Bulgaria launches probe as winning lottery numbers repeated

September 17th, 2009 Bulgaria probe says lottery repeat a flukeSOFIA, Bulgaria — Investigators said Thursday they found no wrongdoing at Bulgaria's national lottery after the same winning numbers were picked in two consecutive draws. Sport Minister Svilen Neikov ordered the probe Wednesday after the numbers 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 were selected by a machine — in a different order — on consecutive draws televised live on Sept.

August 22nd, 2009 Winner picked in Italy's record euro147 million lottoROME — A lucky lotto player in Tuscany won Italy's record euro147.8 million ($211.8 million) state lottery Saturday, pocketing what has been billed as Europe's biggest jackpot. The winning ticket was purchased in the Sisal Biffi coffee shop in Bagnone, a town of about 2,000 in the province of Massa Carrara near the Tuscan coast, lottery officials said.

August 22nd, 2009 Winner picked in Italy's record €147 million lottoROME — A lucky lotto player in Tuscany won Italy's record €147.8 million ($211.8 million) state lottery Saturday, pocketing what has been billed as Europe's biggest jackpot. The winning ticket was purchased in the Sisal Biffi coffee shop in Bagnone, a town of about 2,000 in the province of Massa Carrara near the Tuscan coast, lottery officials said.

August 17th, 2009 Italy's lotto jackpot near €136 millionROME — Italians and foreigners hoped to be the first to win the top prize in Italy's state lottery game since January and take home nearly €136 million ($194 million) in Monday night's drawing. The odds of picking the winning six-number combination in the SuperEnalotto game are about 1 in 622 million.

August 17th, 2009 Italy's lotto jackpot near euro136 millionROME — Italians and foreigners hoped to be the first to win the top prize in Italy's state lottery game since January and take home nearly euro136 million ($194 million) in Monday night's drawing. The odds of picking the winning six-number combination in the SuperEnalotto game are about 1 in 622 million.

August 17th, 2009 Italy's elusive lotto jackpot climbs to euro140mROME — Millions of Italians and foreigners failed once again to guess the winning numbers in Italy's state lottery, and the record jackpot climbed to euro139.9 million ($197 million) after Monday's draw. No one has won the top prize since January and the odds of picking the lucky six-number combination in the SuperEnalotto game are about 1 in 622 million.

August 17th, 2009 Italy's elusive lotto jackpot climbs to €140mROME — Millions of Italians and foreigners failed once again to guess the winning numbers in Italy's state lottery, and the record jackpot climbed to €139.9 million ($197 million) after Monday's draw. No one has won the top prize since January and the odds of picking the lucky six-number combination in the SuperEnalotto game are about 1 in 622 million.

August 13th, 2009 Italy's record lotto jackpot climbs to euro135.9mROME — Italy's record-breaking state lottery on Thursday once again disappointed millions of Italians as well as foreigners who had crossed the border to join the hunt for the rising jackpot. No one guessed the winning six-number combination of the Superenalotto game and the highest prize ever offered by the Italian lottery grew to euro135.9 million ($194 million).

August 13th, 2009 Italy's record lotto jackpot climbs to €135.9mROME — Italy's record-breaking state lottery on Thursday once again disappointed millions of Italians as well as foreigners who had crossed the border to join the hunt for the rising jackpot. No one guessed the winning six-number combination of the Superenalotto game and the highest prize ever offered by the Italian lottery grew to €135.9 million ($194 million).

August 13th, 2009 Germans fly to Italy to buy €131.5M lotto ticketsROME — Germans, Austrians and other foreigners are heading into Italy to play the lottery ahead of a record €131.5 ($186 million) jackpot, including some who flew into Milan for a few hours just for a chance to win Thursday night. Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper said 140 passengers aboard a chartered Air Berlin jet won a phone-in contest for free airline tickets aboard an early afternoon flight from Berlin to Milan's Malpensa airport.

August 4th, 2009 Italians hunt for record lottery jackpotROME — A record jackpot of €115.9 million ($166.7 million) has sent Italians into a lottery frenzy that has spread to neighboring countries and even local, cash-strapped municipalities. Millions of tickets were bought ahead of Tuesday's draw in the hope of guessing the winning, six number combination of the state lottery's SuperEnalotto game.

August 3rd, 2009 SOFIA - Bulgaria plans to replace the lev with Europe's single currency, the euro, in 2012 or 2013, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov told daily 24 Chasa Monday. "We have a chance in the last year of the mandate to introduce the euro," Djankov said.

July 19th, 2009 Italian co-driver dies in rally crash in BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Rally organizers say an Italian co-driver has died after a race car he was in went off the road and slammed into a tree. Rally Bulgaria director Dimitar Agura said Flavio Gugelmini died on the spot after the Peugeot 207 car driven by Brian Lavio of Switzerland hit a tree.

July 14th, 2009 Bulgaria agrees Caspian gas linkSOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria and Greece agreed on the construction of a pipeline that will allow Bulgaria to import natural gas from the Caspian Sea region, energy officials said Tuesday. Bulgaria's state-owned Energy Holding on Tuesday signed an agreement with Greek natural gas monopoly DEPA and Italy's Edison SpA on setting up a company to construct and operate the pipeline, and a second company to supply and make commercial use of the natural gas.

July 10th, 2009 W.Va. woman wins her 9th big lottery prizeCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brenda Bailey is still on a roll.