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N.C. Lottery Plans $1 Million RaffleNews Story
At $20, it'll be the most expensive ticket to go on sale in the short history of the state lottery. The odds are a whole lot better than Powerball, and the prize is a cool $1 million. A raffle a favorite fundraising tool of school parent groups and peewee sports teams could be coming to the North Carolina Education Lottery. It's the kind of game that appeals to people, said lottery chief Tom Shaheen. The state lottery commission will consider adding the raffle to its lineup at its me
Feb 13, 2007, 8:39 am - Lottery News

U.K. Lottery operator wants to create global super-lotteryNews Story
Camelot will launch the first ever global lottery draw if it wins the right to run Britain's game for another 10 years with players from all over the world generating jackpots of up to half a billion pounds (nearly one billion dollars). The international lotto would dwarf the existing Euro Millions weekly game, in which nine countries have joined together to achieve astonishing top prizes of 125 million. The new game would span the globe with some 50 countries already voicing interest i
Feb 9, 2007, 7:27 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery chief adding new games to overcome revenue shortfallNews Story
The head of the N.C. Education Lottery Tuesday urged patience for critics who say the games have fallen short of their first-year sales goal. Executive Director Tom Shaheen said he hopes to spark sales this spring with two new games and a new twist on a third. Lottery sales are expected to miss their $1.2 billion goal by $200 million. Obviously I'm in a business to raise money, and I want to raise as much as we can, Shaheen said after a Charlotte luncheon. But to raise $1 billion the
Feb 1, 2007, 1:39 am - Lottery News

Sales increase as Lottery adds new gamesNews Story
While the number of games has expanded and receipts have greatly increased, the basic structure of the New York Lottery and its mission have remained relatively unchanged over the four decades it has been running, lawmakers and state officials say. The games, then and now, siphon money away from illegal gambling and help to pay for schools. The lottery was approved by voters, at the urging of then-Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, in a referendum to amend the state constitution in 1966. The nu
Jan 30, 2007, 8:51 pm - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery introduces new raffle gameNews Story
To mark its third anniversary, the Tennessee Lottery introduced a game Monday that gives Tennesseans the best odds yet to win $1 million. The new game, Million $ Madness, gives players a one in 200,000 chance of winning $1 million. Rebecca Paul Hargrove, the chief executive officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery, said lotto players always want a better chance of winning prizes, which they can have in the new game. It's the best odds yet of winning $1 million, Hargrove said.
Jan 23, 2007, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery introduces new 'Mix & Match' gameNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery will introduce a new lotto game next week, Mix Match, offering better odds than any of the state's other numbers games, more ways to win, and a cash jackpot that begins at $50,000. Mix Match tickets go on sale Tuesday, Jan. 23, and the first drawing will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25. Mix Match drawings will be conducted every Monday and Thursday evening with The Daily Number, Big 4 and Cash 5 drawings. Mix Match is a great new game with
Jan 19, 2007, 9:50 am - Lottery News

Calif. Lottery hops on raffle bandwagonNews Story
With Million Dollar Raffle, California becomes the latest state lottery to introduce a raffle-style game. The new game, which goes on sale February 5th, gives players the best odds of winning a million dollars of any game ever offered by the California Lottery. Million Dollar Raffle is played like a typical raffle type draw game that many people have already experienced. The game will have a maximum of 5 million unique (7 digit) raffle numbers available for sale to players for $5 per n
Jan 19, 2007, 8:52 am - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery adds Sunday drawingsNews Story
In an effort to ward off losses to North Carolina, the Virginia Lottery is adding Sunday drawings, starting this weekend. Competition south of the border will cut into Virginia Lottery profits this year, but new games could limit the losses to North Carolina. You don't want to sit still and watch that flattening of sales occur, said Sheila Hill-Christian, executive director of the State Lottery Department. The North Carolina lottery, started last year, could lop profits $50 million, d
Jan 5, 2007, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

New York Lottery making some changesNews Story
NY Lottery figures better late than never to catch 'raffle fever' It looks like the New York Lottery's new year's resolution is to become more interesting. To accomplish that they are adding one new game and two changes. The first is a new limited scratchoff game called Raffle to Riches. Under this new format the lottery will print only 1.5 million Raffle to Riches tickets. It ends on Feb. 8, or when they're sold out. Out of those 1.5 million $20 tickets, there will be 12 winne
Jan 4, 2007, 7:24 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery raffle tickets now on saleNews Story
Sales of Kentucky Lottery Corp.'s new game called Million Dollar Draw, for which only 500,000 tickers will be sold at $10 each, went on sale yesterday. Once all of the tickets, which each contain a unique six-digit number, have been sold, the Kentucky Lottery will publicly announce the date and time of the drawing, according to lottery officials. Players may not choose their own numbers. A random number generator will select 734 winning numbers. Computerized drawings have been the su
Jan 2, 2007, 3:06 pm - Lottery News