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Largest Texas Lottery jackpot claimed by trustNews Story
The winners of the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won on a ticket sold in Texas have stepped forward to collect their prize money. A partnership calling itself the H H Trust of Dallas claimed the $128 million jackpot from the July 6 drawing on the multistate game, the Texas Lottery Commission says. We were daydreaming about winning the lottery and taking some time off, one member of the trust, which collected its winnings July 18, said in a news release provided by the commission.
Aug 4, 2007, 10:50 pm - Lottery News

Georgia man wins $250,000 in Mega MillionsNews Story
Dana Peace recently had what he described as a very good day. Peace, 26, of Fayette County walked into a Corner Amoco on Highway 54 in Sharpsburg to buy Fritos a snack for girlfriend Holly Yelton's roommate. A snap decision at the checkout counter landed Peace with $5 in Quik Pik tickets for the June 22 Mega Millions drawing only about an hour away. Though Peace didn't watch the drawing that night, he called the Georgia Lottery Hotline the next morning as he drove his mother to the a
Jul 23, 2007, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

Calif. Lottery fails to meet Mega Millions deadlineNews Story
The Democrat-controlled California legislature, which has taken an adversarial role against the California Lottery for the past several years, has not met its obligation to change state law by a court-ordered deadline, aimed at ensuring participation in multi-state lotto is fair to education, lottery officials said Wednesday. The lottery bill making the needed change extension of California's prize-claim period to match 11 other Mega Millions states remained stalled on the eve of Friday's
Jul 12, 2007, 1:12 pm - Lottery News

Fla. man, Va. woman win $44 million lottery prizeNews Story
A Florida financial-services firm employee and a Henrico County dental-clinic worker came forward Monday to claim a $44 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Dan Franks, who lives in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area, and Kimberly Swanson chose to take a lump sum payment of $25.3 million rather than annual payments of $1.69 million for 26 years. After taxes, each will pocket about $7 million. We are just your average hardworking people, Franks, a former Chesterfield County resident, said at a n
Jun 12, 2007, 8:58 am - Lottery News

A mega decision for California Lottery?News Story
The state lottery's 2005 entrance into multi-state Mega Millions lotto would become fully legal, and fair to gamblers and schools, under a bill approved Thursday by the Assembly. At the same time, the Assembly said it is hiring a think tank, Los Angeles-based Milken Institute, to assess Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's push to privatize the state-run lottery. The move came after the governor briefed Democratic legislative leaders on the plan, aimed at yielding immediate cash to ease the state bud
May 26, 2007, 9:40 am - Lottery News

SoCal family claims $112M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
A Southern California family claimed their winning ticket Wednesday in the $112 million Mega Millions lottery drawing. Robert Stafford and his adult children, Robert Jr. and Cynthia, said they bought a $2 quick-pick ticket from a Hawthorne market for Friday night's drawing. Their purchase became the fifth winning Mega Millions ticket sold in California. I'm just so excited, I'm happy. It's a dream come true, Cynthia Stafford said with a wide smile and a giggle. The family chose t
May 19, 2007, 10:22 am - Lottery News

$112M Mega Millions lottery ticket purchased in CaliforniaNews Story
A winning Mega Millions ticket was sold at Freeman Market in Hawthorne, California, and officials are waiting for the winner of Friday night's drawing to come forward. The winner has 180 days from the date of the draw to claim the prize. The winning MegaMillions numbers were 28, 30, 33, 48, and 54, with the Mega Number 25. A winner choosing annual payments would receive equal payments of about $4.3 million a year before federal tax withholding for the next 26 years, a California Lottery of
May 14, 2007, 8:31 am - Lottery News

Retiree on road buys winning lottery ticketNews Story
Retired salesman Daniel Casey of Fort Pierce, Fla., is one of two winners to match the first five of six winning numbers worth $250,000 in the April 24 Mega Millions drawing, Georgia Lottery officials have announced. Casey, 75, purchased his lucky ticket in Port Wentworth at the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. 21. Winning numbers for the April 24 Mega Millions drawing were: 8-10-35-36-43, and the Mega Ball was 14. Casey said he was traveling to visit family in Connecticut when he stopped fo
May 14, 2007, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery winner won't change lifestyleNews Story
Sure, she's $1.2 million wealthier than she was a week ago, but Mega Millions winner Terry Zuniga has no plans to exchange her routine for the lifestyle of the rich and famous. In fact, the 57-year-old Whittier resident and in-home caregiver said Tuesday she plans to keep her job caring for her two elderly clients. Her biggest extravagance will be a trip to Las Vegas with four of her longtime best friends, she said. After that, she's thinking about having her used Honda which was re
Apr 25, 2007, 4:20 am - Lottery News

Winning $250,000 lottery ticket to expire MondayNews Story
Virginia Lottery officials say time is running out for the person who bought a winning $250,000 ticket in Virginia Beach. That ticket is about to expire. Someone bought a Mega Millions ticket for the October 17, 2006 drawing at Food Eagle at 2021 Independence Blvd. in Virginia Beach. According to Virginia Lottery rules the ticket expires after 180 days, which will occur at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 16. The winning numbers for that drawing were 06-18-20-28-38, and the Mega Ball numb
Apr 9, 2007, 6:46 pm - Lottery News