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Lottery winner indicted on 31 countsNews Story
Days after a Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, woman sought permission to subpoena Frederick Rick McMenimen's bank records, the former Exeter financial adviser sought Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, court records show. The bankruptcy claim essentially halted Susan Wagstaff's lawsuit seeking to recoup $900,000 that she claims McMenimen took from her under the ruse that he was investing the money. It also stopped legal action connected to another $1.5 million civil judgment against McMenimen fo
Oct 10, 2012, 7:32 am - Lottery News

New England states start new lottery game ThursdayNews Story
Updated Mar. 13, 2012, 11:12 am: New game replaces Weekly Grand Extra. By Todd Northrop For the first time ever, the six New England states will jointly run a multi-state lottery game, starting this week. The new Lucky for Life regional draw game begins this Thursday, March 15 for the six following states: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massechusetts, and Rhode Island. Ticket sales for the new game started Sunday. For Connecticut, the new Lucky for Life replaces a simila
Mar 13, 2012, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Tri-State lottery players get extra chance to win Pick 4News Story
Players of the Tri-State Pick 4 lottery had two chances to win this week when a ball left in the drawing machine led to two sets of winning numbers. Lottery officials said they discovered that a ball was inadvertently left in the chute of the drawing machine before Tuesday's evening winning numbers were drawn, so the number wasn't included in the drawing. Officials decided to hold another drawing Wednesday and pay out on both sets of Pick 4 numbers for the Tuesday evening draw. The two
Aug 3, 2011, 5:43 pm - Lottery News

NH Lottery to debut new scratch gameNews Story
Players can win $100,000 a year for life Gamblers are getting a sneak peak at a new game from the New Hampshire Lottery that could net them $100,000 a year for life. Lottery Commission Executive Director Charlie McIntyre will unveil the commission's $20 instant ticket Set for Life game on Wednesday in Center Conway. The commission will hold two grand prize drawings, one after about half the 700,000 tickets for the game are sold and another at the end of the game, marketing director Maur
Jul 24, 2011, 10:47 am - Lottery News

Father, son trying to live like regular guys after $88 million lottery winNews Story
Jeff Wilson's life changed forever two years ago when he plucked a winning Powerball ticket worth millions from a number of lottery tickets bought by his father, Billy. The father and son, and former Kings Mountain residents, were at Charlotte Motor Speedway Friday as part of the hoopla surrounding the lottery-sponsored Camping World Truck Series event and NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Weekend. The younger Wilson, dressed in blue jeans and untucked plaid shirt, and his father, wearing khakis
May 24, 2011, 8:06 am - Lottery News

New Hampshire repeals taxes on lottery prizesNews Story
Lottery commission celebrates with Tax Repeal Tea Party Starting Monday, New Hampshire residents no longer have to pay taxes on their lottery winnings. The state imposed a 10 percent tax on gambling winnings over $600 in 2009, but the tax was repealed by the current Legislature under a bill going effect Monday. Gov. John Lynch last week signed into law the bill repealing the tax, which officials said hurt the racetrack and battered lottery sales after the state enacted it two years ago
May 22, 2011, 10:52 pm - Lottery News

N.H. Lottery cancels proposed online gameNews Story
The New Hampshire Lottery Commission announced Tuesday it is abandoning a proposed new online, interactive game and shifting its focus to the state's current games, especially instant scratch tickets. Charles McIntyre, the lottery's executive director, said the commission will cancel efforts to launch PlayNowNH because the game would not be a strong revenue producer. It was my belief that the game would have produced modest revenue, McIntyre said in a statement. In light of our other chal
Aug 17, 2010, 11:29 pm - Lottery News

Lottery ticket worth $12.5M sold in N.H.News Story
The New Hampshire Lottery says someone bought a Tri-State Megabucks Plus lottery ticket worth $12.5 million. The lottery agency says the jackpot is the biggest for a single ticket in the game's 25-year history. The jackpot hit $16.4 million in January 1992, but there were two winning tickets. The winning ticket for Wednesday's drawing was sold at Top of the Hill in Dalton. The winner has the choice of receiving the prize in annual installments over 30 years or taking a lump sum payment
Aug 6, 2010, 8:58 am - Lottery News

N.H. Lottery delays online game amid controversyNews Story
The state Lottery Commission has pulled back its planned July 1 launch of new games that add an Internet element to scratch ticket gambling. In an announcement late yesterday, the commission said it will push back the soft launch of PlayNowNH.com, and use the time to educate state leaders about its new interactive game. The commission ran into stiff headwinds among lawmakers last week when it posted advance notice on its website of the PlayNowNH suite of games. The Legislature rejected ex
Jun 29, 2010, 7:44 am - Lottery News

NH Lottery offering online gambling gamesNews Story
Gamblers will be able to buy lottery tickets in New Hampshire next week to play online a move seen by some as an expansion of the kind of gambling that state lawmakers oppose. PlayNowNH interactive games go on sale July 1. In them, players choose the game baseball, super slots, speed bingo or New Hampshire poker and the amount they want to play. For example, players can buy chances for the $1 baseball game on one ticket or a separate ticket with chances for the $5 poker game. They can b
Jun 25, 2010, 7:30 am - Lottery News