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N.J. Lottery players question logic of shutdownNews Story
Gov. Jon S. Corzine's decision to shut down state services created confusion for lottery players and those who sell New Jersey lottery tickets. Sharon Rush, who owns Macaro's Deli in Pennsauken, said she learned about it online. They haven't told us anything, Rush said. Our customers don't even know about it yet. Rush said shutting down the lottery and casinos because of fiscal woes simply doesn't make sense. Something that makes money for the government shouldn't shut down, sh
Jul 2, 2006, 4:33 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery shut down over Gov.'s tax raise planNews Story
New Jersey may be penalized for failing to sell Mega Millions tickets Without a state budget in place and the prospects for one unclear, Gov. Jon S. Corzine began an unprecedented shutdown of New Jersey government Saturday. Given that the new fiscal year began on a weekend, the immediate impacts weren't significant though if you were hoping to test your luck Saturday, you may have been out of it. The New Jersey Lottery stopped selling tickets at 8 p.m. Saturday. Atlantic City casi
Jul 2, 2006, 4:08 pm - Lottery News

'Lucky' NJ store sells winning Mega Millions lottery ticketNews Story
Atul Tijoriwala sells 43 different types of lottery tickets at his Krauszer's corner store in New Brunswick, and in the year he's owned the store, his customers have been lucky. In April, someone bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket that won $225,778. The next month, a customer bought a Pick 6 ticket that won $5,419 and was one digit shy of netting $3 million. But today, Tijoriwala knows one of his customers really hit the jackpot because he sold the sole win ning Mega Millions ticket, worth
Jun 5, 2006, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Lottery fever is alive and well in New JerseyNews Story
They call themselves the Coolers, based on the 2003 Las Vegas thriller The Cooler, starring William Macy. He plays a character who is hired in old-school casinos to subdue high rollers' action, until he falls in love. Unlike the movie, this group has not encountered Lady Luck and has yet to pinpoint its cooler. But that doesn't stop them from continuing their 15-year tradition of Thursday lottery lunches. It's no coincidence that Thursday just happens to be when the Pick 6 is drawn.
Apr 9, 2006, 10:39 am - Lottery News

N.J. Cash 5 lottery player uses very lucky numbersNews Story
A Williamstown, New Jersey, woman who insists I'm not lucky won the New Jersey Cash 5 jackpot of $545,559 March 2 after hitting four of five numbers in the same lottery game a mind-altering 13 times in 16 months. The woman, who requested her name not be used, purchased her winning ticket at Corner Food Market in Washington Township. She watched her five numbers 5, 13, 25, 28 and 38 picked live on Channel 23. According to a lottery spokesman, the $545,559 makes the top 10 in Ca
Apr 5, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Having a lottery machine: Now that's the ticketNews Story
Critics raise questions as retailers play by the rules and win scores of jackpotsNew Jersey's 10 most frequent winners of lottery jackpots have one thing in common: Luck.But five of those top 10 winners have something else going for them: A store that sells lottery tickets. We play, we win, explained Mahendra Vora, standing behind the counter of Everything Nice, a stationery store on Bergenline Avenue in West New York that he owns with his wife, Sudha.Together, the lucky couple has claimed 175
Dec 27, 2005, 6:49 am - Lottery News

Lottery number strategies subject of newspaper investigationNews Story
The odds are long. The drawings are random. And the house keeps a much greater share of wagers than other forms of gambling.In sum: The lottery cannot be beaten. There is no system that can improve your chances of winning the lottery, period, says Mike Orkin, a California mathematician who has written extensively about gambling odds.Yet the quest for an ever-elusive winning lottery strategy is alive and well and for sale.On a quiet, dead-end street in Denville stands the headquarters of Doubl
Dec 6, 2005, 1:26 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery scratch games called 'paper slot machines'News Story
Stephen Sunny Big Guy Bernath buys a fistful of instant lottery tickets every day and takes his place on a wooden bench next to a garbage can in front of the Krauszer's R J Food Store in Perth Amboy.There, the heavyset 70-year-old man rubs each ticket with a finger, cusses at it, then tosses it in the trash.Rub, cuss, toss.Rub, cuss, toss.He has been known to do this for hours, filling the garbage can with his losers before going back into the store to try his luck again. Crossword. Betty Boop
Dec 5, 2005, 1:23 am - Lottery News

Newspaper takes a hard look at the N.J. LotteryNews Story
They call her the Queen of the Lottery.Her realm: the North Broad Foodmart, a convenience store behind a gas station off Route 22 in Hillside.One evening, as the queen, aka Pat Howard, an insurance agent who lives in Newark, waits in line for the green machine, someone asks how much she spends. Maybe $20, $30 a day, she says.At this, the crowded store falls silent. Then, all at once, everyone laughs.After the queen is finished with her order, store manager Rashmi Patel spins a swivel scre
Dec 4, 2005, 7:24 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games appeals N.J. Lottery's award to GTECHNews Story
Overbid by nearly $32 million in its unsuccessful attempt to get the state's lottery contract, Scientific Games filed a protest Tuesday claiming officials skewed the bid proposals to keep its current operator.Earlier this month, the state announced its plans to give GTech Corp., the current lottery operator, a new five-year contract, even though it wasn't the low bidder. The state justified the decision by saying GTech offered a more secure and reliable system and outscored Scientific Games on a
Nov 23, 2005, 8:30 am - Lottery News