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Proposal takes aim at Lottery sales pitch to teensNews Story
Some lawmakers want to prohibit the Washington Lottery from advertising to anyone under 21 after learning the agency wants to increase its sales to teenagers. The proposed advertising ban has been added to a House bill that would increase the gambling age to 21 in nontribal card rooms and minicasinos. The amendment tells the Lottery to be a little more cautious, said Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, D-Edmonds, the bill's prime sponsor. Lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe, said the agency's 2005-07
Feb 9, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Washington woman, down on her luck, wins lottery jackpotNews Story
Bainbridge Island woman wins $2.6 million in the July 2nd Washington Lotto drawingTwo months after her husband, Stu, passed away, Ginny Stevenson swears he helped her find the original set of house keys that had been lost in the confusion of his last days.She awoke bolt upright in bed one morning and said, The keys are in the little side pocket of the purse in the bottom drawer of the dresser. Sure enough, they were.She remembers jokingly wishing to Stu, Maybe you could do something bigger nex
Jul 20, 2005, 12:15 pm - Lottery News

Washington Lottery has its first Lucky for Life winnerNews Story
Rauf Nayemi had to doublecheck his Lucky for Life scratch card at the Washington State Lottery office. He couldn't believe he'd really won $52,000 a year for life.Nayemi, 40, an immigrant from Afghanistan, is the first Lucky for Life winner since the game was changed from a drawing to scratch tickets on April 27.He'll get $39,000 a year after federal taxes, said Liz Anderson, the lottery's communications manager. Today is the most exciting day for me, Nayemi said Friday at the lottery offic
Jul 11, 2005, 11:06 am - Lottery News

$1.2 million Washington lottery jackpot goes unclaimedNews Story
Oh, what might have been. ...Would-be millionaires searched for stray Washington Lotto tickets in hopes that one held the winning combination for a $1.2 million jackpot that had to be claimed by 5 p.m. yesterday. As far as we know, it hasn't been redeemed yet, said Nick Waldbillig, night manager of the Bremerton Safeway where the ticket was bought Oct. 27. There has been a lot of buzz around it, though. Everybody who regularly buys tickets here, they all claim it's theirs. The $1.2 million jac
Apr 26, 2005, 12:48 pm - Lottery News

Winning $4.86 million lottery ticket recovered from store garbageNews Story
Being a good Samaritan may not pay off in money, but doing a good deed is reward enough for one store clerk who rescued a nearly $5 million lottery ticket from the trash and returned it to its rightful owner. It didn't even cross my mind to keep it. I just knew it was hers, said Sherry Brust, a customer service cashier at a Fred Meyer store in Port Orchard. I'm just that type of a person. ... I like to help people. Brust and another co-worker at the store sifted through a trash can last week a
Mar 18, 2005, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Washington Mega Millions lottery player is lucky 10 times overNews Story
Seattle man takes home $1.75 million with multiple winning ticketsArchie Herring of Seattle, Washington just missed winning this weeks huge $130 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, correctly guessing five of the six numbers drawn but missing the all-important Mega Ball number.He is crying all the way to the bank.Herring, 68, played his five-number combination on 10 separate tickets, each one good for a second prize of $175,000, or a total of $1.75 million.Herring brought his winning tickets i
Jan 21, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Wash. Lottery considers adding third weekly drawingNews Story
Lotto and Quinto players may get a third chance to strike it rich each week.The Washington Lottery Commission will meet at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today to consider adding a drawing on Mondays for the flagship Lotto and Quinto games.Presently, drawings are conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays.If approved, the new rule would take effect immediately.Ceil Buddeke, legal counsel for the Lottery Commission, hopes the extra draw day will increase player interest and revenue for the state
Jan 20, 2005, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Bookkeeper's lottery habit costlyNews Story
A Federal Way, Washington woman convicted of embezzling from a Monroe trust fund was sentenced to pay back what she stole, in $100 monthly installments.That means Dorothy L. Weber, 68, should be clear of her roughly $488,000 debt (plus about $61,000 in expenses) by early 2462.Weber was also sentenced to 14 months in prison for embezzling from the Northwest Sheet Metal Workers Organizational Trust for more than three years.Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne on Wednesday imposed th
Aug 26, 2004, 7:38 am - Lottery News

Army worker delayed in return from Iraq wins $15,000 in lotteryNews Story
For Johnny Hooker, a civilian Army employee, bad luck turned to good when he was delayed in returning from Iraq, then won more than $15,000 in the lottery.After six months in Mosul, where his cot in a converted warehouse was too short and mortar fire often shattered his sleep, Hooker had to stay another month with the added pain of impacted wisdom teeth when his replacement was diverted to another assignment.When he returned home Saturday, his first stop was a supermarket for some grub and Washi
Jun 9, 2004, 10:57 am - Lottery News

Washington Lottery to Discontinue Televised DrawingsNews Story
The Washington Lottery said yesterday that it will not renew its contract to broadcast lottery drawings.The Lotto, Mega Million, Quinto, Lucky for Life, Daily Keno and Daily Game drawings have been broadcast on Television Washington, a statewide public affairs network, as part of a three-year contract.All televised drawings will end July 1.Lottery officials said the decision was based on research that found that less than 1 percent of players routinely viewed the televised drawings in order to f
Jun 9, 2004, 7:53 am - Lottery News