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Texas Two Step likely to move to new daysNews Story
Texas Two Step lotto games probably will be moved to new days because of a loss in sales to Mega Millions, the multistate game new to the state.Drawings for both games are on Tuesday and Friday nights, and Reagan Greer, the lottery's chief administrator, said Thursday that average weekly ticket sales for Texas Two Step have slipped below $1 million for the first time.Those sales, which previously averaged $1.5 million, dipped to an average of $936,091, he said.Mr. Greer told lottery commissioner
Dec 19, 2003, 3:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pensacola Quick Pick hits jackpotNews Story
A new millionaire bought Saturday's winning Florida Lotto ticket at a Pensacola gas station.It's the first time a winning ticket has been purchased at the Albertsons Express gas station near the intersection of Nine Mile and Pine Forest roads.But unfortunately for the fortunate Quick Pick (computer generated) ticket holder, he or she will split Saturday's estimated $40 million jackpot with two other people who bought winning tickets in Miami and Royal Palm Beach, according to a Florida Lottery p
Dec 15, 2003, 6:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

$40 Million Florida Lotto JackpotNews Story
The Florida Lotto Jackpot has rolled over seven times to an estimated $40 million.The next Florida Lotto drawing is this Saturday, December 13, at 11 p.m. EST. This series of rollovers began with the Wednesday, November 19 drawing, when the estimated Jackpot rolled from $3 million to $6 million.The $40 million Florida Lotto jackpot is the 28th highest Jackpot in Florida Lotto history.If a sole winner chooses to take the jackpot over 30 years, it would pay an estimated $1,333,333 per year for th
Dec 12, 2003, 5:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

What a program needs to be good ...Reply
All lottery players are looking for a way to improve their odds of winning money or a lottery jackpot.Since the purpose of any lottery games is to raise money for the state, not to make millionaires, games are often changed to increase the odds and jackpot sizes. Larger jackpots entice more people to play resulting in the states making more money.Using a lottery system is one way of improving those odds. A system may make a tremendous impact on your chances of winning. Every state will try and
Dec 3, 2003, 5:24 pm - RJOh - Lottery Discussion Forum

the house wins all the time!
dear players,i hit the pick 3 in maryland for $290 on 10/11/03 but haven't hit anything of the digits since. needless to say, i spent all of my winnings, and then some, on the pick 3 and 4 digits but didn't win anything. as a result i came to the conclusion that playing the digits is just a waste of time and money and that if i am going to bet a dollar on the lottery system i rather gamble on something big like the maryland bonus match five with a payoff amount of $50,000 tax free. i even cross
Nov 22, 2003, 3:51 am - hitchaser - Pick 3 Forum

Lottery nixes man's bid to buy 7 million ticketsReply
Sweat,I'm from from central Ohio too. Before I retired, I worked with a guy who tried to organize a similar scheme, but he would going to sell each member a set of numbers to play and make his money off selling the numbers,but he couldn't get ten people to join, so the scheme never got off the ground. At the time, our town had about 25,000 people and about 2,500 lottery players who bought $5-$10 of tickets per draw and nobody had ever won the big jackpot, so he couldn't convince anyone that wou
Nov 16, 2003, 1:00 pm - RJOh - Lottery News

Paul says to expect multistate lotto games by summerNews Story
Tennesseans hoping to try their luck at big multistate lottery games like Mega Millions or Powerball likely will get their wish by next summer, lottery chief Rebecca Paul said Tuesday.But before that can happen, the Tennessee lottery must first get the basics up and running -- including its own instant ticket and online gaming systems, Paul said in an interview with The Associated Press.Lottery officials have set a Feb. 10 start date for selling instant tickets -- a very, very aggressive schedu
Nov 5, 2003, 5:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

State plans to give lottery vendors prizes for ideas to increase salesNews Story
Illinois Lottery vendors can win prize money from a pot of $200,000 if they generate ideas on how to entice customers to buy more lottery tickets.Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is hoping the move will increase revenue for the state, which has been battling a roughly $5 billion deficit. The state-run games of chance have seen flat or declining sales in recent years.There are two sessions, one in Hillside on Nov. 12 and another in Springfield on Nov. 20, in which vendors can enter drawings
Nov 5, 2003, 5:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Circle K to Provide Self-Serve Lottery Via In-Store Kiosks in Calif.News Story
Circle K convenience stores has launched a self-serve lottery feature on selected ZapLink Web-based kiosks in its California stores. This innovative offering was created for Circle K in conjunction with , GTECH Holdings Corp., and the California Lottery.Circle K is the first retailer in the country to offer customers the convenience of purchasing lottery tickets on a kiosk using a simple Internet Protocol solution. Placing the lottery function on ZapLink improves the gaming experience and elim
Oct 21, 2003, 3:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

$28M Calif. Lotto Ticket Still UnclaimedNews Story
Someone out there could be a millionaire tonight and not even know it. A huge lottery jackpot has gone unclaimed for more than a month now.You could call it the biggest little casino in Northern California, Kavanagh's Liquor Store boasts four lotto winners totaling $48 million. The house's - or, rather, the liquor store's - share totals about a quarter million dollars. Now that the word of Kavanagh's win streak is out, folks are pouring in.Lottery player Sally Holloway says, After the last winn
Oct 16, 2003, 3:36 am - Todd - Lottery News