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N.C. Lottery wins 1st Powerball border battleNews Story
Tar Heel state outsells S.C.; an N.C. ticket holder wins $200,000 North Carolina's lottery won its first head-to-head showdown with South Carolina's game this week. The Tar Heel state collected more than three times the cash in ticket sales than its southern neighbor during the run up to the first Powerball drawing involving both states. An N.C. lottery ticket holder also won big. Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in North Carolina won $200,000 in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, N.C. Ed
Jun 2, 2006, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $47 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $47 million for Friday's drawing. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $36 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New York, and 2 from Ohio. Each ticket, matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000. The California second-prize winner will rec
May 31, 2006, 12:36 pm - Lottery News

Fla. Fantasy 5 lottery player wins $241,000News Story
One winner of the Florida Lottery's Fantasy 5 game will collect $241,009.50, a lottery official said Wednesday. The winning ticket was bought in the city of Zephyrhills, lottery officials reported. The 344 tickets matching 4-of-5 numbers will collect $113 each. The 11,015 tickets matching 3-of-5 won $9.50 each, and 106,251 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking 2-of-5. The numbers drawn Tuesday night were 1-5-9-30-34. Tonight's Florida Lotto jackpot is $6 million.
May 31, 2006, 11:45 am - Lottery News

$44 million Calif. lottery jackpot largest in the worldNews Story
The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $44 million Thursday currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world. None of the tickets sold for Wednesday night's $40 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega number. The next drawing will be Saturday night. There was one second-prize winner from Wednesday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega number to win $94,995. In addition, there are seven other ways that Califo
May 25, 2006, 11:15 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot expands to $28 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues getting larger. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 354,064 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.9 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $28 million for Saturday night's drawing. The cash option for the Saturday, May 27th drawing will be an estimated $12.4 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday were 2, 3, 12, 47, 51 and the Powe
May 25, 2006, 5:45 pm - Lottery News

Winning Florida Lotto ticket sold in Spring HillNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Thursday. The winning ticket was bought in the city of Spring Hill, officials said. Other prizes included: 71 tickets matched five numbers to win $3,9184,282 tickets matched four numbers for $52.5079,724 tickets matched three numbers for $4 The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Wednesday were: 03-12-19-23-28-35. Fantasy 5 One winner of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $
May 25, 2006, 4:57 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $27 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $27 million for Friday's drawing. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $18 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. There were two second-prize winners: 1 from Georgia and 1 from Ohio. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000. Fourteen players matched four of the five lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball number to win $10,000 each. The
May 25, 2006, 4:03 pm - Lottery News

$117 million S.D. Powerball winner contacts LotteryNews Story
The South Dakota Lottery was contacted Tuesday by a Pierre lawyer representing someone who claims to have the winning Powerball lottery ticket worth nearly $117 million. The attorney has shared some information about the ticket, some unique information about the ticket, that indicates it is likely a legitimate claim, said Mike Mueller, state lottery advertising and public relations director. The winning ticket for the May 17 drawing was sold in South Dakota's capital city, but no one has
May 25, 2006, 3:03 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $114 millionNews Story
Release of Saturday winner information and start of Sunday sales delayed to due systems problems Powerball winner results were delayed for the drawing on Saturday, May 13, 2006. Strict balancing and processing requirements for the game required all systems to delay the start of ticket cashing for the game on Sunday morning. Once all systems were confirmed to be in balance, at 6:55 a.m. Eastern, sales and cashing were authorized for all retailers across the country. The Powerball
May 15, 2006, 11:12 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $94 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $94 million Saturday. None of the tickets sold for Friday night's $80 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Tuesday night. There were nine second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Michigan, 1 from Texas, 2 from Virginia, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not th
May 15, 2006, 10:21 am - Lottery News