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Mega Millions lottery jackpot leaps to $138 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $138 million, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in a month. None of the tickets sold for Friday's $117 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday. There were nine second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from California, 3 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Bal
Apr 1, 2006, 8:44 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $56 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $56 million for Friday's drawing. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $42 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. There were eight second-prize winners: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from Michigan, 1 from New York, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000. The California s
Mar 15, 2006, 7:03 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $42 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $42 million Saturday. None of the tickets sold for Friday's $31 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday. There were seven second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 2 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000. The California second-p
Mar 13, 2006, 9:35 am - Lottery News

'Lottery Man' uses Powerball fortune to help quake victimsNews Story
The mayor looks at the shabby tents where earthquake victims have lived for the five months since their mountain village was destroyed. Ihsan Khan, 47, is not like any other government official in Pakistan. He is a former Chicago resident and Northern Illinois University student, a one-time cab driver in Washington, D.C., and a citizen of both the U.S. and Pakistan. He is also a multimillion-dollar Powerball winner who was elected mayor of his hometown district in Pakistan two days before the
Mar 13, 2006, 7:03 am - Lottery News

Lottery scams use real business names to appear legitimateNews Story
Vintner Charles Sawyer knew something was wrong when a stranger called wanting to know why he'd been sent a $2,400 check. As it turned out, someone had used the good name of Sawyer Cellars in a scam that apparently took in scores of people. It was frighteningly well done, Sawyer said. The ruse appears to have been among a number of mail or telemarketing frauds promising people they've won big. To collect, all they need to do is pay a relatively small fee, the story goes. In this ca
Mar 13, 2006, 6:29 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery director says lower payouts could hurt salesNews Story
The law requiring the North Carolina lottery to return at least 35 percent of all ticket sales to state education programs could inhibit sales and ultimately cost the state money, according to the lottery's executive director and other experts. To meet the requirement, North Carolina will pay out less to winners than neighboring states offer. Tom Shaheen, director of the state lottery and a past president of the North American lottery trade association, said that could mean fewer tickets ar
Mar 9, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News

ABC duped by Powerball lottery winner hoaxNews Story
The brief hoax involving a man claiming to be an out-of-work truck driver who won the $365 million Powerball jackpot was months in the making. It involved two men who have jerked the chains of the national news media for years and was financed by a Texas author seeking publicity for his books, one of the pranksters said Tuesday. We had decided that one of these days, there'll be a record jackpot, and we'll have to go, said Bob Pagani, who portrayed the unemployed man who spent $2,000 on
Feb 22, 2006, 12:59 pm - Lottery News

Proposal takes aim at Lottery sales pitch to teensNews Story
Some lawmakers want to prohibit the Washington Lottery from advertising to anyone under 21 after learning the agency wants to increase its sales to teenagers. The proposed advertising ban has been added to a House bill that would increase the gambling age to 21 in nontribal card rooms and minicasinos. The amendment tells the Lottery to be a little more cautious, said Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, D-Edmonds, the bill's prime sponsor. Lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe, said the agency's 2005-07
Feb 9, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Indiana lottery rigger faces 50-year penaltyNews Story
William C. Foreman could spend 50 years in state prison if he's convicted of stealing secrets from the Hoosier Lottery in an effort to rig a million-dollar scratch-off game.But the former lottery security official's trial has been delayed so he can challenge the constitutionality of the nation's harshest penalty for breaching lottery security.The state's top lottery official, Esther Q. Schneider, favors the stiff penalty to deter inside jobs that threaten public confidence in the Hoosier Lottery
Jan 30, 2006, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Having a lottery machine: Now that's the ticketNews Story
Critics raise questions as retailers play by the rules and win scores of jackpotsNew Jersey's 10 most frequent winners of lottery jackpots have one thing in common: Luck.But five of those top 10 winners have something else going for them: A store that sells lottery tickets. We play, we win, explained Mahendra Vora, standing behind the counter of Everything Nice, a stationery store on Bergenline Avenue in West New York that he owns with his wife, Sudha.Together, the lucky couple has claimed 175
Dec 27, 2005, 6:49 am - Lottery News