Lottery looks at payment for unreceived goods
AUSTIN ?The embattled Texas Lottery Commission is investigating why the agency paid a Nevada company more than $300,000 for goods it hasn't received. | 07/16/2005 |
15m lottery win sends whisky plant workers on seventh heaven
Six workers at a whisky plant got really high, but mind you, it was not the whisky that sent them in a tizzy! Six female Glasgow distillery workers shone with immense ecstasy and excitement on getting their hands on a £15m National Lottery on Tuesday. | 07/15/2005 |
Governor's aide slams lottery deception
An anti-gambling group that sued to halt the lotto game said the development has damaged the lottery's defense. The state Attorney General's Office, representing the lottery, was still conducting an investigation late in the day and had no response. | 07/15/2005 |
Record Powerball winner pleads guilty to DUI
BECKLEY, W.Va. -- Record Powerball winner Jack Whittaker will spend five days on home confinement and lose his driving privileges for at least 90 days after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge. | 07/15/2005 |
Couple retrieves discarded lotto winner:-
It took a frantic, grimy search through a kitchen garbage can but a Kentucky couple found the $4 million lottery ticket they had thrown away. | 07/15/2005 |
Ky. Couple Throws Out, Then Finds, $4 Million Lotto Winner
DANVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky couple threw away a winning lottery ticket worth $4 million -- but the story has a happy ending. | 07/14/2005 |
Lottery commission hires law firm
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Lottery Commission on Tuesday voted to hire the Andrews Davis law firm of Oklahoma City as its outside legal counsel. | 07/14/2005 |
Powerball Jackpot Grows to $31 Million!
POWERBALL, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to grow. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 299,959 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.7 million in prizes in America's Game. | 07/14/2005 |
BC Lotto tickets now online
KAMLOOPS -- B.C. lotto players can now buy their tickets online. Rhonda Garvey of the BC Lottery Corporation says players can go to the company's website www.bclc.com and find Lotto 6-49, Lotto Super-7, BC-49 and the Extra. | 07/14/2005 |
Lottery commissioner confirmations put off
SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers on Wednesday indefinitely delayed confirmation of two lottery commissioners, appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, amid a growing controversy over California's participation in multistate Mega Millions lotto. | 07/14/2005 |
