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Lottery winner's lifetime of money gone in weeksNews Story
A few weeks before Thanksgiving, staff at the Loving Care assisted living facility in St. Petersburg realized something had changed in Malcolm Ramsey's life. Relatives who had never paid much attention to Ramsey, 55 and mentally incompetent, suddenly started showing up in droves. Bulging bags from T.J. Maxx and Bealls filled his half of a tiny, shared bedroom. Boxes of new athletic shoes Nike, New Balance, K-Swiss towered against the wall. Then there were the rumors that Ramsey had hit it
Jan 10, 2014, 2:03 pm - Lottery News

Police issued lotto tickets during Christmas traffic stopsNews Story
Motorists caught speeding to grandma's house in Melbourne, Florida, were greeted with a bittersweet Christmas Day surprise as officers doled out warnings and tickets alongside scratch-off lottery games. The unique move was an added touch Melbourne police officers wanted to put on the normally quiet holiday traffic. By 1 p.m. Christmas Day, more than 30 scratch-off game tickets were handed out to speeders and other traffic violators in a bid to spread holiday cheer while keeping the roads s
Dec 26, 2013, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Florida lottery ticket worth $1.3 million about to expireNews Story
Someone who bought a Mega Money lottery ticket over the summer in south Miami-Dade is a millionaire and may not even know it. To make matters worse, unless they come forward in the next week or so they will be out of luck. Florida lottery officials said a Mega Money ticket sold June 18th at Davis Market, at 21630 Southwest 120th Avenue, is worth $1.3 million. However, it remains unclaimed. The 180 day limit to claim the jackprize expires on December 15th. The winning numbers drawn on Ju
Dec 3, 2013, 1:04 pm - Lottery News

Deadline passes: $16 million Powerball jackpot goes unclaimedNews Story
The 180-day window passed late Thursday with no one coming forward to claim a $16.66 Powerball jackpot from a ticket bought in Hillsborough County, Florida. The ticket was sold in May at Carrollwood Market, a convenience store at 4550 W. Village Drive. The ticket was worth one third of a $50 million Powerball jackpot drawn May 25. The two other winning tickets were sold in Delaware and Louisiana. The winning numbers were 2, 6, 19, 21, and 27, with Powerball number 25. Some of the unclai
Nov 22, 2013, 6:29 pm - Lottery News

$16 million Florida Powerball lottery ticket expires ThursdayNews Story
Hitting a $16 million Powerball jackpot is a dream for most people. But losing a fortune by letting those lottery winnings expire is a nightmare and that's what will happen Thursday if someone doesn't claim the ticket bought in May at a suburban Tampa, Fla., convenience store. Lottery officials say this will be the largest unclaimed jackpot in Florida since 2003, when someone didn't claim $53 million in the Florida Lotto game. Neighborhood residents who have been following the lack of a
Nov 20, 2013, 5:59 pm - Lottery News

Florida man wins multimillion lottery jackpot for 2nd timeNews Story
By Todd Northrop A U.S. man who won a multimillion-dollar jackpot playing the Florida Lotto has done it again. The Florida Lottery says 67-year-old James Bozeman Jr., of Orlando, has claimed a $3 million jackpot from the drawing held on Aug. 31, 2013. Bozeman chose to receive his winnings in annual payments of $100,000.00 for the next 30 years. Last year, Bozeman claimed a $10 million jackpot. He purchased both winning tickets from the same convenience store 7-Eleven, located at 5
Oct 31, 2013, 10:47 am - Lottery News

Home returned to estate of slain Florida Lotto winnerNews Story
A judge has ordered that an expensive home and other assets be returned to the estate of slain Lakeland, Florida, lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare and stripped from the woman convicted of killing him. In a six-page order, Circuit Judge J. Dale Durrance wrote that there was no evidence Dorice DeeDee Moore ever paid Shakespeare for his home on Red Hawk Bend Drive in Lakeland. Shakespeare paid about $1 million for the Lakeland house when he bought it in 2007. In addition, the judge order
Oct 4, 2013, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Convicted murderer Dee Dee Moore denies killing lotto winnerNews Story
Includes video report Dee Dee Moore, the woman who was convicted of murdering Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, said in an interview from prison that she was not guilty and blamed her legal team for her guilty verdict. I would never harm another human being, Moore said. I would never hurt nobody! I like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and Disney! Moore, 41, sat down for an interview in a cell block cafeteria at the Lowell Correctional Institute in Ocala, Fla., where she is se
Sep 10, 2013, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

$59M Florida Lotto jackpot won by ticket sold in OrlandoNews Story
Lottery officials said a winning Florida Lotto ticket worth $59 million was sold at a 7-Eleven in Orlando. One lucky person won the jackpot in Saturday night's Florida Lotto drawing, where the winning numbers were 11, 24, 36, 45, 46 and 47. Officials said the ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven store at the intersection of S. Apopka Vineland Road and Winter Garden Vineland Road. The winning ticket is worth $59 million, or a lesser amount for a one-time cash payout. The winner has not yet come
Aug 25, 2013, 3:05 pm - Lottery News

Fla. senator proposes online Florida Lottery sales, againNews Story
Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Miami, wants to make Florida Lottery tickets just a click or two away. Margolis has reintroduced a proposal (SB 98) for the 2014 session that would allow the Florida Lottery to create a program so anyone 18 or older could purchase lottery tickets online. The Florida Lottery doesn't offer tickets by mail, fax, or via the Internet, requiring tickets to be purchased from among 13,000 authorized retailers. The proposal comes as a legislative study is underway on the fu
Aug 21, 2013, 10:49 pm - Lottery News