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Archive for August 13th, 2008

As the economy slows down, more are lured to play the lottery (The Star-Ledger)

When the weather is nice, Jim Bowkley of Califon enjoys sitting on a bench on Main Street in Flemington, savoring his morning coffee or orange juice and, if he has a few extra dollars, scratching off a couple of New Jersey Lottery instant game tickets.

1 winner in WA Lottery’s Hit 5 game (Seattle Times)

There was one winning ticket sold for the $170,000 cashpot in Wednesday night’s drawing for the Washington State Lottery’s Hit 5 game, but nobody won the 2.6 million Lotto jackpot.

1 winner in WA Lottery’s Hit 5 game (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)

Associated Press - August 14, 2008 12:05 AM ET OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - There was one winning ticket sold for the $170,000 cashpot in Wednesday night’s drawing for the Washington State Lottery’s…

Special Lottery Deer Hunts To Be Held In Virginia State Parks (Rockbridge Weekly)

(RICHMOND, Va.) - Applications are being accepted for special lottery deer hunts at Grayson Highlands State Park in Grayson County, Kiptopeke State Park in Northampton County, Lake Anna State Park in Spotsylvania County and Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield County.

Libby man wins Harley in lottery (KAJ Kalispell)

Associated Press - August 13, 2008 7:44 PM ET HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Libby man has won the third Harley-Davidson motorcycle available through a scratch lottery game.

Church Rejects Donation from Lottery Winner (First Coast News)

ORANGE PARK, FL — After Robert Powell hit the Florida Lottery jackpot last month and took home more than $6 million, he thought of his church.  But the pastor wouldn’t accept a donation from his lottery winnings.

NY state may revisit privatizing lottery: sources (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

New York state may revisit a public-private partnership as a way of extracting more dollars from the state lottery, sources familiar with the discussions said on Wednesday.

Ind. Gov. Daniels: Lottery lease an option to pay for proposed college scholarship program (Canadian Business)

Deanna Martin August 13, 2008 - 5:02 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has revived a contentious proposal to lease the Hoosier Lottery to a private operator, saying the money could fund a proposed college scholarship program.

Ind. gov: Lottery lease could fund scholarships (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has revived a contentious proposal to lease the Hoosier Lottery to a private operator, saying the money could fund a proposed college scholarship program.

Gov. Daniels’ plan to privatize lottery (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced Wednesday, he wants to lease the Hoosier Lottery, in order to pay for education funding programs.