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Man wins $100,000 in one Pick 4 drawingNews Story
I just had a feeling about that particular number, said Douglas Holland of Fayetteville, North Carolina. That particular number was 3851. He played that number 20 times in the December 3 Pick 4 night drawing and won. Since the top prize for each exact order wager in Pick 4 is $5,000, his total winnings for those 20 tickets came to $100,000. He bought all of the tickets at Kroger, located at 240 Commonwealth Boulevard in Martinsville. It feels great, he told Virginia Lottery officials
Dec 17, 2009, 8:13 am - Lottery News

States sell out 9s in Wed. lottery drawsNews Story
Lottery players around the United States hoping to win big by betting on all nines may have come up empty when they got to the lottery terminal. Several states reported that Pick 4 combinations 9-9-9-9 and 9-9-0-9, as well as Pick 3 combination 9-9-9, sold out due to heavy buying. The reason? Today's unique date numbers of 9/9/09 (September 9, 2009). Lottery officials say people who play daily lotto games such as Pick 3 and Pick 4 tend to make their number choices based on special numbe
Sep 9, 2009, 11:00 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery facts and trivia as it turns 35 years oldNews Story
Thirty-five years ago this summer, the newly created Ohio Lottery held its first-ever drawing, a public spectacle at Parmatown Mall that drew more than 1,000 people. Comedian Don Rickles had originally been invited to emcee the drawing of the new Buckeye 300 weekly game, but the public had to settle for Miss Ohio World 1974 and local TV stars Big Chuck and Hoolihan. Since then, the Ohio Lottery has turned hundreds of people into millionaires and transferred about $16 billion to Ohio's publ
Jun 18, 2009, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery to end live broadcast of midday drawingNews Story
Is $100,000 in cost-savings worth the loss of midday drawing broadcasts? Beginning Friday, the New Jersey Lottery Commission will stop airing live drawings at 1 p.m. on the state's public television network in an effort to save money. Only summaries of the results of the Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries will be shown on New Jersey Network at 1 p.m., the state Lottery Commission said today. Video of the actual drawings will only be available on the commission's Web site. The midday winning
May 11, 2009, 10:41 pm - Lottery News

Maryland lottery pays out big in Pick 4 gameNews Story
The Thursday Pick 4 midday drawing results of 1-0-2-0 paid out more than $1.5 million in prizes, according to the Maryland Lottery. That's 5 times as much as players spent on Pick 4 tickets for the drawing. The lottery sold $289,723 in tickets for the drawing and rewarded $1.5 million in prizes. In addition, the past two days have been very exciting for Pick 4 players. Add in this week's Tuesday and Wednesday evening drawings, and Pick 4 players have received almost $3 million in prizes fr
Apr 24, 2009, 1:15 pm - Lottery News

Man plays same number on 20 lottery tickets, wins $90KNews Story
A North Carolina man has a knack for picking the winning number for Virginia Lottery drawings. The Virginia Lottery said Wednesday that Steve Granger of Henderson, N.C., won $90,800 in Sunday night's Pick 4 drawing by playing the same number combination, 5-1-1-7, on 20 tickets. Sixteen tickets each won $5,000 because Granger wagered exact order on them. The other four tickets each won $2,700 because he wagered 50/50 on them. Granger said if he has a feeling about a number, he'll play it
Apr 16, 2009, 9:57 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Pick 4 lottery game starts next weekNews Story
A new four-digit daily numbers game for the North Carolina Education Lottery will begin next week. Top prize for the Carolina Pick 4 game starting April 17 will be $5,000. Players can either choose a number or have a sales terminal pick a random number. The lottery already has the Carolina Pick 3 and Carolina Cash 5 games. North Carolina also participates in the twice-weekly multistate Powerball game. Pick 4 drawings will air at 11:22 p.m. on television stations that already show the ot
Apr 9, 2009, 8:03 pm - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery's Cash 4 game starts todayNews Story
The Arizona Lottery's newest game has its first drawing this evening. Cash 4 is traditional lotto-style game, with four numbers drawn from a pool of 26 numbers. Players win prizes by matching 2, 3, or all 4 of the numbers drawn on their game ticket. Tickets for the new game can be purchased between 4 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. every day. Sales resume for the next drawing from 9:35 p.m. until midnight. Cash 4 drawings are held every Monday through Saturday evening at approximately 10:25 p.m.
Mar 31, 2009, 2:07 pm - Lottery News

CT Lottery Sells Out Of 1549 After CrashNews Story
Hours after US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, the lottery number 1549 sold out in Connecticut. Lottery players who attempted to purchase a Play 4 ticket using the numbers 1549 Thursday night were told the number had sold out. Diane Patterson of the Connecticut Lottery said that it is possible for a number to sell out. Patterson said the state has an $8 million liability on the game. She said if a number is picked enough times where it reaches the liab
Jan 16, 2009, 7:25 am - Lottery News

Florida Lottery draws same Play 4 numbersNews Story
Coincidence, not a mistake, officials say The Play 4 Florida lottery number Tuesday night: 1-9-5-8. The Play 4 Florida lottery number Wednesday afternoon: 1-9-5-8. Same game. Same number. Two consecutive drawings. It is a little bit unusual, but all of our drawings are independent of each other, said Shelly Safford, Lottery spokeswoman. It's completely random. Still, the department fielded calls from curious players. There was not an error, Safford said. But there was another
Aug 23, 2008, 10:52 am - Lottery News