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Christmastime battle over lottery jackpotNews Story
A lottery lawsuit is all the talk in The Villages. A group of friends hit the Florida Lotto jackpot, but one single dollar has led to a fight over $16 million. It's known as Florida's friendliest neighborhood, but there's scandal at the Hacienda Hills Country Club. Yeah, yeah. Everybody knows, golfer Otto Strunck told local media. Eight employees and players are in a tug of war. The controversy is over a Florida lotto ticket, a winning ticket worth $16 million. It'd be an awful sha
Dec 24, 2010, 9:04 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions: $168M Christmas Eve lottery jackpotNews Story
Just like last year's 'Christmas Miracle'? By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $168 million Christmas Eve drawing. The lump-sum cash value stands at a staggering $107 million. For gift-givers who enjoy giving loved ones and friends lottery tickets, the Friday Mega Millions drawing may make a good gift, as the recipient can instantly see if they have won. On the other hand, should nobody w
Dec 22, 2010, 7:47 am - Lottery News

$145M jackpot for tonight's Mega Millions lottery drawNews Story
Largest jackpot in more than seven months The jackpot for tonight's multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw is $145 million, the most since May 4th. The lump-sum cash payout of tonight's jackpot is $91.8 Million, if the winner decides to take the whole thing at once. Tonight's draw, set for 11 p.m. Eastern Time, will be the 12th since the last time a ticket was sold that matched all six numbers drawn. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 175,711,536. Ma
Dec 21, 2010, 4:36 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winners say most fun was giving money awayNews Story
Nancy and Al Mohrbacher lived simple lives in Wisconsin before they won the lottery. And things haven't changed, they said. Despite the $2.8 million they won earlier this year, they spent the same amount on Christmas presents. They're doing the same things this holiday season that they always do. The family will come over Christmas morning, and they'll share monkey bread before opening presents and having lunch together. Our lives are pretty much the same, said Nancy, 67. But it's fun
Dec 20, 2010, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Arizona teacher claims $95 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A substitute teacher from Fort Mohave, Arizona, walked into the Arizona Lottery's headquarters Monday and put two weeks of rumors, speculation and excitement to rest, claiming a $95.3 million Powerball prize. Sheila Verke, 64, held the single prize-winning ticket, but her identity had been a mystery since the Dec. 1 drawing. She accepted a jackpot check in person Monday, accompanied by friends and financial advisers. She took the prize as a lump sum of $49.9 million rather than a 30-yea
Dec 14, 2010, 4:29 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky lottery winner wastes no time claiming jackpotNews Story
Won $19.12 million from Saturday night's Powerball drawing Knott County native and Louisville resident Muncie Meade is Kentucky's newest multimillionaire. The 24-year-old lawn service owner today presented a $19.12 million winning Powerball ticket at Kentucky Lottery headquarters. Meade has been lucky at lottery play recently, and another smaller win led to this major jackpot. I bought a $10 scratch-off ticket last week and won $250, he said. I took my winnings and bought a $5 Powerball qu
Dec 14, 2010, 9:17 am - Lottery News

Ontario lottery players finally get their share of jackpotNews Story
Fifth claimant pulled out of lawsuit early; won't get share Santa Claus is finally coming to town for four local families who've waited almost three years to see him. Slawomir Kowalewski, a former employee of Powco Steel Co. who believed that he'd been duped out of his share of a $24,520,300 Lotto 6/49 jackpot on Jan. 16, 2008, is one of four recipients of this week's settlement of approximately $4 million from the Ontario Lottery Gaming Corp. (OLGC). I'm so happy for my family and my
Dec 13, 2010, 11:51 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery spreads the wealth in Wednesday's drawingNews Story
Birthdays and playing the spread likely behind higher-than-anticipated winners By Todd Northrop What a night for Powerball players around the United States! In Wednesday evening's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing, 34 players hit the match-5 $200,000 prize level, including nine winners who also purchased Power Play and will walk away with $1 million, and one player won the entire jackpot of $95.3 million. The cash value of the jackpot is $49.8 million. One lucky ticket sold in
Dec 2, 2010, 8:30 pm - Lottery News

California Lottery has Thanksgiving millionaireNews Story
Regular customer bought $8 million lottery ticket at Daly City market, employees say Someone was especially thankful this Thanksgiving: He won $8 million in Wednesday's California SuperLotto Plus drawing. The winning ticket came out of Manila Oriental Market at 950 King Drive, California Lottery officials said. The ticket was the only one to match the right numbers 41, 22, 43, 44, 15 and the Mega 14. No one had claimed the prize as of Monday the earliest the winner could do so given tha
Nov 30, 2010, 6:03 am - Lottery News

Shop owner sells himself winning lottery ticketNews Story
A shop owner in western Pennsylvania has sold himself a winning $1.8 million lottery ticket and as the seller of the ticket, he'll get an extra $10,000. Ron Rea owns Tobacco World stores in Uniontown and Belle Vernon. He bought the winning ticket for the Nov. 18 Match 6 Lotto drawing at the Belle Vernon store. The Match 6 lotto game returned to the Pennsylvania Lottery games on June 3rd and since then it has produced two jackpot winners. This is also the second largest Pennsylvania Lottery
Nov 25, 2010, 8:57 am - Lottery News