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After ripping up lottery ticket, Montana pair claim $48.5M share of Powerball jackpotNews Story
Six lucky numbers turned into a life-changing, eight-figure payout for a pair of Helenans who Thursday discovered their share of a Powerball lotto jackpot will be some $48.5 million. Kim Claassen, 55, and 23-year-old Joe Lamport Jr. have worked together at North West Home Health Care for several years, and over that time have intermittently purchased lottery tickets together with the understanding that they would split any winnings. Wednesday night, Claassen stopped at the Town Pump on North
Jun 25, 2010, 12:45 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery celebrates second Powerball jackpot in JuneNews Story
Another winning ticket from Montana will split jackpot On the heels of its first jackpot-winning Powerball draw, the Ohio Lottery has already sold its second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket. The winning ticket was sold at Shirley's Carryout in Curtice, near Toledo. Ohio Lottery officials traveled to the store location Thursday morning to present store owners with a $48,500 retailer bonus check for selling the winning ticket. The $97 million jackpot will be split with another winning ti
Jun 24, 2010, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Two big Penn. Lottery prizes due to expire July 4News Story
Unclaimed winning tickets were sold in Westmoreland and Montgomery counties Two Pennsylvania Lottery winning tickets a Powerball ticket worth $200,000 and a Quinto evening ticket worth $50,000 from the July 4, 2009, drawings have yet to be presented for payment. The tickets and prizes will expire on July 4, one year from the date of the drawings. The Lottery never likes to see large prizes like these expire, which is why we're reaching out and hoping someone steps forward to claim them
Jun 22, 2010, 3:58 pm - Lottery News

Kalamazoo mart customer holds $36M lottery ticketNews Story
A regular lottery customer of a gas station market in Kalamazoo, Mich., holds the winning Mega Millions ticket for a $36 million jackpot, the store owner said Monday. Citgo One Stop Mart owner Kaushik Patel said his southwest Michigan store sold the winning ticket last week in Friday night's multistate game drawing. Patel said the man, who hasn't been identified, came to the store Saturday to check his tickets but the machine didn't process. He went home, checked online and discovered his
Jun 16, 2010, 10:51 am - Lottery News

Error caused S.D. Lottery to suspend Wild Card validationsNews Story
The South Dakota Lottery temporarily halted validations for Wild Card 2 lotto tickets for the June 9 drawing to correct an error with the winning numbers. An incorrect Wild Card was inadvertently entered into the system after the draw. The winning numbers for that drawing were 4, 5, 9, 15 and 21 and the Wild Card King of Diamonds. The Wild Card was initially incorrectly entered as the Jack of Diamonds. The error was discovered Thursday afternoon by the Lottery, and all validations were sto
Jun 13, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News

$1 million Powerball winner arrestedNews Story
A Marshalltown, Iowa, man who won $1 million in the Powerball lottery last year has been charged with supplying alcohol to a minor and prescription drug possession. Marshalltown Police Assistant Chief Brian Batterson says Ricky Rushton was arrested early Tuesday after officers responded to a complaint about underage drinking at his business, Memories Banquet Hall. Batterson says Wednesday that officers found an underage employee at the business who was intoxicated. Rushton was arrested
Jun 9, 2010, 6:59 pm - Lottery News

Anonymous winner claims $23M Calif. lottery jackpotNews Story
Plus, one winner claims three $205K prizes A lucky California retiree who doesn't want to be named bought a SuperLotto ticket last week worth $23 million. The man brought the winning ticket Thursday afternoon to the lottery's office on Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa. According to a news release from the California Lottery, he said he didn't know he had a winning ticket until he saw the numbers being read on TV in the morning. Plans for the money include paying off his house and traveling, t
Jun 6, 2010, 5:08 pm - Lottery News

Ohio lottery ticket wins $261.6M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Big win comes just two months after game goes on sale in state Ohio has a $261.6 million Powerball winner less than two months after the state joined the multi-state lottery game. The Ohio Lottery says the only winning ticket matching all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a store in Sunbury, about 20 miles north of Columbus in central Ohio. Lottery officials planned to present the Hub Carry Out Deli with a check for $100,000 Thursday morning for selling the winning ti
Jun 3, 2010, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Some upset with Pennsylvania Lottery broadcastNews Story
Pittsburghers who watch the nightly lottery drawings have been losing a little sleep lately, though it's not because of big jackpot jitters. When the multi-state Mega Millions debuted Feb. 2 in Pennsylvania, state lotto officials asked television stations statewide to broadcast it in the same time slot as the Powerball drawing, which airs Wednesdays and Saturdays. Instead of squeezing the Mega Millions into the familiar 10:59 p.m. time slot Tuesdays and Fridays, Pennsylvania Lottery offici
Jun 3, 2010, 7:12 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $260MNews Story
Largest Powerball jackpot of the year by Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to grow to an estimated $260 million, with a cash option of $134.2 million. Saturday night was the 11th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. Even though there were no jackpot winners, 11 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 1 from
May 30, 2010, 10:18 am - Lottery News