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Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $80 millionNews Story
The Powerball multi-state lottery jackpot continued its upward climb Sunday, as no ticket in Saturday night's drawing matched all five numbers plus the Powerball.Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, 416,914 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.5 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $80 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, September 14th drawing will
Sep 12, 2005, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lotto South or In-State?Reply
Oh yeah you know I would be here Jimmy lol. I really think TN would do better with an Instate lotto because there would be more winners of $1 million+ here and I think that would be great. (A lot more ticket sales IMO) We would also have players from GA,VA,KY,MO,AR,MS,AL and NC everystate around us crossing the borders if the jackpot is doing well. (With lotto south people in GA,VA, and KY will stay home). The reason TN does so well is because we have major Interstates running through the s
Aug 6, 2005, 8:17 pm - Tnplayer805 - Lottery Discussion Forum

NH Senate approves $20 scratch ticket costNews Story
The New Hamprshire Senate joined Governor John Lynch on Thursday in endorsing a doubling of the top-priced scratch ticket cost.The bill (SB 20) would raise the lottery ticket cost from $10 to $20.The Senate passed it, 18-5, after no debate on the subject.Senate Majority Leader Robert Clegg, R-Hudson, said the Lottery Commission has committed to public service announcements that warn about compulsive gambling.Nashua Democratic Sen. Joseph Foster voted against the bill, the only one among the eigh
Feb 25, 2005, 12:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Schools Getting Bonus From LotteryNews Story
Public education has hit the jackpot with the Texas Lottery. Lottery officials say the state's online and instant games are raising billions for Texas schools.Like a lot of Texas Lottery players, Barbara Chongulia pays far more attention to how much money she might win than where the money she spends on tickets goes. It's fun. It's like buying hope, Chongulia said. I buy it everyday anyway, so it doesn't really matter to me. Since 1997, by state law, it goes to public education. Lottery offic
Mar 25, 2004, 4:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Punter wins $30 million jackpotNews Story
A punter from the NSW far north coast is $30 million (US$22.3 million) richer after winning the entire first division in last night's Powerball - the equal-biggest lottery win in Australia. (Editor: Australian Powerball, not the US multi-state Powerball)But NSW Lotteries said the ticket holder from the coastal town of Yamba, who won the major prize with a $12.70 (US$9.43) computer-generated ticket, wanted to remain anonymous.Last night's win follows the first - and controversial - $30 million P
Dec 12, 2003, 6:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.Y.State lottery answer my question
I asked the N.Y. State Lottery Commission why they didn't give the cash value amount for the lottery jackpots. Below is their answer. If other states and the Multi-State lotteries can I still think they should be able to.From: Questions <questions@lottery.state.ny.us>To: <swright3@nyc.rr.com>Subject: RE: Contact Us FormDate: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:10 AMUnfortunately, the New York Lottery cannot determine what the cash value is until after a drawing has been hit. The adve
Nov 8, 2003, 11:08 am - megamillionaire - Lottery Discussion Forum

Indiana scores Powerball 3-peatNews Story
State is 1st to have 3 consecutive winners 3 times, officials of multistate game sayThe mystery of the state's nickname Hoosier was surely solved Thursday: It must mean lucky. The announcement of Powerball's third consecutive winning ticket makes Indiana the only state to sell three in a row an unparalleled three times.No one had claimed the $12.8 million jackpot by 5 p.m. Thursday, when the Hoosier Lottery office closed. The earlier back-to-back wins were in October and included Regina Manda
Nov 7, 2003, 4:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

Second Consecutive Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In IndianaNews Story
A winning Powerball ticket has been sold in Indiana for the second straight drawing.The Multi-State Lottery Association said one ticket was sold matching all five numbers and the Powerball in Wednesday's drawing, and it was sold in Indiana. That ticket wins the $10 million jackpot.The winning ticket was sold at a Tobacco Road Marathon station at 1541 W. Thompson Road on Indianapolis' southwest side.The numbers drawn were: 8, 19, 22, 34, 53 and Powerball 29.Earlier Wednesday, a Daviess County wo
Oct 31, 2003, 5:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Can trust be formed if you sign ticket?
I was at the gas station and about a month ago, as I recall, the gas station attendant told me that if an attorney claims the prize for you (I think that he called the method Power of Attorney ), the ticket can't be signed by you. The one Powerball grand prize that was claimed in trust (from the December 11, 1999 drawing) was claimed by a trustee who is a lawyer. But shouldn't you always sign your tickets? And what if the lawyer robs you blind???? I was just wondering, because you'll never k
May 15, 2003, 8:20 am - rundown99 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Ohio Lottery's Nielsen ratings keep droppingReply
I been listening to the problems of Ohio for years, thru the paper,news, here. They hired a analysist firm to study the problem, and blamed the cause on many reasons,except the one important one, themselves. I agree that a multi state game would be good for Ohio,but it won't solve there problems.The way I see it is , there biggest problem is there not customer freindly. The biggest example to this is there play slips,THERE THE WRONG COLORS, they use a red and yellow, there hard to read.On the da
Nov 27, 2001, 7:35 am - mark - Lottery Discussion Forum