Archive for March, 2008
$8.3 million lottery ticket sold in Pharr (The Brownsville Herald)
PHARR - A lottery ticket worth an estimated $8.3 million has yet to be claimed.
Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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New afternoon lottery not drawing in many (Winston-Salem Journal)
Not many people turned out at area stores yesterday to buy tickets for the first daytime drawing of the N.C. Lottery’s Carolina Pick 3 game.
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Lottery scam turns up on the Big Island (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Big Island police are warning the public about a lottery scam. Captain Steven Guillermo says a Pahoa woman received a letter claiming to be from the accounting manager of “Fantastic Worldwide Sweepstakes and Lotteries.”
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Lottery’s new promotion multiplies Powerball prizes by 10 (BizJournals)
The New Mexico Lottery is launching a new Powerball promotion that allows players to multiply non-jackpot prizes by 10.
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N.C. Lottery conducts first Pick 3 Midday drawing (Lottery Post)
The North Carolina Education Lottery on Monday launched its second daily “Carolina Pick 3″ game. Drawings are now held at 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday, in addition to the existing 11:22 p.m. drawing, held every day including Sundays.
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Lottery on Monday for Gwinnett’s new all-girls school (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Gwinnett County’s first free all-girls school will hold a lottery Monday night to pick its students. Ivy Preparatory Academy plans to teach 116 sixth-graders when the school opens in August, but 155 kids applied, said Nina Gilbert, the school’s executive director. The new charter school will randomly pick its first students during a lottery ceremony […]
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Taking Va. Lottery private discussed (Stafford County Sun)
RICHMOND - The odds of winning the Virginia Lottery may be better than chances that the state turns it over to private business. But that’s not stopping some politicians, policymakers and plutocrats from discussing the idea, particularly when the declining economy has Virginia scrounging for dollars. “If we’re not […]
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Courier News Online - MANVILLE: 2nd place lottery ticket sold at local store (Bridgewater Courier News)
MANVILLE – A lottery ticket bought at a borough convenience store is set to make its owner $250,000 richer. Two New Jersey Lottery players have won the Mega Millions second prize of $250,000 each, New Jersey Lottery announced on Monday.
Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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State Lottery unveils new Red Sox scratch ticket (Boston Globe)
By Lisa Wangsness, Globe staff The Massachusetts Lottery and the Boston Red Sox unveiled a new $20 Red Sox scratch ticket at Fenway Park today. The ticket offers a $10 million grand prize, which is as large as any instant…
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Museum scoops £3m lottery grant (BBC News)
A County Durham museum is awarded a £3.3m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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