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Masked Israeli lottery winners collect country's biggest jackpotNews Story
Includes video report An Israeli couple finally picked up the country's biggest ever lottery jackpot three months after they won, and they wore masks to hide their faces from the public. The couple are determined to keep their identities protected, but they still agreed to take part in the prize-giving ceremony in front of television cameras and newspaper reporters. Before stepping into the glare, they donned big red cardboard masks. The disguise failed to hide the man's bald patch b
Apr 14, 2010, 8:47 am - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery jackpots offer multiple $100M+ chancesNews Story
This weekend the two biggest USA multi-state lottery games remained unbeaten, with their jackpots continuing to rise. Now that most states offer tickets for both games, players around the country have the opportunity to play two lottery games, each offering a jackpot of greater than $100 million. Powerball's annuity jackpot is currently the world's largest jackpot, at $175 million, and Mega Millions has the world's second-largest jackpot, at $105 million. The lump-sum cash values of the
Apr 12, 2010, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Irish Lottery jackpot up to €15m for tonight's drawNews Story
Cash-strapped workers tired of the economic doom and gloom will be rushing to pick up their Ireland Lotto ticket today with tonight's jackpot approaching a cool 15 million (US$20 million). The life-changing jackpot has been rolling since March 10 and this draw will be the ninth since it began. The bumper pot includes 4m from the unclaimed prize fund, which holds on to money that was never picked up by winners. More than 2m from this fund was added into the jackpot on St Patrick's Day, a
Apr 10, 2010, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

California woman, 77, wins $37M lottery with Quick PicksNews Story
A 77-year-old retired Salinas hospital worker and regular lottery player will collect $21.2 million in cash after winning Saturday's $37 million SuperLotto drawing. Mitsuko Higashi presented her golden ticket at the Lottery's Hayward office and opted for the cash payment Monday. Higashi told Lottery officials she's been playing regularly for 25 years, always buying her tickets at Las Lomas Market Gas on San Juan Grade Road in Salinas, where the winning ticket was purchased. She was too sic
Apr 6, 2010, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner gives away millionsNews Story
Practitioner of visualization and meditation techniques won $112 million As twists of fate go, Cynthia Stafford has been dealt some doozies. In 1999, Stafford's younger brother was killed in a car accident, and the state of California placed his five children in foster care. Cynthia would have none of that: She applied for?full custody of her nieces and nephews, ages 3 to 10, and though the state initially fought her, Stafford prevailed and became an instant mother to five children a full-
Apr 1, 2010, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery awards first MatchPlay jackpotNews Story
Denver resident Mark Reneau's luck is beginning to change. First, the project manager got called back to work last week after being laid off last May. Then he matched all six numbers in last Friday's MatchPlay drawing, winning the game's $206,584 top prize and becoming the game's first jackpot winner. This is huge! said Reneau of his win. I've been so strapped for the past year almost. This catches me up. I can relax a little bit. When Reneau checked his numbers online Friday night, he c
Mar 26, 2010, 8:38 am - Lottery News

Bus driver wins £2m lottery jackpot three months after divorceNews Story
It was an amicable divorce and Helen Halstead was happy to wish her former husband the very best of luck for the future. She couldn't have imagined how quickly that wish would be fulfilled. Just weeks after their split, bus driver Kevin Halstead won 2.3 million (US$3.5 million) playing the Lottery. His ex-wife is now coming to terms with the fact that, but for the divorce, Mr. Halstead might have been legally obliged to share his windfall with her. Instead, she is making do with her
Mar 18, 2010, 8:24 am - Lottery News

N.J. deli waits for its $212M Powerball winner to surfaceNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket last week at Gene's II Deli in Morris Township, New Jersey, could be a very rich person, but the winner of Saturday's $211.7 million jackpot has yet to come forward. Lav Patel, a co-owner of the Speedwell Avenue deli and convenience store, said someone had called three times Monday from three different telephone numbers to verify the winning number. I don't know if it's the same person, said Patel, who runs Gene's with his cousin, Pinal Patel,
Mar 15, 2010, 10:36 pm - Lottery News

Virginia man claims $200M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Includes video report They say good things come to those who wait. Steve Williams of Shenandoah would probably agree. For nearly five months he waited, holding a Mega Millions ticket that he knew was worth $200 million. Finally, on March 12, 2010, he officially claimed his prize, becoming the second-largest winner in the Virginia Lottery's history. Williams found out he was a mega-winner when he went to his favorite store, Valley's at 601 4th Street in Shenandoah, and made a pot of c
Mar 13, 2010, 9:44 am - Lottery News

Calif. man claims $134M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
The multimillion-dollar man has been found. California Lottery officials Tuesday announced the name of a man, believed to be a Long Beach resident, who has won the $134 million Mega Millions jackpot. The winner has been identified as John Dalkos. Officials said Dalkos showed up at the Santa Ana District office on Monday afternoon to claim his massive prize. Dalkos declined to be interviewed, they said. His ticket with winning numbers 11, 34, 44, 31, 52 and Mega Ball number 32 was sold a
Mar 10, 2010, 7:54 am - Lottery News