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Indiana woman has second major lottery winReply
RALEIGH Dan Royal, a carpenter from the small town of Forest City, is one of the biggest winners in state lottery history. After scratching off $750,000 playing Jumbo Bucks in February of 2012, this week Royal won the top prize on a $5,000 a Week for Life! ticket. The guaranteed value of the prize is $5.2 million. Royal bought both of his lucky tickets at the same store. It was there on Friday morning that Alice Garland, executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery, presented Royal with a
Aug 17, 2013, 6:51 am - rock_nc - Lottery News

Canada's Lotto 6/49 is getting a makeover in Fall 2013Reply
Unless you are increasing the payback percentage it is all just smoke and mirrors. The lottery makes you believe that your odds are going down to 6.6 but they dont tell you that the cash prize odds are decreasing drastically. They want to churn your free plays over and over again. I sure do not play the lottery for the free quick pick ticket. I would prefer just putting that prize pool to increase the money won from hitting 4 or 5 of six. But that will never happen as the lottery kno
May 8, 2013, 6:36 pm - qutgnt - Lottery News

$320 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot goes through the roofReply
With $120 million, you can buy most anything you want my friend. Annuity Cash Powerball Jackpot for Wed, Mar 20, 2013 $260,000,000 $161,100,000 Gross Prize 30 average annual payments of $8,666,667 Lump-sum cash: $161,100,000 - 25% Federal Tax - $2,166,667 - $40,275,000 Subtotal $6,500,000 $120,825,000 http://www.usamega.com/powerball-jackpot.asp?d=3/20/2013
Mar 22, 2013, 11:28 am - Ronnie316 - Lottery News

Baltimore man, 81, loses his home after falling for lottery scamReply
You're welcome, megan81. Per your request, I'll attempt to expand, philosophically on the two different ideas in the paragraph above, below: If one prefers that they become the type of person who doesn't need to spend more than $5M over the remainder of their life, they (like me), might do the following upon winning the jackpot of either the MM or PB. Create a notebook that indicates which 18+ year-old people you would like to share your jackpot win -- making them the co-winner name appearing
Mar 8, 2013, 6:27 am - HaveABall - Lottery News

Kansas couple claims $9.43M Hot Lotto jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop A couple in their 40s from Kansas City, Kansas, say they both like their jobs and will continue to work, even though they are the winners of a $9.43 million Hot Lotto jackpot. The winners, who asked the Lottery not to disclose their identities, claimed the prize today at Lottery headquarters, after matching all numbers in the January 12 drawing. The lucky numbers were 13-15-21-34-35 with Hot Ball number 4. The winners purchased their lucky ticket at QuikTrip, located
Jan 18, 2013, 9:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia man finds $1M lottery ticket in his truckNews Story
A Clayton County, Georgia, man who won $1 million in August didn't realize he was rich until he found a forgotten Powerball ticket in his truck. Ramon Rodriguez, of Rex, found the forgotten ticket tucked into the console of his truck and turned it in Wednesday. He matched five of six numbers from the Aug. 8 Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize. Rodriguez, 54, said It's been in my truck for two months. I went to the computer and looked at the numbers, Rodriguez said. I said
Oct 14, 2012, 7:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

$337 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold at gas station in small Michigan cityReply
That sure is a HUGE interest rate swing/drop from Saturday to Wednesday! Or, based on their further projections, even more dramatic from only Tuesday to Wednesday. To simplify, rather than calculating the annuity interest rate for everyone here, just compare the percentage that the cash value is of the jackpot value for the prior week: Cash Value / Jackpot = Percentage 123 / 181 = 68.0% 142.9 / 212 = 67.4% 170.5 / 253 = 67.4% 203.3 / 305 = 66.7% 213.3 / 320 = 66.7% Pretty
Aug 17, 2012, 4:45 pm - GambleToRamble - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery gets advice from Illinois on privatizationReply
From another News thread: Report: Ill. lottery manager short $100M on profit The Illinois Lottery's private manager fell nearly $100 million short of the profits it promised to deliver for the state. But the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday that revenues generated by Northstar Lottery Group still set an Illinois record. Illinois has fallen behind other state lotteries for years. Northstar promised $825 million in net revenue when it took over the lottery in July 2011. A Tribune analy
Aug 11, 2012, 1:36 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

$181 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot ramps upNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $181 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 11th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started June 27 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $123 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysis p
Aug 2, 2012, 9:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

$240 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increasedNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $240 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 13th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $159.7 Million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lot
Jun 10, 2012, 2:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News