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Georgia lottery sales climb during holidaysNews Story
The holiday season has lottery sales climbing in South Georgia.Lottery tickets are a popular choice for Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers. Convenience store owners say they always see an increase in lottery sales this time of year, especially with the holiday games. Holiday Cash is a one dollar ticket, Seasons Greetings is another one and Fosty the Dough man is also popular. They have a few others but those have been our top three selling lottery tickets, said Michael Smith, owner of Smitty
Dec 28, 2005, 8:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery mistake gives players extra chance to winReply
ATLANTA During a routine internal audit review for the February 11, 2005 Fantasy 5 drawing, an incident caused by human error was identified by Georgia Lottery Corporation personnel. The error resulted in one of the 39 numbered balls being inadvertently left out of the Fantasy 5 draw machine at the time of the drawing. All winning tickets from the February 11, 2005 Fantasy 5 draw are valid for redemption. The Georgia Lottery will hold a bonus Fantasy 5 drawing for Georgia Lottery players on a s
Feb 17, 2005, 11:11 pm - konane - Lottery News

Georgia sheriff has triple lottery winsNews Story
Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson is lucky on the draw but not in the sense of an Old West lawman.Johnson picked five of the six numbers in the June 29 Mega Millions lottery drawing and won $175,000.The next day, he returned to the same convenience store and bought two of the Georgia Lottery's Cash 4 tickets. This time, he won a total of $5,400.Johnson didn't have much to say about his good fortune. It feels good, he was quoted as saying in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday.He to
Jul 16, 2004, 8:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia lottery sales continue setting recordsNews Story
Georgia lottery sales continued to set records during the first quarter of this year, easing worries that the lottery-funded HOPE scholarship may run dry.Lottery figures to be released Wednesday show a 6 percent growth rate in sales during the first three months of 2004 and a record pace for this fiscal year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.Through three quarters of the 12-month period ending June 30, sales are up more than $100 million compared with the same period last year, accordin
Apr 28, 2004, 7:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Road to lottery jobNews Story
Time line of Rebecca Paul's selection as chief executive officer of the Tennessee lottery:Feb. 27 Paul, head of the Georgia lottery, the model for Tennessee's, briefs a joint session of the state House and Senate on what is involved in setting up a state lottery. Legislation creating the Tennessee lottery was pending.July 28 Paul discusses a possible Georgia-Tennessee partnership agreement with the Tennessee lottery board.Aug. 14 Questions are raised about whether a partnership would violate pro
Sep 9, 2003, 3:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Sen. Criticizes Proposed Tenn.-Georgia PartnershipNews Story
A Tennessee state senator Thursday questioned a lottery alliance proposed between Tennessee and Georgia. Sen. Bill Clabough of Maryville said the partnership would undermine public trust by ignoring a law requiring competitive bidding.Under consideration is a plan for the two states to share in major lottery vendor contracts.Clabough said the Legislature has clearly stated that such major contracts should be awarded based on competitive bids.Tennessee lottery officials have said they hope to mak
Aug 29, 2003, 4:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery to add extra Cash 3, Cash 4 drawingsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Georgia Lottery daily numbers games players will get extra opportunities to play every day starting Sunday. Beginning on Feb. 12, the Georgia Lottery is adding an additional Cash 3 drawing late at night, and an extra Cash 4 drawing in the early evening. The new drawings mean that a total of three Cash 3 and Cash 4 drawings will be held every day, at the same times. The current drawing schedule is a bit odd, with Cash 3 and Cash 4 both holding a midday drawing at 12:29 p
Feb 10, 2017, 11:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery sets Cash 4 bonus drawing dateNews Story
By Todd Northrop Georgia Lottery players will have two chances to win with a bonus Cash 4 drawing scheduled for Friday, June 10. The bonus drawing will be held immediately following the regularly scheduled midday drawing at 12:29 p.m. All tickets purchased for the June 10 Cash 4 midday drawing will be eligible for both the regularly scheduled drawing and the bonus drawing. The bonus drawing will not be televised, due to time constraints. However, players will be able to view a video rep
Jun 7, 2011, 4:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Hitting the jackpot: Rebecca Hargrove's winning strategyReply
I'm skeptical that the lotteries couldn't get the same performance for less money, but her base income is very modest for a chief executive of a company that nets a profit of several hundred million per year, and most of it is based on increasing that profit each year. Hmmmmm, you don't live in Georgia where Paul-Hargrove drove the Georgia Lottery into the ground with her highly expen$$$$$ive ads and ill conceived choice of games did NOT bring revenues up all the while she and her cadre rec
Mar 31, 2009, 9:49 am - konane - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery Millionaire Raffle resultsNews Story
The Georgia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn today, and will make four instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/ga-lottery-raffle-2007-07-07.asp Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Georgia Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 500,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 million of any Georgia Lottery game. There is one drawin
Jul 7, 2007, 8:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News