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$1.35 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthNews Story
Dodges popular birthday numbers to become fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.35 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. To get to this point, the game had to survive a drawing in which all birthday numbers were drawn. Birthday numbers are those less than 31, and lotteries typically sell an outsiz
Jan 11, 2023, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Powerball lottery sales begin, with difficultyNews Story
Computer glitches and printer problems hit 20% of vendors North Carolinians played Powerball to the tune of more than $1 million during the first day of sales Tuesday, despite computer glitches and printer problems that plagued nearly 20 percent of the state's lottery retailers. Many ticket buyers and sellers in the Charlotte area were upbeat, even though some stores could not sell tickets for the multi-state lottery game for several hours. The new game paid off in sales for Victor Madh
May 31, 2006, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

$189 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls againNews Story
By Todd Northrop It doesn't have the monster jackpot increases that Powerball has been experiencing lately, but the current Mega Millions jackpot run-up continues to offer the biggest jackpot in the world for yet another drawing. After no lottery tickets matched all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball Friday night, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot was increased to an estimated $189 million. Tuesday night we may see a very lucky mega-jackpot winner, or else the Mega Millions lottery game p
Sep 28, 2013, 7:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery options will expand in 33 statesNews Story
Lottery Post Exclusive By Todd Northrop On Jan. 31, a multi-state wave will roll over the USA. 33 out of 44 states with a lottery (including D.C.) will begin selling tickets for both of the USA's nation-wide games. Powerball and Mega Millions, the two premier multi-state lottery games in the USA, entered into a cross-selling agreement late last year, in response to state legislators seeking new revenue sources. Previous to the agreement, states were permitted only to sell tickets for
Jan 20, 2010, 9:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scratch-off tickets are lottery's big winner in N.J.News Story
Wanna bet which game has fueled the New Jersey Lottery's growing revenue over the past decade? It's not the multi-state Mega Millions, introduced in 1999, but the simple scratch-off ticket. Yes, the tempt of instant gratification has nearly tripled scratch-off sales since fiscal year 1997. Last year, scratcher sales reached more than $1 billion for the first time and accounted for nearly half of the state's lottery sales. One reason has to do with sort of instant gratification - they c
Jul 25, 2006, 11:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Too many players winning Powerball, lottery saysNews Story
The agency running the Powerball lottery might decrease the odds of winning the multimillion-dollar jackpot to stem a record-setting run of winners that is keeping jackpots small and, the agency says, causing ticket sales to plunge. To some extent, you try to ride it out. But I think we'll need to make some changes to the game pretty soon, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Urbandale, Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the game. We'll lose more than $400 milli
Mar 22, 2005, 7:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

$540 MILLION: Mega Millions buying frenzy sparks another jackpot increaseReply
You know, I was just thinking, the State of Illinois, is now testing out the online lottery ticket sales for the Mega Millions game. However I'm interested in the legal logistics of this. For one it seem's that this will effect the State economy overall, since vendor's have grown to depend upon lottery ticket sales as a part of their profits etc. The State is kind of shafting the vendor's by doing this, and in a way is most likely circumventing the allocating amounts in which they
Mar 30, 2012, 2:24 pm - gordianknot - Lottery News

First Ca$hola jackpot win in DelawareNews Story
A Dover woman won $318,770 on a penny slot machine at Dover Downs Hotel Casino. Ingrid Karas won the jackpot Tuesday on the multistate game Ca$hola. It was the first Ca$hola win in Delaware and the second-highest jackpot at the casino, according to a news release from Dover Downs. The game also is played in Rhode Island and West Virginia. Karas, a retired telephone operator, moved to Delaware from Long Island, N.Y, four years ago. Former Ohio schoolteacher becomes Ca$hola millio
Jul 12, 2007, 7:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery seeks gambling expansionNews Story
While lawmakers in the state of Florida debate how to expand casino gambling, the Florida Lottery has expansion plans of their own. This past week, the Lottery published the details of what type of new options they are looking to offer. Last year, the Lottery added 1,000 vending machines that sold their scratch off tickets. Now, the agency would like to add more of these machines. That would require legislative approval, and there could be resistance to new outlets. The Office of Program P
Feb 6, 2010, 11:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpotReply
Hi! Hey, I have no doubt that what you saw was real..... HOWEVER, I do think that the people at the Florida Lottery need a crash course in how to write a press release since that are now hosting the PB drawing from their state..... The press release that is listed below is so misleading just by the way it is written. Everyone knows that Powerball is multi-state game played in mulitple states....but the way this release is written its like its saying Powerball is a Florida game that is a
May 28, 2009, 2:38 pm - Perfecttiming2 - Lottery News