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Indiana woman claims $2.5 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
A Summitville couple is nearly $1 million richer after winning the Hoosier Lotto jackpot prize. Pamela and Jay Smith won $2.5 million in the May 9 drawing. Hoosier Lottery officials made the announcement at a news conference in Muncie on Tuesday. I hope it doesn't change a thing, Pamela Smith said in a news release. I have a very nice life. I have everything I need. The Smiths decided to take their at the couple's home late Tuesday. The couple have no immediate plwinnings as a lump
May 20, 2009, 7:10 am - Lottery News

Connecticut man sues friend for share of lottery prizeNews Story
A Connecticut man is suing a friend for a share of a $1 million lottery jackpot. Armando Martins of Trumbull claims that he and Nuno Nascimento of Bridgeport had an agreement to buy lottery tickets every week and to share if they won. Martins says he gave his friend $75 each week to buy tickets. On April 1, Martins said he only has $74 for his share. The lawsuit says that evening one of the tickets that Nascimento bought at a local grocery store was a $1 million Powerball winne
May 15, 2009, 9:06 pm - Lottery News

€126M Euro Millions lottery ticket was purchased onlineNews Story
Euro Million's biggest lottery winner didn't know she had won 126 million (US$170 million) because she was in bed with flu. The lucky but ill woman was the only jackpot winner of Friday's Euro Millions drawing. She failed to realize her numbers had come up until she dragged herself to work on Monday to save herself from being fired in recession-hit Spain. The unnamed 25-year-old, from Majorca, said, I still had flu on Monday but with the crisis we are going through, I decided I had to g
May 14, 2009, 7:20 am - Lottery News

NASCAR fan wins $75.6M lottery jackpotNews Story
The start of 2009 was not a good one for Joe Denette. The Thornburg man was laid off in January from his job at Brookfield Homes, where he had worked as a service technician for the last seven years. A message he posted on his Facebook page said it all: You don't work, you don't eat. But that didn't stop him from participating in two of his cherished hobbies--watching NASCAR races and playing the lottery. His luck began to change when he won four tickets to the May 2 NASCAR race in Ric
May 13, 2009, 9:31 am - Lottery News

One Euro Millions lottery ticket wins €126M jackpot (US$170M)News Story
One lucky lottery ticket from Spain matched 5 lotto numbers plus the two Lucky Stars in Friday's Euro Millions drawing to win a massive jackpot of 126 million (US$170 million). The huge prize was the result of six successive drawings without a winner in the multi-country European lottery game. The winning ticket, worth 126,231,764 (US$170,198,287), was sold in a central Madrid lottery sales office. As one would expect, the winner has not yet been revealed. Government lottery offices nor
May 9, 2009, 5:15 pm - Lottery News

Georgia man wins lottery 3 timesNews Story
Figure the odds: Three winning lottery tickets one of them for $1 million all in the same day. Michael Warner, 61, of Grayson, Georgia, won the big prize playing the Georgia Lottery instant game World Class Millions, and topped off his winnings with $500 from another instant game, Extreme Green, and $20 from a third lottery ticket. I could hardly breathe, said the retired Lucent Technologies employee. I was just at the right place at the right time. On the afternoon of April 19, Warne
May 8, 2009, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Lottery-winning deputies going to DisneylandNews Story
Two cohabiting Marin County sheriff's deputies are sporting ear-to-ear grins because they're California's newest multimillionaires. Brian Cabaud, 31, and 24-year-old Anneliese Hansen, who goes by Liese, aren't chasing crooks these days. They're taking some time off, contemplating what life will be like now that they are $75 million richer, thanks to the Mega Millions lottery. The California winning ticket is one of three tickets to split a $225 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn on May 1.
May 7, 2009, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Elderly $144M Powerball lottery winner shows right way to claim jackpotNews Story
Winner protects his identity, while D.C. protects its tax revenue The winner of a $144 million Powerball jackpot has finally stepped forward, nearly three weeks after the lottery drawing, demonstrating one of the best ways for a lottery player to claim a big prize. The 82-year-old from Washington D.C. had his lawyer claim the prize on Monday on behalf of a corporation set up to keep his identity secret. The moves frustrates reporters in the media seeking to reveal his personal story, bu
May 5, 2009, 7:31 am - Lottery News

3 lottery players share $225M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Three players, in California, Ohio and Virginia, will share the $225 million jackpot from the latest Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, taking about $75 million apiece. The next Mega Millions drawing, Tuesday night, will feature a jackpot of $12 million. In addition to the grand prize winners from Friday night's drawing, 21 players, won second prizes of $250,000 apiece: 2 from California, 4 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 3 from New Jersey, 9 from New York, and 2 from Texas. The se
May 2, 2009, 10:14 am - Lottery News

$220 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soarsNews Story
Largest jackpot in more than one year Lottery jackpot hunters will have a big target this Friday night, when a $220 million jackpot is up from grabs in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game. It is the largest Mega Millions jackpot since Feb. 22, 2008, when the top prize swelled to $270 million. One ticket sold in Georgia won that prize. The huge pot came about after no tickets won last night's $181 million jackpot drawing. On Friday, players will attempt to match all five numbers p
Apr 29, 2009, 9:00 am - Lottery News