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N.C. town abuzz over $88M Powerball lottery jackpot winNews Story
Powerball ticket worth $88 million was sold in Charlotte area There was one question just about everybody in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, wanted answered Sunday: Who bought the winning Powerball ticket worth $88.1 million? The N.C. Education Lottery announced the only winning ticket from Saturday's drawing was sold in Kings Mountain, a small town 30 miles west of Charlotte. But officials said they do not know the identity of the winner, or where that person lives. Everybody is ta
Jun 22, 2009, 10:03 am - Lottery News

$200,000 Powerball prize awarded on day lottery ticket was set to expireNews Story
Mother urged winner to check tickets, having heard news of upcoming expiration William H. Greer of Philadelphia is the winner of a $200,000 Powerball prize that was set to expire at 4:30 p.m. today. At Choi's Food and Beer, 3987 Ford Rd, in the Wynnefield section of the city, they knew the ticket sold there that matched all five white numbers (but not the red Powerball number) from last year's June 18th drawing was still out there somewhere. My mother saw the news about the unclaimed t
Jun 18, 2009, 10:30 pm - Lottery News

Forgotten lottery ticket worth $250,000News Story
A lottery ticket tucked away in a wallet for months turned out to be a winner, worth $250,000. Michael Johnson, of Lexington, Ky., bought the Mega Millions ticket during a business trip to metro Atlanta back in February. He slipped the lottery ticket into his wallet and forgot about it. Last week he found the three-month old ticket, checked the numbers, and found out he was holding a winning ticket. He matched all five numbers in the drawing, but not the mega ball. I didn't screa
Jun 8, 2009, 10:00 am - Lottery News

S.D. rancher claims $232M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
If this were a movie, nobody would believe it: A rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of America claimed one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history Friday $232 million after buying the ticket in a town by the name of Winner. Neal Wanless, 23, said he intends to buy himself more room to roam and repay the kindness other townspeople have shown his family. I want to thank the Lord for giving me this opportunity and blessing me with this grea
Jun 5, 2009, 9:16 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin lottery winner will support family with winningsNews Story
A Marshfield, Wisconsin, man is a million dollars richer, at least before taxes, after winning the Powerball lottery. Rafael Ruiz Jr., 28, is also Wisconsin's first Power Play winner. They called me at work. I couldn't believe it. I didn't wanna leave right away cuz I thought she was playing a joke on me, Ruiz said. He matched all five Powerball numbers, which typically means winning $200,000. But since he chose the Power Play option, his winnings multiplied by five. Coming to Baltu
Jun 5, 2009, 10:09 am - Lottery News

S.D. Lottery to introduce Powerball winnerNews Story
The mystery Powerball winner will soon be identified. The South Dakota Lottery plans a ceremony Friday afternoon in Pierre to introduce the winner of last week's $232.1 million jackpot. The winning ticket from the May 27 drawing was purchased in the town of Winner, which has two Powerball lottery outlets. It's the ninth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won and the biggest ever paid out in South Dakota.
Jun 5, 2009, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Ohio Mega Millions lottery winner claims prize anonymouslyNews Story
The owner of a winning Mega Millions ticket claimed their prize Friday. But the identity of the winner won't be made public after two attorneys claimed the prize on behalf of a blind trust which Ohio law allows. Chillicothe attorney Deborah Barrington and Columbus attorney Ronald Rowland, cotrustees of The Ross County Beneficiary Trust, claimed the $75.6 million prize for the winner at the Ohio Lottery's offices in Cleveland. The winner had 180 days in which to claim the prize, but wait
Jun 1, 2009, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Store gets lots of attention after selling winning lottery ticketNews Story
Crowds of customers packed into Chase's Cigar Store in the Eastwood section of Syracuse Sunday, hoping some lottery luck would rub off on them. A customer at Chase's Cigar Store on James Street purchased the winning Mega Millions ticket worth $35 million dollars last week. Ever since the news broke, business has been booming. I mean that's such a big thing with all of the states that are involved and this is the first time NY State has had a first prize winner, so it puts you on the map,
Jun 1, 2009, 7:47 am - Lottery News

$400K lottery prize claimed 'just in time'News Story
Pennsylvania winner says ticket shoved in shoebox for nearly a year A winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $400,000 sold in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, last year was set to expire today. But just hours before the deadline, Lottery officials announced that a winner came forward. Two weeks ago Pennsylvania Lottery officials started asking players to check their old tickets. Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced that the winner is Brenda Stover, of New Cumberland, who validate
May 28, 2009, 12:15 pm - Lottery News

$222 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rollsNews Story
The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to build, nearly matching the $225 million jackpot level attained by Mega Millions earlier this month before it was won by three tickets from California, Ohio, and Virginia. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot grew to an estimated $222 million for Wednesday night's drawing, with a cash option of $113 million. It is the largest Powerball jackpot in more than a year. The last Powerball jackpot to reach this level was a $275 Mil
May 24, 2009, 9:01 am - Lottery News