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Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionairesNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page (https://www.lotterypost.com/results/pa). Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with only 500,000 of the $20 tickets available for purchase. Each of the game's $20 tickets offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million. There was one draw
Jul 11, 2010, 4:56 pm - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery players wondering, 'Where are the results?'News Story
By Todd Northrop The Pennsylvania Lottery held its semi-annual Millionaire Raffle drawing last night, but lottery players are still wondering if their tickets are winners. That's because the state lottery has not published the bulk of the winning raffle numbers nearly 1 full day after the drawing has taken place, at the time of this writing. After the 6:59 p.m. drawing Saturday evening, the lottery quickly published the four winning numbers of $1 million prizes and the four winning numb
Jul 11, 2010, 3:32 pm - Lottery News

Florida Lottery Raffle drawing crowns 5 new millionairesNews Story
556,804 Florida Lottery Firecracker Millionaire Raffle tickets had a shot at winning $1 million, and five of those are officially chosen as the big winners. Lottery players anxiously waiting to see if they are now among the wealthy can check their tickets at Lottery Post's Florida Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/fl). With only 750,000 tickets available for the Firecracker Millionaire Raffle, Florida lottery ticket buyers had a better chance of winning a million dollars th
Jul 7, 2010, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery draws raffle last night -- but makes error reporting resultsNews Story
The Idaho Lottery conducted its 2010 $500,000 Spring Raffle drawing Wednesday evening, awarding one $500,000 cash prize and many smaller prizes. The winning numbers are available Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/id). In addition to the $500,000 top prize, there will be 250 winners of $500, 1,500 winners of $50, and 3,249 winners of $25. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments. A total of 300,000 tickets were available for the raffle at the price of $5
Jul 1, 2010, 6:31 pm - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery draws 4th of July RaffleNews Story
The Oregon Lottery today held the state's fourth raffle drawing the first it has held around the 4th of July. Despite being named the 4th of July Raffle, the game was drawn today, July 1. One winning number, 195945, was chosen for the game's top prize $1 million. There were also 20 second prize winners of $20,000, and 1,000 winners of $100. A complete list of winning numbers for the drawing can be found at Lottery Post's Oregon Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/or). Raff
Jul 1, 2010, 6:01 pm - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery schedules Cash 4 bonus drawing after error detectedNews Story
During a review of the Monday, June 7, Cash 4 evening drawing, Georgia Lottery officials determined that an equipment malfunction occurred with a ball machine. One of the balls ejected back into the chute from the mixing chamber before the winning number fell. As a result, the Georgia Lottery will hold a bonus Cash 4 drawing on Monday, July 5, giving players an extra chance to win. We are very serious about the security and integrity of our games, said Georgia Lottery President and CEO Ma
Jun 14, 2010, 4:32 pm - Lottery News

Some upset with Pennsylvania Lottery broadcastNews Story
Pittsburghers who watch the nightly lottery drawings have been losing a little sleep lately, though it's not because of big jackpot jitters. When the multi-state Mega Millions debuted Feb. 2 in Pennsylvania, state lotto officials asked television stations statewide to broadcast it in the same time slot as the Powerball drawing, which airs Wednesdays and Saturdays. Instead of squeezing the Mega Millions into the familiar 10:59 p.m. time slot Tuesdays and Fridays, Pennsylvania Lottery offici
Jun 3, 2010, 7:12 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery uses other states' lotto numbers, headquarters floodedNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery closed its Nashville headquarters office Monday, due to flooding conditions. According to the lottery's Disaster Recover Plan, when the lottery is unable to draw its own numbers, it will substitute other states' winning numbers as its own. For Monday, May 3, the Lottery used the numbers drawn by other lotteries on the following schedule: Midday drawings for Cash 3 and Cash 4 used the numbers drawn for those same games by the Kentucky Lottery. Evening drawings for
May 4, 2010, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery gives inside view of computerized drawingsNews Story
Includes video report For years, the Missouri Lottery conducted its daily drawings using mechanical ball machines. In 2004, the lottery replaced its drawing equipment with a computerized drawing system that generates the winning numbers with a Random Number Generator (RNG) a computer program that instantly produces random numbers. Several other states have switched to a computerized drawing system, but the concept has not swept through all the states, perhaps due to player pushback.
Apr 16, 2010, 10:54 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery drawings moving from TV to InternetNews Story
Beginning today, Virginia Lottery drawings will move to the Internet. The daily draw shows and twice-a-week Win For Life drawings that were held on TV now will be available online only, according to the lottery's Web site. The final TV drawing was held on Saturday. The Mega Millions drawings will continue to be televised on Tuesdays and Fridays, the notice says. The move is a cost-saving measure, according to the site. The lottery had paid TV stations to air the drawings. Lottery off
Jan 11, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News