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Iowa Lottery planning first ever raffleNews Story
They're used by all sorts of groups to raise money, and now the Iowa Lottery is preparing to launch its first ever raffle, joining several other state lotteries across the nation that have done the same. Lottery spokeswoman, Mary Neubauer, says the lottery has been considering a raffle for some time. Neubauer says the raffles offered in other states and have done exceedingly well, and the Iowa Lottery has been trying to figure out how to fit the raffle in with its other games. Neubau
Sep 12, 2007, 3:44 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery will give away a million bucks on TVNews Story
Viewers at home can win $10,000 through a text messaging contest The Illinois Lottery will be reaching out to people throughout the state when it televises its finale game show later this month. On Sept. 22, at 12:30 p.m. CST, the Illinois Lottery will celebrate its Million Dollar Summer promotion by awarding 16 second-chance players at least $50,000, with one lucky player winning the $1 million grand prize. WLS-TV (ABC 7 Chicago) will televise the finale and feature 190 North corre
Sep 7, 2007, 10:52 pm - Lottery News

Indiana Lottery finds $13,000 mistakeNews Story
Data entry error. Winning Hoosier Lottery tickets totaling $12,935 may have been mistaken for non-winning tickets after two drawings this summer because of a data entry error, the lottery said Wednesday. The mistake concerns ticket holders with 4 of 6 or 5 of 6 winning numbers in the Hoosier Lotto drawings of June 23 and Aug. 8. The error means that some of those tickets would have shown as non-winning entries when presented for redemption. This error occurred when the vendor ent
Aug 30, 2007, 12:23 am - Lottery News

Acting director named for New York LotteryNews Story
A former deputy director of the New York Lottery has been named acting director of the organization. Gurney replaces Robert McLaughlin, who served as Director of the New York Lottery from November, 2006 to August, 2007. Mr. McLaughlin recently accepted a position in the private sector, according to lottery officials. Gurney has worked at the lottery since 1998, and was most recently director of operations and administration in addition to being deputy director. His areas of responsibilit
Aug 12, 2007, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery threatens to go computerizedNews Story
Web site press release reveals plan is it a trial balloon or just bad news? By Todd Northrop Tennessee Lottery issued a statement on their web site that threatens to bring unpopular computerized drawings to the state. The upstart lottery, which in relative terms is still attempting to gain solid footing in the industry, made the announcement despite numerous player polls showing mistrust and discontent with the faux drawings. The lottery claims computerized drawings are exciting , al
Jul 16, 2007, 5:25 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery raffle drawing date setNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery raffle game named after the date it was to be drawn on is now set to take place about a month later. Several state lotteries in the United States used the perceived lucky digits in the date 7/7/07 to hold special drawings and promotions on that day. The Kentucky Lottery promoted a special raffle drawing created for the date, calling the game Lucky 7's . As the date approached, it became apparent that ticket sales for the raffle were not high enough to support the d
Jul 13, 2007, 10:17 pm - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery sets sales recordNews Story
The Kansas Lottery hits the jackpot itself record sales are recorded for the fiscal year ended June 30th. Lottery officials report sales of nearly $241 million. That's up two percent from the previous year, which also showed record sales. Some $71 million will go into state coffers, the highest transfer in a single year since Lottery sales began in 1987. Kansas Lottery director Ed Van Petten cited the success of the lottery's first $20 scratch ticket and Kansas-themed tickets promoting b
Jul 11, 2007, 1:29 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery Millionaire Raffle sells outNews Story
If you haven't gotten a North Carolina Lottery raffle ticket, you're out of luck. Less than a week before the Fourth of July drawing, the state sold out of its entire stock of Sizzlin' Millionaire Raffle tickets. Instead of selling paper tickets from a roll, retailers sold 500,000 numbers through the lottery's computer network. With four grand prizes of $1 million, a $20 ticket will carry a 1 in 125,000 chance of winning the top prize. For comparison, the odds of buying a winning mult
Jul 3, 2007, 6:27 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery Lucky 7's raffle draw delayedNews Story
The drawing date for the Kentucky Lottery's latest raffle-style game is being postponed due to slower than expected ticket sales. Dubbed the Lucky 7's Raffle, the winning numbers were set to be drawn and then announced on July 7th (7-7-07). As of July 1st, there were still 305,730 of the game's 500,000 tickets remaining. With only 39% of the overall tickets sold, Kentucky Lottery officials decided to push back the draw date to allow players more time to purchase tickets. There were seve
Jul 3, 2007, 6:01 pm - Lottery News

Lottery results cell phone service is first of its kindNews Story
txtGroups and Lottery Post Team Up to Provide Text Message Lottery Results txtGroups, Inc. and Lottery Post announced today that they are joining forces to provide instant lottery results to North American SMS subscribers. The new cell phone text messaging service, called Lottery Results Mobile Alerts, covers every lottery game played in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and United Kingdom. Other worldwide lottery games will be added soon. Anyone with a cell phone can sign up f
Feb 26, 2007, 11:41 am - Lottery News