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Lottery lightning strikes twice for NJ store ownerNews Story
For 18 years, Glenn Pompei, owner of two liquor stores, never sold a winning state lottery ticket from either store.But twice in the past two months, a winning Jersey Cash 5 ticket has been sold from each of his stores in Morris County.On Wednesday night, some lucky ticket holder won the top Jersey Cash 5 jackpot prize of $263,820.The ticket holder, which was purchased at Pompei's Ridgedale Wine Liquors at 480 Ridgedale Ave., has yet to claim the prize.Pompei said he expressed disbelief when h
Apr 22, 2005, 10:01 am - Lottery News

$165,000 Cash 5 lottery ticket sold in Bayonne, NJNews Story
New Jersey lottery players, check your numbers: a lottery ticket worth about $165,000 was sold in a Bayonne convenience store.Hye Mart Inc., at 224 East 21st St., Bayonne, sold one of the three winning Jersey Cash 5 jackpot tickets for the drawing held on Sunday, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The other two winning tickets were sold in Mercer and Union counties.The owners of three tickets will split the top prize of $495,684.Acting Executive Director Michellene Davis said those three ticket
Apr 15, 2005, 10:57 am - Lottery News

NJ may ban smoking in casinosNews Story
Acting New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey may use the power the position he stumbled into when Gov. McGreevey resigned last year to push an aggressive anti-smoking agenda, which would even include banning smoking in New Jersey casinos.Codey's flip-flop on the smoking ban has restaurants, casinos, and small business owners upset. The marketplace not the government should decide if it makes sense to allow people to smoke in certain areas, they contend.The proposal to ban smoking in most public
Mar 10, 2005, 8:30 am - Lottery News

NJ interim Gov. nominates new lottery directorNews Story
Michellene Davis, a lawyer and veteran state policy adviser, has been nominated to be the next executive director of the New Jersey Lottery.Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey announced the nomination Friday. Davis succeeds Virginia Bauer, a 9/11 widow tapped to head the lottery in 2003 and picked by former Gov. James E. McGreevey as commerce secretary in July. William T. Jourdain has been filling in at the lottery since Bauer moved to commerce.Davis will serve as acting executive director, starting Ma
Feb 28, 2005, 11:29 am - Lottery News

NJ Teachers just miss $130M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
A group of 82 teachers and staff members at School 10 in Paterson, New Jersey came within one number of winning the $130 million jackpot in last week's Mega Millions game.Instead, they will take home about $2,134 each before taxes, having won the second prize of $175,000. Although disappointed that they can't retire early, the winners who gathered Tuesday to pose for New Jersey Lottery photographs were happy they won anything at all. This is the biggest win I've ever had, gym teacher William Be
Jan 26, 2005, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

NJ Lottery may use environmentalist's idea for new gameNews Story
The Department of Environmental Protection commissioner has promised to discuss with the New Jersey state treasurer an idea for a lottery game to benefit the environment, but he cannot promise that the game will receive approval, according to a letter from the DEP.Bradley M. Campbell, commissioner for the DEP, stated in a letter Wednesday that he favored the idea of such a lottery but budget issues must be carefully considered. Given the current dedication of lottery revenues to support the stat
Jan 24, 2005, 10:51 am - Lottery News

NJ lottery player pursues an idea to help the environmentNews Story
Ed Knorr was standing in line at a convenience store recently, waiting to buy a New Jersey lottery ticket.As he stood there, an idea struck him. What if funds from a state lottery game benefited the environment, aiding specific funding issues for various environmental causes?Knorr, chairman of the Williamstown-based Green Action Alliance, decided to pursue that idea. He devised the Best Dam Lottery Game, a lottery whose proceeds would provide assistance for private well testing to seniors and
Dec 28, 2004, 9:57 am - Lottery News

NJ couple wins $2.2M Pick 6 Lotto jackpotNews Story
Winning ticket bought at deli in Bergen PointA Bayonne couple has claimed the winning ticket in the Dec. 2 New Jersey Pick 6 Lotto jackpot drawing, which carried a jackpot of nearly $2.2 million.Acting New Jersey Lottery Executive Director William T. Jourdain said that Zoltan and Elizabeth Lamos of Bayonne bought the winning ticket at the Bergen Park Deli, 27 West First St. in Bayonne.The couple will receive more than $1.6 million in a lump-sum payment after taxes are collected.Lottery spokesman
Dec 21, 2004, 10:03 am - Lottery News

NJ Lottery adds second Internet gameNews Story
New Jersey, the first state to unveil an Internet lottery game earlier this year, is forging ahead with a second online offering in an effort to lure younger players.Tetris, an action puzzle computer game popular in the 1980s, will officially become a lottery e-game starting today. Just like Cyber Slingo, the Internet game the New Jersey Lottery launched in February, players can buy Tetris tickets from retailers and scratch off a computer access code that enables them to play online.The goal for
Nov 2, 2004, 10:43 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery sales top $2 billion for third straight yearNews Story
New Jersey lottery revenues rose more than 5 percent in the past fiscal year, topping $2 billion in sales for the third consecutive year.The Lottery Commission's acting executive director, William Jourdain, attributed the increase to the growing popularity of instant games, particularly the Internet-based Cyber Slingo. The impact of the New Jersey Lottery's success this year is felt by the entire state, said the lottery's acting executive director, William Jourdain. Strong sales translate into
Aug 19, 2004, 8:04 am - Lottery News