Gov. Jennifer Granholm has tapped Michigan Bureau of State Lottery official Tom Weber to be acting lottery commissioner, filling a post vacated by Commissioner Gary Peters on Aug. 10.
The Arizona Lottery is more than just a gamble; it supplies funding for numerous local programs. Graham and Greenlee counties benefited from the game when a $14.5 million check and a $12.5 million check were presented to them respectively by Arizona Lottery Executive Director Art Macias.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando winner of Saturday’s big jackpot still hasn’t come forward. One of four tickets from Saturday’s lottery was bought in Orlando at the Food and Lotto on Semoran Boulevard.
It all started in 1987 when the Legislature approved the lottery
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There is a winner. Powerball lottery officials say one winning ticket was sold for Saturday night’s $314 million jackpot. It was purchased in Indiana.
No one had come forward by Monday morning to claim the only winning ticket for a $314,3-million (R2,25-billion) lottery jackpot sold near the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery officials said.
There were some big winners of the Florida Lottery, and one winning ticket was sold in Orlando.
Christopher Snipes didn’t really believe he would win the D.C. Lottery when a store owner persuaded him to plop down $1 to buy a scratch ticket on the first day of the game in August 1982.
The Los Angeles Galaxy today acquired United States Under-17 National Team forward Israel Sesay in a weighted lottery held at the Major League Soccer offices in New York City. The 16-year old, who was born in Sierra Leone, has been selected as a member of Major League Soccer’s Generation adidas program, meaning that he will occupy one of the three available spots on the Galaxy’s Developmental …
For Pierre Levesque, the lure of the lottery was strong yesterday as he crossed the border into Massachusetts to play the Mega Millions game.