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N.Y. Lottery computer switch a glitch for some retailersNews Story
New York Lottery players who frequent a popular Albany-area convenience store chain may be out of luck for a little while. Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Givner says terminals at some Stewart's Shops weren't working Sunday because of a glitch related to a statewide computer-system change. Lottery officials expect to resolve the problem by Monday. Meanwhile, Givner says terminals are working at most of the other 16,500 lottery retailers around the state. She says the problem affects about 80
Aug 2, 2010, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Winning ticket for $64M Mega Millions lottery jackpot sold in N.Y.News Story
One ticket matched all six winning numbers in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing to win the estimated $64 million jackpot, according to lottery officials. The sump-sum cash value of the jackpot was $41.8 Million. The winning ticket was purchased in Kings County, New York. The winning numbers were 5, 14, 17, 19 and 24 and the Mega Ball number was 25. The Megaplier was 4. In addition to the lucky jackpot winner, 16 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers but not the Mega Ball for a $250,00
May 26, 2010, 8:09 am - Lottery News

Mom, son split $22.5 million N.Y. Lotto jackpotNews Story
Rochester plumber credits mom's random luck for $22,500,000 Lotto win New York Lottery draw team members Yolanda Vega and Gretchen Dizer Wednesday teamed up to present Lottery prize checks to Monroe County's newest Lottery millionaires, including the winners of the March 27th Lotto jackpot worth $22,500,000. The winners, from Rochester and Webster, received their ceremonial over-sized checks at the Gates Big M store on Spencerport Road where the winning Lotto ticket was sold. March 27,
May 20, 2010, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Siblings each score lottery jackpots two years apartNews Story
Some folks have all the luck. Just two years after her wealthy businessman brother won $1 million a year for life in the lottery, Manhattan party planner Cindy Altunis has scored a $1 million jackpot with a ticket bought at the same gas station where her brother got his. In fact, the family's luck extends to the Long Island gas station a clerk there won $1 million after selling the ticket to Altunis' brother. My mother is a good-luck charm here, Altunis, 32, said at a lottery press con
May 6, 2010, 8:51 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery posts record salesNews Story
The New York Lottery posted record revenue and profit in its latest fiscal year, the state announced on Thursday. The lottery made $7.8 billion in sales of scratch-off tickets, other games and casino gambling in its 2009-10 fiscal year, which ended March 31. It is a 2.1 percent increase over the previous year, which was the old record-high. The lottery made $2.67 billion of profit, a 5 percent increase from the previous record, set last year. The profit is used to help fund K-12 education.
Apr 30, 2010, 6:46 am - Lottery News

States go all in, expand gaming to plug the budgetNews Story
Faced with a drop in gambling revenue, states are adding games, considering new casinos and increasing lottery options anything to keep their cut of the profits rolling in. States are adamant that they don't want to take advantage of anyone, but with budgets in free-fall and tax increases a losing hand politically, lawmakers acknowledge they are dependent on gambling dollars. At least 18 states this year are looking to expand games of chance because of a drop-off of anywhere from 5 to 14 p
Mar 15, 2010, 9:24 pm - Lottery News

Man pleads guilty to altering lottery ticketNews Story
A Buffalo, New York, man has admitted he altered a Mega Millions lottery ticket to make it look he'd won a $252 million jackpot. The New York Lottery today announced that as a result of an investigation by the Lottery's Security Unit in cooperation with the New York State Police and the Erie County District Attorney's Office, 26-year-old Yann Spindler of Buffalo, entered a plea of guilty to charges of attempted Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, in connection with an altered Mega Millions ti
Feb 25, 2010, 8:54 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. grandmother wins $1M lottery prizeNews Story
Winner calls Smooth 7s game very sweet Western New York's newest millionaire thought she had made a mistake when she scratched off the winning space on the state Lottery's new Smooth 7s instant game. I thought I must have scratched something wrong, Debra Mauro said Thursday as an oversized symbolic check for $1 million was presented to her by Lottery emcee Gretchen Dizer. I thought it just had to be a mistake, the 54-year-old grandmother said at the Tops market at 7200 Niagara Falls
Feb 19, 2010, 9:27 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery's Yolanda Vega celebrates 20th anniversary with the stateNews Story
Yolanda Vega, the most recognizable voice of the New York Lottery, celebrated her 20th anniversary with the state Friday and there are no signs her number is up. I'm going to continue to do the numbers until I can't see them anymore, the 54-year-old Brooklyn native told the Daily News. Vega, who has an economics degree from Hunter College, has been praised by Oprah and lampooned by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa in a popular youtube video. She was even memorialized with a bobblehead doll.
Feb 7, 2010, 7:03 am - Lottery News

N.Y. couple wins $162M lottery jackpot - but owes $1MNews Story
A Long Island couple will step forward Thursday to claim a $162 million jackpot, but Suffolk County already has their hands in winners' pockets. County officials say Richard and Mary Morrison owe $950,000 stemming from an audit of a homeless shelter they ran for 20 years. The audit showed the couple doled out bonuses to themselves, billed the county for benefits they later pocketed and bought big-screen televisions. An judgment against the couple was filed in 2008. An angry Richard Morr
Jan 7, 2010, 11:15 am - Lottery News