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Georgia lottery players take 'Mega Road Trip'News Story
Eleven lucky Georgia Lottery players boarded a flight on Monday to travel from the Peach State to the Golden State with the Georgia Lottery's Mega Road Trip promotion.As the Georgia Lottery Corporation continues to welcome California to Mega Millions, the Georgia Lottery has awarded 11 trips for two to California to see the Atlanta Braves play the San Francisco Giants.Georgia Lottery President and CEO Margaret DeFrancisco and the Mega Millions Mega Ball mascot were at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
Jul 20, 2005, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery Ticket Sold in Virginia Beach Worth $175,000 Expires ThursdayNews Story
A winning Mega Million Lottery Ticket worth $175,000 is set to expire at 5:00pm Thursday unless the lucky owner comes forward to claim his or her prize.Official say the ticket was sold January 14th in Virginia Beach, at the Citgo located at 841 South Military Highway. The station is at the intersection of Military and Indian River Road.The winning ticket matched all the numbers except the Mega Ball number. The numbers for that drawing were 15, 19, 24, 40 and 47, with a Mega Ball number of 50. Th
Jul 13, 2005, 7:54 pm - Lottery News

Federal Workers Share $10M Powerball Lottery JackpotNews Story
A group of federal disaster workers, used to helping others facing misfortune, are instead basking in their own good fortune as they get ready to claim a $10 million Powerball jackpot, officials said Wednesday.Fourteen of the 15 Federal Emergency Management Agency workers were scheduled to present the winning ticket on Wednesday afternoon at the Lottery's headquarters in Charleston, Lottery spokeswoman Nancy Bulla said.The other worker cannot attend because he is working on relief efforts for vi
Jul 13, 2005, 7:09 pm - Lottery News

Virginia lottery winner claims first Set for Life checkNews Story
Last week, Gordon McKinney suddenly fell back in a chair at the Scott County Tobacco Co.Those at the store thought he was having a heart attack.But Gordon, of Chuckey, Tenn., realized that he won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery s new scratch-off game, Set for Life. He will receive $2,000 a week, or $104,000 a year before taxes, for the rest of his life. It really hasn t sunk in yet, said Gordon, who was holding his first $2,000 check.Phil Hankey, the Virginia Lottery southwest regional ma
Jun 30, 2005, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Conn. couple claims $59.5 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A couple from Seymour, Connecticut has claimed Saturday's $59.5 million Powerball jackpot.Christopher and Lucille Ewen of Seymour were introduced Wednesday at a news conference at lottery headquarters. Their prize is the largest in the 33-year-old history of the Connecticut State Lottery.Christopher Ewen said he was out of town for the weekend and didn't check his lottery tickets until Tuesday. The electronic hardware salesman said he's already told a fishing buddy to sell his small boat because
Jun 29, 2005, 6:51 pm - Lottery News

Rhode Island lawmakers to create separate lottery divisionNews Story
The idea of abolishing the legislator-dominated Rhode Island Lottery Commission got its first hearing and a warm welcome from the governor at the General Assembly last night.The question of what to do with the board which is responsible for the state's third-largest revenue source has been an issue since the November passage of a separation-of-powers constitutional amendment. The amendment bars lawmakers from sitting on state boards and commissions with executive functions.The Lottery Co
Jun 24, 2005, 12:54 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery talk building to a climaxNews Story
With passage of a $17.1 billion budget bill by the North Carolina House of Representatives last week, the lottery debate is heating up in North Carolina.Lottery provisions have been included in the budget plan if it does become law. But much negotiation remains between the Senate and the House before that comes to pass, and the lottery could be on shaky ground. We're just hoping the Senate will go along with the House version, said state Rep. Jim Crawford (D-32nd), who represents Granville and
Jun 20, 2005, 3:48 pm - Lottery News

A lottery for those bored by mini millionsNews Story
Come Friday, California residents will no longer have to endure wimpy, yawn-producing California SuperLotto Plus jackpots that start at $7 million.State residents soon will be able to plunk down a dollar for a shot at the kind of winnings that could put them into the San Diego housing market.The state has joined the multistate lottery game Mega Millions. Tickets go on sale Wednesday for the first drawing, which is Friday.And look out.Mega Millions produced the nation's largest jackpot $363 mil
Jun 20, 2005, 2:51 pm - Lottery News

California could be golden for 12-state Mega MillionsNews Story
At Bluebird Liquors in Hawthorne, California, where there's almost always a line to buy lottery tickets, owner Frank Kumamoto is eagerly awaiting California's entry into the multistate Mega Millions game. So are his regular customers. Oh, yeah, I'll play, because there's a bigger jackpot and more to win, said Barbara Fluffy Brown, a Boeing worker who drove from nearby Los Angeles to play the numbers here. It's only a dollar, so what the heck? A week from Wednesday, California will become the
Jun 15, 2005, 12:33 pm - Lottery News

Handyman wins Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
It's official: Jack Murray is the luckiest man in Englewood, Florida.Murray, a 43-year-old Rotonda West handyman, claimed an estimated $12 million Florida Lotto jackpot this week.According to Florida Lottery officials, who made the announcement Wednesday, Murray chose to take his winnings in a one-time lump sum. That means he pocketed $7,616.592.95.Murray bought the winning ticket at the Publix on Placida Road in Cape Haze Saturday afternoon, said Lillian Murray, Jack's mother. He chose his numb
Jun 9, 2005, 12:26 pm - Lottery News