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Canadian man wins $16M, then finishes grocery shoppingNews Story
Calgarian Alfonso Buonomo's first reaction to learning he'd won a Lotto 6/49 windfall was to go grocery shopping. Now, he can go shopping with $16.3 million, the biggest Lotto 6/49 win in the city in six years. When Buonomo checked his $4 lottery ticket for the Jan. 2 draw, at the Creekside Co-op gas bar at 11994 Symons Valley Rd. N.W. where he purchased it, he had a hard time believing he was a millionaire many times over. I actually thought the prize amount was a bar code number when
Feb 8, 2019, 9:38 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

Mom wins largest individual Powerball in Australian lottery historyNews Story
A mom from Sydney won Australia's biggest individual prize in history on Thursday, cashing out with more than AU$107 million (US$76.7 million). The Lott, Australia's official lotteries website, said in a statement that the 40-something winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, wasn't sure what was going on when officials called to tell her the big news. In fact, the winner initially thought she had won $107,000. Oh my god, $107,000! That's amazing! Then came the news that her winning we
Jan 19, 2019, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Mother of 3 claims $39.5 million Lotto Max jackpotNews Story
A Canadian woman has become almost $40 million richer, all because she decided to brave the crowds on Boxing Day. Michelle De Roma of Surrey, British Columbia, purchased the winning ticket to last week's Lotto Max draw during a shopping trip at the Tsawwassen Mills outlet mall on Dec. 26, netting her a whopping $39,517,071. After learning about her massive windfall, De Roma said the first person she told was the number one love of my life, her husband. It's my husband's birthday, so it's t
Jan 5, 2019, 8:33 pm - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery winners to share £115 million prize with family and friendsNews Story
When Frances and Patrick Connolly realized they had won a EuroMillions jackpot worth 115 million (US$131 million), they sat in silence and stared at each other for 10 minutes, then made a cup of tea. So began a new life for the couple from County Down in Northern Ireland on New Year's Day, after scooping one of the biggest UK lottery wins in history. They went public with the news on Friday at a press conference outside Belfast, where the Connollys announced they would share the prize with
Jan 5, 2019, 2:46 pm - Lottery News

Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts surprise jackpot increaseNews Story
$370 million jackpot is the game's 12th-largest By Todd Northrop Lottery officials announced today that the jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $348 million to $370 million, as a result of rapid sales. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown since Oct. 26 and has rolled 18 times. Mega Millions offers two jackpot payment options: the $370 million annuity prize paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual graduated payments, or the cash option, which
Dec 28, 2018, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

Man finds $86 million lottery ticket in his carNews Story
A builder who stockpiled lottery tickets in his van discovered he had won 76 million (US$86 million) in the multi-country EuroMillions game six weeks after the winning draw. Andrew Clark, 51, from Boston, Lincolnshire, said he was taking early retirement after discovering the winning ticket tucked in the visor of his Peugeot Expert van. Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England, approximately 100 miles north of London. He made a claim for the prize the 1
Dec 23, 2018, 11:42 am - Lottery News

NJ Lottery Pick 6 ticket worth $29.5M sold at liquor storeNews Story
A 10-month drought without a Pick 6 New Jersey lottery winner ended Monday night when someone hit the $29.5 million jackpot. The lucky ticket was bought at Eddy's Wine Liquors on Avenue C in Bayonne, state lottery officials said Tuesday. If the winner chose the cash option the prize is $20.87 million before taxes are deducted. Monday's winning numbers were 9, 12, 15, 18, 27, and 34. The XTRA number was 3. The jackpot climbed through most of 2018 since a lucky player won a $9.6 million j
Dec 18, 2018, 9:43 pm - Lottery News

Florida man putting $14.5 million lottery win toward education in IndiaNews Story
A Tampa man is a millionaire after he struck the Florida Lottery's $14.5 million dollar jackpot, and he plans to use his windfall to help less fortunate children in his home country of India. Krishna Barri said he doesn't play the lottery that often but sometimes he will buy a handful of tickets. For the drawing on December 1, he played 10 tickets at the Zephyrhills Publix Liquor Store and hit the jackpot. 21-30-39-44-45-46. I won't forget those numbers anymore, said Barri. Barri s
Dec 11, 2018, 10:24 am - Lottery News

British man charged with fraudulently claiming £2.5 million lottery jackpotNews Story
Faked winning ticket? A man who won 2.5 Million in the UK's National Lottery appeared in court today accused of faking the winning ticket. Edward Putman, 53, made his first appearance in the crown court following a three year police investigation. But, in a preliminary hearing, his barrister Lawrence Selby told St. Albans Crown Court that Putman would be making an application to dismiss the charge. In October, Putman appeared before magistrates to plead not guilty to fraud by false r
Nov 26, 2018, 8:33 pm - Lottery News