Port Authority to stop taking toll tickets

  Eyewitness NewsTRENTON, N.J. -- The Port Authority will soon stop accepting toll tickets nearly 61 years after first issuing them to speed the ride.

Toll Scrip and Universal tickets will no longer be good at the agency's bridges and tunnels beginning July 1. The Port Authority will refund tickets at their original sales value.

The Port Authority first issued the tickets in 1951 to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion. Buyers received a 10 percent discount and the tickets were "good until used."

The agency stopped selling them after it started using E-ZPass in 1997.

Instructions for obtaining a refund are posted on the Port Authority's website.

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Powerball tickets doubling to $2

  By MICHAEL J. CRUMBDES MOINES, Iowa -- Get ready to pay more for Powerball: Ticket prices are going up to $2.

Lottery organizers hope the price change will entice more people to play because jackpots are getting bigger and the odds of winning are improving.

The move is a strategy to differentiate the game from Mega Millions, another big-money, multi-state lottery game that sells for $1 a ticket.

Both games are sold in 42 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington D.C. Both have drawings twice a week but are played on different nights.

Lottery officials say they are betting players will like the variety and changes made in the game.

But some players say the price increase may keep them from playing as often or not at all.

The price change takes effect Jan. 15.

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Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com

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