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N.D. lottery revenues exceed expectationsNews Story
North Dakota's three lottery games have raised $7.2 million for the state treasury since Powerball sold its first ticket in March 2004, the state's lottery director said.North Dakotans bought $24.9 million worth of tickets in 15 months.Although lottery demand was greater than state officials expected, sustaining the pace will be much more challenging, said Chuck Keller, director of the North Dakota Lottery. I realize that our honeymoon period is over, and that sales for the lottery are going t
Aug 2, 2005, 8:06 am - Lottery News

N.D. couple cashes state's first lottery jackpot ticketNews Story
A Walsh County couple cashed North Dakota's first lottery jackpot ticket, a $420,094 prize in the Wild Card 2 game, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said.The couple was not identified, since North Dakota law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous.They bought the winning ticket last week at a gas station in Michigan, in neighboring Nelson County, in northeastern North Dakota. Michigan is about 35 miles east of Devils Lake.Stenehjem said he presented the couple with their winner's check Tuesda
Jul 20, 2005, 9:36 am - Lottery News

North Dakota has its first lottery jackpot winnerNews Story
North Dakota lottery officials said Thursday that Wednesday's winning Wild Card 2 jackpot ticket was sold at the Amoco station in Michigan, in eastern North Dakota. The prize is $420,000.The winner is not yet known. We contacted the Michigan Amoco store this morning, and they are ready and waiting for the winner, as are we, state Lottery Director Chuck Keller said in a statement.Tim Anderson, manager of the gas station, said the jackpot is the talk of the town. Michigan has about 345 people. Ev
Jul 16, 2005, 10:39 am - Lottery News

N.D. lottery's first year deemed 'exceptional'News Story
Nearly a year after North Dakota unveiled its state lottery, former Gov. Arthur Link still gets annoyed waiting in line for someone else to splurge on the dream of a big payday.It happened just the other day, Link said, when he watched a man ahead of him in a convenience store hand over $2 for a couple of slips of paper. Link is among the lottery's foremost critics.Those with a sunnier view of the lottery point to a ledger that shows North Dakota's treasury raking in nearly $6 million since Marc
Mar 24, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Leader who pushed to start the ND lottery can no longer playNews Story
The leader of a petition drive to legalize the lottery in North Dakota can no longer play the game.Rep. Andy Maragos, R-Minot, can no longer play the North Dakota lottery because his wife, Sherry, was hired by the North Dakota Lottery on Feb. 14.State law prohibits immediate family members of lottery employees to play the game. Sherry Maragos was hired on as a customer relations specialist with the North Dakota Lottery, which is a division of the attorney general's office. Andy Maragos said joki
Feb 28, 2005, 12:08 pm - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery commission family members allowed to buy ticketsNews Story
After deliberating since May, the North Dakota lottery's administrator is allowing close family members of a lottery advisory board to buy tickets themselves.The board's five members, which include three legislators and two former lawmakers, still may not play the lottery, director Chuck Keller said. Lottery employees also may not buy tickets.Keller's decision affects commission members' spouses and children who are at least 18 years old - the minimum age for buying a ticket - and living at home
Oct 18, 2004, 7:29 am - Lottery News

N.D. Eroding Minnesota Lottery SalesNews Story
The North Dakota Lottery has taken a bite out of Minnesota Lottery Powerball sales in border cities, according to a Minnesota Lottery official.Still, sales of scratch tickets -- which are not sold in North Dakota -- have kept several Moorhead retailers near the head of the pack for overall Minnesota lottery game sales, research analyst Todd Maki said from state lottery headquarters in Roseville.Sales on both sides of the Red River remained brisk Wednesday as players bought numbers for Wednesday
Oct 8, 2004, 10:17 am - Lottery News

N.D. lottery profits outpacing estimatesNews Story
North Dakota's lottery has already turned over $1.43 million to the state treasury, matching the profits the new gambling venture was expected to make over 15 months, its administrator says.Players spent $5.84 million on lottery tickets since March 25 - when the Powerball game was launched in North Dakota - through June 30, said Chuck Keller, the lottery's director. The sum includes $122,758 in revenues from a second game, Hot Lotto, which began ticket sales June 25.Keller said the three-month f
Aug 10, 2004, 9:29 am - Lottery News

N.D. Powerball lottery winner claims $100,000 prizeNews Story
After more than two weeks, the winner of $100,000 from the July 3 Powerball drawing has come forward in North Dakota.Lottery officials knew the winning ticket was sold at Simonson's in Minot, but that was all -- until an Aberdeen, S.D. resident walked into the lottery office in Bismarck Wednesday.The winner, who works in Minot, had been on vacation. The winning ticket was purchased for multiple draws on June 28, and had been sitting on his desk until Saturday night, when he checked the numbers a
Jul 22, 2004, 7:22 am - Lottery News

N.D. gets Hot Lotto starting ThursdayNews Story
North Dakota lottery players will have a second game to play starting Thursday, four months after the introduction of Powerball.It's called Hot Lotto, and state lottery officials say it's similar to Powerball.For a $1 ticket, Hot Lotto players have a shot at a $1 million jackpot. Players select five numbers from 1 to 39 and one number from 1 to 19 and have a one in 16 chance of winning.Winning tickets will be drawn on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Jackpot prizes will roll over to the next drawing if
Jun 23, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News