As ticket sales have dwindled, New York Lottery officials decided on a new concept: understated elegance.
Mon 15 Feb 2010
The numbers for the Mega Millions $333 million jackpot were drawn Friday, and two winning tickets had been purchased — one in the Bronx and the other in San Gabriel, Calif.
Tue 25 Aug 2009
The Shiv Convenience Store in Jamaica, Queens, which sold a $133 million Mega Millions ticket last month, sold a $66,053 Take 5 ticket on Sunday.
Thu 6 Aug 2009
Aug. 5, 2009.
Wed 29 Jul 2009
Filed under: Lotteries, New York City — @ 3:19 am
The corollary to fortune may be fame, but for a New York lottery jackpot winner, the goal of a mandatory news conference was to make his 15 minutes seem more like five.
Fri 10 Jul 2009
The announcement that a lottery ticket worth $133 million was sold in Queens has been followed by increased sales and “what ifs.”
Tue 24 Mar 2009
Filed under: Zoning, Admissions Standards, Education Department (NYC), Private and Sectarian Schools, Lotteries, Education and Schools, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 5:48 am
Overcrowded classrooms, new admissions procedures and more families rethinking private schools have made competition for zoned schools tight.
Thu 5 Mar 2009
A group of insurance workers in Hunterdon County said they held the winning $216 million Mega Millions ticket.
Fri 22 Aug 2008
A man who gambled away $30,000 on the lottery last year is indignant that another won the big jackpot after spending merely hundreds.
Fri 1 Aug 2008
Filed under: Brazil, Brazilian Voice, Rumors, Illegal Immigrants, Lotteries, Immigration and Refugees, Newark (NJ) — @ 5:17 am
The tale of the Brazilian lottery winner is an example of how rumors in one immigrant corner of one American city can quickly reverberate thousands of miles and a hemisphere away.