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NY lottery winner contemplates moving to ParisNews Story
Bill Bracken grew up in Averill Park, spent much of his life on Mount Desert Island in Maine, and now lives in Vero Beach, Fla. At least for now. Maybe I will move to Paris, the 74-year-old Bracken said during a New York Lottery press conference Tuesday morning at the local Cumberland Farms just before he received a giant ceremonial check for $3 million. I have been many times, because I am an artist. I would like to go back. He will have that opportunity and also plans to pay off his
Jan 16, 2014, 3:00 pm - Lottery News

N.J. woman wins $500 a week for life after buying lottery ticket in N.C.News Story
Mary Eisenband finds it fun to buy lottery tickets. The 82-year-old Union, New Jersey, woman never found it more enjoyable than when she bought a scratch-off lottery ticket in North Carolina in November while en route to Georgia to visit family. Eisenband turned out to be the lucky winner of that state's $500 a Week for Life game, North Carolina lottery officials announced Monday. Eisenband took home a check for $244,968 after state and federal taxes were withheld because she chose the
Jan 14, 2014, 11:53 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery to sell $30 ticket that offers a chance to win $10 millionNews Story
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Ohio Lottery will debut a $30 instant scratch-off ticket on Thursday. The ticket for 40th Anniversary Millions is the most expensive and offers the largest instant prize in Ohio Lottery history. Five $10 million prizes and 35 $1 million prizes will be awarded. The lottery began with the Buckeye 300, a weekly drawing. Today, it is operating racinos, is involved in multi-state lotteries and offers instant games, draw games, EZPLAY games, and KENO.
Jan 14, 2014, 10:17 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner's lifetime of money gone in weeksNews Story
A few weeks before Thanksgiving, staff at the Loving Care assisted living facility in St. Petersburg realized something had changed in Malcolm Ramsey's life. Relatives who had never paid much attention to Ramsey, 55 and mentally incompetent, suddenly started showing up in droves. Bulging bags from T.J. Maxx and Bealls filled his half of a tiny, shared bedroom. Boxes of new athletic shoes Nike, New Balance, K-Swiss towered against the wall. Then there were the rumors that Ramsey had hit it
Jan 10, 2014, 2:03 pm - Lottery News

S.C. woman nearly threw away $250,000 winning lottery ticketNews Story
A Bluffton, South Carolina, woman nearly threw away $250,000. She was cleaning her car more than a month ago when she noticed a lottery ticket she had purchased at the Publix on Buckwalter Place Boulevard. She thought the ticket, which was stuffed under the seat, was worthless. Before tossing it out, she marked off a few unscratched numbers and realized she'd hit the jackpot: $250,000 on a $250 Grand ticket. I was shaking, the woman, who declined to be named or interviewed, told S.C. E
Jan 9, 2014, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Man thought he scratched a $1,000 prize, really won $100,000News Story
David Lane thought he'd won $1,000 with an Oregon Lottery Cash Flurries Scratch-it ticket. He filled out his claim form and mailed the ticket off to Lottery headquarters in Salem. Then the call came from a Lottery employee: Lane had incorrectly filled out the form. When I got David on the phone, I told him he had put the wrong dollar amount on his claim form, said Brandon Grover, a Lottery Security Specialist. That disappointed Lane, who said he had a friend look over the ticket to
Jan 8, 2014, 8:42 pm - Lottery News

Lottery wranglings could delay new D.C. scratch-off tickets for monthsNews Story
It could be many months before D.C. lottery players see their usual array of new tickets for sale, with a contract controversy that has depleted the D.C. Lottery's supply of scratch-off tickets and has cost the District government hundreds of thousands of dollars showing no sign of ending soon. The latest delay comes after city financial officials moved to cancel the most recent solicitation for a new lottery vendor in December, saying the lone respondent's price was too high. The decision co
Jan 2, 2014, 9:27 pm - Lottery News

Man found $1M lottery ticket while raking leavesNews Story
It was a lucky '13 for five $1 million New York lottery winners. The newly flush quintet came forward Friday to collect its winnings, with the checks expected to arrive just in time for 2014, state lottery officials said. Three hailed from New York City and two from Long Island, and all took a lump sum payout after taxes. The winners included Long Island landscaper Marvin Rosales-Martinez, who found the answer to his fiscal prayers was blowing in the wind. The 27-year-old Hicksville
Dec 27, 2013, 9:09 pm - Lottery News

Police issued lotto tickets during Christmas traffic stopsNews Story
Motorists caught speeding to grandma's house in Melbourne, Florida, were greeted with a bittersweet Christmas Day surprise as officers doled out warnings and tickets alongside scratch-off lottery games. The unique move was an added touch Melbourne police officers wanted to put on the normally quiet holiday traffic. By 1 p.m. Christmas Day, more than 30 scratch-off game tickets were handed out to speeders and other traffic violators in a bid to spread holiday cheer while keeping the roads s
Dec 26, 2013, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery to offer online 'scratch-off' ticketsNews Story
As expected, critics are outraged, supporters hopeful Forget that drive to a convenience store for a scratch-off lottery ticket. The Minnesota State Lottery soon will give consumers the same chance at a jackpot from the comfort of home, allowing them to scratch off tickets with a mouse and a cursor, not a coin. Undeterred by earlier criticisms, lottery official are making a bold play to reach the next generation of lottery players by going beyond its current Powerball-like games online
Dec 23, 2013, 9:00 am - Lottery News