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Prison guard wins $54 million lottery jackpotNews Story
She's been homeless, bankrupt, a robbery victim and assaulted on the job but radiant Rikers Island prison guard Garina Fearon now has 54 million glorious reasons to start living la dolce vita. The 34-year-old single mom from East New York, Brooklyn, who has endured a lifetime of hardship and poverty, told The Post she's the mystery winner of last Friday's Mega Millions drawing. I wanted a better life. I was struggling as a single parent, a beaming Fearon said yesterday. I've really come b
Sep 26, 2010, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Powerball winner breaks ground on latest giftNews Story
Includes video report With great blessings can come great responsibility. Reverend Dr. Solomon Jackson, Jr. won the lottery in 2009, and he turned over the winning, and the blessings, for others. Jackson has given Morris College the largest donation they have ever received from a single person: $10 million. Monday, he helped break ground on a new building on campus. I realize that the position that I'm in comes the good and the bad, but I promise to be led by God and if I'm led by Go
Sep 23, 2010, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Powerball, Mega Millions lotteries both have big winnersNews Story
By Todd Northrop The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced jackpot winners this weekend. Mega Millions was the first to turn out a grand prize winner. Friday night, one lucky player from New York matched the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball number to win it all. The jackpot was worth $54 million, or $36.7 Million if awarded as one lump-sum cash payment. Both amounts are before taxes are withheld. The winning numbers for the Sept. 17 Mega Millions drawing were 3, 4
Sep 20, 2010, 4:27 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery ticket worth $1M expiredNews Story
Idaho Lottery officials say time has run out for someone holding a Powerball ticket worth $1 million. The winning ticket was sold for the March 6, 2010 Powerball draw. The ticket was purchased at Huskey's in Irwin, Idaho near the Idaho-Wyoming border. The ticket matched the first five numbers, but not the Powerball. Winners have 180 days to collect their prizes, and Thursday at 6 p.m. was deadline for the ticket holder to claim the $1 million. Too many times we've seen players think th
Sep 6, 2010, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $133M sold in Calif.News Story
Morro Bay liquor store to get $665,000 commission A $133 million lottery jackpot is more than the stuff of daydreams for one customer of a Morro Bay, California, liquor store. Bottle Liquor and Deli at 999 Main St. in Morro Bay sold the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, the only jackpot winner in Friday's 41-state drawing, according to the California Lottery. The winning numbers: 4-10-26-32-41 and Mega 31. The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot, according to the lottery: 1 i
Aug 30, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News

$18.5M lottery winner 'scraping by'News Story
'I wish I'd won a billion dollars' not just $18.5M Ten years after he and his wife won $64 million in the Big Game lottery, Alex Snelius wishes he'd won more money. The 73-year-old Palos Heights man doesn't want to replace his 2001 Lincoln Town Car. Nor does he want a bigger home (he'd actually prefer something much smaller). I wish I'd won a billion dollars so I could keep everyone happy, said Snelius, a retired truck mechanic originally from Lithuania. Snelius opted for a single $18.
Aug 24, 2010, 10:21 am - Lottery News

W. Va. official wins $79M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
For about two hours, Berkeley County Magistrate W. Randy Smith believed he had come close, but that he didn't win Saturday's $79 million Powerball jackpot. On call Sunday morning at the Berkeley County Judicial Center to hold arraignment hearings, Smith asked his assistant, Mary D. Angelo, to look at the ticket that he bought from the ROCS store at 39 Kelly Island Road near Martinsburg. The ticket matched the winning numbers of 7, 10, 12, 22, 27 and the Powerball 26. Smith said the compute
Aug 24, 2010, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Anonymous donor gives lottery ticket to Kansas hospitalNews Story
Includes video report Imagine the surprise to open your mail and find a lottery ticket worth thousands of dollars. It happened in one Kansas county this month and now the hospital in Beloit is all the richer for it. Hospitals in small communities such as the one in Mitchell County are a big deal. That's why, when Susan Concannon opened up an anonymous letter a few weeks ago, she was completely overjoyed. $10,000!!! Concannon exclaimed as she showed us the celebratory check from the K
Aug 22, 2010, 10:26 am - Lottery News

Fla. Powerball winner claims $73.8M lottery jackpotNews Story
Hollywood woman, 35, claims prize from July 10 drawing The Florida Lottery announced on Friday that the $73.8 million jackpot from the July 10 Powerball drawing has been claimed. Elizabeth Choras-Hanna, 35, of Hollywood, was the lucky winner. Lottery officials said she will receive a one-time, lump-sum payment for the winnings in the amount of $38,929,055.11. Choras-Hanna is an out-of-work medical assistant. Lottery officials said her twin sister Alexandra, a firefighter and paramedi
Aug 3, 2010, 10:36 am - Lottery News

Against the odds, KY Lottery returns record amount to stateNews Story
Mega Millions helps power sales; Powerball keeps improving too By Todd Northrop The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) today announced a record-breaking $214.3 million was returned to the Commonwealth in Fiscal Year 2010, despite lottery sales dropping $38 million or 4.7% during the same period. The $214.3 million surpasses the previous record set last year by $9.9 million or 4.8%. The figure is comprised of $200.7 million from profits for scholarship, grant and higher education program
Aug 2, 2010, 1:09 pm - Lottery News