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Lottery winner's cyanide poisoning death remains unsolved five years laterNews Story
Urooj Khan couldn't believe his luck in spring 2012 when he scratched off a second lottery ticket at a 7-Eleven near his home on Chicago's Far North Side and realized he had won $1 million. When he accepted an oversized promotional check from Illinois Lottery representatives with his wife and teenage daughter at his side, he spoke of how his winnings would help him grow his dry-cleaning business. But weeks later, before he had collected the actual winnings, Khan died unexpectedly at 46.
Jul 25, 2017, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Man sues California Lottery for not honoring winning $5M Scratcher ticketNews Story
A Long Beach resident is suing the California State Lottery Commission and a local liquor store for failing to honor a winning Scratchers ticket worth $5 million. Ward Thomas is suing the commission and Los Altos Mobil for damages resulting from the loss and denial of the winning ticket. In the lawsuit, Thomas claims on or around Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. he and his 16-year-old son Benjamin went to the store to buy California Lottery tickets, which they had done in the past. At Ward's request,
Jul 21, 2017, 4:09 pm - Lottery News

19-year-old wins lottery twice in one weekNews Story
A California teen is celebrating two big lottery wins in just a week. 19-year-old Rosa Dominguez was recently driving home from Arizona when she decided to make a pit-stop at a gas station in Paso Robles, California. While there, she decided to buy a few instant scratch-off tickets, and one of those was a $5 Power 5's ticket that would change her life. Dominguez scratched that ticket and discovered she'd won the top prize of $555,555! I was so nervous I just wanted to cry, she shared.
Jul 10, 2017, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Chicago woman wins $250K from her first-ever lottery ticketNews Story
A Chicago woman won $250,000 from her first-ever lottery ticket, which she wasn't even planning to buy. La Ongkwan Pinyapap instantly won the top prize after scratching a 25X The Money ticket, the Illinois Lottery said Wednesday in a statement. This is the very first lottery ticket I have ever played! she said. My friend was buying a ticket, so I thought I should try one, too. We couldn't believe it when I won! Pinyapap bought her ticket at the BP gas station on W. Fullerton Ave. in
Jun 26, 2017, 6:32 am - Lottery News

Florida man sues friend in dispute over $1M lottery ticketNews Story
A Lakeland, Florida, man is suing a friend who he says cheated him out of money from a $1 million lottery ticket. Court records show John Rhoades filed a lawsuit against Tyler Scott, and Scott's girlfriend Brittany Causey. Wells Fargo Bank is also listed as a defendant. Rhoades said he used his own money to purchase a winning Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket from a Wawa gas station located on Highway 98 in Lakeland. He says he showed Scott the winning ticket, and his friend told him i
Jun 15, 2017, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Ex-girlfriend of slain lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare wins $1 million jackpotNews Story
Call it the sequel of Abraham Shakespeare. On Thursday, Antionette Andrews, the former girlfriend of slain lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, won $1 million on a $20 scratch-off $5 million Monopoly game from a Florida Lottery ticket she bought at a Circle K at 7250 U.S. 98 N in Lakeland. I am a little scared, Andrews, 42, said Monday. It still doesn't seem real. She's scared about a lot of publicity and because of what happened after Shakespeare won a $17 million lump-sum payment fro
Jun 14, 2017, 12:17 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. bartender bought $7M lottery ticket on a whimNews Story
He'll drink to that! A Bronx bartender won $7 million from a scratch-off ticket he bought while killing time at a laundromat and now plans to spend big bucks on fishing gear, he said Tuesday. This is otherworldly. I never saw it coming, said Michael Moriarty adding the astonishing news brought him to his knees. A lot of people say this is karma, but I'm nothing special. I just do the best I can, he added. The 56-year-old cocktail shaker who has worked at Tavern on the Green and Uni
May 17, 2017, 9:12 am - Lottery News

Army soldier wins $5 million lottery jackpotNews Story
An Army soldier based in Fort Drum has won a $5 million New York Lottery jackpot. The state lottery announced Tuesday that 36 year old Jesse Vonderhorst bought the winning scratch-off ticket at the Sunoco on Factory Street in Watertown. Lottery officials said there will be no formal check presentation because Vonderhorst is deploying from Fort Drum on Wednesday. They didn't know where he was going. Fort Drum denied that Vonderhorst was being deployed. Officials said he was taking part i
May 10, 2017, 8:04 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma governor approves increased lottery payoutsNews Story
Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation Tuesday that could lead to higher Oklahoma Lottery prize amounts and higher revenue to education. Lottery officials believe the law will spur more purchases of instant-win scratcher tickets, which in turn will boost funding for public schools, CareerTech institutions, colleges and universities. House Bill 1837 doesn't affect the multi-state lottery games like Powerball, but people who buy scratch-off tickets should see a change in July. The Oklahoma L
May 3, 2017, 3:34 pm - Lottery News

Long Island friends win $8.3M lottery jackpotNews Story
Two friends from Lido Beach, New York, won $8.3 million in the Lotto drawing on March 18, the New York State Gaming Commission announced Wednesday. Longtime friends Randi Bernstein, 63, and Elizabeth Kelly, 56, both of Lido Beach in Nassau County, New York, collected $8.3 million in winnings. The friends who plan to share the profits matched all six numbers of the Lotto drawing on March 18. Bernstein, an Avon rep and mother of two, said she's going to use the money to pay for some of the p
Apr 27, 2017, 9:53 am - Lottery News