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FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012, file photo shows a customer at a 7-Eleven convenience store with a Powerball ticket in Tampa, Fla. The jackpot for the latest drawing on Wednesday, May, 15, 2013, has ballooned to an estimated $360 million, with a cash value of $229.2 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot ever. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Officials estimate Powerball jackpot at $360M

Insurance agent Joe Williams is trying, like so many others, to get lucky with Powerball. Williams, of Middleton, Wis., won $500 several years ago and now wants to score a little higher. He'll have his chance Wednesday with the latest drawing for the Powerball jackpot. It's ballooned to an estimated ...

FILE - In this April 5, 2013 file photo, Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies in Clark County district court, in Las Vegas. A jury on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 awarded Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen a $70 million judgment against Las Vegas Sands Corp. Suen claimed he was owed up to $328 million for helping the Las Vegas-based company secure a lucrative gambling license in Macau, the only place in China where casino gambling is legal. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Jury sides with businessman in Vegas Sands lawsuit

A jury on Tuesday dealt another defeat to casino mogul and GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson in his nine-year fight with a Hong Kong businessman, awarding the former consultant $70 million for helping Las Vegas Sands Corp. secure a lucrative gambling license in the Chinese enclave of Macau. But Las Vegas ...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 06-10-12-28-32, Mega Ball: 38 (six, ten, twelve, twenty-eight, thirty-two; Mega Ball: thirty-eight) Estimated jackpot: $170 million

NH Senate panel sets revenue estimates below House

The Senate's tax writing committee told the chamber's budget writers Tuesday they have less money to produce a two-year spending plan for New Hampshire than the House or governor used in writing their plans. The Ways and Means Committee's base estimates are $62 million less than the House from state ...

University of Texas a partner in gaming academy

The University of Texas and video game industry leaders are teaming up to open a gaming academy beginning in the fall of 2014, the school announced Monday. The Denius-Sams Gaming Academy will focus on training students to become game development team leaders. Warren Spector, a 30-year industry veteran known for ...

Oregon Editorial Rdp

Editorials from Oregon newspapers The (Bend) Bulletin, May 12, on cuts in the U.S. government's 2014 wildfire budget The best time to fight a wildfire is before it starts. Reducing fuels reduces fires. There's less threat to the public, firefighters, trees, wildlife and property. So why is the U.S. government ...

PA Lottery

These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Monday: Cash 5 19-28-33-38-40 (nineteen, twenty-eight, thirty-three, thirty-eight, forty) Estimated jackpot: $325,000 Evening Big 4 2-4-2-4 (two, four, two, four) Evening Daily Number 0-9-8 (zero, nine, eight) Evening Quinto 5-9-2-2-2 (five, nine, two, two, two) Match 6 Lotto 01-05-16-20-21-44 (one, five, sixteen, twenty, twenty-one, forty-four) ...

Ark. Lottery Commission wants lawsuit dismissed

The state Supreme Court should dismiss a lawsuit about the lottery's name after a lower court refused to do so last year, a lawyer for the Arkansas Lottery Commission argued Thursday. The Lottery Commission has said it should be immune from Alpha Marketing's lawsuit, but a judge in Pulaski County ...

AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT

Iowa close to breaking record for no tornadoes DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is close to breaking a state record for the longest stretch without a reported tornado. The National Weather Service says as of Wednesday, it's been 349 days since a tornado touched down in the state. The ...

Economic advisers: SC lottery revenue is up

South Carolina's economic advisers say the state lottery is generating more profits than expected, allowing legislators to designate more money to school buses, libraries and scholarships. The Board of Economic Advisors revised its estimates Wednesday for lottery revenue. Advisers expects an additional $27 million to be collected this fiscal year ...

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