Archive for September 3rd, 2008
Legislature on verge of taking up state lottery lease to pay for construction plan (Herald & Review)
KURT ERICKSON - H&R Springfield Bureau Chief SPRINGFIELD - Illinois was the first state to openly talk about selling or leasing its state-run lottery as a way to generate cash without raising taxes.
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No big winners in Wash. Lottery’s games (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
Associated Press - September 3, 2008 11:55 PM ET OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Nobody won the Washington State Lottery’s $4.6 million Lotto jackpot or the $120,000 Hit 5 cashpot Wednesday night, so…
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No big winners in Wash. Lottery’s games (The Olympian)
Nobody won the Washington State Lottery’s $4.6 million Lotto jackpot or the $120,000 Hit 5 cashpot Wednesday night, so Saturday’s top prizes will rise to $4.9 million in Lotto and $170,000 in Hit 5.
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Madigan plan would lease Lottery to pay for state construction (Chicago Tribune)
House Speaker Michael Madigan is crafting a plan to lease the Illinois Lottery to pay for a major statewide construction program and has called members back to Springfield next week to consider it.
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Lt. Gov. campaigns for lottery in Helena-West Helena Wed. (The Helena Daily World)
Lt. Governor Bill Halter addressed a mixed crowd of Helena-West Helena Lions, Kiwanians and Rotarians about the proposed state lottery that will appear on the Nov. 4 general election ballot.
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Lottery winnings go unclaimed (Proviso Herald)
Someone out there has a $250,000 unclaimed Mega Millions lottery ticket.
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Motorists from rich areas could be charged more for road tolls in new ‘pay-as-you-drive’ postcode lottery (Daily Mail)
Motorists face a postcode lottery of ‘pay-as-you-drive’ road tolls which could see drivers from poorer areas paying less than those from wealthier suburbs, detailed analysis of Government plans reveals today.
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Phoenix couple become millionaires by winning lottery jackpot (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
PHOENIX – A Phoenix couple have become millionaires after winning big in Saturday’s Pick lottery.
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State lawmakers could consider privatizing lottery next week (The Pantagraph)
UPDATED 3:15 p.m. SPRINGFIELD — Illinois was the first state to openly talk about selling or leasing its state-run lottery as a way to generate cash without raising taxes. | Penny-pinching IDOT didn’t stop buying new cars
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Acworth construction worker hits lottery for $1 million (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
An Acworth construction worker hobbled by knee surgery and a bad back scooped up $1 million when he went out for ice cream and bought his second lottery ticket of the holiday weekend.
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