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Visiting guest helps family win $200,000News Story
For the Cremer family of Nampa, Idaho, this Thanksgiving was one to remember, thanks to a visiting brother-in-law who got them to go in on buying a Powerball ticket. Greg Cremer and his wife and brother-in-law Paul Moore won $200,000 on a winning Powerball ticket. Moore was visiting from San Diego for a family Thanksgiving. The Cremers usually don't play Powerball, but every time Moore visits he gets them to go in on tickets. They purchased a $10 Quickpick at the Gem Stop on Midland Boule
Nov 27, 2007, 9:14 am - Lottery News

Idaho woman hits fifth lottery jackpot in five yearsNews Story
Some people dream of winning the Lottery at least once. But for one Caldwell, Idaho, woman, winning the Lottery over the past five years has become common place. Anna Pearl Rowell could be considered the luckiest Lottery Lady of all time. Rowell claimed her $110,000 winning Wild Card check Friday morning from the Idaho Lottery and then retired from her position as the office manager for the Canyon County Assessor's Office. Rowell became the third Wild Card jackpot winner from Idaho in
Nov 16, 2007, 5:17 pm - Lottery News

Four contenders will vie for winning lottery ticket in courtNews Story
And the winner is ... Nobody, yet. Confusion over who purchased what ticket and when has three people maybe four and one corporation claiming ownership of Saturday's $1 million winning lottery ticket. With the winner still in question, The Idaho State Lottery announced Thursday, it has turned the case over to the courts to determine who gets the dough. Right now, the four main contenders for what would be $672,000 after taxes are: Michelle McCollough of Boise, a clerk at the Mav
Mar 17, 2007, 12:51 am - Lottery News

Ownership of $1M winning lottery ticket in questionNews Story
The $1 million winning ticket from Saturday night's draw was presented to Idaho Lottery officials for payment Tuesday, but the prize has not been paid out yet. Lottery officials authenticated the ticket as being the winner and are in possession of the ticket. However, the ownership of the ticket is still in question. We are working toward a swift conclusion regarding this matter, said Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery Director. We will have a resolution by the end of the week. Lottery
Mar 15, 2007, 12:03 pm - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery to pay state a record $33 millionNews Story
Idaho Lottery officials say school districts and public buildings hit a record jackpot this year with $33 million in profits from ticket sales. The dividend announced today is split evenly between Idaho's public schools and the state's Permanent Building Fund. It's the third straight year of record-setting dividends for the state-sanctioned gambling program. Sales during the fiscal year that ends Friday were $131 million, up 16 percent from last year. The biggest money maker for the Id
Jun 29, 2006, 1:24 pm - Lottery News

Security guard steals Idaho Lottery ticketsNews Story
An Idaho Lottery security officer is in jail today, accused of stealing from the agency he was hired to protect. 20-year-old Christopher Martin of Emmett is accused of stealing from the Lottery Commission. Idaho Lottery administrators say martin was working as an on-site security officer at the lottery headquarters. He hadn't been on the job long when he allegedly walked away with winning tickets. As a security officer contracted to patrol the Idaho Lottery headquarters Christopher
Jun 2, 2006, 7:03 am - Lottery News

Intralot wins Idaho Lottery from larger rival GtechNews Story
The Idaho Lottery will have a new vendor starting next February after a Greek company that's expanding in the U.S. won a $30 million contract to run the state's scratch ticket and online gaming system from a larger rival. Intralot USA, a Georgia-based unit of Athens, Greece-based Intralot, beat out Rhode Island-based GTech by promising better service for instance, Idaho's online games, including Powerball, will run 24 hours a day under Intralot, up from the previous 22 hours and a more-at
May 3, 2006, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery pays out $26M dividend to schoolsNews Story
Since 1989 Idahoans have bought $1.3 billion worth of lottery tickets and scratch games in hopes of hitting the big jackpot. Tuesday, the Idaho Lottery Commission announced another winner Idaho's schools. In its 2005 fiscal report, the lottery commission reports a record-setting dividend last year that saw $26 million go to Idaho's public schools and buildings. That money was divided among the state's 114 school districts, and paid for the completion of 82 projects. In 2005, Ad
Mar 16, 2006, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery millionaire fields marriage, investment proposalsNews Story
A 33-year-old Idaho man who won a state record $220.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot Memorial Day weekend has spent his summer appearing on TV shows, taking friends to Tahiti, fielding marriage proposals from strangers and starting to build a new stadium at his hometown high school.But now it's back to work for Brad Duke of Star, a Boise suburb. Earlier this week, he returned to his old job at Gold's Gym in Meridian, where he teaches a 6 a.m. class on spinning, a workout using stationary bicy
Sep 12, 2005, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery insists that Powerball winner reveal identityNews Story
The 33-year-old Idaho man who won a $220.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot Memorial Day weekend came out of hiding Thursday after the Idaho Lottery refused his request for anonymity.Brad Duke, a regional fitness director for a chain of health clubs and and unmarried former Boise State University pole-vaulter whose garage contains five mountain bikes, chose to take a one-time lump sum payment of $125.3 million, rather than the 30 annual installments of $7.4 million. That works out to approximat
Jun 17, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News