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Half brothers fight over million dollar lottery ticketNews Story
Two estranged half brothers faced off on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania court in a fight over a winning million-dollar lottery ticket. Ira Sharp claims he gave his half brother Charles Meehan $20 to buy a Hot Million instant ticket in Johnny Joe's sports bar and they agreed to split any winnings, Sharp's attorney R. Mark Thomas said in the Cumberland County Court of Pleas. The ticket was a winner, but Meehan tried to hide it and keep all of the money, the attorney said. The two men, who both
Jul 16, 2014, 5:30 pm - Lottery News

Massachusetts man turns 21, wins $1 million lotteryNews Story
Ryan McNulty of Marshfield, Massachusetts, turned 21 and celebrated a day later by claiming a $1 million prize in the state lottery's Billion Dollar Bonanza instant game. McNulty chose to collect in annual payments of $50,000 (before taxes) over 20 years. He told lottery officials he will use the money to buy a new car and pay some bills. His lucky ticket was purchased at Green Harbor General Store, 40 Marginal Street in the Green Harbor section of Marshfield. The store will receive a $10,
Jul 11, 2014, 11:04 am - Lottery News

Lottery mystery yields clues to $7.5 million prizeNews Story
By Peter Mucha, Philly.com Third of three parts See Part 1 and Part 2 Ever notice that instant lottery tickets are consecutively numbered? Ever wonder if those numbers could help in a hunt for riches? They theoretically can, at least in Texas. They helped us create a list, predicting the whereabouts of a missing $7.5 million ticket. A $50 scratch-off game called $7,500,000 Fortune started out with three top prizes among about 190,000 packs of tickets. Our list of likely susp
Jul 3, 2014, 8:16 am - Lottery News

Lottery legend Joan Ginther known as bigtime ticket buyerNews Story
By Peter Micha, Philly.com People confirm what statistics suggest: Lottery legend Joan Ginther bought thousands of high-priced scratch-off tickets on her way to winning millions of dollars four times. A store clerk named Victoria said she sold Ginther countless tickets, entire rolls of $50 scratch-offs at a time, according to a report by Houston TV station KPRC. And that was at just one of eight stores in and around Ginther's home town of Bishop, Texas, where she won 28 prizes ranging f
Jul 2, 2014, 3:59 pm - Lottery News

How lottery legend Joan Ginther used odds, Uncle Sam to win millionsNews Story
By Peter Mucha, Philly.com Second of three parts See Part 1 Joan Ginther wasn't necessarily lottery loco. Maybe it wasn't a case of dumb luck, but smart luck. She may have purchased at least 80,000 pricey tickets worth $2 million or more, according to expert analysis of 28 instant prizes she won, including three totalling $15 million. If she also was the source of two dozen lesser wins by her friend Anna Morales, Ginther might have spurred the purchase of as many as 100,000 ticket
Jul 2, 2014, 10:07 am - Lottery News

Lottery's 'luckiest woman' bet flabbergasting sums on scratch-offsNews Story
By Peter Mucha, Philly.com First of three parts For years, people who dream of beating the lottery have puzzled over the amazing case of Joan Ginther, who made headlines around the world by scratching off 10MILL on a $50 instant ticket in June 2010 to win her fourth multimillion-dollar prize. Skeptics wondered if she cheated or had an ingenious system for pinpointing winners. After all, Ginther received a Ph.D. from Stanford and has lived for years in Las Vegas. News reports at the tim
Jul 2, 2014, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma man arrested after trying to redeem forged lottery ticketNews Story
Oklahoma City police arrested a man last week trying to cash in a forged lottery ticket. According to the police report filed Friday June 19, 45-year-old Michael Allen Shaske of Tahlequah was hoping for a $20,000 payout by turning in an altered $3 scratch-off ticket and would not take 'no' for an answer from any of the clerks he went to that day. But all he got was a quick trip to jail. Well he was doing everything he could to get arrested for this, said MSgt. Gary Knight with the Okla
Jun 25, 2014, 10:36 am - Lottery News

Idaho woman claims her second major lottery prizeNews Story
Massage therapist Boni Hutchinson-Ennis of Boise, Idaho, has been touched by Lottery luck twice in the last three years most recently, when she won and claimed a $250,000 top prize on the Scratch Game Idaho $250,000 Jackpot. She purchased her winning ticket from a WinStation vending machine at the Fred Meyer on Chinden Boulevard in Garden City. Three years ago, Hutchinson-Ennis won $100,000 on the Idaho Lottery's Black Ticket, from a ticket purchased at the Fred Meyer on Federal Way in Boi
Jun 20, 2014, 8:53 pm - Lottery News

Virginia couple are new millionairesNews Story
Kiss your bride! Janet Dalby instructed her husband Richard, as the two posed with an oversized $4 million check from Virginia Lottery on Friday. The couple was celebrating their newfound wealth, made possible by lucky scratch-off winnings at Taylor's Market, where Richard Dalby purchased the winning ticket two days earlier. The Dalby's have been buying lottery tickets at Taylor's Market on U.S. 1 for the past 20 years. Richard Dalby is retired, but Janet still works as an IT director
May 31, 2014, 10:42 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Legislature passes lottery bill scrapping online scratch-off gamesNews Story
Gov. unsure if he will sign bill Both the Minnesota House and Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved restrictions on online sales of state lottery tickets. The bill now goes to Gov. Mark Dayton, who has said he hasn't decided whether he'll sign it. Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, called implementation of the new electronic games overreach by the administration. Politically, we pinned their ears back, said Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston. The lottery needs to have some controls, some
May 17, 2014, 11:08 am - Lottery News