Word: tickets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...players of Montana's Big Spin lottery game, lady luck went on vacation and never came back. In Big Spin, the state chooses three people each week from among thousands of losing lottery ticket holders and gives them a chance to win a $1 million jackpot by whirling the Big Spin wheel. But in 222 tries over the past 18 months, no one has hit the jackpot. Officials added a second $1 million slot to the 100-slot wheel, but to no avail. Without a big winner to hype, ticket sales have dropped from $23 million in fiscal...
...Miller Brewing Co. The deal reportedly provides most of the more than $2 million in prize money offered this season. Miller sponsors 20 of the A.V.P. tournaments. All matches are arranged by the association in cities that express an interest and have suitable facilities. Between them, ESPN and Prime Ticket, cable sports networks, air 25 tournaments on the tour, and they reputedly pay the A.V.P. handsomely for the rights to do so. Armato thinks volleyball does well on the small screen because it features "a lot of action, the beach and a lot of tanned, great-looking people." Formerly...
...when Lovetta Farrar of Kansas City looked at the decision, she saw something different--a ticket out of prison...
...airline-liability insurance companies, has already begun the process of talking with survivors and the families of victims of the Sioux City crash, trying to settle their claims quickly and dissuade them from going to court. Says Peter Magee, executive vice president of the company: "If you buy a ticket to get from Point A to Point B, and you don't make it there, then the legal burden is on me to explain why. Statistics show you're going to recover something. It isn't a question of Is compensation fair? It's a question of how much...
...federally approved infant car seats onto planes, but it rejected a consumer request that safety seats be required. Airlines discourage children's seats by failing to tell parents that they are allowed. Many families would probably pass them up anyway, since guaranteeing another seat would mean buying another ticket...