Powerball Jackpot Grows to $65 Million!
POWERBALL, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Powerball jackpot continues to grow.No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 441,617 players across the nation won atotal of more than $3.9 million in prizes in America's Game. | 01/08/2006 |
Lottery officials prepare to sell tickets by April
(RALEIGH) -- The lottery keeps moving along toward its goal of selling tickets by April 5th. The commission met again Friday and set salaries for dozens of new positions. With three months to go, time is ticking fast. | 01/07/2006 |
Lottery start on tight schedule, director says
Officials charged with starting a lottery in North Carolina said yesterday that they hope to award two major contracts by Feb. 2, despite a lawsuit intended to stop them. | 01/07/2006 |
Lottery proposal boosts top payoff, cuts others
AUSTIN - A Texas Lottery Commission proposal that increases players' chances of winning the Lotto Texas jackpot also would sharply reduce the amount paid to second-, third- and fourth-place winners. | 01/07/2006 |
Win For Life game to replace Lotto South next month
Rome’s William Griffin may be the last winner of the Lotto South game. | 01/06/2006 |
Georgia Lottery confirms Griffin as big-ticket winner
The Georgia Lottery Corporation has confirmed that William Griffin is the $27 million Lotto South winner. | 01/06/2006 |
Bill would protect Mega Millions game
SACRAMENTO - Assemblyman Gene Mullin on Wednesday proposed that the California lottery be allowed to officially participate in the revenue-rich, multistate Mega Millions game -- and that proceeds be used specifically for disadvantaged schools. | 01/05/2006 |
From Bankruptcy To Lottery Riches
CBS/AP) The man who claimed the largest lottery prize ever won in Iowa said Tuesday he plans to keep working, but said he'll throw away his alarm clock. | 01/04/2006 |
Winning Powerball ticket unclaimed in Memphis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. -- A winning Powerball ticket worth $800,000 has gone unclaimed after being bought Dec. 10 in Memphis. | 01/04/2006 |
Third straight Mega Millions ticket sold in Sourthern California
LOS ANGELES – A ticket sold in Montebello was the only one with all of the winning numbers in the latest multi-state Mega Millions drawing, with an $88 million jackpot on the line. | 01/03/2006 |
