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Kentucky Lottery's raffle game results drawnNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery selected the winning numbers Monday for its special Million Dollar Draw raffle-style game. 500,000 tickets costing $10 each were sold for the raffle. The event will produce 2 prizes worth $1 million, 2 prizes worth $50,000, 30 prizes worth $10,000, and 700 prizes worth $500. The full list of winning numbers can be found on the Million Dollar Draw results page: https://www.lotterypost.com/ky-lottery-raffle-2007.asp
Mar 19, 2007, 6:20 pm - Lottery News

Drawing date set for Kentucky Lottery's Million Dollar DrawNews Story
Best chance ever of hitting the Kentucky Lottery for a millions bucks is nearly sold out A pair of new millionaires will be created on the morning of March 19th, when the Kentucky Lottery will hold the Million Dollar Draw. Tickets for the raffle-style game went on sale January 1st, and there are less than 19,000 tickets remaining. A maximum of 500,000 tickets will be sold for the Million Dollar Draw once ticket number 500,000 is sold, the game ends and players will wait until the 19th
Mar 5, 2007, 4:45 pm - Lottery News

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

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

Nationwide, lotteries struggle to stay competitiveNews Story
Lotteries across the country are struggling to remain competitive, retaining their players while increasing their bottom lines. Last year, 25 U.S. lotteries reported increased sales, but New York's lottery was one of six that had higher profits. One key to New York's success is that the New York Lottery continues to attempt to be fun and entertaining, said former Lottery Director Nancy Palumbo, who was interviewed before leaving the division late last year. We're constantly challenged to
Jan 31, 2007, 4:03 am - 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

Oklahoma Lottery holds drawing for 1st Anniversary RaffleNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Saturday held the drawing for its new raffle-style game, which, judging by the title, will happen once a year. This limited-time-only game features a top prize of $250,000 and several smaller prizes, including two second-tier prizes of $50,000 and 300 third-tier prizes of $500. The full list of prize-winning numbers is available at: https://www.lotterypost.com/ok-lottery-raffle-2007.asp Only 200,000 $5 tickets were available for purchase. With every ticket pu
Jan 21, 2007, 6:27 pm - 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

S.C. Lottery will probably offer raffle game againNews Story
The S.C. lottery will likely offer its million dollar raffle game again, said Ernie Passailaigue, executive director. The lottery awarded four prizes of $1 million and hundreds of other prizes Monday in the game that works just like a door-prize drawing. The Carolina Millionaire Raffle game sold just over 900,000 of its $10 tickets and paid about $5.5 million in prizes, Passailaigue said. We did not sell out, so I wouldn't say it was a raving success, Passailaigue said. It was a succ
Jan 15, 2007, 4:09 pm - Lottery News

First Penn. Lottery Raffle $1 million prize claimedNews Story
A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man has become the first to claim a $1 million top prize from the Pennsylvania Lottery's Dec. 30, 2006, Millionaire Raffle drawing. John Maier of Churchville presented his winning raffle ticket at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County. After examining the ticket and executing other propriety security measures, Lottery officials today confirmed that it was one of the five top-prize winning tickets from the Dec. 30 Millionaire Raffle drawing. The fi
Jan 10, 2007, 12:27 pm - Lottery News