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NY insomniac wins $7.5 million lottery prizeNews Story
A Staten Island, New York, man won millions of dollars, thanks to a bout of insomnia. Salvatore Gandolfo, 55, of Arden Heights couldn't sleep on April 1, so he got up and bought a scratch-off ticket that won him $7.5 million, he said on Tuesday. That night, I was thinking about someone from my past, someone who is no longer here, said Gandolfo, a former NYC Department of Finance worker. It was about 3 or 4 in the morning. I couldn't sleep. I woke up and ate breakfast. I put on my clot
May 9, 2014, 5:36 pm - Lottery News

Chicago man credits mom with $2.5 million lottery winNews Story
A Chicago man is planning a special Mother's Day for his mom after she bought a lottery ticket for him that wound up being worth $2.5 million. Daniel Stojak, 46, of Chicago, said his mother, Shirley, 77, also of Chicago, frequently buys him tickets at the Jewel-Osco in Niles where she has worked as a cashier for about 15 years. Though Shirley Stojak had won some money before playing the lottery the most was $10,000 this April 1 was special. That day, she bought a $10 instant ticket and
May 9, 2014, 4:21 pm - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery to drive profits by boosting payoutsNews Story
The state House on Tuesday approved a change to the Pennsylvania Lottery that the Corbett administration says will allow it to maximize profits for senior programs by meeting consumer demand for high-payout instant tickets. State law requires the lottery to dedicate no less than 27 percent of revenue from ticket sales to funding programs for seniors. But most of the lottery's sales growth is from scratch-off tickets, which return less money to the state than do terminal-based games such as th
Apr 30, 2014, 9:56 am - Lottery News

Players snapping up Mass. Lottery's new $30 ticketsNews Story
The Massachusetts State Lottery, following the lead of a handful of other states, has rolled out new scratch tickets at a significantly higher price $30 a pop saying there is a market for more costly games with the chance of bigger winnings. Since the new game was launched last Tuesday, bettors have snapped up more than $8 million in tickets, hoping to win one of the four $15 million instant jackpots or at least take home one of the 36 $1 million prizes. Dina William, who, along with her husb
Apr 29, 2014, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery considering offering a $50 instant ticketNews Story
A $50 instant lottery ticket may be in the future, say Ohio Lottery officials buoyed by the success of the agency's first $30 instant ticket. The next step in the lottery world is the $50 ticket, lottery director Dennis Berg told lottery commission members at a recent meeting. We have talked about it here and there are conflicting opinions. Logically it is the next price point, but we do not know when it will happen. Texas appears to be the only state with a $50 ticket, made available by
Apr 26, 2014, 9:36 am - Lottery News

$2 million Hoosier Lottery winner has to give ex-wife $50,000News Story
A man who won $2 million in the Hoosier Lottery while separated from his wife has to give her only 2.5 percent of the winnings, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. The decision upholds a 2012 Allen Superior Court ruling in which Jose De Jesus Carrillo Perez was ordered to pay his ex-wife, Maria Guadalupe Vidrios Zepeda, $10,000 each year for five years from the money he won on a scratch-off ticket in 2011. The couple married in February 2002. They separated in March 2006, but nei
Apr 24, 2014, 11:48 am - Lottery News

New Mexico woman wins lottery twice in two weeksNews Story
Vicky Vasquez of Las Cruces is on a lucky streak, winning two New Mexico Lottery Scratcher prizes in the past two weeks. On April 11, Vasquez claimed a $3,000 prize from the lottery's $3 Crossword Cash Multiplier. Yesterday, she claimed a $50,000 prize from the $5 Red Hot Cherries Scratcher. It feels good, but it's a shocker, Vasquez said on her run of good fortune. Vasquez said she bought the ticket paying $50,000 late last week and played it four days later. I have a supersti
Apr 24, 2014, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Chicago man wins lottery three times in three weeksNews Story
Three is a magic number, at least it might be for one Chicago resident. Christopher Kaelin, an occasional lottery player, won the same lottery game three times in three weeks, officials announced Wednesday. I never expected to win, Kaelin told Illinois lottery officials earlier this month, especially not three times. Kaelin said his first win came during his lunch break when he bought a Crossword instant ticket at Gateway Newstand on Clark Street in Chicago and won $25,000. Image:
Apr 24, 2014, 7:56 am - Lottery News

Lucky Va. couple claims three major lottery prizes in one monthNews Story
Calvin and Zatera Spencer are having an amazing month. First they won $1 million in the March 12 Powerball drawing. Then on March 26, Mr. Spencer won $50,000 with 10 winning tickets in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 game. But it doesn't stop there. The next day, shortly after dropping his wife off for an appointment, Mr. Spencer bought a Virginia Lottery Scratcher ticket the $100 Million Cash Extravaganza and won the $1 million prize. Baby, we did it again! he told her. The $1 millio
Mar 31, 2014, 8:04 am - Lottery News

For D.C. Lottery scratch-off game players, fewer chances to win bigNews Story
For three years, D.C. resident Deonte Byrd has been making an almost-daily trek to Log Cabin Liquor at Seventh and S streets NW to hunt for a million-dollar jackpot in the form of a scratch-off lottery ticket. In 10 minutes on a recent day, Byrd bought $10 worth of tickets, won $7, cashed it in and lost his winnings on new tickets. This is an addiction. I'm addicted. I'm an addict, a joking Byrd, 25, said with a smile. The single father of three said he buys scratch-off tickets religiousl
Mar 26, 2014, 2:00 pm - Lottery News