N.M. Lottery Ready to Hand Over Prize to Winner Who Has Yet To Step Forward
A giant, blank check waited at the New Mexico Lottery in Albuquerque on Thursday. | 08/12/2005 |
Lottery foes hold firm as vote nears
RALEIGH - It apparently takes some cajoling to change one vote.Backers of a state lottery spent Thursday trying to get a few senators to change their "no" votes to "yes." | 08/12/2005 |
Check Your MEGA Millions Tickets, There May Be an Unsuspecting Millionaire
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2005--Lottery officials today announced that the second tier prize for MEGA Millions that was won for the August 9, 2005 draw is still unclaimed. | 08/12/2005 |
D.C. Lottery Pumps Up Its Prizes
WASHINGTON -- According to the D.C. Lottery Board, changes are coming to the multi-state Powerball game at the end of August. | 08/12/2005 |
N.M. Powerball Ticket Matches All Numbers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The New Mexico Lottery Authority said a ticket sold in New Mexico for Wednesday night's Powerball game matched all five numbers and the Powerball. | 08/11/2005 |
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $51 million
ATLANTA The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $51 million Wednesday | 08/10/2005 |
Lottery's generous bonuses
Cohen has described as the "most generous compensation package of any lottery in the world"?Under the bonus plan approved by the lottery board in July, lottery CEO Rebecca Paul can earn as much as 65 percent of her $364,000 salary. Other non-sales staff employees also can earn a percentage of their base pay. | 08/10/2005 |
Lottery winner nearly lost jackpot in scam
Virgilio Bonilla, like most habitual lottery players, had been luckless for years, so he did a triple take in November 2002 when he realized he was holding a scratch-off "Rich for Life" ticket worth $5 million. | 08/10/2005 |
N.C. lottery vote looms as House passes budget
RALEIGH — By a vote of 60-59, the state House approved a $17.2 billion state spending plan for the year late Tuesday night as a lottery vote loomed for state senators. | 08/10/2005 |
Have you heard? Canadian scammers target Montana with 'lottery' fraud
Scams are blanketing Montana, and many gullible residents have lost tens of thousands of dollars in the past few weeks. | 08/10/2005 |
