Store Rewarded For Selling $340 Million Powerball Ticket
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. -- A grocery store in the historic Gold Rush town of Jacksonville has won more than $100,000 for simply selling a ticket with the numbers 7, 21, 43, 44, 49 and 29. | 12/08/2005 |
New Lottery Director Hopes To Get Numbers Games Going Quickly
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The state lottery commission is about what will be a busy few weeks. The new lottery director is on the job now, and he wants to get the games up and running. | 12/08/2005 |
What once was lost - lottery ticket -- now is found
AUSTIN — Mike Sargent doesn't put much stock in karma. Luck isn't his thing either. | 12/08/2005 |
Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to Estimated $25 Million
MEGA MILLIONS, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tuesday, December 6 Mega Millions drawing really brought out the winners! A total of 377,183 tickets from coast to coast won Mega Millions prizes, including four tickets that each won $250,000. | 12/07/2005 |
N.C. lottery director expects big game by July
RALEIGH, N.C. The director of the North Carolina lottery says that state will likely offer its first lottery games by April 5th and may play in the one of the multistate jackpot lottery games by July. | 12/06/2005 |
Powerball Winner's Granddaughter Died Of Drug Overdose
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- There are felony charges pending against the boyfriend of the granddaughter of the man who won the largest single lottery jackpot in history | 12/05/2005 |
Powerball Jackpot Reaches $87 Million!
POWERBALL, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to get bigger and bigger. No one hit the grand prize Saturday, but 446,579 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.5 million in prizes in America's Game. | 12/04/2005 |
Man charged with hiding body of lottery winner's granddaughter
WINFIELD, West Virginia (AP) -- The body of a Powerball jackpot winner's 17-year-old granddaughter was hidden under a van for weeks after she died of a drug overdose, police said. | 12/04/2005 |
State, gambling foes argue about California joining Mega Millions
SACRAMENTO - Attorneys for an antigambling group told a judge Friday that the hugely popular Mega Millions lottery game is illegal because it is not run solely by the state, violating the intent of the 1984 voter initiative authorizing California's lottery. | 12/03/2005 |
Jackpot Grows to Estimated $16 Million in Mega Millions
MEGA MILLIONS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Mega Millions players from coast to coast are feeling the excitement as the jackpot continues to grow. When Friday's winning numbers were drawn, they turned 388,975 tickets into Mega Millions winners, including 2 tickets that each came within one number of hitting the jackpot. Since no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday's drawing, the jackpot grows to an estimated $16 million for the Tuesday, December 6, 2005 drawing. | 12/03/2005 |
