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12/09/2011 ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque woman who found a misplaced Powerball ticket while cleaning house Wednesday claimed a $200,000 prize from the New Mexico Lottery. On her quick-pick ticket for...

12/06/2011 ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Lottery announced today that it has raised half a billion dollars for education since launching in 1996. Lottery profits came to $500.1 million with October...

11/29/2011 ‘Live Long and Prosper’ ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Lottery Scratcher players are about to make a trek into “Space, the final frontier.” In stores now, the lottery’s “STAR TREK™” Scratcher...

11/16/2011 ALBUQUERQUE – A bad wind blew good fortune to a Guadalupita woman. Rebecca Leyba won $200,000 playing the New Mexico Lottery’s “Diamond Avalanche” Scratcher game. She ended up with the...

11/14/2011 Lottery Ticket Sales Fund College Scholarships ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Lottery has the recipe to make holiday entertainment a little sweeter. The “Candy Cane Cash” and “Sugar...

11/01/2011 ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Lottery is giving away Mega Millions tickets to its players. Today through Nov. 22, Mega Millions players will get one free quick-pick ticket for buying a $5...

11/09/2011 Buys Game at Store that Sold Jackpot-Winning Powerball® Ticket in 2007 ALBUQUERQUE – Kids will be kids. When Patrick Hinds of Tierra Amarilla found $100,000 playing a New Mexico Lottery...

11/08/2011 Misses Night’s $245 Million Jackpot by One Number ALBUQUERQUE – Although he missed Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot of $245 million by only one number, Zachery Rodehaver of Albuquerque still...