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Lottery ticket bought in Queens hits $133M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
New York Lottery officials and a crew of convenience store workers are keeping their eyes peeled for the person holding a Mega Millions ticket worth $133 million. No one has come to make a claim yet, said Dilip Patel, 35, who works at the Shiv Convenience Store on Hillside Ave. As far as I know it was a woman and she is really lucky. There was only one ticket that matched all six numbers in Tuesday's drawing, officials said. The winning numbers were 25, 27, 35, 38, 39 and the Mega ball w
Jul 9, 2009, 8:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scamming store owner loses lottery licenseReply
I never said my entire crew was in the gift shop. I explained that the other day when I said: you want me to believe you and your crew (We were just looking at books) took breaks in the gift shop. On every Crap table I played, the dealers rotated, taking turns going on break. The card tables have break dealers and next time I'll ask if it's common for any dealer to take their break in the gift shop. The last time I looked most Crap tables use four dealers with one on break, but you made
Dec 30, 2014, 4:25 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery to replace classic Lotto gameNews Story
A million bucks doesn't buy dreams like it used to.The first Maryland lottery game to offer $1 million prizes seems likely to become extinct, a victim of players who opt to gamble instead on mega-jackpots.Introduced in November 1983 to help bail out financially strapped localities such as Prince George's County and Baltimore, Maryland Lotto once the lottery's flagship game is showing its age, according to state officials.In the past fiscal year, Maryland Lotto sales dropped 5 percent while e
Aug 4, 2005, 7:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man gives kids $6M lotto prizeNews Story
Hector Rivera played the New Jersey Lottery for 20 years, promising any jackpot he won would go to his five children.Like most people who talk about winning a multimillion-dollar jackpot, Rivera was dismissed by his children as a dreamer. Nobody ever thought anything about it, said Michael Cioffi, Rivera's oldest son. We just thought he had a lot of fun dreaming about winning some day. Rivera's dream came true Oct. 13, when the Vineland man was the only winner to hit a $6.1 million Pick 6 jack
Nov 4, 2003, 4:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Australian grandmother wins lottery using late husband's numbersNews Story
Dedicated woman played the special numbers once a week for 20 years By Kate Northrop A woman was confused when a retailer told her that they wouldn't be able to pay out her winning ticket. As it turns out, the numbers she played every week for 20 years earned her a X Lotto top prize of $1 million (US$743,400). The winning numbers a South Australian grandmother faithfully used to win the jackpot originally came from someone very near and dear to her. My late husband chose those numbe
Dec 4, 2020, 8:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida man claims $15.5M Lotto jackpotReply
There are a lot of Patel's in this country Patel is a common name in India like Smith, Jones, Brown, etc. Lots of stores all over the country are owned in operated by members of the Patel family and most of their stores have lottery terminals. What gives ? You answered your own question; I don't know which last name in the U.S. has won the most $1 million jackpots, but I'll bet it's a common name.
Feb 19, 2019, 7:16 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Keno players cash in on lottery glitch in DelawareNews Story
The luck has run out for some lottery winners in Delaware after state officials realized that a glitch meant the exact same winning numbers were drawn for six Keno games. Sam Patel, owner of the Convenient Store in Wilmington, Delaware, says last week's glitch with the Keno Lottery game had business booming. He didn't realize something was wrong until a customer hit it big. She was screaming again, 'Oh my God, oh my God. The same numbers are coming out again. Well, at that point she got m
Dec 24, 2015, 9:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scamming store owner loses lottery licenseReply
We're not talking about that particular incident. The story is about one store owner, Chang Cho losing their lottery license for scamming and you want to post unrelated links to articles about people named Patel. We all get your point, but your links won't prove all store owners named Patel scam their customers; no more than links about cheating casino dealers proves all dealers are cheats.
Dec 26, 2014, 6:51 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Scamming store owner loses lottery licenseReply
PrinceRene, We're not talking about that particular incident. Noise-gate just made mention of 'Patel' and you went off on this tangent. I'd post links to all the not-so-nice Patel articles but I'm sure no proof would sway your opinion.
Dec 25, 2014, 11:31 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Scamming store owner loses lottery licenseReply
I take it that you jumped to a conclusion about 'racist' when anyone mentions a Patel might be involved in a lottery scam. As I said, had you been around here and were more familiar with the News Forum threads about scams you would have been aware of the Patel factor. You're not the only one who blindly made 'that's racist' remarks about this. As far as a 'prediction' about the ethnicity of someone who committed a crime you obviously are not familiar with the experience 'factor' of l
Dec 24, 2014, 11:00 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News