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Connecticut Powerball mystery deepensNews Story
Includes video report Three money managers who claimed the state's record-breaking $254.2 million Powerball jackpot on Monday may still have a fight ahead of them in the court of public opinion. A day after the trio announced they had scored the windfall on a $1 ticket one of them bought at a gas station, media reports surfaced Tuesday that the men had in fact acted on behalf of an anonymous client. The speculation started almost immediately: Who could the mystery buyer be? A lucky hedg
Nov 30, 2011, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

Asset managers accused of fronting for real $254M Powerball winnerNews Story
For three men who had apparently just won $254 million they looked far from ecstatic. And last night the three wealthy bankers who came forward to claim a record Powerball jackpot were facing claims that they were not in fact the real winners. An anonymous man one of their clients is said to have actually purchased the ticket but came to the trio to avoid the 'hassle' of his name becoming public. They then allegedly set up a trust 'as a front' so that Tim Davidson, Brandon Lacoff, and G
Nov 29, 2011, 7:46 am - Lottery News

$254M Ct. Powerball jackpot claimed by 3 asset managersNews Story
Includes video report The mystery winners of a $254 million Powerball jackpot, a record for Connecticut, need only look in the mirror for wealth management advice. All three work for a boutique money management firm in Greenwich, which has fewer assets under its control ($82 million) than their newfound winnings. Greg Skidmore, Brandon Lacoff and Tim Davidson of Belpointe LLC revealed themselves as the winners during a check presentation Monday at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters in
Nov 28, 2011, 8:12 pm - Lottery News

Cancer survivors win $20 million lottery jackpotNews Story
John and Norma Jean Crippen were revealed Tuesday as the lucky Coachella Valley couple who bought this past weekend's winning California SuperLotto Plus ticket valued at $20 million. I've been playing these same numbers for a number of years, John said at a news conference in San Bernardino. The Crippens of Rancho Mirage have been married for 60 years. They have two children and four grandchildren. John, who bought the ticket at a nearby corner Chevron gas station at 36-101 Bob Hope Dr
Nov 16, 2011, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Iowa man claims $7.5M Hot Lotto jackpotNews Story
Checks numbers, calmly says, I won Waterloo, Iowa, retiree Wally Markham said he wasn't able to keep it secret for long in Smitty's bar on Sunday that he was the jackpot winner in Saturday's Hot Lotto drawing. Markham, 65, who retired in 2001 after 36 years working at the Deere plant in Waterloo, said he confided to the bartender that he was in line to claim the $7.54 million grand prize. From then on in, it cost me a fortune. On Wednesday, Markham collected a fortune at Iowa Lottery
Nov 9, 2011, 7:41 pm - Lottery News

Ct. Lottery still looking for $254.2M Powerball winnerNews Story
The search is still on for the $254.2 million Powerball jackpot winning ticket for the November 2, 2011 drawing the largest prize ever won in Connecticut Lottery history. Lottery officials confirm that the winning ticket was sold in Fairfield County. Further details will not be available until the winner comes forward to make the unprecedented claim. The winning numbers on November 2 were 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play multiplier number was 4. The Conne
Nov 9, 2011, 9:37 am - Lottery News

Ct. man claims he lost $254M Powerball ticketNews Story
Includes video report Someone in Connecticut bought a lottery ticket worth $254 million but, so far, nobody knows who it is. Powerball officials say someone in Fairfield County bought a Powerball ticket matching all six winning numbers 12, 14, 34, 39, 46, and 36. Local rumor has it that the ticket was sold at Belltown Superette in Stamford, a store with a reputation for selling winning tickets. My grandfather right here, number 29. He played my aunt's ... that's my aunt's birthday. H
Nov 6, 2011, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Oregon man finds millions on fridge doorNews Story
A Portland, Oregon, man who bought a Megabucks ticket back in July, put it on his refrigerator and then forgot all about it found out this week that he had actually won $21.8 million. Leland Hanson bought the winning ticket at the 7-11 store at 16155 N. Lombard. Three months later he was getting ready to make a payment to a local veterinarian when he noticed some lottery tickets on his refrigerator and thought to himself, I should check those I could use a little extra money right now.
Nov 5, 2011, 8:37 am - Lottery News

1 ticket sold in Connecticut wins $254.2M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Powerball's biggest cash value in 5 years Powerball's biggest jackpot in 18 months $254.2 million was up for grabs Wednesday night. It was won by a single ticket sold in Connecticut that matched all the numbers drawn: 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play number was 4. The cash prize, about $150 million, was the biggest in five years. Just missing, by failing to match only the Powerball, were tickets in a dozen states. One in Arkansas is worth $1 million fo
Nov 3, 2011, 9:47 am - Lottery News

$245 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increasedNews Story
Largest Powerball jackpot in more than a year By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $245 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 13th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $146.2 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Po
Oct 30, 2011, 8:46 am - Lottery News