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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

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

Florida Lotto winner sued — againNews Story
Robert Swofford Jr. had $35 million in Florida Lotto winnings, and his soon-to-be ex-wife wanted a piece of it.Swofford solved that problem, but now he's got another one: The ex-wife's sister wants a cut, too, and she's taking him to court to get it.The way Mary Lackey sees it, she deserves part of the money every bit as much as her sister Ann did. And some folks might agree she has a point. Swofford fathered children by both women in 1993. Mary Lackey says she wants the money for her daughter.O
Feb 28, 2005, 9:30 am - 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

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $25 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $25 million Friday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $18 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were two second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from Georgia and 1 from Texas. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 21 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number.
Jan 31, 2005, 8:45 am - Lottery News