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Triple Zeroes Drawn in PICK 3 Evening Game

Triple zeroes have been drawn a total of 20 times since the Lottery’s three-digit draw game began in Overall, triples have been drawn a total of 198 times – 151 times in the evening drawings and 47 times in the day drawings – since the debut of The Daily Number, now known as PICK 3. 2010 holds the record for the most triples drawn in a year with 14. per play. Players may play up to five panels on each playslip.

Former Wynn Exec Jennifer Dunne Joins Pascal Packer Project

Former Wynn Resorts Executive Vice President of Marketing and Advertising Jennifer Dunne announced today via Facebook that she has joined the team of Andrew Pascal’s venture with James Packer to build a multi-billion dollar resort on the land formerly occupied by the New Frontier. Ms. Dunne worked directly with other former Wynn executives Andrew Pascal and Rob Oseland to design, build, open and execute the opening of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.

BellTel retirees choose Dover Downs for annual meeting April 21

The Association of BellTel Retirees has selected Dover Downs Resort and Casino as the location for the 19th annual member meeting of the national telephone retirees’ organization. The gathering will take place April 21. The 130,000-member nonprofit advocacy group works for the protection of Verizon retirees’ pensions and benefits.

The most popular CEO in the gaming industry is also extremely accessible over email

Gabe Newell, the co-founder and CEO of the popular games company Valve Corporation, is arguably the most popular executive in the gaming industry. Valve makes the Steam network for distributing its massive library of online games, but one Steam customer said he sent his issue to the company’s support line but got no response for a week.

Bill to outlaw online gaming resurfaces in Congress

A Utah congressman on Wednesday reintroduced a bill that would reimpose a federal ban on wagering over the Internet, reigniting a debate that has split the gaming industry and sparked a broader discussion over the spread of gambling. The measure by Rep. Jason Chaffetz would roll back a Department of Justice opinion made public in December 2011 that held the Wire Act of 1961, the law that prohibits transmitting wagers, applies only to sports and not to other forms of gambling.

Powerball Jackpot Zooms to $317 Million

Got dreams of quitting the rat race and retiring to a tropical island or a remote mountaintop? If you’re the winner of the next Powerball lottery – and that’s a big if -you’ll take home $317 million. Here are the cold hard facts: Your odds of winning are 1 in 175,223,510, according to the folks at the Virginia Lottery.

Powerball Jackpot At 317 Million For Wednesday

The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is expected to be 317 million dollars, and the Michigan Lottery is preparing for sales to start quickly climbing. Spokesperson Jeff Holyfield says that always happens when the jackpots surpass the 200 million dollar mark: Holyfield says that the odds of winning the Powerball may be one in 175 million, but most people just play for the fun of imagining themselves winning.

Wynn earnings were somehow worse than everyone imagined

Steve Wynn, chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, speaks at a panel discussion “CEO Conversation: Past, Present and Future of Las Vegas With Steve Wynn” at the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills,California, April 28, 2009. The company just released its fourth quarter 2014 earnings, and they were even worse than the mess analysts had pictured.