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Survey: One-fourth of retail customers buy lottery ticketsNews Story
This is the second story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impactOne out of every four customers at area stores that offer lottery games regularly buy tickets, according to a random survey of more than two dozen retailers in Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer counties.And the ticket sales they generate - more than $62 million worth in all five area counties over the last six fiscal years - have produced more than $3 million in commissions for the 65 are
Jan 25, 2005, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Kentucky lottery players try to beat the oddsNews Story
This is the first story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impactMost members of James Carrier's family have earned their largely modest income from the soil. But there is one relative of the retired Crab Orchard area farmer who a little more than a decade ago planted a seed that turned her into a millionaire.The seed, in this case, came not from a farm supply shop but from a convenience store.Back in 1994, one of Carrier's aunts, Beverly Pitt, also of Crab O
Jan 25, 2005, 9:20 am - Lottery News

N.H. Lottery Accidentally Draws 2 Sets Of Winning NumbersNews Story
Pick 3 Will Pay Off On Both Sets Of Midday Winners Tuesday Players in the Tri-State Pick 3 lottery had two chances to win the midday jackpot Tuesday. Due to a human error during the live midday drawing of the game's daily numbers, two sets of Pick 3 numbers were drawn, according to a news release from the Tri-State Lottery. Lottery officials decided to pay out on both sets of Pick 3 winning numbers for Tuesday's mid-day draw. The two sets of winning Pick 3 numbers were: 9, 7, 1 and 0
Jan 8, 2004, 5:39 am - Lottery News