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Scratch-off tickets push Florida Lottery to record salesNews Story
Floridians with dreams of instant payoffs are generating record scratch for the Florida Lottery. Lottery revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30 are up $180 million over last year, reaching a record $5.58 billion, with two-thirds of that money via scratch-offs. The state sold $3.7 billion in scratch-off tickets this year, compared with $3.4 billion in 2013-14. That more than offset a drop of about $120 million in Powerball, Florida Lotto and other games. Scratch-offs accounted for 6
Jul 3, 2015, 7:46 am - Lottery News

UK Lotto game to change in OctoberNews Story
Harder to win, but guaranteed millionaires Lotto players in the United Kingdom will have to select their winning numbers from a pool of 59 rather than 49 under sweeping changes to the game taking effect later this year. The UK National Lottery operator, Camelot, said the enhancements would give players a better chance of winning and becoming a millionaire. It said a new Millionaire Raffle would guarantee at least one millionaire per draw, the average winning jackpot was expected to be t
Jun 16, 2015, 4:41 pm - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery has first Jumbo Bucks Lotto jackpot winnerNews Story
Winning ticket worth $2.1M was sold in Tennille By Todd Northrop A Georgia Lottery retailer in Tennille has sold the first Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match jackpot-winning ticket, worth $2.1 million. The lucky jackpot ticket for Thursday's drawing was purchased at Hungry Hunter, 91 N. Fourth St., Tennille. Winning numbers from the drawing were 7, 18, 27, 28, 36, and 46. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim. Seventeen players around the state each won the game's $50
Apr 3, 2015, 8:47 pm - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery launches new Georgia-only lotto gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Georgia Lottery tonight is kicking off the first drawing of its latest Georgia-only lotto game: Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match. The new game combines a classic lotto draw game with an instant-win component, and is the first time the game concept has been offered in the state of Georgia. Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match offers jackpots starting at $1 million. The jackpot will continue to grow until there is a jackpot winner. Additionally, players can select Ca
Feb 23, 2015, 11:15 am - Lottery News

Massive Ohio Lotto jackpot finally wonNews Story
1 winner of $73.3 million Somebody had to win it eventually. The Ohio Classic Lotto ended a non-winning streak of more than 2-1/2 years this weekend, with one winning ticket sold for a $73.3 million jackpot. Saturday's Classic Lotto numbers were 3, 8, 26, 28, 34, and 35. The Kicker was 103479. The lone winning ticket was sold at Grumpy Grandpa Get Go Food in Ashtabula. It was the first Classic Lotto winner since Dec. 7, 2011, which was for a $2.7 million prize. After its long clim
Jun 16, 2014, 7:15 am - Lottery News

Three $1M lottery tickets sold in W.Va. in 1 weekNews Story
West Virginia has another $1 million lottery winner. Lottery spokesman Randy Burnside tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that a ticket sold in the Wheeling area won a $1 million prize in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday. It's the third $1 million lottery ticket sold in the state within a week. On Tuesday, retired truck driver Randy Brown of Man claimed a $1 million Mega Millions prize. He bought a ticket that matched five numbers from the Feb. 7 drawing. Another tic
Feb 17, 2014, 9:26 pm - Lottery News

NY's Lotto no match for Powerball, Mega MillionsNews Story
Lotto is still losing its mojo. New York's venerable twice-weekly Lotto drawing continues its long-term decline in an age of multi-state mega jackpots. Even as overall lottery revenues grew, receipts from Lotto dropped from $137.5 million in 2005 to a projected $44 million for the state fiscal year ending March 31, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent budget proposal. Lotto is simply less alluring than the six-figure jackpots of Powerball and Mega Millions, which are sold around the nat
Feb 3, 2014, 3:16 pm - Lottery News

Southlake gas station sells winning $19.5M Texas Lotto ticketNews Story
What would you do with $19.5 million dollars? A Southlake, Texas, gas station sold the $19.5 million winning ticket for Saturday's Lotto Texas jackpot, according to the Texas Lottery. The winner, who chose the random Quick Pick option, has not been identified yet. Today a lot of people came by to try their luck after learning the Shell station near North Kimball Avenue and Northwest Parkway had sold the drawing's only jackpot-winning ticket, employee Temesgen Desta said. Desta said
Oct 22, 2013, 8:25 am - Lottery News

$59M Florida Lotto jackpot won by ticket sold in OrlandoNews Story
Lottery officials said a winning Florida Lotto ticket worth $59 million was sold at a 7-Eleven in Orlando. One lucky person won the jackpot in Saturday night's Florida Lotto drawing, where the winning numbers were 11, 24, 36, 45, 46 and 47. Officials said the ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven store at the intersection of S. Apopka Vineland Road and Winter Garden Vineland Road. The winning ticket is worth $59 million, or a lesser amount for a one-time cash payout. The winner has not yet come
Aug 25, 2013, 3:05 pm - Lottery News

Price and prize changes coming this Sunday for Illinois LottoNews Story
By Todd Northrop Citing the success of the multi-state lottery games like Powerball and Mega Millions offering jackpots in excess of $100 million every other month, the Illinois Lottery has decided to revamp one of its original games, Lotto, in order to give lottery players a chance at potentially bigger jackpots and better overall odds. Starting Sunday, July 14, 2013, Lotto will cost $1 for each game-set, up from a price of $1 for two game sets. The higher price will enable larger jackpot
Jul 11, 2013, 1:58 pm - Lottery News