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$262M jackpot sparked buying frenzyNews Story
If people seemed overwhelmed by lottery fever this week, it's for good reason.The estimated $262 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game reached the fourth-largest total in Georgia's history. We've sold quite a few (tickets), said Donna King, the shift leader at the BP station at the corner of Shurling Drive and Gray Highway in Macon. We usually do good on the Mega Millions. People won't start playing 'til it gets to a certain amount. That was the case for Faye Coley of Macon, who purchased
Nov 11, 2005, 11:15 pm - Lottery News

Charlotte wants limits on N.C. lottery salesNews Story
Charlotte leaders have asked North Carolina's new lottery commission to approve unusual rules that would limit ticket sales in fragile neighborhoods.In a letter sent to commission members, city attorney Mac McCarley asked them to get feedback from local governments before determining whether ticket outlets are appropriate in certain areas.He also asked that lottery outlets be at least 50 feet from a church or school. We don't want any business to become a magnet for trouble in the neighborhood
Oct 26, 2005, 12:33 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery ticket sales might begin in AprilNews Story
It will probably be April or later before anyone is able to buy a North Carolina lottery ticket, the lottery commissioner in charge of laying down rules for contractors said Monday.Robert Farris is chairman of the vendor selection subcommittee, which met for the first time Monday to begin drafting the official request the state lottery would make to businesses for help in running the lottery.During the meeting, Farris said that before any companies were asked to offer their services to the state
Oct 26, 2005, 9:25 am - Lottery News

Nebraska cashes in on record lottery salesNews Story
Nebraska also was a big winner this week in the Powerball lottery.Over the 10 weeks it took to amass the record $340 million jackpot, Nebraska profited about $2.1 million for education, environmental and State Fair trust funds. A big run like that is always good for the bottom line, said Brian Rockey, spokesman for the Nebraska Lottery.An Oregon couple won the Wednesday drawing. The winning numbers: 7, 21, 43, 44, 49 and 29.Since the game started on Aug. 10, $9.7 million in $1 tickets were sold
Oct 24, 2005, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery fever hits the USANews Story
Jackpot hits record $340 million for WednesdayThe Powerball jackpot will be the most ever for the multi-state lottery game after no one won Saturday night.The estimated $305 million jackpot Saturday went unclaimed, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $340 million for Wednesday's drawing.It is the biggest jackpot in the game's history and eclipses the previous record high of $314.9 million won on Christmas Day 2002 by a West Virginia man.Joe Hrdlicka, a spokesman for the Iowa Lottery, said lotter
Oct 17, 2005, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery states report brisk sales for huge jackpotNews Story
Hopeful lottery players are plunking down their money for Powerball lottery tickets at an astounding pace, in advance of tonight's estimated $300 million jackpot drawing.USA Mega will display the drawing results minutes after the drawing, which occurs at 11:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Pacific Time).Also on www.usamega.com, players will be able to see the Power Play number drawn, and within an hour or two the website will announce whether or not there was a jackpot winner. At that time, the Wedn
Oct 15, 2005, 4:55 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma lottery lines lingerNews Story
Oklahoma University students and Norman residents continued to raid local convenience stores for lottery tickets Thursday; some even came home with extra cash.Aaron Rooney, zoology-biomedical sciences senior, said he won $50 after purchasing a lottery ticket. It was such a good feeling when the machine told me I had won, Rooney said. I plan on only buying one ticket per week, but we will see how that goes. Campus Market, 1313 Jenkins Ave., had lines throughout the store as people waited to pur
Oct 14, 2005, 9:03 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma lottery hopefuls waited in the dark for stores to openNews Story
Gas station attendants in Ardmore say Oklahomans were lining up outside convenience stores in their pajamas.It was all an effort to get lottery tickets when they first went on sale at five this morning.KTEN s Jocelyn Lockwood tells us if the lottery is going to a boom or bust for education.Judging from the lines at the gas station I was at today, I d say it s going to be a boom.But, not as many stores are selling the tickets as the lotto commission would like, and it may mean not as much money w
Oct 13, 2005, 11:33 am - Lottery News

Some Oklahoma lottery retailers struggle with last-minute detailsNews Story
Some Oklahoma retailers planning to sell the state's new lottery tickets today spent Tuesday wondering if that would come to pass.Steve Nafus, of Buck's Party Shop in Enid, said he was concerned about the system when he did not have his tickets Tuesday morning.However, his fears evaporated in the afternoon, when the tickets arrived. We were told UPS would deliver them yesterday, but they did come today, he said. Other retailers are probably getting theirs, too. After the tickets showed up, he
Oct 12, 2005, 9:10 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery jackpot game tickets in sales declineNews Story
Citing plummeting revenues that indicate a jackpot fatigue in state lotteries throughout the nation, the chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission challenged the organization's staff to consider boosting Lotto Texas sales by making the game more creative. Why can't we do something creative for a change making it a $4 million jackpot and two Harley-Davidson motorcycles or a Corvette or one of those fancy trucks? said Chairman C. Tom Clowe Jr. Let's create some buzz. Let's give $4 million and
Sep 29, 2005, 6:51 am - Lottery News