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Pennsylvania jury clears defendant of lottery deceptionNews Story
Jury sends resounding message to overzealous prosecutors A Pennsylvania man didn't strike it rich with a phony Powerball ticket, but he won a victory yesterday when a Dauphin County jury decided he didn't do anything wrong. After deliberating a little more than an hour, the jury acquitted Brian Scott Miller, 34, of unsworn falsification to authorities. The charge was lodged after agents of the state attorney general's office said Miller signed a form saying he bought the ticket, then
May 11, 2006, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Raised to $85 MillionNews Story
The multi-state Powerball jackpot continues growing. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 4 winning tickets in Colorado (1), DC (1), New Hampshire (1), and Oklahoma (1) each won $400,000 with the Power Play option. In total, 517,049 players across the nation won more than $5.0 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $85 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, May 3rd drawing w
May 9, 2006, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot growing quickly: $73 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to grow to the delight of players all over America. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 446,926 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.2 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $73 million for Saturday night's drawing. The cash option for the Saturday, May 6th drawing will be an estimated $32.6 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday we
May 4, 2006, 12:33 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery being considered in WyomingNews Story
In the latest push to make Wyoming a Powerball state, an interim legislative committee on Monday authorized legislation allowing Wyoming to join the multi-state lottery. Individual lawmakers have sponsored Powerball bills in past legislative sessions, but this marks the first time a committee will formally introduce a bill of its own. A Casper Star-Tribune poll of voters earlier this year showed that 62 percent support Powerball in Wyoming. The poll margin of error was 4 percent. The w
May 3, 2006, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $61 millionNews Story
Three players win $1 million Power Play prizes The Powerball jackpot continues to get bigger and bigger. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 3 winning tickets in Missouri (1), and Pennsylvania (2) each won $1 million with the Power Play option. In total, 472,732 players across the nation won more than $7.7 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $61 million. The cash option for
May 1, 2006, 11:03 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery sales on targetNews Story
The lucky number is $3.3 million. That's how much the North Carolina lottery needs to generate per day to hit the target $420 million sought annually to help pay for education projects around the state, said Alice Garland, deputy director of the N.C. Education Lottery. How's it doing so far? Well, through Thursday, the first 22 days of the scratch-off games, the lottery had brought in $80 million, or about $3.6 million per day. While that comes in at about $300,000 per day more than
Apr 23, 2006, 8:56 am - Lottery News

$853,492 Powerball lottery ticket expiresNews Story
One of two second-place lottery tickets worth a combined $1.7 million expired Monday, 180 days after a record Powerball lottery jackpot was drawn. Sara Westerman, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Lottery, said no one claimed the ticket sold in that state by the 5 p.m. deadline. The other ticket was sold in Colorado, where the holder had until midnight MT to claim the prize. All day people came to talk about the ticket where it had been sold at the Hebron BP in Hebron, Ky., said Rahul Pate
Apr 19, 2006, 8:24 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery will pay Scientific Games one way or the otherNews Story
Scientific Games might get a piece of North Carolina's lottery action after all. When the state joins the multi-state Powerball game May 30, the big jackpot game probably will offer a feature allowing players to pay extra for a separate drawing to have winnings (other than the jackpot) multiplied by a random number. But Scientific Games now under investigation by the state for possible violations of lobbying law owns the patent to the extra feature, known as Power Play. Lottery offi
Apr 19, 2006, 6:51 am - Lottery News

13 State Employees to Share $224 Million Powerball Lottery JackpotNews Story
A group of 13 Missouri state employees, who work for the Department of Social Services Family Support Division/Child Support Enforcement in Florissant, claimed the $224.2 million Powerball jackpot from the April 12 drawing. The jackpot is the largest prize ever won in the Missouri Lottery's 20-year history and the seventh largest Powerball jackpot ever awarded in the nation. The winners are: Cornelia Aversa, 61, of Ballwin; Juanita Miller, 57, of Black Jack; Madeleine Knox, 68, James Wydrz
Apr 14, 2006, 6:44 am - Lottery News

Powerball Back-to-Back Jackpots Set RecordNews Story
Just when it seemed as if the Powerball game had broken all records, yet another milestone has been set with the current jackpot of $220 million: It's the first time two consecutive jackpots have surpassed $200 million. The staggering $220 million jackpot for tomorrow night's drawing follows the last record-setter of $365 million, won in February by a group of eight third-shift workers at a meat-packing plant in Lincoln, Nebraska. The last time two big jackpots paired up was in 2003, when
Apr 12, 2006, 9:12 am - Lottery News