AUGUSTA – The winner of the Maine State Lottery’s $2.25 million drawing will be splitting the pot eight ways. The number picked in Thursday night’s live drawing at the Augusta Civic Center belonged to Tresa Mondor of Biddeford, one of the 10 finalists. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
AUGUSTA – State lottery director Dan Gwadosky says the lottery is seeking to increase revenue and change its mix of games and is using studies and focus groups to figure out what games Mainers would play and why. “Scratch tickets are very popular,” he said. Read More
DETROIT – Kevin Ouellette of Pittsfield walked into the Maine Store in Detroit on Friday afternoon just like he always does after work. “Have you checked your lottery tickets?” clerk Patty Kennedy asked him. Kennedy had already been alerted that a $250,000 ticket in the… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The local man who won the $9.8 million Megabucks lottery drawing last week remains incognito. Although the winner, who works in Presque Isle, apparently is known locally, he has not formally stepped forth to proclaim his newfound wealth. Some local residents reportedly… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The +man who bought Wednesday’s winning $9.875 million Megabucks lottery ticket has come forward, but he asked the owners of the store where he purchased the ticket to keep his name a secret, at least for the time being. Raylene Shaw who,… Read More
Declining sales have prompted lottery officials from New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont to replace the Tri-State Heads or Tails game. Tickets for a new game, Tri-State Triple Play, are to go on sale Sunday, and the first drawing is Tuesday. Subsequent drawings will happen twice a week on… Read More
It started in Bangor at exactly 12:00:00 p.m. By 4:56 p.m., Mainers had purchased $175,472 worth of Powerball tickets as the megamillion-dollar lottery game made its Friday debut in the state. At the state Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery operations in Augusta, officials were… Read More