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Tennessee lottery player wins $1.2 million Powerball prizeNews Story
A player in Manchester, Tennessee, will win $1.2 million after Saturday night's Powerball drawing. The player is one of five Tennessee Powerball players who matched all five white balls correctly; on top of the usual $200,000 prize, these players win an additional $467,142 Bonus Prize created with the record-breaking jackpot amount. The Manchester player, however, also chose the Power Play option which means the prize will be increased by the Bonus Prize and the multiplier of four for a g
Feb 21, 2006, 10:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Possibility of the "Impossible"Reply
Anything is possible EXCEPT "Gail Howard" & "Mystical" style hocus-pocus sold as reality. The proximity to a hit is best measured by the number of 2nd prize winners in prior draws. 10-15-05 had 21 2nd prize hits suggesting EXACTLY 50% of the possible powerballs (out of 42) were chosen. The very next draw (a new record pot) had 49 2nd prize hits suggesting ALL 42 powerballs (some repeating) were chosen. The SLEW of 2nd prizes wins approaching Saturday's draw this time around is actual
Feb 17, 2006, 3:00 am - GuessWhat! - Lottery Discussion Forum

Record Euro Millions lottery winner goes into hidingNews Story
A mother-of-six who won a US$136 million ( 77 million) jackpot in one of the biggest lottery wins in history was in hiding last night.Dolores McNamara, 50, fled her family home in County Limerick, Ireland, at the weekend after receiving a torrent of media interest following her extraordinary win.The housewife and mother of six had been sitting in her local pub at Garryowen on Friday night when the winning numbers of the EuroMillions lottery appeared on television.Her son Dean, 15, said, When th
Aug 1, 2005, 8:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.M. Lottery posts second-best yearNews Story
New Mexico legislators were told today that strong sales of in-state games helped drive the New Mexico Lottery to its second-best year of sales.Lottery Authority CEO Tom Shaheen said that sales of all games exceeded $139 million, while net revenues (profits) earmarked for the Lottery Success Scholarship program were $32.2 million, topping $30 million for the third straight year.All financial data for fiscal year 2005 are preliminary and unaudited.Shaheen, appearing before the Legislature's inter
Jul 28, 2005, 4:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

GA Combined overdue for all-high singleReply
Bryan (and Dr P), I know you'll have some interest in the following stats, on which I based today's overdue call on an all high single: Structure search of GaMergeS.dmg: All Records 65 Records Found 65 Selected Records Printed Page Record Date Pos1 Pos2 Pos3 Pos4 Matched Skips---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 06/28/2005 8 9 7 1 6 14 07/05/2005 9 8 5 1 6 1
Jul 19, 2005, 8:31 pm - Peach3 $treet - Pick 3 Forum

Boise man claims $220.3 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A Boise man in his thirties who had been playing the same numbers the past four years has come forward with the $220.3 million winning Powerball ticket, a record jackpot for the state.Idaho Lottery Commission Director Roger Simmons said officials were withholding the man's name until he can hire an attorney and financial adviser to help him decide whether to take the jackpot in 30 annual installments of $7.4 million or as a one-time payout of $125.3 million before taxes.Lottery officials estimat
Jun 1, 2005, 2:55 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery may learn lessons from GeorgiaNews Story
As North Carolina inches closer to starting a lottery, Georgia lottery officials may be enjoying a sense of irony, as South Carolina is now undergoing the same uncomfortable feeling that they created for the Georgia Lottery when they started the S.C. Education Lottery in 2002.At the time, South Carolina politicians estimated that a Palmetto State lottery would siphon away up to $112 million from Georgia's lottery.But those predictions never came to pass.Instead, Georgia has enjoyed a string of r
May 10, 2005, 12:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Woman and two children claim $171 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Florence Ayers, a Jackson, Pennsylvania bookkeeper who claimed the $93.4 million lump-sum cash prize from a $171.4 million Powerball jackpot, knows how to keep a secret.Ayers, 69, was so tight-lipped for five weeks about the winning ticket that neighbors and her employer, Jack Basilon, were stunned Wednesday when the state Lottery announced she had won the second largest jackpot in Pennsylvania history. The drawing was Dec. 8.Ayers abruptly quit work two weeks ago after 20 years on the job, whic
Jan 13, 2005, 8:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Record Powerball winner's wealth may have contributed to kin's deathNews Story
Sdventeen-year-old Brandi Bragg was laid to rest on Friday, almost two years to the day after her doting grandfather came into the great wealth that some say was Brandi's misfortune.The only granddaughter of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was found dead earlier this week of what may have been a drug overdose.Whittaker and others say her sudden access to vast wealth had brought new friends and dangerous habits. Since she won the lottery she had to
Dec 24, 2004, 4:37 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Details of lottery winner kin's death still sketchyNews Story
The 17-year-old granddaughter of the nation's largest lottery winner was found dead near her boyfriend's home, her body wrapped in a sheet and plastic tarp. Brandi Bragg, who lived in the nearby town of Hurricane, was last seen alive Dec. 4. She was reported missing five days later by Jack Whittaker, who won a $314.9 million jackpot on Christmas Day 2002 but has battled legal and other problems since then.The cause of death was under investigation. Authorities said there were no obvious signs o
Dec 21, 2004, 10:51 am - Todd - Lottery News