Jerome McInnis, 52, used to work at the Ford assembly plant in Hapeville but the plant closed and he had to choose the early retirement package. Mr. McInnis’ luck changed a few days ago when he purchased a Bah Humbucks lottery ticket and won one of the $225,000 top prizes.

“This came at a great time. It's just exciting to win like this,” McInnis said. He bought the ticket at a gas station on Fayetteville Road in College Park. “I paid for the gas, but I was so excited that I drove off and forgot to get my gas.”

If Initiative 421 is approved on Nebraska’s November ballot, video keno will be legalized in the entire state. The groups that support the Initiative claim that the machines would help business while opponents say they are worried about gambling addictions.

Supporter Bill Harvey believes that legalizing video keno would only apply technology to a game of chance that now uses balls and papers. “Basically modernize the game, give the players another alternative way for playing keno, and be able to continue to generate those community betterment dollars,” he said.

An agreement was signed yesterday in Puerto Iguazú, by which the ILPyC will be able to commercialize, in the entire province of Misiones, the game known as “la borratina”, which belongs to AJALAR, the administrator of La Rioja, and which has an incredible repercussion in a national level.

This way, the successful game keeps expanding to the entire country, just like it was anticipated by the president of the Institute, Eduardo Torres. It also is available in Córdoba and Formosa, who have already signed their commercial agreements.

A lucky man, who asked not to be named, won $132,004 with three Club Keno tickets he purchased on Friday 13th at Beeson Street Bar. He bet $10 on two tickets and chose the Kicker option that came up “3X” to win $60,000 with each ticket. He bet $2 on the third ticket to win $12,000.

The player explained that he always chooses his own number from family birthdays and that he usually wagers only a couple of dollars per draw. The lucky winner also explained that he plans to use the money to buy a new car.

Lotojuegos.com, a company that administrates the sales of the online lottery, assures that over two months before the draws, there are 720 million euros that have been reserved already (of which 80% is going to be sold to companies). Each employee will buy, on average, 2,7 tenths, which is 54 euros of lottery.

Eight out of ten Spanish companies have already reserved their luck for Christmas. Madrid, Catalunya, Andalucia and Valencia are the communities that are going to buy more tickets in the next week.

“The suspension of the La Fauna daily drawings will remain until the owners of the International Margarita Lottery and the operator of the game La Fauna properly comply with the 14th article of the law”, said the president of the National Lottery Commission (CNL).

He reminded that the 14th article of the National Lottery Law “establishes that the drawing systems must be done through an air extraction mechanism”.

According to religious leaders, legislators should learn from the mistakes of states such as Iowa, South Carolina and Louisiana.

Leaders of different religious groups appeared at conferences in Lincoln and Omaha in order to announce their opposition to the measure that will be on the November 7 ballot.

A former employee of Blue Springs Keno is facing theft in an alleged scheme to manipulate results and reap financial benefits charges.

The Wymore resident, Jana Fletcher, 34, was charged Monday in Gage County Court according to Nebraska County laws and City Lottery Act.

According to investigators, Fletcher made more than $16,000 by manipulating a machine’s lever, making the last ball of a previous round to be caught by the device and making it the first ball to be drawn in the next game.

After two months, the winners of the $208 million Powerball jackpot have come forward. The winners are a group of one hundred Sargento Cheese company workers that apparently used to buy several lotto tickets every week.

A Wisconsin Lottery press release informed that two workers and their attorney appeared before lottery officials and gave them the winning ticket. Officials explained that the State requires a court order to divide the prize and they expect to receive one in the next few weeks.

Spin3 has announced the launching of a Keno game for cell phones. It will allow players to play classic keno and win jackpots that go to a maximum of £500,000. The game will be available for any person of legal age who signs up and downloads the game onto his cell phone.

The object of the game is to predict which of the twenty balls numbered from one to eighty will be drawn from a virtual basket. The prizes will vary according to the numbers matched by the player.