Lottery pro arrives to get N.C. games on their feet
RALEIGH - Tom Shaheen walked into the 5th floor conference room of the N.C. Administration Building Wednesday morning and within minutes was cracking jokes, charming the lottery commissioners who had just hired him and filling reporter's notebooks and recorders with long quotes about how he plans to run the state's new lottery. | 11/20/2005 |
Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to Estimated $16 Million;
MEGA MILLIONS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The jackpot is growing once againin Mega Millions. Less than a week after a ticket sold in Anaheim, Californiawon an estimated $315 million jackpot, Mega Millions excitement is building. | 11/20/2005 |
Woman victimized in lottery scam
State police have issued a warning to area residents after an Indiana woman apparently fell victim to a lottery scam. | 11/20/2005 |
Ex-legislator seeks to lead state lottery
AUSTIN – Talmadge Heflin, a once-powerful state legislator defeated last year by a political newcomer in a House race decided by 16 votes, has applied to become the Texas Lottery's next executive director. | 11/18/2005 |
Local merchants express interest in selling lottery tickets
RALEIGH — Western North Carolina residents will have to drive only a short distance to get a lottery ticket in-state, despite losing this week the region’s lone voice on the state lottery commission. | 11/18/2005 |
S.C. lottery suspends sales after software glitch
COLUMBIA - Lottery officials suspended sales of South Carolina's Pick 3 and Pick 4 games Thursday after there was a problem upgrading software. | 11/18/2005 |
Small town with a lotta Lotto luck
A town in Donegal was dubbed one of Ireland’s luckiest tonight after two winning Lotto jackpot tickets were sold there on the same day. | 11/18/2005 |
Seven lottery winners come to work after winning $315 million
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A secretary and six laboratory workers at Kaiser Permanente each chipped in $3 to buy a Mega Millionaire lottery ticket that will allow them to never work again, hitting a $315 million jackpot that will be split between them. | 11/17/2005 |
7 Share Mega Millions Jackpot in Calif.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A secretary and six laboratory workers at Kaiser Permanente held the winning ticket for the $315 million Mega Millions jackpot - but they still came into work, a company spokeswoman said. | 11/17/2005 |
Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $40 Million!
POWERBALL, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The jackpot in America's favoritelottery game continues to power upward. Even though the grand prize was notawarded Wednesday evening, 351,784 players across the nation won a total ofmore than $3.2 million in prizes. | 11/17/2005 |
