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Some lottery winners missing their jackpotsReply
Expired Prizes The biggest unclaimed, expired prizes for tickets bought in a sampling of states: * California: $28.5 million * Delaware: $5 million * Florida: $30.1 million * Indiana: $51.7 million * Iowa: $610,000 * Missouri: $1.7 million * Illinois: $14 million * Kansas: $200,000 * Kentucky: $1.2 million * Montana: $100,000 * New Hampshire: $2 million * New Jersey: $19 million * New Mexico: $270,000 * North Dakota: $20,
Dec 6, 2007, 12:39 pm - ThatScaryChick - Lottery News

A dollar and a dream true for PB and MM?Reply
KY Floyd I realize that you're incapable of ever learning how it all works, but I'm still puzzled that after we've told you about 50 times you still don't understand how thoroughly you have wrong. The bizarre geometric progressions you see in your confusion don't exist, and none of the people who have it right have ever said that it does. I understand that boards have more lurkers than members and thatpeople read these threads thinking, these guys know how to cut the odds down , by wha
Sep 10, 2007, 11:57 am - Coin Toss - Jackpot Games Forum

New Jackpot Winners
Over the last week, we have seen Powerball and Mega Millionswon. There are a total of 5 new minted Jackpot Millionaire Winners. My hopes and prayers is that they will do weel by their new fortunes and also their families and some less fortunate people if they so chose to do so. But I have to tell you, I am so not feeling this new winner from Maryland. See below! Before the commission headquarters opens he is out in front of camera's. Certainly it is an assumption that he doesn't have a
Sep 3, 2007, 12:29 pm - delS - Jackpot Games Forum

4 tickets win $330 million lottery jackpotNews Story
The odds of winning the estimated $330 million Mega Millions jackpot were one in 176 million. But lottery officials said early Saturday that four people one each in Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia did just that. In addition to the grand prize winners from Friday night's drawing, 36 players matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. They will receive second prizes of $250,000 each. Another 215 players matched four numbers, plus the Mega Ball number - good for thi
Sep 1, 2007, 10:28 am - Todd - Lottery News

Alabama Lottery Proposal
In the vain of my Arkansas proposal, the Alabama Lottery, if I, as I should, start it up. In-State Online Games Run-of-the-mill 3-digit and 4-digit number games. For info, go to any other lottery's site. Pick 5 from 39. Tickets are $1 each. Jackpots start at $100,000, and can grow to over $1 million! Match Prize Odds 5/5 Jackpot 1:575,757 4/5 $100 1:3,386.8 3/5 $7 1:102.6 2/5 Free Ticket1:9.6 Overall Odds : 1 in 8.774 35% of
Aug 31, 2007, 7:35 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery Discussion Forum

So you have the winning ticket, now what?Reply
First the disclaimer...I'm not an attorney. You would be well advised to consult one instead of taking what I have to say as gospel. Second...I live in Indiana so the information I present is relevant to citizens of Indiana and out of state residents who win money on the Hoosier Lottery. It may or may not be applicable to your state. Here's what my research has uncovered: 1. When you go to Lottery Headquarters with your winning ticket to claim your prize there will be a validation pro
Aug 7, 2007, 11:59 am - Uncle Jim - Lottery Discussion Forum

Kentucky Lottery has record revenuesNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. had a record $744 million in revenues, or total ticket sales, in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to year-end figures. The brisk sale of tickets for interactive, scratch-off games offset a decline in tickets sold for online, or computerized, games, including Powerball, Pick 3 and Pick 4. Those sales suffered, in part, because there was only one large Powerball jackpot, which was hit at $254 million last January. Some tickets for the interactive games se
Jul 30, 2007, 8:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Down on his luck, Florida man wins $33M lottery jackpotNews Story
West Palm Beach resident Ezequiel Perez has had his share of tragedy in recent weeks. His father died early Monday morning in Cuba. His home was heavily damaged by a fire earlier this month. On Saturday night, he got some good news. Perez, 51, of West Palm Beach, was the winner of Saturday's $33 million Florida Lotto jackpot. He bought his Quick Pick-winning ticket Saturday at a Lake Worth supermarket and hit the 1-in-23 million chance. Perez wasted no time claiming his winnings, acc
Jul 24, 2007, 10:28 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ontario Lottery security chief steps down; investigation underwayNews Story
A vice-president of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is taking a paid leave of absence while Toronto police try to determine if he was in a conflict of interest by working at the lottery and the OPP at the same time. The leave takes effect immediately, the lottery corporation announced Thursday. Michael Sharland, a former Ontario Provincial Police superintendent, was working double-duty for the past three years as the lottery corporation's vice-president of corporate security and
Apr 6, 2007, 6:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery celebrating 1st birthdayNews Story
First year not as profitable as predicted Now a year old, the North Carolina Education Lottery is meeting its goal of keeping residents from crossing the border to buy tickets but failing to reach financial expectations initially touted by lawmakers and Gov. Mike Easley. The lottery has set aside $220 million in profits for state education programs since the first tickets were sold March 30, 2006, removing North Carolina's label as the only East Coast state without the games. Easley,
Mar 30, 2007, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News