COLUMBIA — Derrick Ray watches customers buy lottery tickets with mixed emotions. As manager of Columbia’s 4-Corners Shop ’n Save, a small grocery in Washington County, he knows the lottery is good for business. Last year, the store sold $237,000 worth of draw games and instant tickets, or about $488 for every person in town. […]
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State spends millions to sway Mainers to spend more on lottery tickets
“It’s not often that (a request for proposals) comes across my desk that makes me stop, get up, and then high-five the next person who walks by my office,” wrote company CEO Dennis Franczak in a letter to state lottery officials in August 2014. “It’s even less often that a prospective client is so perfect, so […]
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When Maine towns lose jobs, lottery ticket sales rise
Seidl, co-owner of the Waite General Store in northeastern Washington County, recalled the woman had three, maybe four, children at home. He told her he felt the money would be better spent on food or clothes for her children. He refused to sell her the tickets. But he doubts it made much of a difference. […]
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Maine deer permit lottery applications due this week
AUGUSTA (AP) — The state of Maine is nearing the close of the period when it accepts applications for its “any deer” permit lottery. Applications are due to the state by 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 15. A random drawing is scheduled for Sept. 9. The state is set to issue 37,185 of the “any deer” […]
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Three employees at Brewer ice products company share Megabucks jackpot
BREWER — Three employees of a local company purchased a winning ticket together and won the $3.1 million “Megabucks” jackpot drawn on July 19, and the store clerk who sold the ticket was the one who informed them of their good fortune. Karen Patchell, who has worked at the store for four years and called […]
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Deadline for Maine moose hunt lottery Wednesday night
AUGUSTA (AP) — Mainers hoping to enter the lottery for moose hunting permit had better do it soon. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is accepting online applications until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. Winners will be announced June 14. The state recently announced that it would reduce the number of permits to 3,095, […]
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Deadline approaching for Maine moose lottery
AUGUSTA (AP) — The deadline to enter the lottery for a Maine moose hunting permit is rapidly approaching. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife reminds hunters that the deadline for paper applications is Monday. Online applicants have until midnight on May 14. The department intends to issue 4,085 moose permits this year for […]
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Couple finally hits the jackpot — after almost winning in 1986
Madawaska’s Megabucks winner Jeanne Gagnon purchases this week’s ticket from Susan Williams, owner of Bob’s Neighborhood Store, where she bought her $3 million ticket two weeks ago with her husband, Robert Gagnon. MADAWASKA — In February 1986, Robert and Jeanne Gagnon had the winning Megabucks lottery numbers for the weekly drawing. Not that it mattered. […]
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Megabucks winners promise $3 million jackpot won’t change their lives
MADAWASKA — In February 1986, Robert and Jeanne Gagnon had the winning Megabucks lottery numbers for the weekly drawing. Not that it mattered. “I had all the numbers,” Jeanne Gagnon said Wednesday. “But my husband forgot to pick up a ticket that day.” “And I’ve been hearing about it ever since,” her husband, Robert Gagnon, […]
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Winning $3 million Megabucks ticket sold in Madawaska
MADAWASKA — Maine’s newest millionaires are choosing to remain anonymous, for now, according to the manager of the store where Wednesday’s winning $3 million Tri-State Megabucks lottery ticket was bought. “They are very nice people and good customers,” Susan Williams, manager at Bob’s Neighborhood Store in Madawaska, said Thursday afternoon. “I am very excited for […]