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2. Pennsylvania Lottery - Wikipedia

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   The Pennsylvania Lottery is a lottery operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on August 26, 1971; [1] two months later, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first executive director. The Pennsylvania Lottery sold its first tickets on March 7, 1972, and drew its first numbers on March 15 ...

3. Numbers game - Wikipedia

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   The numbers game, also known as the numbers racket, the Italian lottery, Mafia lottery or the daily number, is a form of illegal gambling or illegal lottery played mostly in poor and working-class neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day.

4. 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal - Wikipedia

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   The 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, colloquially known as the Triple Six Fix, was a successful plot to rig The Daily Number, a three-digit game of the Pennsylvania Lottery. All of the balls in the three machines, except those numbered 4 and 6, were weighted, meaning that the drawing was almost sure to be a combination of those digits.

5. Lotteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Instant lottery tickets, also known as scratch cards, were introduced in the 1970s and have become a major source of lottery revenue. Individual lotteries often feature three-digit and four-digit games akin to numbers games; a five number game, and a six number game (the latter two often have a jackpot).

6. Pa. Lottery moving forward next week with upgrade to ... - AOL

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   Mar. 15—WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania Lottery officials on Friday said the transition to its new system will impact players' ability to buy certain tickets and cash winning tickets — players ...

7. Man wins his second $10 million scratch-off lottery prize in ...

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   The man won two $10 million prizes playing scratch-off games, once in 2022 and once in 2023. He elected to receive his latest payout as a lump sum.

8. Gus the groundhog - Wikipedia

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   Gus is the "spokesgroundhog" in more than 80 commercials for the instant scratch-off lottery games run by the Pennsylvania Lottery from 2004–2012 and 2015–present. The original concept for Gus was created by MARC USA, an advertising agency based in Pittsburgh, PA.

9. A morning scratch-off ticket purchase turns into big lottery ...

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   A couple from Nicholasville will pay off some debt after striking big on a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off ticket this month. ... The overall odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 3.39.