov. 13 drawing at the retail location from which the winning ticket was purchased. The retail store owners, Anthony Bernice and Guy Bernice, became licensed lottery retailers in Feb. of 2013. They have been doing business under the store name of Heights Corner Store, located on 183 Boulevard, Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County, which was previously reported as
Dec 4, 2014, 10:04 am - Lottery News

N.J. Vietnam vet wins $21M Monopoly Millionaires' Club jackpotNews Story
The New Jersey Lottery had the honor of crowning the first in the nation, Top Prize winner of the Monopoly Millionaires' Club draw game. Wayne O'Keefe is the winner of the $21 million annuity prize from the Nov. 7th Monopoly Millionaires' Club lottery game drawing. O'Keefe matched all five numbers 01, 09, 11, 12, and 27 plus one Property Number-18 (B O Railroad), to win the prize. O'Keefe purchased his ticket opting for the cash option and will receive $12,804,878 before taxes. Carole H
Nov 14, 2014, 6:50 pm - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery sells the first Monopoly Millionaires' Club jackpot winnerNews Story
Triggers 14 additional $1 million prizes By Todd Northrop The Monopoly Millionaires' Club jackpot of $21 million was won in Friday night's drawing of the multi-state game by one ticket sold in New Jersey. The fact that the jackpot was won triggered the award of an additional 14 $1 million winners. One lucky player in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus one Property number in the Nov. 7 drawing, earning the ticketholder a Top Prize of $21 million. The lucky New Jersey ticket was
Nov 11, 2014, 11:58 am - Lottery News

NJ lottery winners dodge a tax bulletNews Story
A proposed extra tax on New Jerseyans' lottery winnings stalled today after it became clear it was unlikely to be approved by a key state Senate panel. It didn't have the votes, said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen). The bill (S1767) would impose an additional 0.5 percent tax on lottery winnings of more than $600. The money would be used to fund after school programs run by non-profit groups in municipalities where at least 40 percent of the school district's stud
Oct 28, 2014, 10:39 am - Lottery News

NJ Cash 5 game to get larger starting jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop Starting Sunday, Jersey Cash 5 players will see game changes that will result in larger estimated starting jackpots, more opportunities to win bigger jackpots, and increases in the average match-3 prize paid all for the same $1 ticket price. In response to player demand for bigger jackpots, the New Jersey Lottery raised the Jersey Cash 5 estimated minimum jackpot from $50,000 to $75,000. Match-3 average prize paid will increase from $11 to $15. To support the increase i
Sep 11, 2014, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery to launch new game after AG gives OKNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission is moving forward with next year's launch of an unusual new game after getting a favorable ruling on its legality from Attorney General Greg Abbott. The game, Texas Triple Chance, combines elements of traditional lottery games and scratch-off games. Players pay $2 for three sets of seven numbers chosen from the range of 1-55. Each day, a set of 10 is drawn by the game. If a player's set matches the drawn set, he or she wins $100,000 (if six numbers match, the p
Aug 12, 2014, 11:45 am - Lottery News

16 siblings share $20 million lottery jackpot in New JerseyNews Story
Sixteen brothers and sisters from New Jersey who pooled money for a decade to buy lottery tickets got the ultimate payout a $20 million Pick 6 jackpot they'll use to repair homes they lost in Sandy, send their children to college and preserve the legacy of their late mother, who urged them to vie for the pot together in the first place. The Endreson clan, who range in age from 53 to 76, accepted the check from the New Jersey Lottery Thursday. They' opted for a lump sum payment of $14 million
Jul 24, 2014, 3:00 pm - Lottery News