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Lottery ticket sold in Lompoc worth nearly $285000 – KSBY

Trabuco Jon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:27:57 +0000

Lottery ticket sold in Lompoc worth nearly $285000
KSBY, CA
SACRAMENTO – A California Lottery Fantasy 5 ticket sold in Lompoc is worth $284769. The ticket matched all five numbers in last night's draw. The ticket was purchased at Central Liquor Store, which is located at 129 West Central Avenue #A. The numbers …

Original source : http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=9974608…

Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $120 million – Lottery Post

Trabuco Jon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:29:59 +0000

Lottery Post

Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $120 million
Lottery Post, NJ
That difference in prize payout method has awarded a wide range of second-prize amounts for California lottery players, with a high of $1.4 million (Aug. 9, 2005) and a low payout of $33757 (Jun. 13, 2008). In addition to the five second-prize winners …
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Original source : http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189322…

Mega prize lures lottery gamers – Sacramento Bee

Trabuco Jon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:12:01 +0000

NJ.com

Mega prize lures lottery gamers
Sacramento Bee, USA
"We are firmly in the range of lotto fever," said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for the California Lottery Commission. "It's the casual player that comes out when the jackpots get that large." Lottery pots grow when there are no winning tickets. …
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Original source : http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1653481.htm…

California's SuperLotto Plus Results For Saturday March 7th – Lottery News

Trabuco Jon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:13:05 +0000

Lottery News

California's SuperLotto Plus Results For Saturday March 7th
Lottery News, New York
By Juliet Johnson SuperLotto Plus The $16 million SuperLotto Plus drawing from the California Lottery has gone off and according to lottery officials, there was no new jackpot winner in the weekend draw. Even though there was no grand prize winner on …

Original source : http://www.statelotterynews.com/articles/307/1/471…

Missing: Local lottery winner – Daily Breeze

Trabuco Jon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:52:21 +0000

Missing: Local lottery winner
Daily Breeze, CA
Then maybe you noticed a sign advertising the California lottery, thought about soaring unemployment rates and plunging 401(k) balances, and figured you'd buy a Fantasy 5 ticket. And then you forgot about your ticket as quickly as you inhaled that …

Original source : http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_11858155…

LOCAL CLERKS CHARGED IN LOTTERY SCAM – 1590 KLIV Silicon Valley News

Trabuco Jon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:52:20 +0000

KCBS

LOCAL CLERKS CHARGED IN LOTTERY SCAM
1590 KLIV Silicon Valley News, CA
The California Lottery aided in the investigation. The California Lottery printed up a number of winning Lottery tickets for the deputies to use while they went undercover. The deputies would walk into convenience stores, hand those winning tickets to …
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Original source : http://kliv.com/LOCAL-CLERKS-CHARGED-IN-LOTTERY-SC…

California's broken budget – Los Angeles Times

Trabuco Jon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:52:14 +0000

California's broken budget
Los Angeles Times, CA
The way the budget deal was reached in Sacramento, and what's in it, shows how bad the system has become. By Peter Schrag The latest refrain in Sacramento's inner wonkdom is that it's time to eliminate the "big five" system, under which the governor …

Original source : http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/l…

Lottery to seek proposals for new headquarters – Bizjournals.com

Trabuco Jon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:37:27 +0000

Lottery to seek proposals for new headquarters
Bizjournals.com, NC
The California Lottery Commission expects to issue a request for proposals for construction of a new lottery campus on Richards Boulevard in downtown Sacramento by the end of the month, a lottery official said Friday. The proposal for the campus is for …

Original source : http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009…

Lottery ticket gets Westminster buyer $100000 – MSNBC

Trabuco Jon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:23:25 +0000

Lottery ticket gets Westminster buyer $100000
MSNBC
By DEEPA BHARATH WESTMINSTER – A California Lottery ticket purchased at a local liquor store is one of two winning tickets whose owners will split a grand prize of $200850, officials said today. The Valentine's Day Fantasy 5 drawing turned out lucky …

Original source : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29260399/…

Bay Area stores accused of cheating customers of lottery winnings – San Jose Mercury News

Trabuco Jon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:17:10 +0000

Bay Area stores accused of cheating customers of lottery winnings
San Jose Mercury News, USA
As part of a statewide sting to crack down on unscrupulous clerks and store owners, undercover California Lottery investigators went to several retailers in Santa Clara County in December and handed the clerks a decoy winning $1000 scratcher, …

Original source : http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_1184361…