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Three states replacing Lotto South gameNews Story
Like a tired mule whose best days are behind him, Lotto South is being retired and a fresh workhorse brought in to pick up the production.The three-state lottery game, which began in September 2001, will be replaced next month by a new game that pays winners $1,000 a week for the rest of their lives, Virginia Lottery interim executive director Donna M. VanCleave said Thursday. Virginia's Lotto South partners, Kentucky and Georgia, also will participate in the new Win For Life game.Lotto South
Jan 12, 2006, 6:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

El Gordo winners
The sweepstakes known as El Gordo the Fat One sprinkled more than $2.4 billion in cheer throughout Spain on Thursday a 200-year-old tradition that shuns jackpots in favor of thousands of shared numbers that spread the wealth.All 1,700 first-prize tickets, each worth $360,000, were sold by one lottery office in Vic, a town of 30,000 about 40 miles north of Barcelona. I won't believe it until I see the money, said Alexandra Montaner, 18, giggling as revelers chugged bottles of sparkling w
Dec 23, 2005, 12:52 pm - Bradly_60 - Jackpot Games Forum

Texas Lottery to change Lotto game back to 6/54 formatNews Story
Texas lottery commissioners moved one step closer Friday to returning the Lotto Texas game to its original format by signing off on a plan to bounce the so-called bonus ball from the format that decides how the multimillion-dollar jackpots are won.Meanwhile, the two sitting commissioners who oversee lottery operations deferred a decision on who will be hired to run the agency, which generates $1 billion a year for the state. But both offered high praise for former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin, a H
Nov 19, 2005, 9:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Rumors of minor’s lottery buy unfoundedReply
I just have to get something off my chest about this latest Powerball supposed winner and I figured a message board of this nature was as good of a place as any to do it.............maybe no one cares or even feels the same, but here goes................. I realize it's important to take your time and get your ducks in order when you win these largest jackpots in history lotteries - because let's face it, I for one would be awful disappointed if someone irresponsible won it and just went
Nov 1, 2005, 10:31 pm - kruby - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery's image takes hitNews Story
North Carolina's lottery, not even 60 days old and nowhere near selling tickets, already looks dirty in the minds of the public, Lottery Commission Chairman Charles Sanders said Wednesday. There is a doubt in the public's mind, said Sanders, former CEO of pharmaceutical giant Glaxo, as to whether this is an honest and fair process. Controversies that have arisen around lottery company Scientific Games and its connections to both a lottery commissioner and a top aide to House Speaker Jim Black
Oct 28, 2005, 6:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Why so much greed?Reply
Hi, Todd. Are you the man who is fighting against computerized drawings? I loved that debate. I, too, hope that it never comes to pass. There's too much riding on allowing players to be a witness to their own luck, good or bad. It's a matter of trust and being on the up and up. Those balls mean something that a computer print-out never will. As for people being fans of the lottery... nah, it's just straight greed. A lottery can only go up and up and up so high. Yes, it's fun to watch the
Oct 23, 2005, 3:09 pm - Iesha Kelly - Lottery Discussion Forum

Texas Lottery jackpot game tickets in sales declineNews Story
Citing plummeting revenues that indicate a jackpot fatigue in state lotteries throughout the nation, the chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission challenged the organization's staff to consider boosting Lotto Texas sales by making the game more creative. Why can't we do something creative for a change making it a $4 million jackpot and two Harley-Davidson motorcycles or a Corvette or one of those fancy trucks? said Chairman C. Tom Clowe Jr. Let's create some buzz. Let's give $4 million and
Sep 29, 2005, 6:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

$600,000 Powerball Lottery Prize Claimed by N.M. ManNews Story
When the Powerball prize structure changed 10 days ago, Al Ramos of Albuquerque had no idea that a last-minute $2 decision would become a life-changing experience.Ramos correctly matched all five white ball numbers for the September 7 Powerball drawing. And by spending an extra $2 for the Power Play multiplier option on his $2 Powerball purchase, Ramos tripled a $200,000 prize into the New Mexico Lottery's first-ever $600,000 prize.The $600,000 prize is the fourth-largest New Mexico Lottery priz
Sep 9, 2005, 7:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery May Eliminate Lotto Bonus NumberReply
Admitting you are wrong is hard for lot of folks, especially the ones at the Texas lottery. The people who changed all of the games to make an extra buck for the politicians are still there, still working to find ways to gouge the players with games that are not easy to win in order to boost profits.As far as a possible pick 6 game, don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch. The current game has been in trouble for a long time. If half of the 2 million folks who can't resist buying a lotto
Aug 18, 2005, 9:53 am - bobby623 - Lottery News

Connecticut likely to stick with PowerballNews Story
Connecticut gaming officials are ready to approve changes to the Powerball lottery, including steeper odds and back-loaded jackpot payments, despite concerns raised last month by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.Paul A. Young, executive director of the Division of Special Revenue, wrote to the governor late last week, saying that the alternative is for Connecticut not to participate in the multi-state lottery game.Young also wrote that the changes, which already have been approved by the other participating st
Aug 16, 2005, 7:51 am - Todd - Lottery News