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N.C. Lottery Millionaire Raffle sells outNews Story
If you haven't gotten a North Carolina Lottery raffle ticket, you're out of luck. Less than a week before the Fourth of July drawing, the state sold out of its entire stock of Sizzlin' Millionaire Raffle tickets. Instead of selling paper tickets from a roll, retailers sold 500,000 numbers through the lottery's computer network. With four grand prizes of $1 million, a $20 ticket will carry a 1 in 125,000 chance of winning the top prize. For comparison, the odds of buying a winning mult
Jul 3, 2007, 6:27 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery Lucky 7's raffle draw delayedNews Story
The drawing date for the Kentucky Lottery's latest raffle-style game is being postponed due to slower than expected ticket sales. Dubbed the Lucky 7's Raffle, the winning numbers were set to be drawn and then announced on July 7th (7-7-07). As of July 1st, there were still 305,730 of the game's 500,000 tickets remaining. With only 39% of the overall tickets sold, Kentucky Lottery officials decided to push back the draw date to allow players more time to purchase tickets. There were seve
Jul 3, 2007, 6:01 pm - Lottery News

Star Spangled lottery not a hit with playersNews Story
The Massachusetts Lottery's Star Spangled Sweepstakes is shaping up to be a Yankee Doodle disappointment. With just four days remaining until the game ends on Saturday, prior to the July 4 drawing, sales of the $20 ticket have been significantly below expectations, said lottery spokeswoman Beth Bresnahan. Through Monday sales hovered at about 30 percent of the game's 4 million tickets, or about 1.2 million tickets, have been sold. It's a little slower than expected, said Bresnahan.
Jun 27, 2007, 8:34 am - Lottery News

Virginia man claims lottery raffle prizeNews Story
Lynchburg has a new millionaire. Donnie Taylor, a 60-year-old retired graphics technician, has claimed his $1 million prize in the Virginia Lottery's latest sweepstakes, the Millionaire Raffle. (Millionaire Raffle results: https://www.lotterypost.com/va-lottery-raffle-2007-06-14.asp) He received his full check on Tuesday with 25 percent going to federal taxes and four percent to state taxes, the actual amount paid to Taylor was $710,000. Some people would say, you know, he won $7
Jun 22, 2007, 2:01 pm - Lottery News

$1 million lottery ticket was overlooked for weeksNews Story
Tennessee man carried winning raffle ticket in his wallet It was a little surreal. That was the reaction Kathy Checchin of Murfreesboro had when her husband, Rick, called to tell her they were million-dollar winners in the Tennessee Lottery. (Winning numbers: https://www.lotterypost.com/tn-lottery-raffle-2007-05-14.asp) Her husband won the money May 14 in the Million $ Madness drawing. He just didn't know he had until Thursday. I bought the tickets and just held onto them. I st
Jun 22, 2007, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery's Super Raffle results announcedNews Story
The winning numbers were selected Monday for the Michigan Lottery's most expensive game. The winning numbers are available right now at: https://www.lotterypost.com/mi-lottery-raffle-2007-06-18.asp The lottery's Super Raffle game included 250,000 tickets sold at $50 each, with two top prizes of $2 million each. The top prize-winning numbers were 175038, a ticket sold in Livonia, and 215994, a ticket sold in Sylvan Lake. Twenty-five ticket holders will get $100,000 each, and 4,500
Jun 19, 2007, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

PA Lottery's Millionaire Raffle returns on 7-7-07News Story
Millionaire Raffle, the raffle-style game developed in 2005 by the Pennsylvania Lottery, will offer 7,777 cash prizes worth more than $6.4 million when the game is drawn at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 7 (7-7-07). Seven has always been a popular number for lottery players, so we decided to celebrate July 7, 2007, with a raffle drawing, said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees. The previous three raffle drawings sold out and we expect this raffle to be just as successful. Tickets for the Ju
May 22, 2007, 9:29 pm - Lottery News

First 2 winners of $1 million lottery prizes come forwardNews Story
Burt Isabell had this reaction Tuesday when he learned he'd won $1 million in the Tennessee Lottery: I just started hollering, 'You're looking at a millionaire!' No one half-believed me, he said. Then I showed 'em the ticket and of course they asked to borrow some money. Isabell, of Sylacauga, Ala., and David Smith of the Old Hickory section of Nashville were the first of four winners to come forward to claim their $1 million in the state's first Million $ Madness game. The other t
May 16, 2007, 7:19 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery raffle game makes 4 millionairesNews Story
Winning Tennessee Lottery tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Manchester, Nashville, Knoxville, and Old Hickory. The winning tickets were announced Monday evening in the lottery's first-ever drawing of its new raffle-style game, Million $ Madness. Results are available now at: https://www.lotterypost.com/tn-lottery-raffle-2007-05-14.asp Four $1 million prizes were doled out, along with two winners of $50,000 each and 100 winners of $500 each. Names of the winners will not be
May 15, 2007, 8:06 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery to make 4 millionaires tonightNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery is about to make four people millionaires. The four $1 million prizes will be doled out Monday evening in the lottery's first Million $ Madness game. Players have told us for years they want this kind of game, said Rebecca Paul Hargrove, president and CEO of the lottery. And it will mean an estimated $3.2 million in proceeds for education in the state. Lottery officials will cut off ticket sales when 800,000 are sold a number nearly reached as the weekend began
May 14, 2007, 7:05 am - Lottery News