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Verifying California Lottery WinnersNews Story
When there is a big jackpot winner in the California Lottery officials won't say exactly how much the winnings must be security officers ask a series of questions to make sure the person holding the ticket is the actual purchaser of the ticket. Lottery officials won't tell me the exact questions, but they are along the lines of: When did you buy the ticket? Where did you buy the ticket? If the answers seem odd or out of place the security officer can decline to pay at that time and launc
Nov 3, 2006, 7:06 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Builds to $93 MillionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to build. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 578,943 players across the nation won a total of more than $6 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $93 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, November 1st drawing will be an estimated $44 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 14, 22, 30, 38, 41, and the Powerball was 12. The Power Play multip
Oct 31, 2006, 7:42 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $70 millionNews Story
No one hit the Powerball jackpot Saturday, but 559,109 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.4 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $70 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, October 25th drawing will be an estimated $32.6 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 9, 29, 31, 45, 55, and the Powerball was 7. The Power Play multiplier was 4. Five tickets co
Oct 24, 2006, 11:15 am - Lottery News

$45 million Calif. SuperLotto winner claims jackpotNews Story
The holder of a $45 million California SuperLotto Plus ticket, which was purchased at a Calabasas Shell station, came forward Monday, lottery officials said. Lee Jarrett claimed the jackpot, saying he just realized that he was holding the winning ticket from last Wednesday's drawing. I checked the Lottery's Web site around 3 a.m. and then I just stared at the ticket for 20 to 30 minutes, making sure I had the right draw date and that all the numbers really matched and that I wasn't imagin
Oct 24, 2006, 10:27 am - Lottery News

$55 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed by immigrant coupleNews Story
After being orphaned at an early age, Xia Rattanakone often dreamed of going back to her native country of Laos to find her family. Now, thanks to six mega lucky numbers, the 44-year-old North Bend resident is one step closer to her wish. On Monday, she and her husband, Sommay, revealed themselves as the winners of last Tuesday's $55 million Mega Millions jackpot the second biggest jackpot in the state's history. The couple said they now plan to return to their native Laos to look for Xi
Oct 24, 2006, 7:08 am - Lottery News

Male nurse wins record German lottery jackpotNews Story
The biggest jackpot in the history of Germany's national lottery went to a male nurse. A 41-year-old male hospital nurse who is the father of three children, organizers said Tuesday, three days after the winning number was drawn. The man had phoned the West Lotto company from the hospital in the western Westphalia region during the morning, but asked that his name not be published. In the city of Muenster, West Lotto spokesman Elmar Bamfaste said the winner of the 37.7 million euro (US$47
Oct 12, 2006, 4:24 pm - Lottery News

'The dog ate my lottery ticket'News Story
With the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in Iowa, there were several ticket-holders who had wishful thinking. The Iowa Lottery said Wednesday that since the winning numbers were drawn it has been flooded with callers trying to explain why they were winners but could not produce their winning ticket. We had already validated the ticket. I was still receiving phone calls saying, 'Are you sure that is their ticket. Are you sure that's the winning ticket?' said the Iowa Lottery's Tina Po
Oct 6, 2006, 12:45 pm - Lottery News

Iowa couple claims $200M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A Fort Dodge, Iowa, couple who bought three Powerball tickets during a pit stop for soda came forward Wednesday to claim the $200 million jackpot. Tim and Kellie Guderian bought the winning ticket Sept. 23 at a Kum Go store in Fort Dodge. They discovered their good fortune the following evening, as Kellie read off the winning numbers to an awe-struck Tim. What a stroke of luck, Tim Guderian said. It seemed like a dream. According to the Iowa lottery, the odds of winning were about
Oct 6, 2006, 11:18 am - Lottery News

Canadian woman wins lotto twiceNews Story
Beating 'astounding' odds, Toronto senior held two of three winning tickets in $24M jackpot With luck like hers, Mary Wollens should buy a lottery ticket or two. In what's being described as an unprecedented win in Lotto 6/49 history, 86-year-old Wollens held two of three winning tickets in the Sept. 30 draw, scoring her a windfall of $16 million. The Etobicoke woman credited a prophetic dream for the windfall, saying she saw the winning numbers in her sleep. I was lying in bed
Oct 6, 2006, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Kansas Powerball lottery winner claims jackpot anonymouslyNews Story
A government worker and grandfather from the Topeka area stepped forward Monday to claim the $15 million Powerball jackpot from Wednesday's drawing. The man, who under state law can remain anonymous, chose to take a cash lump-sum payment of $7.17 million instead of the entire amount over 29 years. After taxes, he took home a little more than $5 million. I'm now referring to my life as BP (Before Powerball) and AP (After Powerball), he said. Last Tuesday I was worried about how I was goi
Oct 3, 2006, 1:27 pm - Lottery News