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Long Island co-workers claim $437 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A group of Long Island area co-workers have claimed the $437 million Mega Millions jackpot for the January 1 drawing, the largest jackpot in New York Lottery history. The 23-member group has claimed the prize through the New Life 2019, LLC, opting to take the lump sum payment totaling $262,213,914. They will receive a net check of $176,155,308 after required state and federal withholding. They have also chosen to remain anonymous. Representatives of New Life 2019, LLC, said they play
Feb 20, 2019, 7:21 am - Lottery News

South Carolina lottery winner where are you? $1.5B still unclaimed, and clock is tickingNews Story
David Stevenson, a CPA in South Carolina, says he can't think of a good reason why whoever bought an enormous lottery ticket in tiny Simpsonville hasn't cashed in. The Mega Millions ticket worth more than $1.5 billion was purchased in October. It will be worthless in about two months if no one comes forward to claim the cash. I could understand there might have been tax advantages to wait until 2019, Stevenson said Thursday. But I see no purpose in waiting now. Honestly, I think it's lost
Feb 17, 2019, 10:53 am - Lottery News

Traditional lottery ticket Christmas gift turns into $3M winNews Story
A family Christmas tradition of giving Connecticut Lottery tickets turned into a $3 million win. Santa arrived with a $3 million gift recently from the Connecticut Lottery's Dec. 25 Mega Millions drawing. The ticket was sold at Avenue News in Bristol and claimed on Feb. 1. The prizes were claimed in four separate blocks of $750,000 under four entities: Christmas 2018 Revocable Trust out of Bristol Christmas 2018 2 Revocable Trust out of Plainville Christmas 2018 3 Revocable Trust out o
Feb 8, 2019, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

Lottery ticket purchased in central Iowa puts man's dream car within reachNews Story
An East Moline man stopped in a central Iowa convenience store last month to grab a coffee, snack and what ended up being a pretty lucky piece of paper, the Iowa Lottery announced Monday. Danny Lovett, 60, bought a $1 million winning lottery ticket at a Kum Go in Colfax while on his truck route from Davenport to Des Moines, the lottery said in a statement. You count and you count and you look and it's like, 'There's no way!' Lovett said in a news release Monday. Then you wake people up ou
Feb 5, 2019, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Multi-state Cash4Life may become daily lottery gameNews Story
Lottery players in nine states may soon have a chance to play the game Cash4Life on daily basis. The move from a twice-per-week to daily drawings was approved Monday by members of the the New York State Gaming Commission. If approved by the other eight states that offer the game, Cash4Life could adopt a daily drawing schedule starting on July 1. New York started Cash4Life with New Jersey in 2014. Since then, seven other states have joined: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Jan 29, 2019, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Brooklyn truck driver quits job, comes forward as $298M Powerball winnerNews Story
A truck driver from Brooklyn has come forward as the winner of the second-largest Powerball jackpot in New York Lottery history. David Johnson, 56, won the Dec. 26 drawing for the $298.3 million jackpot and has already quit his job to start enjoying an early retirement. He opted to take a single lump sum payment of $180,227,550 which equals $114,091,248 after taxes. Johnson received his winnings on Friday at Resorts World Casino in Queens. Johnson worked across the street from Arnold's
Jan 25, 2019, 9:08 pm - Lottery News

One month left to claim $4M Illinois Lottery prizeNews Story
Illinois lottery officials are searching for a mystery millionaire who has just one month left to come forward. The winner of a $4 million prize sold at a Chicago gas station for the Feb. 23, 2018 Mega Millions drawing has just 30 days to claim their prize. If you think you bought a ticket for this drawing, you may want to check your pockets, behind the sofa or wherever you may have placed a winning lottery ticket, the Illinois Lottery said in a statement. The winning Mega Millions Me
Jan 25, 2019, 12:46 pm - Lottery News

SC officials getting nervous that $1.5 billion Mega Millions winner won't claim prizeNews Story
Here's how a big money winner could end up being a bit of a money loser for South Carolina. If in a few weeks no one claims a lottery ticket worth $1.5 billion sold in the Upstate, Palmetto State lawmakers may have less money to spend in the coming fiscal year. The state expects to collect $61 million in income taxes as its share of the Mega Millions jackpot if the winner opts to take the money as a lump sum. The winner still has three months to turn over the ticket to state lottery of
Jan 23, 2019, 10:36 am - Lottery News

85-year-old claims Lucky for Life lottery prize with hours to spareNews Story
Eighty-five-year-old Bob Hissom bought a winning lottery ticket Jan. 1 of last year and just cashed it in this week right before it expired. I hold onto everything, I don't throw anything away, said Hissom. Thank goodness he did, because now he's now $400,000 richer. I didn't really think so until they handed us the check today, he said. I said something is going to go wrong. It started last year on January 1st when he bought Lotto tickets like he does every week at the Picnic Ba
Jan 3, 2019, 9:34 am - Lottery News

South Dakota lottery player starts off 2019 with massive lifetime winNews Story
The South Dakota Lottery's latest big winner will ring in the new year with the prize of $1,000 a day for the rest of his or her life. Monday's Lucky For Life drawing resulted in South Dakota's first top prize winner in the game. The ticket was sold at Ken's Fairway, located at 2105 6th Ave., SE in Aberdeen. The winning numbers were 4, 10, 15, 19, and 43, with Lucky Ball number 8. Monday's top prize winner will receive the option of $1,000 a day for the rest of his or her life or a one-tim
Jan 1, 2019, 12:36 pm - Lottery News