Oregon family claims $340M Powerball prize
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- An Oregon man and his family went ahead and picked up his coveted yellow Hummer before picking up the second-highest Powerball jackpot ever. | 11/09/2005 |
Mega Millions jackpot drawing tonight for $225 million
ATLANTA Tonight's Mega Millions lottery drawing could be worth 225 (m) million dollars for a lucky ticket holder. | 11/08/2005 |
Woman stung by lottery fraud
A SUTTON woman was duped out of almost £3,000 after believing a letter telling her she had won a prize in a Spanish lottery. | 11/08/2005 |
Easley To Discuss Lottery Problems
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley is expected to discuss problems associated with the new statewide lottery. | 11/08/2005 |
New Yorkers going ape for $50M 'King Kong' lottery
It's the gorilla of all lotteries.The state lottery's new "King Kong Millions" game is guaranteeing a jackpot of at least $50 million, spurring New Yorkers yesterday to line up for their first crack at tickets. | 11/08/2005 |
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K.'s national lottery regulator will Tuesday launch a competition for the license to run the sweepstakes for a 10-year period, The Guardian reports. | 11/08/2005 |
Lottery problems aren't big surprise
The scandal brewing in Raleigh over the recently passed but yet-to-be-implemented lottery highlights the problems that occur when government gets involved in things that should be left to the private sector.A lottery is a business, a gambling business, but nonetheless a business. And as a business, its operation should be done outside the realm of government as much as possible. | 11/07/2005 |
Online lottery to begin Thursday
The Oklahoma Lottery plans to kick off on Thursday its online game called "Pick 3," where players pick numbers that are selected daily in a televised drawing. ... | 11/07/2005 |
Powerball Jackpot Goes to $20 Million!
POWERBALL, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to getbigger! Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, a total of389,492 players across the nation won more than $3.7 million in prizes inAmerica's Game. | 11/06/2005 |
Lottery panelist pick is mystery
North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black and Bob Cordle, a Charlotte lawyer, had finished a round of golf earlier this fall when Black asked whether Cordle could serve on a new commission that would get the state lottery started | 11/06/2005 |
