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California woman claims $39M lottery jackpotNews Story
The $38.5 million Mega Millions lottery ticket bought at a Pak 'n Save a few weeks ago belonged to a South San Francisco woman. Lourdes Salinas walked into the state lottery office in South San Francisco on Nov. 23 and claimed her prize, Mega Millions spokesman Alex Traverso said Monday. Salinas took the cash option instead of getting paid in installments, Traverso said. She will get $18 million after federal withholdings, according to the lottery office. Salinas told lottery officials
Dec 1, 2009, 7:43 pm - Lottery News

New Mexico lottery winner claims Hot Lotto jackpotNews Story
A New Mexico Lottery player from Elida a village in eastern New Mexico with a population of 183 people beat the odds of 1 in nearly 11 million to win a Hot Lotto jackpot of $1.1 million. Aurbra King, 71, had the nation's only ticket matching the winning numbers of 5, 17, 23, 29, 39 and a Hot Ball of 15 from Wednesday's drawing. King discovered his prize nearly 48 hours after the drawing when his children told him that a Friday morning TV newscast had announced that the New Mexico Lottery w
Nov 23, 2009, 5:49 pm - Lottery News

After $10M lottery win, Mass. woman plans 'exceptional Christmas'News Story
Debra A. Roberto, a Stoneham mother, won a $10 million grand prize the largest instant prize in America last week in the new Mega Cash game from the Massachusetts State Lottery. She cashed in her winnings Monday, Nov. 23. I've won a little [money] in the past, but I never even dreamed of winning this amount, she recently told the Sun. I scratch a lot of tickets, so when I scratched this one my husband said, 'Maybe now we're even.' Her grand prize ties the record for the largest instan
Nov 22, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery reports $7.6M in October lotto prizesNews Story
Traveling to New Jersey for Thanksgiving, making upgrades to a recently purchased property and repairing a pick-up truck are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's scratch-off games plan to spend the more than $6 million claimed in October. The Lottery also reported more than $7.6 million in winning tickets won on draw-style game tickets last month. October's draw-style game winnings included one Easy 5 jackpot of $117,823, one match-5 Powerball with Power Play prize of $
Nov 17, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery looks to increase prizes through investment strategiesNews Story
The New York Lottery is proposing a gamble where the odds aren't always in its favor moving its $1.3 billion prize fund into investments such as stocks, corporate bonds, real estate and hedge funds and out of the safety of U.S. Treasuries. If the agency were to double its annual return to 8 percent as it projects, the prize would be $37 million more for state coffers as New York grapples with a record $13 billion budget deficit next year. Losses might reduce proceeds that fund education, said
Nov 17, 2009, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Kansas man claims state's largest Powerball lottery jackpot one day after winningNews Story
Checks ticket, claims $96.6M jackpot... then tells wife Donald Damon, 70, a lifelong resident of Great Bend, Kansas, Friday claimed the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in the state just one day after the drawing. Damon was the sole winner of the $96.6 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Wednesday evening, Nov. 11. He was introduced to the public Friday in a news conference that was held at Lottery headquarters in Topeka. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday were 8, 12, 14, 22, and 29,
Nov 14, 2009, 10:05 am - Lottery News

Woman buys cup of tea, wins $1 million jackpotNews Story
McDonald's Monopoly game makes White House, TN resident a millionaire When Brandi Futch ordered a cup of sweet tea at a McDonald's restaurant in Goodlettsville, she had no idea just how sweet it would be. The fast-food order made her a millionaire. Futch had been playing the McDonald's Monopoly game for three years before she finally hit the jackpot. Customers collect game pieces to win prizes ranging from free French fries to cash. I'd won food prizes before but not money, she said
Nov 11, 2009, 3:33 pm - Lottery News

New Jersey, California tickets will share $77M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Calif. second-prize ticket wins nearly $1 million Two tickets matched all six numbers in the Nov. 10 Mega Millions drawing worth $77 million. One was purchased in New Jersey, and the other in California. The New Jersey winning ticket was sold at Buyrite Supermarket, 965 Maggie Ave. in Union. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The California top-prize winning ticket was purchased at Pak 'N Save, 2255 Gellbert Blvd. in South San Francisco. The winnin
Nov 11, 2009, 3:01 pm - Lottery News

N.H. man wins lottery jackpot twice in four yearsNews Story
Includes video report Bob Jaracz always considered himself a lucky guy. The Navy war veteran survived a jet fighter crash in Korea, was a POW who escaped his captors, and made it home to the U.S. to marry his true love and raise three boys. Now Bob and Diane Jaracz should consider themselves really lucky. The Nashua couple are the first New Hampshire residents to win a lottery grand prize twice. Whenever I cash my tickets, they say, 'Here comes Mister Lucky,' says Jaracz. He and
Nov 8, 2009, 9:42 am - Lottery News

First time player wins $5 million lottery jackpotNews Story
Mi Hyun Moon walked into a Queens deli to get $5 in change and walked out with $5 million. The former New York resident was in town visiting friends last month when she purchased a Lotto ticket on a whim and scored the huge jackpot. It was the first she ever bought. It was surreal, Moon said yesterday. I'm overjoyed! The 40-year-old mom of two is a native of Korea who lived for 20 years in Queens before moving just outside of Philadelphia. She makes regular visits to the city, and
Nov 3, 2009, 7:30 am - Lottery News