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Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in OklahomaNews Story
Oklahoma has its first Powerball jackpot winner since it joined the multistate lottery game earlier this year. No one came forward Sunday to claim the $101.8 million jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Saturday were 10, 20, 22, 39, 48 and the Powerball was 25. Oklahoma Lottery executive director Jim Scroggins urged players to check their numbers closely and contact his office. There are significant considerations with a prize of this amount and the lottery would like to offer any ass
Jun 19, 2006, 3:30 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery announces new Pick 5-style gameNews Story
Oklahoma lottery officials announced a new game will start that's similar to Powerball , although the game appears to have much more in common with Pick 5-style games. The game requires players to match five numbered balls and those that do will win $35,211, or $25,000 after taxes. Lottery officials are hoping the new game will prevent a drop-off in sales after the first full year of the lottery. The Lottery Commission is estimating sales and other earnings will bring in more than $400
May 18, 2006, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma bans some businesses from selling lottery ticketsNews Story
A bill to prohibit pawn shops, payday lenders and check-cashing businesses from selling Oklahoma lottery tickets has won final legislative approval. The bill by Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson passed the Senate yesterday and now goes to the governor. The state Lottery Commission voted last year to prohibit those businesses from selling lottery tickets but Wilcoxson says the law will prevent future Lottery Commissions from reversing the decision. The commission had initially agreed to allow l
May 9, 2006, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery adds new claims centersNews Story
Winners of up to five-thousand dollars in the Oklahoma Lottery will be able to cash in their tickets at some Homeland grocery stores beginning today. The Oklahoma Lottery authorized a Homeland store on north May in Oklahoma City and another on west Reno in Yukon as lottery claims center for prizes of up to five-thousand dollars. Players winning up to $600 or less can continue to claim prizes at any authorized lottery location. Prizes of more than $5,000 still must be claimed at the lott
May 1, 2006, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Police warn of foreign lottery schemeNews Story
A new twist on an old scam has bilked some Enid, Oklahoma, residents out of $2,500 to $8,500, police said. Enid Police Department Detective Mike Riley said he's received three or four calls a day for the last couple of weeks concerning this particular scam. Some are notified by mail they have won a foreign lottery, such as the Australian, Canadian, Portuguese or United Kingdom lotteries, and are told someone will stop by to collect money to cover insurance and handling costs, Riley said. T
Apr 6, 2006, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Ardmore Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $667,142News Story
A ticket bought in Ardmore, Oklahoma is worth $667,142 from the record Powerball drawing, Oklahoma Lottery officials say. It will be the largest payout since the Oklahoma Lottery started in October. The Oklahoma ticket is one of 39 tickets nationally that are worth $200,000 each. However, because of the new Match 5 Bonus, each of the 39 tickets are worth an additional $467,142. The Oklahoma Lottery offices were closed Sunday and Monday and the winner's name was not immediately released.
Feb 21, 2006, 9:32 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Man Wins $200,000 Powerball PrizeNews Story
An Arkansas man was too excited to finish his meal when he learned he won $200,000 with a Powerball ticket purchased in Roland, Oklahoma. But at least Lane Rogers' waitress got a pretty good tip. The 38-year-old Alma, Arkansas, truck driver walked out of the lottery commission office Monday with a giant cardboard check tucked under his arm. He also carried a real check, which he said will help him and his wife build a new house. Rogers' ticket matched five numbers in Saturday's Powerbal
Feb 7, 2006, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery sales, starting this morning, going smoothlyNews Story
The wait is over for Oklahomans eager to try their luck playing Powerball or tired of driving to neighboring states to play.Oklahoma joined 27 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands today in what has become one of the most popular lottery games in the world, because of the size of its jackpots the jackpot hit an all-time high of $340 million in early November.Tickets went on sale at 4:01 a.m. today for the next drawing on Saturday. A drawing worth an estimated $65 million
Jan 12, 2006, 11:50 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery gearing up for Powerball FridayNews Story
Bea Padilla had a smile on her face as she walked into Taylor Food Mart.She had good reason.Padilla doubled her $5 investment in an Oklahoma Lottery scratch-off ticket and was putting that $10 bill toward gasoline Friday afternoon. Had she done so a week from now, she might've put millions into her pocket instead.Tickets for the multi-state Powerball will go on sale at more than 1,900 Oklahoma merchants at 4 a.m. Friday, and the prize could reach the $100 million mark before the first drawing fo
Jan 9, 2006, 10:03 am - Lottery News

Wealthiest schools lose out in Okla. LotteryNews Story
Eight public school districts aren't receiving any of the $75 million allocated to common education this year from Oklahoma's lottery and racetrack/tribal casino laws.The reason: The schools are considered independently rich from local taxes on property and oil and gas production.That means those districts must use local money exclusively to fund teacher pay raises and full-day kindergarten, the two main programs Gov. Brad Henry cited in lauding the state's gambling partnership.Several other dis
Dec 26, 2005, 11:39 am - Lottery News