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Lottery Scheme Now Targeting TennesseeNews Story
Letters purporting to be from the El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery Company, S.L. in Madrid, Sprain have appeared in some Tennessee mailboxes, informing consumers that they have won hundreds of thousands of dollars.Consumers are told in the letter that Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice and are instructed to contact a claims agent at an overseas telephone number. As with many schemes of this nature, consumers are asked to provide their
Dec 8, 2004, 1:00 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee grants fewer lottery scholarships than projectedNews Story
Tennessee's HOPE scholarship program gave out fewer grants in its first year than state officials had expected.Some 30,000 Tennessee students attending college in-state this fall received the lottery-funded scholarships.But at one point it was projected that as many as 45,000 students would receive grants from the new scholarship program.Officials said the estimate was too high because it relied on inaccurate federal government projections of the number of high school graduates in the state.Also
Nov 30, 2004, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery Director Gets Pay CutNews Story
Tennessee Lottery director Rebecca Paul is getting a pay cut under a new plan adopted by the states lottery board Monday.Paul said she anticipated a drop in incentive pay because the $350,000 in bonuses she received for the first year was based on a very aggressive startup schedule.The recommendations of an approximately $85,000 independent study were approved by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TEL) board and would set Pauls salary at a total of $577,000. The salary assumes a $350,0
Nov 30, 2004, 7:18 am - Lottery News

Suit seeks $213M in lottery winningsNews Story
Clarksdale City Commissioner Charles Buster Moton has already thought about what he would do with a $213 million Powerball winning.Build state-of-the-art recreational facilities for young people, help churches repair or rebuild and assist families that can't afford decent housing, he said.He must convince a judge and jury, however, that he is a jackpot winner in the May 8 Tennessee Powerball lottery.Moton filed suit last week against the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. saying he lost a Power
Nov 8, 2004, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Clerk charged in Tennessee lottery scamNews Story
A Madisonville, Tennessee lottery scam could be the biggest since the state started selling tickets in January.A Madisonville clerk who worked at the Checkered Flag Market on Highway 411 could serve prison time for ripping off a store and the state lottery.A detective in Madisonville arrested Lisa Moses at work Wednesday. She's charged with stealing more than $18,000. It breaks down as $10,000 from the store and $8,000 from the lottery.Investigators think Moses would steal tickets and cash the w
Oct 29, 2004, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery transfers $51 million for scholarshipsNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery transferred $51.3 million Friday to fund college scholarships, bringing the total amount generated for education to more than $174 million, officials said.So far, some 47,000 Tennessee students have received lottery-funded awards during the program's first semester of funding. Another $2 million has been transferred to fund after-school programs for younger students, as dictated by the legislation approving the games. The excitement about this transfer is matched only by th
Oct 18, 2004, 7:52 am - Lottery News

Alabama man wins $131K in Tenn. lotteryNews Story
An Alabama man crossed the Tennessee state line to the Conoco station and came up the big winner in the Lotto 5, walking away with a $131,527 jackpot.The Huntsville, Ala., man purchased his ticket at the Conoco on the Huntsville Highway at the Tennessee-Alabama state line.His ticket matched all five Lotto 5 numbers to win the jackpot.The Tennessee Lottery began selling its first instant tickets on Jan. 20 of this year. At the end of its first fiscal year, after just five months and 12 days of ti
Oct 11, 2004, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Crossing the border is good luck for $200,000 lottery winnerNews Story
A Clarksville, Tennessee man's luck turned green earlier this month when he won $200,000 in the Kentucky Cash Ball lottery.David Crowe, 56, told Kentucky lottery officials that even though Tennessee's lottery is up and running, it's the Flash Market store in Oak Grove, Ky., where he always buys his ticket.Crowe has been playing the lottery in Kentucky for 12 years. His wife, Sue, bought the winning ticket for him saying she just happened to be the one who went into the store. It was a quick pick
Sep 21, 2004, 7:04 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery officials respond to lawsuitNews Story
The Tennessee Attorney General's office says a Fayetteville man can't sue the lottery on grounds he could have won a million dollars.The state also claims in its motion filed last week that the lawsuit by Dennis Perry was filed in the wrong county and any damages would be purely speculative. Perry won 10 thousand dollars in the lottery's first one million dollar drawing on June 26th.He sued after the lottery failed to follow the rules it set for the drawing. He claims that it eliminated the ran
Sep 7, 2004, 10:02 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery produces $110 million in scholarshipsNews Story
Tennessee education officials took in early returns on the state's lottery scholarship program and began looking at ways it could be massaged in future years.Roughly 36,000 students have been given HOPE scholarships so far, awards worth $3,000 a year at four-year schools and $1,500 at community colleges. Roughly 10,000 Wilder-Naifeh grants have been given out at technology centers, the Task Force on Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarships was told Thursday. Those grants award $1,250 a year to s
Sep 3, 2004, 8:44 am - Lottery News