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$183M Maryland lottery winner resurfacesNews Story
Lottery 'legend' accompanies mom to claim prize Updated Aug 2, 2010 at 12:35 pm: Fixed photo caption Bernadette Gietka, the Maryland Lottery's largest winner to date, received a celebrity's welcome Friday at Maryland Lottery Headquarters. Bernadette, and siblings Jerry and Lynda, brought their mother, Catherine, to 1800 Washington Blvd. to claim her $1,000 Multi-Match prize. Greeted by Lottery Director Stephen Martino and applauded by Lottery staff, the humble multi-millionaire descr
Aug 1, 2010, 4:48 pm - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery uses other states' lotto numbers, headquarters floodedNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery closed its Nashville headquarters office Monday, due to flooding conditions. According to the lottery's Disaster Recover Plan, when the lottery is unable to draw its own numbers, it will substitute other states' winning numbers as its own. For Monday, May 3, the Lottery used the numbers drawn by other lotteries on the following schedule: Midday drawings for Cash 3 and Cash 4 used the numbers drawn for those same games by the Kentucky Lottery. Evening drawings for
May 4, 2010, 8:00 am - Lottery News

W.V. Lottery offers $15 million for office towerNews Story
West Virginia's plan to purchase the City Center West office tower for the Lottery Commission is $7 million short of the owner's asking price, according to state and local officials familiar with the negotiations. The state Department of Administration's Real Estate Division has offered to buy the 13-story building for $15 million. Building owner General Corp. wants $22 million. The Lottery Commission would relocate its headquarters to City Center West, which is beside the Interstate 64/In
Feb 25, 2010, 11:33 am - Lottery News

First Kentucky Lottery drawing machine donated to historical societyNews Story
The Kentucky Historical Society has taken posession from the Kentucky Lottery Corporation of a unique piece of state history the machine used to conduct the first legal lottery drawing of the 20th century in the Commonwealth. The Beitel Criterion machine, widely seen on televised drawings, was used for Lotto Kentucky (the first numbers game offered in the state) and Cash 5 drawings from 1989 through 1993. During that time more than $350 million in prizes were awarded through drawings using th
Nov 24, 2009, 12:32 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery drawings inspire confidenceNews Story
Contrasted to the Arkansas Lottery decision last week to hide their drawings inside a computer, Texas has a model approach Stephanie Guidry and Mickey Roberts didn't have much else to do, so they stopped in front of the Texas Lottery Commission offices to watch the winning numbers be drawn. And because she and boyfriend Mickey Roberts had nothing pressing against their schedule from 10:09 to 10:13 on a weeknight, she stayed for the adventure. Even though they did not purchase a lottery
Aug 2, 2009, 1:21 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery director turns down $11,000 housing allowanceNews Story
The incoming head of Arkansas' lottery, set to be one of the highest-paid lottery directors in the country, didn't take all the cash offered him. Ernie Passailaigue's $324,000-a-year salary was just part of the deal when he was hired June 5. The Arkansas Lottery Commission chairman, Ray Thornton of Little Rock, also directed the state to pay $980 a month for a year $11,760 total for housing support for Passailaigue. But Passailaigue turned it down. He said that during negotiations for the
Jun 25, 2009, 2:18 am - Lottery News

Connecticut lottery agents protest cut in commissionsNews Story
More than 100 lottery agents from across the state came to Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill Thursday to protest a cut in ticket commissions by the Connecticut Lottery Corp. The agents, who represent businesses ranging from small convenience stores and gas stations to delis and grocery store chains, are frustrated by an act that state legislators passed in February that cut commissions from 5 percent to 4 percent as of April 1. The lottery corporation's board of directors stil
May 8, 2009, 11:30 am - Lottery News

Calif. Lottery may build $60 million headquartersNews Story
Officials contend new building would save money overall California lottery officials are thinking about building a new $60 million headquarters despite a massive state budget deficit. The new headquarters would be smaller and less expensive to operate, officials said. No taxpayer dollars would be used for this project, said Al Lundeen, lottery spokesman. It would come out of the administrative costs of the lottery. But some Sacramento residents said they were surprised to hear th
May 20, 2008, 11:56 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery to hold "Deal Or No Deal" eventNews Story
One of 26 grand prize finalists will walk away $100,000 richer on Friday as the Tennessee Lottery wraps up its initial version of the instant ticket game, Deal or No Deal. The event, which will be held at the Lottery's Nashville headquarters at 2 p.m., won't leave any of the finalists empty-handed. The Lottery is also awarding a briefcase and $250 to the remaining 25 players and an additional $2,400 prize to one of those 25 players (other than the grand prize winner). In addition to the
Sep 26, 2007, 10:08 am - Lottery News

Lottery participants celebrate opening of S.C. claims centerNews Story
They showed up for the cake, juice and prizes. But most of all, they came out of convenience. About 20 people celebrated the grand opening of the South Carolina Education Lottery claims center in Fort Mill on Wednesday morning. The new claims center, located at 377 Carowinds Blvd., will make it easier for local lottery players to cash in their winnings. Before, winners had to travel to Columbia, Greenville or Charleston to claim their prizes. Wandra Hoffman, 41, of Charlotte said she was e
Apr 21, 2006, 8:27 am - Lottery News