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Perry later moved over to rival WTAE-TV in 1958, as a staff announcer. Later, he became a news and weather reporter and was the host of local sports shows like Bowling for Dollars and Championship Bowling. In 1977, Perry became the host of the live nightly broadcast of the Pennsylvania Lottery, held in the studios of WTAE.
The host of the Pennsylvania Lottery drawings, Nick Perry, and seven others participated in a plot to "rig" The Daily Number, colloquially known as the "Triple Six Fix." On the night of April 24, 1980, the number 666 was drawn; of the then-record $3.5 million payout, $1.8 million was "paid" to those that were in on the fix.
Nick Perry (writer), British playwright and screenwriter Nicholas Perry (better known as Nikocado Avocado ), Internet personality Nick Perry (1916–2003), mastermind of the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal
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 ...
Nov. 28—WYOMING — The Pennsylvania Lottery on Tuesday announced the winning raffle ticket numbers drawn for the two $50,000 weekly drawing prizes that are part of the second weekly drawing in ...
In 1980, Nick Perry, TV host of the Pennsylvania Lottery, was at the centre of the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, a fraud that involved creating replicas of the official ping-pong balls used in the Pennsylvania Lottery machines. The specially weighted balls ensured that limited combinations of numbers were likely to be drawn.
On April 24, 1980, WTAE-TV personality Nick Perry, who hosted Bowling for Dollars and also called the lottery drawings for the Pennsylvania Lottery, fixed the Lottery's daily numbers drawing so that it would come up as "6-6-6". Perry served jail time, and the drawings were moved to WHP-TV in Harrisburg a year later.
NICK PERRY. December 12, 2024 at 12:04 AM. 1 / 12. Lost and Found. Appraiser Kaja Veilleux inspects a bronze piece for a client at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in ...