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Thursday, April 1st, 2010More lottery vending machines may be coming
Thursday, February 4th, 2010With Florida Lottery sales slumping overall with the recession, the state’s new instant ticket vending machine is looking like a bet lawmakers are willing to put more money behind this spring.
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Powerball, Mega Millions share turf
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Lottery players in dozens of states hit the jackpot Sunday as two national games — Powerball and Mega Millions — began selling tickets in the same states.
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Virginia Lottery drawings moving from TV to Internet
Monday, January 11th, 2010Beginning today, Virginia Lottery drawings will move to the Internet.
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Powerball helps Florida Lottery cover losses
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Since the multi-state lottery game Powerball arrived in Florida a year ago, people have bought more than $430 million in tickets.
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Pennsylvania Lottery’s raffle makes 4 millionaires
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010The Pennsylvania Lottery’s latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
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Florida Lottery Raffle drawing crowns 9 new millionaires
Thursday, December 31st, 2009One million Florida Lottery tickets had a shot at winning $1 million, and nine of those are officially chosen as the big winners.
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Weeks from losing house, couple wins $7M lottery jackpot
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009A semi-retired security guard and a social worker from Desert Hot Springs claimed a $7 million lottery jackpot on Monday.M
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Md. man claims $250K prize 1 day before deadline
Monday, December 28th, 2009An Elkton, Maryland, man claimed a $250,000 Mega Millions prize — with one day left before he missed the deadline.
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Man wins $100,000 in one Pick 4 drawing
Thursday, December 17th, 2009“I just had a feeling about that particular number,” said Douglas Holland of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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