Archive for May 5th, 2008
Suicide projects get lottery cash (BBC News)
Two suicide prevention projects are among 19 mental health schemes in Wales to receive lottery funds.
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1 call about lottery ticket, Minnesota officials say (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Minnesota State Lottery officials said Monday that they have heard from someone who claims to be holding the winning Powerball ticket from Saturday night’s drawing. It’s worth $180.1 million.
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Lottery panel OKs Penn National contract w/ revised casino overview and contract excerpts (The Joplin Globe)
The Kansas Lottery Commission on Monday approved Penn National Gaming’s contract to build and operate a state-owned casino in Cherokee County. The contract now goes to the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board for its consideration.
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D.C. Takes Issue With Lottery Firm’s Performance (Washington Post)
The firm that runs the D.C. Lottery was fined $336,124 in January and given poor ratings for timeliness and quality of services in a written evaluation in August, according to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
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Asthma postcode lottery condemned (Channel 4)
Asthma sufferers face an “unacceptable” postcode lottery when it comes to essential services, a charity has said. A report by Asthma UK to mark World Asthma Day found “disturbing” differences in emergency admissions for children across the country, with those in the North West at greatest risk.
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Budget problems scrambling plans for Tenn. Lottery funds (WBIR-TV Knoxville)
The downturn in the economy is hurting lottery sales.
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Lottery ticket sales strong despite sluggish economic times (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Related: Winning ticket sold in Minnesota Sales at the Minnesota State Lottery are up more than seven percent, and if they stay on course, fiscal year 2008 will set
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Cambridge Lottery winner (570 News)
Playing the lottery has paid off for a Cambridge man. Zeljko Ramljak won over 82 thousand dollars in the lotto 649 draw back on April 26th. He plans to invest the money. Ramljak bought the winning ticket …
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eLOT Receives Australian Patent for the Online Sales of Provincial Lottery Tickets; Could Boost Sales 15 Percent (pzone via Yahoo!7 Finance)
STAMFORD, Conn., May 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — eLOT, Inc. announced today it had received a patent from the Australian government for eLOTTERY’s e-commerce system that will facilitate Internet sales of lottery tickets in the country’s six States and two Mainland Territories with a screening and verification function on the Internet. The company is a […]
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Minn. Lottery office hears from $180M Powerball winner (Lottery Post)
Officials at the Minnesota State Lottery headquarters said today they have heard from someone who claims to be holding the winning Powerball ticket from Saturday’s drawing that’s worth $180.1 million.
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