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Tenn. Lottery coming to offbeat placesNews Story
Barbershops, restaurants, even the theater may get into ticket sellingTennesseans eating out, getting a haircut or maybe even buying Broadway tickets at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center will be able to pick up lottery tickets, too.The state lottery yesterday mailed applications to 3,600 retailers that include not only traditional outlets such as gas stations and grocery stores, but also quirky ones such as barbershops, restaurants and even TPAC. I'm trying to figure out another way to produc
Oct 22, 2003, 3:52 am - Lottery News

Whole Lotto troubleNews Story
As California jackpot fever heats up, sellers hope problem-plagued new machines keep workingWith today's California SuperLotto Plus lottery jackpot at $96 million, convenience store manager Gurjit Singh was hoping for a little luck.And not just because he wants to win.Singh also was concerned about the condition of his new satellite-fed lottery ticket machine, which has failed to dispense tickets a few times since it was installed last month.Staring at the biggest jackpot of the year, even a sho
Oct 22, 2003, 3:47 am - Lottery News

Powerball players clamor for shot at $162 millionNews Story
Jo Pictor has been playing the lottery regularly since 1986 and is still hopeful that the next drawing will call her lucky numbers. Last year, I played in 11 states, Pictor, 80, said. If I win, the grandkids will be very happy because they will each get a new car. The Westsider bought three Powerball lottery tickets Monday afternoon in Santa Teresa, beating the rush of ticket buyers eager for a chance at winning an estimated $162 million jackpot.Wednesday's drawing will be the 15th since the j
Oct 21, 2003, 4:09 am - Lottery News

New Jersey woman claims $12 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A Monmouth County woman has claimed a $12 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot.Cindy Wilson had the only winning ticket for the Oct. 7 drawing, lottery officials said Monday. Wilson, a Neptune Township resident who works as an engineer, was attending a business meeting in Tampa, Fla., when she checked her ticket against the winning numbers printed in a newspaper.Needless to say, they finished the meeting without me, Wilson said in a prepared statement issued Monday by the New Jersey Lottery.Wi
Oct 21, 2003, 3:58 am - Lottery News

Circle K to Provide Self-Serve Lottery Via In-Store Kiosks in Calif.News Story
Circle K convenience stores has launched a self-serve lottery feature on selected ZapLink Web-based kiosks in its California stores. This innovative offering was created for Circle K in conjunction with , GTECH Holdings Corp., and the California Lottery.Circle K is the first retailer in the country to offer customers the convenience of purchasing lottery tickets on a kiosk using a simple Internet Protocol solution. Placing the lottery function on ZapLink improves the gaming experience and elim
Oct 21, 2003, 3:53 am - Lottery News

Is Rebecca Paul as good as they say?News Story
When state lottery commissioners hired Rebecca Paul as the nation's highest-paid lottery director, they justified their decision by saying she was the best, the gold standard. State Sen. Steve Cohen dubbed her the Michael Jordan of her field.But a Tennessean review has found that many of the claims surrounding her are overstated.For instance, Paul said last month that Georgia lottery sales had grown on average 13% a year during her tenure. Lottery commissioners cited similar increases in ex
Oct 20, 2003, 7:52 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $22 MillionNews Story
There is no shortage of winners or excitement in Mega Millions. When the six numbers were drawn in the Friday, October 17, 2003 drawing, they turned 241,442 tickets into winners. However, none of those tickets matched all six numbers to win the estimated $16 million jackpot. So the jackpot grows to an estimated $22 million for the Tuesday, October 21, 2003 drawing.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 14-20-31-46-48 and the Mega Ball number was 18.Two tickets nearly hit the jackpot. The
Oct 20, 2003, 4:20 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $10 millionNews Story
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, creating a $10 million jackpot for Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 63 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,481.50; 3,877 tickets matched four numbers for $85.50; and 83,570 tickets matched three numbers for $5.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 4, 27, 31, 42, 45 and 48.Four winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $60,930.88 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. The winning tickets were bo
Oct 20, 2003, 4:05 am - Lottery News

Accomplishments of Ex-Lottery Director QuestionedNews Story
Newspaper Disputes Education SubsidyRebecca Paul was hired to start Tennessee's lottery and is paid more than her peers because of her success running Georgia's games.But some of Paul's accomplishments during her time in Georgia are overstated, according to a review by The Tennessean newspaper.For example, Paul said last month that Georgia lottery sales had grown an average of 13 percent a year during her tenure. While lottery ticket sales in Georgia climbed to $2.6 billion last year from $1.12
Oct 20, 2003, 3:55 am - Lottery News

Super 6 jackpot hit for first time in 11 monthsNews Story
One player matched all six winning numbers drawn in Friday's Pennsylvania Super 6 Jackpot, the first time in 11 months that the jackpot has been hit.The winning ticket holder selected the cash payout option, worth $36.1 million. The jackpot had grown to more than $61 million, the third-largest in the game's history. The largest was $73 million.Sales of Super 6 tickets have slowed since the state introduced Powerball -- a multi-state lottery -- in June 2002. The last winning Super 6 ticket w
Oct 18, 2003, 1:57 pm - Lottery News