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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

Kentucky Lottery draws airing on new TV stationsNews Story
The TV stations which air the nightly Kentucky Lottery drawing program in the state's three largest media markets has changed, effective today. In Louisville, the drawing program will move to WBKI/The CW Louisville. Lexington viewers will now be able to watch the drawings on the CWKYT. Players in Northern Kentucky will see the drawing show on WKRP-TV. Affiliates will remain the same in Bowling Green (WBKO) and Paducah (WDKA). A new affiliate has been added in Evansville (WAZE), while the s
Oct 1, 2009, 6:26 pm - Lottery News

Odds are, stunning coincidences can be expectedNews Story
Lotteries show that through sheer numbers, the uncanny happens; in Bulgaria, the same combination won twice in one week History isn't supposed to repeat itself in the lottery. But earlier this month, a 1-in-5.2 million shot came through in Bulgaria, as the same six winning numbers turned up in two consecutive drawings. And 18 Bulgarians profited by betting on recent history: They chose the winning combination of numbers from the drawing four days earlier which hadn't been selected by anyone t
Sep 29, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Bulgarian lottery repeat probedNews Story
The Bulgarian authorities have ordered an investigation after the same six numbers were drawn in two consecutive rounds of the national lottery. The numbers 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 were chosen by a machine live on television on 6 and 10 September. An official of the Bulgarian lottery said manipulation was impossible. A mathematician said the chance of the same six numbers coming up twice in a row was one in four million. But he said coincidences do happen. Minister of Physical Educa
Sep 16, 2009, 2:34 pm - Lottery News

States sell out 9s in Wed. lottery drawsNews Story
Lottery players around the United States hoping to win big by betting on all nines may have come up empty when they got to the lottery terminal. Several states reported that Pick 4 combinations 9-9-9-9 and 9-9-0-9, as well as Pick 3 combination 9-9-9, sold out due to heavy buying. The reason? Today's unique date numbers of 9/9/09 (September 9, 2009). Lottery officials say people who play daily lotto games such as Pick 3 and Pick 4 tend to make their number choices based on special numbe
Sep 9, 2009, 11:00 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery to end live broadcast of midday drawingNews Story
Is $100,000 in cost-savings worth the loss of midday drawing broadcasts? Beginning Friday, the New Jersey Lottery Commission will stop airing live drawings at 1 p.m. on the state's public television network in an effort to save money. Only summaries of the results of the Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries will be shown on New Jersey Network at 1 p.m., the state Lottery Commission said today. Video of the actual drawings will only be available on the commission's Web site. The midday winning
May 11, 2009, 10:41 pm - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery holds first Weekly WinFall drawingNews Story
The Georgia Lottery held the first of 11 Weekly WinFall drawings, combining the big payout of a raffle game with the drawings of a weekly draw game. The winning numbers for Weekly WinFall are updated at Lottery Post's Georgia Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ga) after each weekly drawing takes place. The first drawing, conducted April 25, awarded 10 prizes of $5,000 to holders of tickets sold in the previous week. Unlike other state raffle games with early bird -style d
Apr 29, 2009, 10:27 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $120 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing was raised to $120 million. The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $103 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Friday night. There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Washington. Each second prize ticket matched all five lotto numbers b
Feb 18, 2009, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Neb. lottery numbers drawn twice in rowNews Story
The odds are against something this odd. A Nebraska Lottery official says the winning numbers for the state's Pick 3 lottery on Tuesday were exactly the same as the winning combination from the night before. Lottery spokesman Brian Rockey says one of two lottery computers that randomly generate combinations picked the numbers 1, 9 and 6 in that order for Monday night's drawing. He says the other computer picked the same three numbers Tuesday in the same sequence. The odds of such an occ
Jan 23, 2009, 10:27 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery's raffle drawing is finally hereNews Story
After seeing all the other raffle-drawing states crown their millionaires during the holiday season, New Jersey lottery players may have gotten restless. But tonight is now their night. The full list of winning numbers for the Jersey Jackpot Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's New Jersey Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/nj). Jersey Jackpot Raffle, a short-term raffle-style game, will make 1,216 lucky players richer, with prizes ranging from $250 up to the top $2 milli
Jan 21, 2009, 8:33 pm - Lottery News