Latest Lottery News Wednesday 30 September 2009

Microsoft Bing Ads Warn About Scams
InformationWeek
A search for "Microsoft Lottery," for example, returns a sponsored link at the top of the search results list titled "Advance Fee Fraud Scams," followed by …

Lottery generates $1.2 million on first day
Log Cabin Democrat
By Holly Latimer Lottery sales soared to $1.2 million in the first day of sales Monday, according to numbers released from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery …

Lottery Sales Slows Down Shopping For Customers
Today’s THV
The state’s new lottery was expected to boost convenience store sales in other items, like soda and snacks. One gas station is seeing an adverse …

Sheriff’s deputy wins $200000 prize in lottery
The Herald-Mail
Last week, the 28-year-old Charles Town resident won a $200000 prize in the West Virginia Lottery’s Powerball drawing. He bought the winning ticket at …

Five years of Lottery, UTM’s transformation
UTM Pacer
The Tennessee Lottery Scholarship has hit the five-year mark and UTM has seen a steady increase of student enrollment since the fall of 2004, the first year …

Nationwide Preview: Kansas Lottery 300
RotoTimes.com
By Brian Polking There are plenty of big names in the Nationwide field this weekend at Kansas. Kevin Harvick, Brian Vickers and Joey Logano are all …

Video lottery machine distributor to lose license
Charleston Gazette
A company that distributes limited video lottery machines will lose its West Virginia Lottery license at midnight Thursday — but it’s not Southern …

No dice for Lottery office building
Charleston Gazette
"It was the economy, basically," Lottery Director John Musgrave said Tuesday of the decision to abandon plans for the state Revenue Center building. …

Lottery chief hopes to buck national trends
Mason City Globe Gazette
By Rod Boshart DES MOINES – Iowa’s lottery chief said Tuesday he believes his enterprise can buck national downward trends for gambling with stable profits …

Ohio Lottery Commissions drops contract to build computer system …
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com
By Mark Naymik The Ohio Lottery Commission has pulled the plug on a contract with a Greek gaming company to build a central computer system to monitor video …

$111M Powerball Lotto Winners Sue for Interest
Courthouse News Service
By LISA BUCHMEIER (CN) – A couple who won a $111 million Powerball jackpot say they were cheated by a company that bought the rights to their annual …

Laid-off worker celebrates share of £4.5 millon Lotto win
Independent
The Lotto win comes at a good time for Mr McGrail, who was made redundant as a manufacturing shift manager at Freescale in East Kilbride at the end of June. …

Shot Police Officer Strikes Luck Again With Lotto Win
WHAG
JEFFERSON COUNTY, WV – A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy, shot three times during a hostage stand-off in 2007 can now add lottery winner to his list of …

Exclusive: Mystery Scots punter set to return from holiday to …
Scottish Daily Record
A LUCKY Scot has come home from holiday to be told he’s won £500000 on the lottery. The mystery punter is part of a nine-strong syndicate who scooped …

No winners for Wash. Lotto, Hit 5 top prizes
Seattle Times
No winning tickets were sold for the Washington State Lottery’s $3.3 million Lotto jackpot or the $170000 Hit 5 cashpot Monday night, so prizes will …