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W.Va. lottery winner buys trucks for fire depts.News Story
A West Virginia Powerball lottery winner known for his generosity recently turned his charitable ways toward the purchase of new vehicles and equipment for area fire departments. On Thursday, W. Randy Smith gave away a lot more of his money, this time, a little more than $1 million. Six Berkeley County fire departments each got a Ford F-350, four-wheel-drive, four-door pickup truck equipped with snow plows and walk-behind snow blowers. The idea of such specially equipped vehicles is to
May 15, 2011, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Financial advisor wins the lotteryNews Story
Wins $9.1M jackpot three months after buying how to win book Includes video report A Webster City, Iowa, man today claimed a $9 million prize from Saturday night's Hot Lotto drawing, one of the biggest prizes ever awarded in the history of the Iowa Lottery. Larry Dawson, 58, and his wife, Kathy, were surrounded by their four grown children, their spouses and 10 grandchildren during a news conference at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Des Moines. I am a little guy, but I am a big dre
May 10, 2011, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery game comes to ArkansasNews Story
After a false start, Decades of Dollars finally lands in fourth state By Todd Northrop In January, a new multi-state lottery game called Decades for Dollars was introduced, and was intended to be offered in the state of Arkansas, but legislative obstacles stopped the plan dead in its tracks at the time. Now those issues have been cleared, and Decades of Dollars has landed in the state three months after the game's first drawing. Starting Tuesday, May 3, tickets for Decades of Dollars
May 2, 2011, 8:10 pm - Lottery News

Indiana scientist wins $74M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
The Hoosier Lottery said Friday that April 2011 will go down as a big month for Powerball players in Indiana who have won back-to-back jackpots totaling nearly $300 million. A pair of welders from Clarksville, Ind. claimed the first jackpot of $221.7 million and the holder of the $74 million ticket from the April 23 drawing is Hoosier native, William Bill Swanson II of Houston, TX. Hoosier Lottery Executive Director Kathryn Densborn presented Swanson with his winnings at a press conference
May 2, 2011, 1:29 pm - Lottery News

Lottery ticket worth $1M purchased in tornado-ravaged N.C. neighborhoodNews Story
Someone purchased a Powerball ticket worth $1 million from a convenience store on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a part of the city wracked by a tornado. The drawing was Wednesday night, and the winner had not come forward late Thursday, said spokesman Van Denton of the N.C. Education Lottery. The ticket was purchased at the Express Mart-New Bern Station near Tarboro Street. The winning numbers are 4-24-40-44-55. If the ticket had the Powerball number 5 the Express Mart cus
Apr 29, 2011, 11:27 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner having a blastNews Story
Virginian bought truck series team after hitting it big Joe Denette bought a team in the Camping World Truck Series with one very important demand it can't be like work. After winning the Mega Millions lottery drawing on May 1, 2009, Denette vowed to never punch another time clock. The rest of his life would be dedicated to having fun and spending his $30 million winnings. That's why I decided on the trucks; it's real racing, Denette said. The Cup side is too much like a business. I do
Apr 8, 2011, 7:42 pm - Lottery News

$218 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increasedNews Story
Largest Powerball jackpot in 10 months By Todd Northrop Just a week after the Mega Millions lottery had players across America scrambling for tickets for a mega jackpot, the Powerball multi-state lottery game is poised to do the same thing. Saturday night's Powerball drawing was the 10th consectuive drawing without a top prize winner, increasing the next jackpot to $218 million, with a lump-sum cash option of $109.9 million. The next drawing will take place Wednesday at 11:00 pm East
Apr 3, 2011, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?News Story
By Jason Marsh If you won $19 million, would you share it with your co-workers? That's the question seven lucky New York state employees arereportedly contemplating after claiming the huge Mega Millions lottery jackpot Thursday. For years, the so-called Albany Seven have pooled their money to buy lottery tickets together. Now that their numbers have come up, they are in a position to share their winnings with five colleagues who had been part of the pool in the past but didn't pitch in
Apr 3, 2011, 7:08 am - Lottery News

$319M lottery winners revealedNews Story
'Hand of fate' intervened, as another customer swiped the ticket he was supposed to get By Todd Northrop When Mike Barth reached for a Snickers bar as he stood at the counter to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket, someone reached over his shoulder and bought the next ticket. I thought about saying something but decided to just let it slide, Barth said about the Quick Pick ticket sold right before the one he purchased at 2:40 p.m. last Friday. I bought the next ticket the winning ti
Mar 31, 2011, 11:28 am - Lottery News

Lottery's biggest loser: Albany man passed on office pool that won $319M jackpotNews Story
Man could have been 8th winner; decided not to play because he didn't feel lucky Includes video report The group of seven lottery pool players that won last week's $319 million Mega Millions jackpot could have had an eighth member, but one unlucky man made a choice that cost him millions. The New York co-worker who regularly played in the office pool opted out on the night they had the winning ticket, according to an Albany, N.Y., deli owner who knows the winners. They asked him
Mar 31, 2011, 8:33 am - Lottery News