Call For Federal Investigation Into New Jersey Lottery Privatization
There's a call for the feds to look into a plan to hand operation of the New Jersey Lottery over to a private company.
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There's a call for the feds to look into a plan to hand operation of the New Jersey Lottery over to a private company.
The Christie Administration announced plans to award New Jersey's lottery contract to a private company Friday.
The son of a Dominican immigrant who won the $338 million Powerball jackpot said Tuesday he knows his father will "do something good with the money."
The winner of a $338 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his family.
A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It was the 13th drawing held in the days since a Virginia man won a $217 million jackpot Feb. 6.
The winning numbers are 17-29-31-52-53. The Powerball is 31.
An estimated $320 million Powerball jackpot is up for grabs Saturday night.
No Powerball winner yet? No problem. That just means a bigger jackpot for the rest of us.
A state Senate panel is set to consider a bill giving the Legislature a say in plans to privatize New Jersey's Lottery.
The clock is ticking for the winner of a Pennsylvania Lottery jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket worth $325,000 from last year's March 18, 2012 drawing.
The lottery this year comes after much frustration a year ago when, the Broad Street Run website crashed as registration opened.
The jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket from the Jan. 20th drawing was sold at One Stop Mini Market located at 800 S Bainbridge Street.
One person in the Philadelphia area just became a millionaire.
New Jersey Lottery players will have more ways to view live drawings.
Pennsylvania's newest millionaire was revealed Friday at the state's lottery headquarters.
If you purchased tickets for Wednesday night's Powerball lottery in Bucks County, check your tickets, you could be $50 million dollars richer.
Like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, is looking into taking the operations of its state lottery private. Assembly members held a hearing in Trenton to discuss the potential impact of such a plan.
"They still have the pool going, and were hoping lightening was going to strike twice," SEPTA spokesman Richard Maloney said.
The numbers drawn for the record Powerball jackpot are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.
Tonight's Powerball drawing is worth an estimated $550-million annuity or $325-million for the cash payout.
A Powerball ticket worth $1-million from Saturday's drawing was sold at Blitz's Market in Cape May County, New Jersey.
Lottery officials say nobody has won the Powerball jackpot and the top prize will now increase to about $425 million for the next drawing, the largest jackpot ever for the game.
Officials say Saturday's Powerball jackpot is the largest jackpot since August 15, 2012.
No one won Wednesday night's Powerball lottery drawing.
A winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million was reportedly sold in Philadelphia.
