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N.M. Lottery 'whips up' Indiana Jones scratch gameNews Story
New game coincides with release of Indiana Jones movie later this month When the latest Indiana Jones movie makes its debut later this month, lottery players in New Mexico will be able to continue the movie characters' quest for fortune by picking up the latest scratch game. New Mexico lottery players will have a much safer archaeological adventure than the movie characters however, as they can dig for gold with just a spare quarter, and signing the back of the card is all it takes to keep
May 8, 2008, 3:11 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky man thought he won lottery jackpotNews Story
Misreads symbols on scratch game card Stephen McGuire took a chance on his luck with big hopes and dreams. I was dreaming of getting out of debt being able to financially able to do more things with my family, he says. A dream McGuire thought became reality after finding this dollar sign in Lucky Loot part of the 100,000 dollar players club game. I scratched it off. I went through see I won ten dollars, scratched the last one off, I thought I won 100,000 dollars. My wife, thoug
Apr 30, 2008, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Mass. lottery store is success storyNews Story
From the outside, it's just another Mobil station on Route 28: a brick building squatting on asphalt with a quartet of gasoline islands out front. Inside is another story. Where shelves of chips and candy bars might have been, customers lean against narrow granite counters, holding scratch tickets by the handful, or lounge at one of the high-topped round tables, filling out blank Keno slips. There is no music, just the unceasing patter of five Lottery machines printing Mass Cash and MegaBucks
Apr 23, 2008, 1:50 pm - Lottery News

N.C. man wins $200,000 on his first-ever lottery ticketNews Story
Talk about luck. Herbert Marsh of High Point, North Carolina, won $200,000 the first time he played the lottery. Going on a feeling something good would happen, Marsh bought a Powerball ticket for the Wednesday drawing that matched all five numbers. Marsh told the North Carolina Education Lottery he plans to buy a new car with some of the money and put the rest in savings. He purchased his ticket at the Kangaroo Express on National Highway in Thomasville. Another Triad resident a
Apr 8, 2008, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery makes three new millionairesNews Story
Columbus grandfather wins $5 million A Columbus, Georgia, grandpa is celebrating a $5 million Georgia Lottery win. Prentiss Shumaker, 70, played the instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club and won $5 million. Milgen Road Foodmart, located at 4254 Milgen Road in Columbus, sold the top prize ticket. Shumaker scratched his ticket in the store. I stood there and looked at it, he said. I showed it to the store clerk, and he shook my hand. Shumaker has one adult daughter and two gra
Mar 26, 2008, 11:24 am - Lottery News

N.M. Lottery's delicious new scratch gameNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery's latest scratch-off game looks good enough to eat. The $10,000 Hershey's Milk Chocolate instant scratch-off game is inspired by the candy manufacturer that produced the first affordable milk chocolate candy bar more than a century ago. Available now, the $2 game features top prizes of $10,000. The game's ticket is a replica of Hershey's well-recognized chocolate-brown and silver-foil candy wrapper. In the play area, 10 potential winning numbers are concealed
Mar 26, 2008, 10:51 am - Lottery News

Soldier wins $1 million lottery jackpot, will return to IraqNews Story
Definition of patriot: though he hit the jackpot, sergeant volunteers to return to Iraq for a 3rd tour After completing two tours in Iraq, Sgt. Wayne Leyde won $1 million from a scratch-and-win lotto ticket on Tuesday. Now that he's won, Leyde, a 26-year-old member of the Washington National Guard, says he's still going to volunteer to go back to Iraq for a third tour and won't spend any of the money in the meantime. Leyde was driving near his home in Mead, Washington when he stopped at
Feb 29, 2008, 1:36 pm - Lottery News

Ontario store employee charged with stealing lottery prizesNews Story
New prize redemption rules aimed at reducing theft A former convenience store employee in North Bay, Ontario, is facing theft and fraud charges for allegedly redeeming two customers' scratch-and-win lottery tickets. Sgt. Chris Williams of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario's Investigation and Support Bureau says these are the first such charges the unit has laid since its inception Jan. 1. The unit, comprised of provincial police officers, investigates claims of insider lotter
Feb 27, 2008, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Police break up suspected lottery ticket theft ringNews Story
In Washington state, police have arrested three people on suspicion of stealing lottery scratch tickets from stores all over King and Snohomish counties, then cashing them in at other stores. The arrests follow a week-long investigation into the suspected serial lottery ticket thefts by Kirkland police, Bothell police and King County sheriff's detectives. The investigation began Feb. 7 after Kirkland police responded to a theft of lottery scratch tickets from a Kirkland gas station in the
Feb 14, 2008, 6:36 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery apologizes for mob adNews Story
The New York state lottery has apologized to Italian-Americans after it aired a series of TV ads that featured Sopranos-esque mob characters. The ads, for a $3 million scratch off game called Ba Da Bling, featured the characters singing about the game in Brooklyn accents to the tune of Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), the New York Post reported Monday. Italian-American groups expressed distaste toward the ad, and one group, the Sons of Italy in Ameri
Feb 4, 2008, 10:51 pm - Lottery News