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The Texas Lottery issues BINGO, the newest instant ticket that reflects the hike in the prize payout. The $2-dollar BINGO ticket features a brand new play style with up to four chances to win on one ticket and a top prize of $25,000.
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The $75M winner in the Texas Lottery is revealed. Not by name ofcourse, but a few days ago he came to the store in League City from which he bought the ticket and announced them that he won.
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At 6 a.m. at Polk's Feed Store in Oak Hill, Gov. Ann Richards purchases the first Texas Lottery scratch-off ticket. In the next 24 hours, Texans buy 23.2 million more tickets, a world record for first-day sales. The cost of the Lottery's start-up, with interest, is earned back during the first three hours of ticket sales.
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PUEBLO, Colo. (Map, News) - One ticket matched all six numbers to win Wednesday's Lotto jackpot worth more than $4.1 million, Colorado Lottery officials said. The winning numbers were 3, 8, 15, 25, 31 and 34. Lottery officials said the winning ticket
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The first known European lottery occurred during the Roman Empire, and was mainly done as a form of amusement at dinner parties. Each guest would receive a ticket, and prizes would often consist of fancy items such as dinnerware. Every ticket holder would be assured of winning something. The first European lottery to award money was held in Florence, Italy in 1530. As with the earlier Roman style lottery, all ticket holders would be eligible for a small prize, such as a trinket, for playing.
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SEVERSON: The findings here in Texas confirm those of a nationwide study of lottery ticket buyers. The study in 1999, the most recent available, found that families earning less than $25,000 a year spent three times as much money on lottery tickets as those earning more than $50,000 a year.
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