Miracle on Hudson set off lottery surge
It's now been exactly a week since U.S. Airways flight 1549 splash-landed in the Hudson River, its pilot and crew managing to help the passengers escape without any fatalities. For New Jerseyans, that...
View ArticleLike so many gamblers, NJ’s Powerball dream dashed
It's a big lottery weekend in America, with the two multistate games offering huge jackpots -- $213 million for Powerball and $146 million for Mega Millions. Mega Millions is the one sold in New...
View ArticlePowerball lottery sales start Sunday in N.J.
The Powerball multi-state lottery comes to New Jersey beginning next week, state officials announced today. New Jersey is already part of the Mega Millions game and is joining the other multi-state...
View ArticleState hits its own lottery
For the first time since 1996, the portion of New Jersey Lottery revenue that went to state institutions and education increased in fiscal 2009. The lottery transferred $887 million to support last...
View ArticlePowered by Powerball, lottery sets financial marks
New Jersey Lottery officials say sales exceeded $2.6 billion for the first time during FY2010. The lottery had posted revenue declines in two of the previous three years. Preliminary numbers announced...
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Quickie Quickies
This, that and the other thing that seem to be worth passing along although might not need its own entire entry on the blog (hence, Quickie Quickies ...) Jeffrey Scheininger Jeffrey Scheininger was...
View ArticleNJTV thinks it has hit a winner with lottery numbers
One thing NJTV is doing better than New Jersey Network is saving the state government from paying to have winning lottery numbers put on the air. NJTV on Tuesday will begin airing the winning numbers...
View ArticleHouse Democrats ask Justice Department to review NJ Lottery management contract
New Jersey's six Democratic members of the House of Representatives are asking the Justice Department to review whether the state's plan to hire a private consortium to manage New Jersey Lottery sales...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 04.25.13
On Thursday, April 25th, 2013 ... Gov. Chris Christie and First Lady Mary Pat Christie are in Dallas to attend the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, 10 a.m. Central time, on the...
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