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No $200M lottery jackpot for ChristmasNews Story
One ticket from N.Y. wins $162M Mega Millions jackpot Mega Millions will have modest Christmas jackpot One ticket bought in Suffolk County, New York, matched all six numbers in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing to win a $162 million jackpot. The winning Mega Millions lottery numbers drawn Tuesday night were 3, 33, 35, 39, 45 with a Mega Ball of 13. The Texas Megaplier was 3. The winner is unknown, but News 12 reported the ticket was bought at Cards N Things on Route 25A in Rocky Poin
Dec 23, 2009, 8:36 am - Lottery News

N.M. teacher claims lottery prize 2 hours before it expiresNews Story
With only two hours to spare, an Albuquerque teacher claimed a $10,000 Powerball prize scheduled to expire today at 4:30 p.m. Chris Daskalos, a social studies teacher at the Albuquerque Talent Development Secondary Charter School, arrived at the New Mexico Lottery headquarters at 2:30 p.m. after clerks at the Chevron Redi-Mart No. 90 confirmed his ticket as a winner from the Sept. 16 Powerball drawing. They said 'Hurry, hurry, you only have two hours,' Daskalos recalled. It was a squeaker
Dec 16, 2009, 8:34 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery approves adding Mega MillionsNews Story
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors has approved a cross-selling agreement allowing sales of the Mega Millions multi-state jackpot game in the Commonwealth. Tentatively set to go on sale in Kentucky at the end of January 2010, lottery players will have both Mega Millions and Powerball available as multi-state multi-million dollar games. Drawings for Mega Millions are held Tuesday and Friday nights, while Powerball drawings will continue to be held Wednesday and Saturday n
Dec 7, 2009, 9:57 pm - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery honors 'Clinic Gals'News Story
The Clinic Gals of Dexter, Missouri, have been named the December Lottery Team of the Month, earning the group of Powerball-playing co-workers and friends a prize package of Lottery merchandise. The Clinic Gals work together in a doctor's office in Dexter and have been playing Powerball together for more than two years. According to team captain Sherry Medler, a transcriptionist from Dexter, the team formed after one of the nurses who played regularly asked if anyone wanted to join her.
Dec 2, 2009, 9:42 am - Lottery News

California woman claims $39M lottery jackpotNews Story
The $38.5 million Mega Millions lottery ticket bought at a Pak 'n Save a few weeks ago belonged to a South San Francisco woman. Lourdes Salinas walked into the state lottery office in South San Francisco on Nov. 23 and claimed her prize, Mega Millions spokesman Alex Traverso said Monday. Salinas took the cash option instead of getting paid in installments, Traverso said. She will get $18 million after federal withholdings, according to the lottery office. Salinas told lottery officials
Dec 1, 2009, 7:43 pm - Lottery News

New Mexico lottery winner claims Hot Lotto jackpotNews Story
A New Mexico Lottery player from Elida a village in eastern New Mexico with a population of 183 people beat the odds of 1 in nearly 11 million to win a Hot Lotto jackpot of $1.1 million. Aurbra King, 71, had the nation's only ticket matching the winning numbers of 5, 17, 23, 29, 39 and a Hot Ball of 15 from Wednesday's drawing. King discovered his prize nearly 48 hours after the drawing when his children told him that a Friday morning TV newscast had announced that the New Mexico Lottery w
Nov 23, 2009, 5:49 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery takes step toward selling PowerballNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission took a step Tuesday toward expanding state gambling options to include Powerball, with a chance for the first ticket to be sold here Jan. 31. I think we would be remiss in at least not stepping out there and trying it. If we see it doesn't work, we can certainly pull back out, said Chairwoman Mary Ann Williamson before the commission unanimously voted to publish proposed game rules for public comment. If the panel gives final approval to the rules early next y
Nov 22, 2009, 8:30 am - Lottery News

N.H. Lottery will sell Mega MillionsNews Story
The New Hampshire Lottery Commission has approved the sale of Mega Millions tickets. The panel on Wednesday unanimously voted to add the multi-state lottery game. Lottery officials say in the past states could sell Powerball or Mega Millions but not both. Now states are left to decide whether to sell them both. Officials hope to have the new game available in New Hampshire by the end of January. The largest Mega Million jackpot was $370 million in March 2007.
Nov 22, 2009, 8:05 am - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions ticketsNews Story
The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multi-state jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two. The panel unanimously voted to begin selling tickets for Mega Millions by Jan. 31. The state already sells tickets for the multistate Powerball game. Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue said he didn't know how much additional money the state would get from the Mega Millions game. Arkansas has sold $
Nov 18, 2009, 10:56 pm - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery Commission approves Mega MillionsNews Story
Tickets to go on sale in Jan. 2010 Idahoans may soon get the chance to play another multi-million dollar jackpot game. The Idaho State Lottery Commission announced Tuesday that Mega Millions, the nation's other big jackpot, multi-state draw game could start selling tickets in Idaho early as Jan. 31, 2010. The five-member Lottery Commission unanimously approved offering Mega Millions with Megaplier tickets in Idaho. Powerball with PowerPlay, Idaho's other big jackpot game, will also c
Nov 17, 2009, 9:29 pm - Lottery News