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$60 million winning lottery ticket sold in CTNews Story
Somebody in Connecticut is $60 million richer and they might not even know it yet. CT Lottery officials announced Monday that a Powerball jackpot winning ticket from the June 23 drawing remains unclaimed. The ticket was sold in New Haven County. The winning numbers on June 23 were 1-3-41-44-53 and a Powerball of 30. Nationwide there were 421,685 winning tickets for the June 23 drawing. Of those, 7,953 were sold in Connecticut. One of those matched all six numbers correctly. This late
Jun 26, 2012, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Quaker Oats workers claim $241 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Winners hold press conference but don't reveal names Includes video report Winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot, the largest ever won by an Iowa Lottery player, claimed their prize Wednesday in Des Moines, but they refused to identify themselves. A bus carrying about 50 people from Cedar Rapids pulled up to Iowa Lottery headquarters on Grand Avenue shortly before noon. The group included almost all of the 20 workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids who jointly purcha
Jun 21, 2012, 10:06 am - Lottery News

$32 million Mega Millions ticket claimed in LA areaNews Story
The numbers are baffling. The jackpot in the Mega Millions draw on Tuesday, May 29 was huge $32 million. That money will soon be Cindy Huynh's to enjoy. Huynh walked into the California Lottery's Santa Ana District Office and submitted her winning ticket. That lucky little slip of paper hit the numbers 2, 14, 29, 53, 55, and the Mega number of 31. The riches are so overwhelming that Huynh said she has barely slept or eaten since realizing that she, and only she, can lay claim to the jackpot p
Jun 18, 2012, 7:00 am - 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 - Lottery News

$205 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surgesNews 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 $205 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started April 28 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $139.6 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysi
Jun 7, 2012, 10:13 am - Lottery News

Woman sues business partner for share of $12.6M lottery jackpotNews Story
A lawsuit launched by a New Westminster, British Columbia, woman who claims she was tricked out of her equal share of a $12.6 million lottery jackpot is going to a full trial. A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that the legal action filed by Maria Ganguin over the winning Canada Lotto 6/49 ticket against her ex-business partner, Maria Fehr, and her husband, Daniel Fehr, should be settled with full testimony before a trial judge. The defendants sought to have the matter resolved in a summ
Jun 6, 2012, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Florida woman cashes $21M Lotto ticketNews Story
Aleyda Montes de Oca, 54, of Key Largo, claimed the $21 million Florida Lotto jackpot the biggest haul of the year so far from the drawing held on April 28. The $21 million Lotto jackpot is a bit of a rarity nowadays. Seven of the eight other winners so far this year have been under $10 million, and the eighth was only $12 million. Since Powerball came along, the jackpots aren't zooming up there as fast. She bought her ticket at Tropical Supermarket, 28945 South Dixie Highway in Homestead.
Jun 6, 2012, 7:29 am - Lottery News

N.Y. lottery winner's gain hurts his home townNews Story
One Green Island, New York, resident's Lottery bonanza could be a financial nightmare for the village's tiny school system. John Kutey's $28.7 million share of the $319 million Mega Millions prize in 2011 may lead to a mega cut in state aid for the Green Island Union Free School District. At risk are the district's staffing and educational programs. Saving them may mean another double-digit jump in property taxes. The village has the second largest tax levy rate hike in the state this y
May 30, 2012, 6:31 am - Lottery News

Nun donates $55,000 lottery winNews Story
When Sister Mary Concetta Torrillo of Webster Groves hit the Missouri Lottery's Show Me Cash jackpot on May 13, it meant a $55,000 gift for the Sisters of Loretto, a convent in Kentucky she served for 30 years. A regular Show Me Cash player, Torrillo said she enjoys playing the game for the fun of it. However, the vow of poverty she had taken ultimately led to her decision to donate the prize money, instead of claiming it for herself. Her ticket held the winning combination of: 1, 6, 15, 2
May 29, 2012, 10:40 am - Lottery News

$102 million lottery winners - 17 years laterNews Story
Includes video report Playing Powerball tonight? You may want to hear what a Phoenix woman has to say she won Arizona's biggest Powerball jackpot nearly 20 years ago. On March 4th, 1995, part time secretary Shirley Pence stopped by a 7/11 store near 24th Avenue and Greenway in Phoenix to buy a Powerball quick pick ticket. Turned out she had a winner. Oh we just grabbed each other and held each other, she said. And I cried and shook. Don, a self employed house painter, and his wi
May 23, 2012, 10:02 am - Lottery News