Lottery director has plans to resign
SACRAMENTO — Acting Lottery Director Chon Gutierrez is resigning amid controversy over the legality of Californias recent entrance into the multi-state Mega Millions lotto game, sources told The Oakland Tribune, a sister paper to the Herald, on Wednesday. | 08/25/2005 |
Mega Millions Estimated Jackpot Hits $97 Million
MEGA MILLIONS, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- If you want to find the largest jackpot in the country, look no further than Mega Millions. Keeping true to its name, Mega Millions now has an estimated jackpot of $97 million for the Friday, | 08/24/2005 |
N.C. Senate Adjourns, Lottery Appears Dead
RALEIGH, N.C. -- They've finally adjourned, but there's no guarantee that the state Senate can go home. | 08/24/2005 |
Fire prompts Iowa Lottery evacuation
An electrical fire Tuesday at the new Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines forced the evacuation of close to 60 employees from the building. | 08/24/2005 |
A spin on Powerball
Prizes and the odds for Powerball will get bigger after Saturday’s game | 08/23/2005 |
Octogenarians win $7.5-million lottery
A beaming Brockville, Ont., couple, who are both almost 90, have entered Canada's millionaire club after cashing in their Lotto/49 ticket from the Aug. 6 draw. | 08/23/2005 |
N.C. lottery still 1 vote shy of passing
Raleigh political watchers are trying to figure out whether state legislators will get a final chance for the year to pass a state lottery. | 08/23/2005 |
No Megabucks winner Saturday; jackpot increases to $16.6 million
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Nobody won the $16.4 million jackpot Saturday night in the Oregon Lottery’s Megabucks lotto game, pushing the estimated jackpot to $16.6 million for Monday’s drawing. | 08/21/2005 |
Euro motza
A French family has won a national lottery for a second time, using the same numbers. The lucky clan won 1.5 million euros ($2.4 million) in a lottery using the same numbers it marks down every week, the wife of the tobacconist who sold the winning ticket said. | 08/21/2005 |
Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $25 Million!
POWERBALL, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Powerball keeps getting bigger and bigger. Even though no one hit the jackpot Saturday, 318,870 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in America's Game. | 08/21/2005 |
