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NJ lottery director nominated for Commerce roleNews Story
New Jersey Lottery Commission executive director Virginia Bauer will be nominated today to run the troubled Commerce and Economic Growth Commission, according to six McGreevey administration and business sources.Bauer is scheduled to meet privately with business leaders at Drumthwacket today before a news conference where Gov. James E. McGreevey is set to name her to replace the Rev. William Watley, who resigned Wednesday, people with knowledge of the nomination said.Bauer, 48, is an unexpected
Jul 16, 2004, 8:06 am - Lottery News

Mass. Cleaning Woman Claims $294M JackpotNews Story
Meet Geraldine Williams, a retired custodian and cleaning woman who will no longer have to mop her own floors or dust her own furniture.Williams stepped forward Friday to claim the $294 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second-largest jackpot ever to go to a single person in North America.Williams, who was introduced at a news conference at state lottery headquarters, said she'll take the payout in a lump sum of $117.6 million after taxes.She said she was still stunned by her luck, a week after
Jul 9, 2004, 1:17 pm - Lottery News

$294M lottery winner is 68-year-old cleaning womanNews Story
Updated July 09, 2004, 11:21pmThe winner of the $294 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest in Massachusetts lottery history, is a 68-year-old cleaning woman.Geraldine Williams cleaned homes after retiring as a custodian at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, The Sun of Lowell reported Friday. She was a wonderful person, Mary Recko, a worker in the physical plant department at UMass-Lowell, told The Associated Press on Friday. Everybody liked her. All of us here are so happy that it wa
Jul 9, 2004, 11:08 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $21 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 375,345 players across the nation won a total of more than $3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $21 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, July 7 drawing will be an estimated $11 million.The numbers drawn were: 3, 8, 12, 30, 47 and the Powerball was 23. The Power Play multiplier was 4.Two players correctly matched the 5 white numb
Jul 5, 2004, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Lottery-ticket seller also a Mega winnerNews Story
Whoever bought the winning ticket in the $290 million Mega Millions lottery drawing couldn't have been much happier Saturday than the person who sold it.Jay Patel, owner of Powers Liquors, was elated as he waited along with everyone else to find out which one of his customers won the huge jackpot in Friday's drawing with the numbers 10-25-38-39-50 and Mega Ball 12.A hand-lettered sign that read, We sold $290 million's jackpot here hung in the window of the store Patel called the luckiest Powe
Jul 5, 2004, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Minnesota top pull-tab stateNews Story
Imagine that every fruitless pull of a casino's slot machine produced a colorful bit of trash and you get an idea of how the garbage bins at American Legion Post 1776 overflow on a good night.Last year $6.4 million worth of pull-tabs were sold from this tidy metal-clad hall -- tops in a state that is tops in the nation -- allowing Post 1776 to pass a profit of $246,000 on to hundreds of schools, sports programs and charities.Though they're sold without the glamor of Las Vegas or the marketing bu
Jul 5, 2004, 8:32 am - Lottery News

$290 million jackpot stirs mega-dreamsNews Story
Merchants expect last-minute rush for lottery ticketsForget about yachts and mansions. If Paula Jacksons lucky numbers fall tonight, the first thing she plans to do is put her feet up.I would just relax, take a few months off, and chill out, said Jackson, a mother of three who lives in Southfield, Michigan and works as a waitress.Id get a car, a house, and all that later on. But right now, Im tired. I just need a break more than anything.Tonights drawing can buy a lot of leisure time.The Mega Mi
Jul 2, 2004, 8:40 am - Lottery News

Players use computer for chance at record Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Some people use birthdays or anniversaries to pick lottery numbers, but truck driver Tim Lombardy plays a number he saw on a State Highway Patrol car 10 years ago.He hopes that someday it will make him rich, like Friday night, when numbers are drawn in the record $290 million Mega Millions jackpot.Most players taking a shot at lottery jackpots truly trust Lady Luck. According to Ohio Lottery Commission data, the majority let the computer pick their numbers for jackpots.Computers and humans are
Jul 2, 2004, 8:23 am - Lottery News

Maryland Lotto jackpot winner has yet to claim prizeNews Story
Maryland Lottery officials are waiting to award last month's $9.3 million Lotto jackpot to the winning ticket holder, who still has not come forward.Giant Eagle of Hagerstown, which sold the ticket for the May 29 drawing, will not have to wait for its commission for selling the ticket. Maryland Lottery officials are to present the store with a check for $9,300 today at 11 a.m.Store manager Jackie Gaffey said there is a lot of buzz over the ticket. I'm just excited that it was bought here, she
Jun 24, 2004, 8:06 am - Lottery News

Employees to share store's lottery commissionsNews Story
Ten employees who work at the Cumberland Farms store in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania where the winning $213.2 million Powerball ticket was sold last month will share in the proceeds.Company officials would not say how much of the $400,000 lottery commission the store received would go to the workers. We feel that that's personal, general manager John J. Babbitts said at a news conference yesterday.Before several television cameras, Babbitts presented two charities - the Muscular Dystrophy
Jun 11, 2004, 2:21 pm - Lottery News