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Lottery millionaires' 'dreams came true' after learning son is cancer freeNews Story
It is just like all of our lifelong dreams came true. That was the joyful expression of a UK couple who won a 2 million (US$2.6 million) lottery jackpot three days before finding out that their teenage son was clear of cancer. John and Allison McDonald have described how their their Lucky Dip ticket matched all six numbers to scoop the Lotto jackpot on Wednesday, December 18. Three days later, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, from Stockton on Tees, were given the news that their 15-year-old son
Jan 3, 2020, 9:52 am - Lottery News

Builder who won $138 million lottery jackpot promises to keep workingNews Story
A UK builder named as the winner of the 105 million (US$138 million) EuroMillions jackpot has pledged not to stop working despite landing the life-changing fortune. Father-of-three Steve Thomson said he felt like he was having a heart attack he realized he had the winning numbers on his Lucky Dip ticket and was a gibbering wreck as he told wife Lenka. A Lucky Dip ticket is one in which the computer selects all random numbers instead of the player choosing the numbers to play. The 42-year-o
Dec 30, 2019, 11:13 am - Lottery News

Winner claims prize for $150 million Powerball lottery ticket sold at CA/NV borderNews Story
By Todd Northrop A huge Powerball jackpot was claimed on a ticket sold at a famous lottery store on the border of California and Nevada. Last month, one winning ticket for the $150 million Powerball was sold at Gold Ranch Lottery on the Nevada-California border near Verdi. On Monday, Bill Lawrence stepped forward as the winner, according to a press release issued by the California Lottery. Lawrence's residency was not disclosed. The retiree and his wife, who just celebrated their 20th w
Dec 20, 2019, 9:44 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman learns she won $5M lottery prize while scrolling FacebookNews Story
A woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, says she had no idea she'd won a $5 million Lotto 47 prize until she was on Facebook the night after the drawing. I usually only buy Lotto 47 tickets when the jackpot gets over $10 million, said the player, who chose to remain anonymous. When I was at the store, I saw the jackpot was only at $5 million, but I decided to get a ticket anyway. The night after the drawing, I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a news station had posted that someone
Dec 4, 2019, 3:20 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner never showed up to claim $14.6 million jackpot in ArizonaNews Story
A lottery player sitting on a $14.6 million jackpot had until the end of Monday to come forward in Arizona or lose it all, officials said. The winner never showed up. Monday's 5 p.m. deadline came and went and officials still don't know who purchased the ticket, they said. It's hard to see that not get claimed, Arizona lottery spokeswoman Jacqueline Keidel Martinez said Monday evening. The ticket holder nailed all six numbers of an in-state game, The Pick, on June 5 setting a 180-day c
Dec 3, 2019, 8:17 am - Lottery News

Unclaimed $14.6 million Arizona Lottery ticket expires MondayNews Story
If you played the Arizona Lottery this past summer, look around the house for lottery tickets you might have missed; you might be sitting on $14.6 million. The Arizona Lottery said the multimillion dollar The Pick jackpot has still not been claimed since the June 5 drawing. The winning numbers drawn that evening were 4, 14, 22, 24, 28, and 43. The winning ticket was sold at the Circle K at Litchfield Road and Van Buren Street in Goodyear. If the ticket is yours, don't delay one moment
Nov 30, 2019, 9:02 pm - Lottery News

Mover who plays the lottery in every state finally hits the jackpot in North CarolinaNews Story
A stop in North Carolina paid off big for a mover from New York. Iffetayo Adjele of Bronx, N.Y. said he's tried his luck all across America, but it wasn't until he stopped in North Carolina that it paid off with a $100,000 Cash 5 jackpot. I work for a moving company, Adjele said. Every week, every day, I'm some place different. I play the lottery in every state I'm in, and hope that one day I'll get lucky. The lucky day came Friday, Nov.1, when Adjele stopped at the TravelCenters of A
Nov 27, 2019, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Connecticut man cashes in $21.3M lottery ticketNews Story
Connecticut's newest millionaire came forward Tuesday, cashing in a Lotto ticket worth a cool $21,365,302. William McLaughlin, of Danbury, claimed the top prize at Connecticut Lottery's headquarters in Rocky Hill. He purchased the $1 Lotto ticket, with winning numbers 1-9-10-15-41-43, at the Stop Shop on Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. McLaughlin's six-number match was worth $25.8 million the third-largest Lotto jackpot in the state's history. Because McLaughlin took a Cash Lump Su
Nov 13, 2019, 9:11 pm - Lottery News

Veterans Day turns jubilant for 70-year-old Army vet after he wins lottery in NCNews Story
A 70-year-old Army veteran found himself counting cash on Veterans Day, after he won more than a quarter of a million dollars in the North Carolina Education Lottery. Ernest Dodson bought the Cash 5 ticket at Sons of Nie, an Asian market in Greensboro, and realized the next morning that it was worth $276,688, lottery officials announced on Veterans Day. He paid $1 for the ticket. I about fell over, Dodson said in the release. I'm tickled to death that I can be debt free. Federal an
Nov 11, 2019, 12:34 pm - Lottery News

British pro gambler took aim at $25.8M CT Lotto jackpot, buying hundreds of thousands of ticketsNews Story
Lottery officials monitored everything as it happened Good afternoon, Pete. Just letting you know that we have been monitoring the sales of an individual who is spending an enormous amount of money on the lotto game. That's what Mark Walerysiak, the security director at the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC), wrote in an email on Oct. 28 to Peter Hsieh, the gaming division director for the state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP). The email was the beginning of an intriguing yarn ab
Nov 8, 2019, 2:36 pm - Lottery News