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Pevely woman wins $1M Powerball prize

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:20:49 -0400

PEVELY, Missouri - An eastern Missouri woman is the winner of a $1 million Powerball prize.

2 Fantasy 5 players share $100,034.83 top prize

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:13:03 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $100,034.83 each, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday.

$1 million Powerball ticket sold in O'Fallon

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:26:20 -0400

O'FALLON, Missouri - The Missouri Lottery is urging the holder of a $1 million Powerball ticket to come forward.

Winners of state moose hunting lottery announced

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:38:21 -0400

GREENVILLE, Maine - The state has selected the winners of more than 4,000 moose hunting permits.

Mo. Lottery sets high mark for education transfer

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:43:23 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - The Missouri Lottery has again set a record for the amount of money it provides to education.

Mega Millions ticket sold in Rapid City worth $40K

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:47:43 -0400

RAPID CITY, South Dakota - A Mega Millions ticket sold in Rapid City is worth $40,000 in the latest drawing.

Va lottery winner arrested on drug charges

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:16:05 -0400

SUFFOLK, Virginia - A woman who recently won $100,000 in a lottery game has been arrested on drug charges in Suffolk.

W.Va. Lottery considering electronic table games

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:04:14 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack may soon have approval to expand the use of electronic table games.

Woman picks up tab for 180 at Fla. restaurant

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:02:44 -0400

PLANT CITY, Florida - A mystery woman who many said resembled the Florida woman who recently won the $590 million Powerball jackpot picked up the tab for 180 diners at a Plant City restaurant on Sunday afternoon.

Mega Millions lottery jackpot rises to $29 million

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:11:31 -0400

LANSING, Michigan - The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $29 million for the next drawing in the multistate lottery game.

Lottery jackpots escape weekend drawings

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:02:04 -0400

HELENA, Montana - Here are results of Friday and Saturday's Montana Lottery drawings:

$835K Lotto ticket bought in New Orleans

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:34:04 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Lottery Commission says a Lotto ticket bought in New Orleans is worth $835,701, but nobody won the jackpots for Easy 5 or the Powerball.

$1M Powerball ticket sold in NJ set to expire

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:55:20 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - State lottery officials say a Powerball ticket worth $1 million that was sold at a northern New Jersey convenience store last year will soon expire.

Kimball man wins more than $300K in lottery

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:25:22 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - For Larry Hughes, winning a big West Virginia Lottery prize was as easy as 1-2-3. And 4.

Mead still mulling state lottery board members

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:11:35 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Gov. Matt Mead says he's still going over names of people to serve on the board that will bring the lottery to Wyoming.

Fla. Lottery launching Guy Harvey scratch off game

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:45:04 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - The Florida Lottery is teaming up with marine artist Guy Harvey.

Nice gesture helps Fla. widow, 84, win big jackpot

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:47:12 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - When Gloria C. MacKenzie went to a Florida supermarket near Tampa last month to buy a Powerball ticket, another person in line did something nice for the 84-year-old widow.

Former Maine woman wins more than $370M Powerball

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:50:31 -0400

EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine - A former Maine woman who raised four children in East Millinocket before moving to Florida claimed the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history Wednesday.

Texas man claims $40 million Powerball jackpot

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:51:22 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Lottery says a man who lives in a small North Texas town has claimed a $40 million Powerball jackpot.

Kalispell man claims $50K lottery prize

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:29:05 -0400

HELENA, Montana - A Kalispell man has claimed a $50,000 top prize from the "Casino Nights" scratch lottery game.

W.Va. Lottery says human error caused number snafu

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:13:18 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Human error is being blamed for incorrect winning numbers in a recent West Virginia Lottery Daily 3 drawing.

Mandeville man wins last Saints' lottery package

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:10:11 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Lifelong Saints fan Michael Bicknell has won the Louisiana Lottery's final second-chance drawing for a 2013 Saints season prize package.

Texas Lottery suspends sales for 'All or Nothing'

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:43:48 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Lottery has temporarily suspended sales for its "All or Nothing" draw game.

Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $18 million

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:46:37 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $18 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.

Florida city wonders who won the lottery jackpot

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:28:32 -0400

ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida - It's been two long weeks since the small city of Zephyrhills learned that a $590 million Powerball ticket was sold at a supermarket here.