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$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

Store owner tried to scam woman out of lottery winningsNews Story
Louisiana Lottery able to track down real winner A woman was almost scammed out of her lottery winnings by the convenience store where she bought the ticket, according to Louisiana Lottery officials. But a simple step helped authorities find the rightful winner. Fong Kwok hasn't had a day off in four years. So when she found out she won $10,000 in the Louisiana Lottery she was ecstatic. That day I just was so happy, said Kwok, who owns Bamboo Restaurant in New Orleans East. I could not
May 20, 2012, 7:23 am - Lottery News

Two workers in lottery pool sue over $118 million ticketNews Story
Two employees of a Chicago Heights, Illinois, bakery are suing co-workers over a $118 million Mega Millions jackpot, alleging they were unfairly left out of the winnings. Jose Franco and Marco Medina were regular participants in a lottery pool with co-workers at the bakery for about a year, according to the suit. The group won $9 during a drawing on May 1, and there was an understanding that the money would be used to purchase more tickets for a May 4 drawing, the suit said. Some employees
May 17, 2012, 9:42 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner buys golf courseNews Story
Recent lottery winner Wally Markham isn't just a member of his local country club he owns it. Markham, 65, won the Iowa Lottery Hot Lotto jackpot in November, netting about $3.5 million after taxes. The retiree invested most of his winnings, but first set aside enough to buy the faltering La Porte City Country Club. Markham was already a member of the country club and even volunteered there, mowing the greens and doing odd jobs. It was going downhill, and they were financially in troub
May 14, 2012, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Six $1M Powerball tickets claimed by one Arizona winnerNews Story
Winner stays anonymous The Arizona Lottery announced today that all six $1 million Powerball second prize tickets won in Arizona from the drawing on Wednesday, April 25 have been claimed by one person. The six $1 million winning tickets were purchased by one Glendale resident at the QuikTrip located at 6702 W. Glendale Ave. in Glendale. The winning numbers were 4, 25, 29, 34, and 43, with Powerball number 29. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, claimed the six tickets over the c
May 9, 2012, 8:03 pm - Lottery News

Woman accuses son of taking $51 million lottery ticketNews Story
A California woman has sued her son and accused him of making off with her $51 million Mega Millions lottery ticket, and then racking up expenses on houses, cars, and cash gifts. The legal dispute between Etta May Urquhart, 76, and her son Ronnie Orender, who had been a truck driver, centers on who owns the ticket. She admits he signed it, but she is the one who lottery officials acknowledge bought the slip of paper. In May 2011, Urquhart went to her local Mobil gas station in Bakersfield,
May 6, 2012, 8:22 am - Lottery News

Woman arrested for trying to fake jackpot winning lottery ticketNews Story
Note to anyone thinking of gaming the state lottery: it never works. An Elgin, Illinois, woman tried to cash in on the record $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot with a ticket she bought online eight minutes after the winning numbers were drawn, officials said today. Leandria Williams, 28, was initially charged with wire fraud last week for falsifying documents. She has now been charged with attempted theft and forgery, according to the Cook County sheriff's office. An investigat
May 1, 2012, 3:40 pm - Lottery News

48 Philly transit workers win $172M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Trains and subways might zip along a little faster in Philadelphia this week after a group of 48 transit workers hit a $172 million Powerball lottery jackpot. The workers, who will get about $3 million apiece, are choosing to remain anonymous, but range in rank from senior managers in the purchasing department to a favorite janitor, according to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) spokesman Richard Maloney. They have all asked to be anonymous on this. When you get a
Apr 30, 2012, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Lottery leaders convene in D.C. to discuss future of gamesNews Story
La Fleur's annual symposium draws hundreds of lottery personnel, vendors By Todd Northrop This week leaders from nearly every U.S. and Canadian lottery met in Washington, D.C. at the annual La Fleur's Lottery Symposium to discuss the future of government lotteries, especially with regard to Internet sales and play. Emboldened by a U.S. Department of Justice opinion issued in Dec. of last year clarifying that the Wire Act only has bearing on sports wagering, state lotteries have immediat
Apr 26, 2012, 3:40 pm - Lottery News

Virginia woman wins $1 million lottery twice in the same dayNews Story
Winning the lottery once in a lifetime is pretty lucky. Winning the lottery twice in the same day? Virginia Fike is one of the few people that can describe that feeling. The Berryville, Va., resident had two tickets that matched five of the six Powerball numbers in an April 7 drawing so that each ticket was worth $1 million. I'm in shock! Fike said in a news release from the Virginia lottery. In early April, Fike stopped at an Olde Stone Truck Stop in Virginia with her numbers ready an
Apr 24, 2012, 6:56 am - Lottery News