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Powerball winner convicted in fatal traffic crashNews Story
Three years ago, Victoria Zell bantered her way through a remarkable news conference as her husband vowed to split his Powerball jackpot with her, even though they were getting divorced at the time.A different Victoria Zell was in Hennepin County District Court on Monday. With trembling hands her only visible reaction, Zell, 45, was convicted in a fatal high-speed collision that happened on a Minneapolis street corner on a Sunday afternoon in July, seconds after she had vowed to show two fellow
Mar 16, 2005, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery salesNews Story
Sales of Powerball lottery tickets across the nation are down drastically in recent months. The reason: People are too frequently beating the odds, which happen to be 1 in 120.5 million.In the past 12 weeks, players have won a record five Powerball jackpots, none larger than a mere $41 million.The streak of luck has meant the jackpots don't roll over enough times to build the huge prizes of $100 million or more. It's those giant amounts that bring out the lines of people who don't normally pla
Mar 16, 2005, 10:45 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery Posts Wrong Results on Official Web SiteNews Story
Ohio Lottery Commission officials say two employees responsible for posting an incorrect Super Lotto Plus number over the weekend will be disciplined.The commissions deputy director for communications, Mardele Cohen, says the number 35, instead of 45, was posted Saturday night as one of the winning Super Lotto Plus numbers on the lotterys Web site and on its winning numbers phone line.It stayed that way until Monday morning.The correct winning numbers were 7, 9, 26, 27, 34 and 45 with a bonus ba
Mar 8, 2005, 9:54 am - Lottery News

Virginia lottery director becomes university presidentNews Story
On Thursday, Virginia Lottery director Penelope Ward Kyle was named the next president of Radford University.The Galax native brings with her more than a decade's experience in state government and years of service on public college boards. The Radford presidency will be her first job in higher education administration.Radford officials expect Kyle, who begins in June after Douglas Covington retires, to be a major fund-raiser for the university. She talked with The Roanoke Times on Friday about
Mar 7, 2005, 12:45 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $112 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery has grown to $112 million dollars.None of the tickets sold for yesterday's $96 million-dollar drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were 12 second-prize winners: 2 from Illinois, 3 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from Ohio, 2 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win a prize of $175,000.Also, 39 players matched fo
Feb 28, 2005, 1:47 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot leaps to $96 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $96 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $82 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were eight second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: from Massachusetts, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, 2 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 33 p
Feb 23, 2005, 3:39 pm - Lottery News

Winning Florida Lotto ticket sold in Cape CoralNews Story
A Cape Coral, Florida shopper bought the only winning ticket in Saturday's $14 million Florida Lotto jackpot, lottery officials announced Sunday.The winner, who had not come forward by Sunday night, bought the ticket at the Publix at 1016 Cape Coral Parkway.Saturday's winning numbers were 7-13-26-28-34-43. There's been a lot of excitement with the associates, said Scott Brown, the store's customer service manager. They've been discussing it with customers. They're excited. Store officials lear
Feb 21, 2005, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

Long-awaited lottery number comes upNews Story
A long-awaited lottery number, whose failure to be drawn in nearly two years was blamed for suicides and other family tragedies, finally made its appearance in Venice in Italy's highly popular lotto game.Frenzy over the number, 53, which was drawn in Venice's lottery Wednesday evening, had driven countless Italians to spend large sums on the biweekly lotteries, convinced, every time, the number would be picked out of the basket.Venice is one of several cities which participate in the lotto, and
Feb 10, 2005, 2:00 pm - Lottery News

$20 Million Lotto South Jackpot Is Sixth Highest EverNews Story
While many people's attention was diverted by the Super Bowl and other events, the Lotto South jackpot has been quietly growing.With no jackpot winner in Saturday's Lotto South drawing, the jackpot has grown to an estimated $20 million, which is the sixth highest amount since the game began in September 2001.Lotto South is played in Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia with drawings at 11:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Its record-high jackpot was $26 million for the January 5, 2002 drawing.Ten
Feb 10, 2005, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $50 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $50 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $40 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were four second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New Jersey, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Another 35 tickets matched four of the
Feb 9, 2005, 10:36 am - Lottery News