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Boosted by Powerball, Lottery sales up 6 percent

Buoyed by a 137 percent increase in Powerball ticket sales, gross sales at the Massachusetts Lottery over the first seven months of the fiscal year are up about $176 million or 6 percent over the same period last fiscal year, the Lottery said Tuesday. “Overall, all game sales had a good month, very strong performances across the board,” Lottery Executive Director Michael Sweeney told the Lottery Commission.

Boosted by Powerball, Lottery sales up 6 percent

Buoyed by a 137 percent increase in Powerball ticket sales, gross sales at the Massachusetts Lottery over the first seven months of the fiscal year are up about $176 million or 6 percent over the same period last fiscal year, the Lottery said Tuesday. “Overall, all game sales had a good month, very strong performances across the board,” Lottery Executive Director Michael Sweeney told the Lottery Commission.

National Lottery jackpot couple bagged A 32.5million jackpot after random trip to Fish and Chip shop

Gerry and Lisa Cannings were visiting family near Slough when they decided go for a takeaway on Saturday night rather than cooking Gerry and Lisa Cannings, from Peterborough, were visiting family near Slough when they decided go for a takeaway on Saturday night rather than cooking. On the spur of the moment, Gerry bought five lucky dips during the impromptu trip – and ended up a multi-millionaire.

National Lottery jackpot couple bagged A 32.5million jackpot after random trip to Fish and Chip shop

Gerry and Lisa Cannings were visiting family near Slough when they decided go for a takeaway on Saturday night rather than cooking Gerry and Lisa Cannings, from Peterborough, were visiting family near Slough when they decided go for a takeaway on Saturday night rather than cooking. On the spur of the moment, Gerry bought five lucky dips during the impromptu trip – and ended up a multi-millionaire.

Live: Peterborough lottery winning couple go public after scooping A 32.5million

On Saturday January 9 – following 14 consecutive rollovers and weeks of fevered build-up – the biggest ever National Lottery jackpot reached a massive £66million. More than 400 tickets were being snapped up every second in the hours before the draw and around 40 million lines were sold.

APNewsBreak: Powerball Dropped Revamp That Gave Better Odds

The group that runs the Powerball lottery game approved, then abandoned, changes that would have given ticket buyers more bang for their two bucks than the redesign recently implemented, The Associated Press has learned. Powerball managers changed the game’s odds in October to build bigger jackpots and revive lagging player interest.

No dramas as 'boring' Lotto jackpot winners wait a week to bank 32m

A couple who scooped a A 32.5 million rollover jackpot have said they may be the calmest Lotto winners ever after waiting a week to bank their windfall. Gerry Cannings, 63, and his wife Lisa, 48, from Deeping St James, near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, matched their numbers in the February 13 draw.

No dramas as 'boring' Lotto jackpot winners wait a week to bank 32m

A couple who scooped a A 32.5 million rollover jackpot have said they may be the calmest Lotto winners ever after waiting a week to bank their windfall. Gerry Cannings, 63, and his wife Lisa, 48, from Deeping St James, near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, matched their numbers in the February 13 draw.

Pa. Lottery takes a backseat to Wolf's tax proposals at House budget hearing

Seated before the House Appropriations Committee on Monday for a departmental budget hearing are Pennsylvania Lottery executive director Drew Svitko; Dan Hassell, deputy secretary for tax policy; Revenue Secretary Eileen McNulty; and Christin Heidingsfelder, deputy secretary of administraiton, All that has happened since the last time a Pennsylvania Lottery official sat before the House Appropriations Committee but not a single question was asked of executive director Drew Svitko during a more than two-hour Department of Revenue budget hearing on Monday.

Pa. Lottery takes a backseat to Wolf's tax proposals at House budget hearing

Seated before the House Appropriations Committee on Monday for a departmental budget hearing are Pennsylvania Lottery executive director Drew Svitko; Dan Hassell, deputy secretary for tax policy; Revenue Secretary Eileen McNulty; and Christin Heidingsfelder, deputy secretary of administraiton, All that has happened since the last time a Pennsylvania Lottery official sat before the House Appropriations Committee but not a single question was asked of executive director Drew Svitko during a more than two-hour Department of Revenue budget hearing on Monday.