In 1993, when WHDH-TV (the former WNEV-TV) was purchased by Sunbeam Television, the lottery did not renew the station's contract for another cycle. It was announced soon after that WCVB would acquire the rights. From March 7, 1994 to May 19, 1998, WCVB was the official station for "Lottery Live", the weeknight broadcasts of the Massachusetts State Lottery drawings. Unlike predecessor host station WHDH, where both "Lottery Live" weeknight drawings aired between 7:50 and 8:00 p.m., WCVB chose to air the daily Numbers Game at 7:53 (during "Chronicle") while the featured game (e.g., "Mass Millions") aired earlier at 6:50 (during "NewsCenter 5 at 6:00" during the spring and summer of 1994, and during ABC's "World News Tonight" in the months thereafter). In early 1995, the specialty games moved to 11:10 p.m. (later 11:20) during "NewsCenter 5 Tonight". Dawn Hayes, who emceed the drawings on WHDH, was retained as host. Frequent substitute hosts for Hayes on WCVB were Kristen Daly (later a news reporter/anchor for WABU and WLVI) and Nancy O'Neil, wife of former Red Sox pitcher Dennis Eckersley.