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Texas Lottery moves Two Step drawing daysNews Story
Drawing days for the twice-weekly Texas Two Step lottery game have been changed.The drawings will be Monday and Thursday nights instead of Tuesday and Friday nights, the Texas Lottery Commission said Monday.Lottery officials said the change gives players a chance to win jackpots every night except Sunday, when there are no Texas drawings.
Jun 29, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News

Weather knocks out Texas city's lottery terminalsNews Story
Good thing it didn't happen during the weekend.Two days after Saturday's $145 million Lotto Texas drawing, lottery terminals across Amarillo were shut down Monday.The culprit? The storm.Forty to 50 Amarillo retailers had their lottery terminals knocked out when they lost power Monday evening, lottery official Leticia Vasquez said Tuesday.Getting the machines running again is a simple matter of getting power again, she said. We're hoping that by tonight Southwestern Public Service supplies power
Jun 23, 2004, 7:08 am - Lottery News

$145 million winner contacts lottery officialsNews Story
Lotto Texas: Lucky store sees ticket sales riseThe winner of Saturday's $145 million Lotto Texas jackpot who bought the ticket in El Paso contacted the Texas Lottery Commission on Monday. They have passed initial inquiry, meaning they read the unique number off the front of the ticket determining that is the winning ticket, said Bobby Heith, director of media relations for the commission, in a telephone interview from Austin. Hopefully, they are seeking legal and/or financial advice and will c
Jun 22, 2004, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Single ticket wins $145M Texas lotteryNews Story
There was one winning ticket sold in Saturday night's record-setting $145 million Lotto Texas drawing, lottery officials said.The lucky ticket was purchased at a Chevron station in downtown El Paso. The winning numbers were 9-26-28-29-40 with a bonus ball of 16.Earlier Saturday, people lined up at grocery stores and gas stations across the state to buy tickers in hopes of winning the state lottery's largest jackpot ever.Texans seemed undeterred by their slim chances. The odds against winning Lot
Jun 21, 2004, 7:17 am - Lottery News

Employees hope to get a share of Texas Lotto winNews Story
El Paso store gets $1.45 million cutEmployees at the downtown El Paso gas station that sold Saturday's winning Texas Lottery ticket are anxiously awaiting to hear if they will get a cut from the share of the winnings given to the vendor. I think the morale would be very high if we did get some, said Sandra Lane, the gas station's assistant manager. I'm not greedy. I was thinking maybe $1,000, you know, or maybe $2,000. The bearer of the winning ticket with the numbers 9, 26, 28, 29, 40 and a b
Jun 21, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News

$145 Million: Texas Lotto Jackpot Rolls OnNews Story
A ticket-buying frenzy will ensue in Texas, where the Lotto jackpot rolled last night to a record $145 million.No ticket sold for Wednesday night's record $120 million Lotto Texas jackpot matched all five numbers plus the bonus number, meaning that a new jackpot high estimated at $145 million will be up for grabs Saturday night.The numbers drawn were 8-9-19-22-26. The bonus ball was 8.At 9 p.m., the Texas Lottery said, more than 36,600 tickets were being sold each minute. Sales in just the hour
Jun 17, 2004, 6:42 am - Lottery News

Keeping the career despite millions? Well, at least do it rightNews Story
You love your career and always said you'd stay on the job even if you won the lottery.Now that you won Friday's $121 million Mega Millions jackpot or today's $120 million Lotto Texas jackpot hypothetically, of course it's time to put your millions where your mouth is.But just because you're keeping your job, it doesn't mean you can't buy a few things to simplify your working life.A personal chef could take the pressure off of getting home in time from work to warm up the meatloaf for the family
Jun 16, 2004, 7:13 am - Lottery News

Texas Lotto sales at all-time highNews Story
Dreams of becoming an instant millionaire are driving Texans to their local convenience store this week in hopes of winning tonight's Texas Lottery drawing of $120 million, the largest jackpot to date.The Texas Lottery Commission is reporting record ticket sales with the ever-increasing jackpot. Texans spent $13.3 million on lottery tickets for Saturday's drawing of $100 million.More than 370,000 people won cash prizes from the weekend drawing - 27 of which had all five numbers, but not the bonu
Jun 16, 2004, 6:59 am - Lottery News

Lotto Texas Hits Record $120 MillionNews Story
Wednesday jackpot a record; Mega Millions at $100 millionPeople with lotto fever will have a few more days to try their luck at Lotto Texas: there were no winners in Saturday night's record $100 million drawing.In the final hour before the drawing, Texans and those who hoped to get lucky in the Lone Star State snatched up 28,060 tickets a minute, apparently undeterred by the one-in-47.7 million odds of winning.Total sales leading up to the drawing topped $21 million, the Texas Lottery Commission
Jun 14, 2004, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Texas Lotto Jumps to $100 MillionNews Story
Texans will have a chance for a record jackpot of an estimated $100 million on Saturday after there were no winners last night in the Lotto Texas drawing.Wednesday's jackpot totaled $87 million, topping the record $85 million set in 2001. The jackpot, which hasn't been hit since February, is now the highest jackpot in the country, even outpacing the multistate game Mega Millions, which has an estimated $85 million jackpot after no one won Tuesday's drawing.But hold on to those letters of resigna
Jun 10, 2004, 7:39 am - Lottery News