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Connecticut man cashes in $21.3M lottery ticketNews Story
Connecticut's newest millionaire came forward Tuesday, cashing in a Lotto ticket worth a cool $21,365,302. William McLaughlin, of Danbury, claimed the top prize at Connecticut Lottery's headquarters in Rocky Hill. He purchased the $1 Lotto ticket, with winning numbers 1-9-10-15-41-43, at the Stop Shop on Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. McLaughlin's six-number match was worth $25.8 million the third-largest Lotto jackpot in the state's history. Because McLaughlin took a Cash Lump Su
Nov 13, 2019, 9:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man buys second winning $1M lottery ticket at same store in less than 2 yearsNews Story
A North Carolina man has won a second $1 million lottery prize at the same store in less than two years, lottery officials said Friday. Terry Splawn won $1 million with a $150 Million Cash Explosion scratch-off ticket he bought Wednesday at Sam's Mini Stop on Old Charlotte Road in Concord, according to a North Carolina Education Lottery news release. The odds of winning $1 million in that game are 1 in 1.8 million, according to the lottery's website. Splawn won his first $1 million prize i
Mar 13, 2019, 8:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

8 years after buying $10.8 million ticket, lottery winner says life is 'marvelous'News Story
A Pennsylvania couple who took home more than $10 million in Delaware's first Hot Lotto jackpot eight years ago traded in their mobile home for a four-bedroom house but say their good fortune hasn't changed them. In August 2009, Robert Crowther already had retired from the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark, Delaware, where he had worked for more than 30 years. Since the Crowthers opted to take the jackpot as a lump sum of $10,774,362 rather than as a deferred annuity, life has been marvelous
Nov 12, 2018, 4:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

What all lottery players should know if they win nearly $1B Mega Millions, Powerball jackpotsNews Story
Includes video report One lucky winner could be hours away from taking home one of the largest jackpots in Mega Millions or Powerball history. In more than two months without a winner, both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots have rolled over to an estimated combined total of nearly $1 billion. The Mega Millions jackpot stands at $445 million, with a $277 million lump-sum option. The Powerball jackpot has reached $550 million, which is a $347.9 million lump-sum payout. If anyone
Jan 5, 2018, 8:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

Survey: Many investors would make questionable decisions after winning the lotteryNews Story
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are a slim 1 in 292,201,338; the Mega Millions is 1 in 302,575,350. But that doesn't stop people from dreaming about how they'd handle a big-ticket lottery win. Asked to allocate a multimillion-dollar lottery win, consumers said they would put roughly two-thirds into savings saving an average 52 percent of the prize for themselves and 16 percent for others, according to a new survey from TD Ameritrade provided exclusively to CNBC.com. Of the remaining
Dec 19, 2017, 9:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. Gov. proposes using lottery funds to fix pension holeNews Story
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used his budget address Tuesday to take a final stab at saving government worker pensions, proposing to dedicate revenues from lottery ticket sales to the distressed fund. Christie suggested the state transfer the lottery to public pensions to provide a dedicated source of revenue and dramatically reduce the amount actuaries say the state owes. Christie said pledging the lottery as an asset to the pension fund would have the same effect as a cash infusion, s
Mar 1, 2017, 7:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NJ family of 8 claims $429.6 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop A New Jersey woman and her seven adult children have stepped forward to claim a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot. Eight members of the Smith family announced that they had the sole winning ticket purchased in Trenton for last Saturday's drawing. They plan to tithe 10 percent of the money to their church. The family was guarded about their employment, to protect their privacy. Valerie Marie Arthur, the eldest daughter and a retired prison ad
May 13, 2016, 4:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida couple claims share of historic $1.6 billion Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop A married couple from Melbourne Beach, Florida, have claimed their one-third share of the world's biggest lottery jackpot of all time. Although the prize money was claimed under a trust, the winners identified themselves in a press conference Wednesday afternoon as David Kaltschmidt, 55, and Maureen Smith, 70. The winners, originally from Long Island, New York, have been residents of Melbourne Beach since 1991. They have no immediate plans to mo
Feb 17, 2016, 3:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Defiant scratch game purchase yields $1 million prizeNews Story
He scratched his ticket in the bathroom to keep his girlfriend from knowing what he'd done. Her request that he restrain himself from another lottery ticket purchase went ignored. But when the scratching was finished, the guilty act of secrecy turned to a brilliant stroke of luck. The Livonia man, whose identity hasn't been revealed because he requested anonymity, scratched until he found a match for one of his winning numbers: 27. Printed underneath the match: 1Mil. I scratched
Jun 4, 2015, 12:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida man wins $10 million in lottery scratch-off gameNews Story
A Hallandale Beach, Florida, man spent $25 on a Florida Lottery scratch-off card and etched his way into a life-changing, $10 million prize. Bryan Goldstein, 36, bought his Florida Cash ticket Friday at Stop 'N Go at 800 Atlantic Shores Blvd. in the city. He claimed his prize as a lump sum $7,355,576 after taxes were deducted Monday in Tallahassee, Lottery spokeswoman Meagan Dougherty said. The odds of winning $10 million on a $25 ticket in this game are 1 in 8.1 million, according to t
May 20, 2015, 8:07 am - Todd - Lottery News