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Woman forgot $23M lottery ticket in car and claimed it just before deadlineNews Story
A California woman who didn't know she had a jackpot-winning $23 million lottery ticket in her car has come forward to claim her fortune. The Palmdale woman's daughter recognized her from a newspaper photo of the supposed winner, captured on the liquor store's surveillance camera. More details about the woman's identity were to be announced Friday, lottery officials said. She just never checked the ticket, lottery spokesman Alex Traverso told the newspaper. Her daughter took a picture
Nov 2, 2012, 2:03 pm - Lottery News

Army vet uses last 4 quarters to buy lottery ticket, wins $1.3M jackpotNews Story
A man who used his last four quarters to buy a lottery ticket at a Macomb County, Michigan, market won a $1.3 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot, according to the Michigan Lottery. The winner, whose name, age and hometown weren't released, is an Army veteran whose has been disabled since 2009 with a back injury, lottery officials said in a press release. The jackpot came at just the right time to help the man deal with undisclosed family issues and to help his four children, the press release s
Oct 31, 2012, 6:22 pm - Lottery News

Massachusetts man wins half of $61M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A Massachusetts man is $30.5 million richer after splitting Tuesday night's $61 million Mega Millions jackpot with a co-winner from California. Sandeep Sunny Singh can hardly catch his breath. Today he's posing for pictures with a giant check for $30.5 million. Yesterday, this newly minted millionaire was busy working two jobs to help his mom pay the bills. Ahh, I'm like overwhelmed right now, he said after cashing in his ticket at Lottery headquarters. He was so busy he nearly missed
Oct 18, 2012, 6:59 am - Lottery News

California man wins half of $61M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A California man is $30.5 million richer after splitting Tuesday night's $61 million Mega Millions jackpot with a co-winner from Massachusetts. he winning ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven store on Shaw and Maple in the last week. Just after 7 a.m. Wednesday morning there was a small celebration going on inside the 7-Eleven store across the street from Fresno State. The clerks were shaking the hands with a man and smiling. A 7-Eleven official confirmed that man was the winner of the $30.5 mi
Oct 18, 2012, 6:55 am - Lottery News

Maine couple claims $8.2M Tri-State Megabucks jackpotNews Story
Includes video report Nobody was more surprised than Linda Von Oesen to find she'd won $8,190,000 in the September 26th Megabucks Plus drawing. She was sleeping with her husband Bob in their camper, parked in a Walmart parking lot, when one of her daughters called to see if she'd bought a ticket. So she says, 'check your ticket'. I said, 'oh, alright', explained Linda Von Oesen. So here we are in a camper, pitch dark and so I says, 'I got to find it, just give me the numbers.' And so I
Oct 12, 2012, 8:07 am - Lottery News

Delaware couple anonymously claims $50M Powerball jackpotNews Story
A husband and wife from Wilmington came forward Oct. 5 to claim their $50 million Powerball jackpot from the Wednesday, Oct. 3 drawing, according to Delaware Lottery officials. The couple opted to remain anonymous and selected the cash, single-payment value for the jackpot, which totaled $33.05 million before federal withholding taxes. Delaware Lottery officials validated the winning ticket Friday. I checked my numbers in the newspaper during a break at work, and when I realized I had won
Oct 11, 2012, 6:51 am - Lottery News

$14M Mega Millions lottery jackpot won by 2 old friendsNews Story
They've been playing the lottery together for 25 years and it finally paid off. Two old friends who met working in a Manhattan print shop have become instant millionaires, scooping up a $14 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game. And technically, they didn't spend a penny on their winning numbers. We won $14 million on a free play ticket, said Willie McPherson, 74, who lives on Manhattan's West Side. (It feels) beautiful. Christopher Manzi, 44, of Morganville, N.J., who works in
Oct 5, 2012, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Iowa couple claims $202.1M Powerball jackpotNews Story
A Bondurant, Iowa, couple claimed a $202.1 million Powerball jackpot on Thursday, becoming the second-biggest lottery winners in Iowa history. Mary and Brian Lohse said they had done their homework in advance by meeting with financial planners and had some very specific plans for the future as they claimed their big prize. Mary Lohse, 42, a certified medical assistant at the pediatric clinic at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, said that the way the couple explained their win to their three ch
Oct 4, 2012, 1:27 pm - Lottery News

Pool of McDonald's workers claims Mega Millions fraudNews Story
14 fast-food employees say co-worker tricked state lotto to avoid sharing winnings A group of 14 McDonald's employees from the Baltimore, Maryland, area are still convinced they were winners in the massive $656 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing earlier this year despite being told otherwise by lottery officials and are claiming that a co-worker defrauded the Maryland Lottery to avoid sharing a payout with them. On Sept. 19, the group filed a civil lawsuit against their co-worker, Mirla
Sep 29, 2012, 11:06 pm - Lottery News

$202M Powerball ticket sold at suburban Des Moines convenience storeNews Story
A winning $202 million Powerball ticket was purchased at an Iowa convenience store in the suburban Des Moines city of Bondurant, but nobody had claimed it by midday Thursday. Iowa lottery officials encourage people to consult with an attorney or financial planner before stepping forward, so some delay in naming a winner isn't surprising. This amount, $200 million, is a life-changing amount of money, and we want to make sure the winner is prepared for what will come, Iowa Lottery spokeswom
Sep 27, 2012, 8:01 pm - Lottery News