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Illinois lottery has 1 winner in $4 million jackpotNews Story
The Illinois State Lottery says one player matched all six numbers in Monday night's Lotto drawing, earning a prize of $4 million. The lottery says the winning ticket was purchased at a mini mart in Mapleton, a village near Peoria. The Lotto grand prize for Wednesday night's drawing resets to $2 million. Also on Monday, 26 players matched five of the six winning numbers and will receive second prizes of $606.50 apiece. Another 1,117 players matched four of the six winning numbers - good
Feb 24, 2009, 8:06 am - Lottery News

N.J. store seeking owner of $2.5 million winning lottery ticketNews Story
Wanted: The winner of a $2.5 million Pick 6 Lotto ticket. The Quick Mart on Washington Valley Road has posted a letter from the New Jersey Lottery congratulating the store owners for having sold the top winning ticket in the Dec. 29, 2008, Pick 6 Lotto drawing, but those who work there can't figure out who bought the winning ticket. When people ask who won, we say, We have no idea,' said Tony Cirelli, a store employee. The store still has the Pick 6 Lotto winning numbers posted on the
Feb 22, 2009, 11:24 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $120 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing was raised to $120 million. The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $103 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Friday night. There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Washington. Each second prize ticket matched all five lotto numbers b
Feb 18, 2009, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Dream big: Mega jackpot for tonight is $103 millionNews Story
Lottery business for the Mega Millions $103 million jackpot drawing tonight was unusually slow in downtown Detroit on Monday due largely to the closure of federal government offices, banks and financial markets for the Presidents' Day holiday. But Hisham Haydous, manager of Wally's Convenience and Deli in the Murphy-Telegraph Building near Shelby and Congress, said things will be different today as workers return to their jobs. Many customers don't even play the Mega Millions lottery unti
Feb 17, 2009, 8:50 am - Lottery News

California school teachers hit $76M lottery jackpotNews Story
A group of 15 teachers and administrators at Shasta Lake School, who've been playing the state lottery together for seven years, picked the winning numbers for a $76 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot that was drawn on Saturday. I'm happy to say every person who won is at work today, said Helen Herd, principal of Shasta Lake School and one of the region's newest millionaires. The jackpot was drawn on Saturday and the winning ticket was purchased at a Circle K in town, but the group of school
Feb 10, 2009, 11:42 pm - Lottery News

Lottery millionaire's life hasn't changed muchNews Story
Julie Nolan urges on the 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier toward her Kellogg, Minn., home, the speedometer needle struggling to hit 60 miles per hour. The aging car's odometer registers another mile with a click n 220,646 and counting n as she heads home from a shift at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She bought the car with only seven miles on it. The vehicle still has a certain sentimental value, even though rust has eaten through sections of the passenger side floorboard. Besides, if somebody h
Feb 10, 2009, 10:33 am - Lottery News

N.Y. woman shares lottery jackpot with sisterNews Story
Always look out for your little sister. Even or especially when you've just won $3 million in the lottery. That's the approach Lia Gentile took after winning the top prize in the New York Lottery's Money, Money, Money game with a ticket she purchased last month in a B-Kwik Mart on Seneca Street. Gentile, 44, of Buffalo, will keep half the jackpot. An equal $1.5 million share is going to her sister, Franca Cavitt, who is a year younger and lives in Crescent, Pa., near Pittsburgh, with
Feb 10, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Single ticket wins $76M Calif. lottery jackpotNews Story
A single California Lottery ticket purchased in Shasta Lake hit all six winning numbers in Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus game. At the time of the draw, the jackpot was the largest in the nation at $76 million. The winning ticket was purchased from the Circle K at 4833 Shasta Dam Boulevard. The winning numbers are 14, 23, 24, 25, 44, and the Mega number is 18. Also, four other tickets matched five of the six winning numbers and are each worth $29,473. Those tickets were purchased i
Feb 10, 2009, 7:55 am - Lottery News

Nationwide, lottery jackpots keep getting biggerNews Story
Around the United States, lottery jackpots are continuing to grow larger, making the allure of picking up a couple extra lottery tickets ever-stronger. Leading the pack is the California SuperLotto Plus jackpot, which rolled to $76 million last night when no ticket won Wednesday night's $70 million top prize. The jackpots of both multi-state lotteries have rolled over again this week also, with grand prizes of $65 million for Powerball and $60 million for Mega Millions. Because Mega Mil
Feb 5, 2009, 7:05 pm - Lottery News

$14M lottery winner promises big tipNews Story
For a guy who just won $14.8 million, you'd think Jorma Hogbacka would be a little more excited. But standing in front of reporters yesterday at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's prize office, Hogbacka said he wasn't surprised because it was in the stars. Four years ago, (a psychic) sent me a letter that said 'You'll be rich beyond your wildest dream', he said. It feels like another day, except I have a big check. A semi-retired welder, Hogbacka, 60, of St. Catharines, was
Jan 29, 2009, 10:00 am - Lottery News