Search

UK couple tell of £53 million EuroMillions winNews Story
A Lincolnshire woman told her husband don't be so stupid when he revealed they had won 53m (US$79 million) on the lottery. Richard and Angela Maxwell, both 67, from Boston, won 53,193,914 in the EuroMillions jackpot draw on Tuesday. Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the 10th-biggest UK lottery win, with the couple saying they would help family and friends. Mr. Maxwell said he waited for four hours to tell his wife as she did not answer
Apr 4, 2015, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery has first Jumbo Bucks Lotto jackpot winnerNews Story
Winning ticket worth $2.1M was sold in Tennille By Todd Northrop A Georgia Lottery retailer in Tennille has sold the first Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match jackpot-winning ticket, worth $2.1 million. The lucky jackpot ticket for Thursday's drawing was purchased at Hungry Hunter, 91 N. Fourth St., Tennille. Winning numbers from the drawing were 7, 18, 27, 28, 36, and 46. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim. Seventeen players around the state each won the game's $50
Apr 3, 2015, 8:47 pm - Lottery News

New York real estate broker claims $126M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
An upstate New York county of 76,000 people has gotten its second $100 million-plus Mega Millions jackpot winner in three months. Real estate agent Tammy Pratt of South Fallsburg in Sullivan County was introduced Wednesday as the sole winner of the $126 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn Feb. 27. Pratt was between real estate appointments when she stopped for gas. She bought $4 worth of tickets instead of her usual $1 when she noticed the jackpot for the upcoming drawing had topped $100 m
Mar 20, 2015, 9:19 am - Lottery News

Winner of $50 million Lotto Max jackpot claims prize just before it expiresNews Story
By Todd Northrop The individual who purchased the winning $50 million Lotto Max ticket in Langley, British Columbia, on March 14, 2014 has come forward. This comes after the British Columbia Lotto Corporation's renewed plea this week for the winner to claim their prize. As per lottery regulations, the one-year deadline to claim the prize is this Saturday. The winning numbers for that particular draw were 3, 4, 5, 7, 31, 33, and 40 with bonus number 49. Lotto Max is a multi-province g
Mar 12, 2015, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Final share of $564 million Powerball jackpot claimed in TexasNews Story
$127 million paid out to Austin trust to avoid publicity By Todd Northrop The Powerball jackpot-winning ticket sold in Texas for the historic Feb. 11 drawing has been claimed. TL Management Trust, Andrew Weber, Trustee of Austin claimed the $127,046,150.05 Cash Value Option prize from the $564.1 million jackpot at Texas Lottery headquarters in Austin Friday. The claimant requested minimal publicity. The ticket was purchased at the Appletree Food Mart, located at 893 E. Princeton Driv
Mar 7, 2015, 9:37 am - Lottery News

N.C. Powerball lottery winner claims share of jackpot worth $188 millionNews Story
Second of three winning tickets claimed from $564 million jackpot draw Includes video report The North Carolina woman holding one of three winning tickets for the Feb. 11 Powerball drawing has cashed in her ticket. Marie Holmes' lottery ticket matched all five white balls and the Powerball in the drawing. The winning numbers were 11, 13, 25, 39 and 54, with Powerball number 19. (See Three tickets to split massive $564 million Powerball jackpot, Lottery Post, Feb. 12, 2015.) She wa
Feb 24, 2015, 6:04 pm - Lottery News

Illinois man claims $265 million Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Years of playing Quick Pick tickets every day paid off for 70-year-old Jesus Davila Jr. in January when he won $265 million the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history. I'm a regular Joe and I played and I won it, said Davila, as he smiled at a news conference Tuesday in the Thompson Center downtown, where Illinois Lottery Director Michael Jones presented him with an oversized check. Davila, who lives in Naperville, won the Mega Millions jackpot on Jan. 16 and was the only person to mat
Feb 24, 2015, 5:23 pm - Lottery News

$50M Canada lotto winner says he had a vision of winning numbersNews Story
Six years ago Randall Rush was at a friend's house watching a football game when a series of numbers flashed into his head. His friend told Rush to write down the numbers, and when he took a look, he thought they would make for good lottery picks. But the 48-year-old was skeptical he never played the lottery. He goes: 'If you didn't play and these numbers come up, how would you feel?' said Rush. Ever since that fateful day, the resident of Lamont, Alberta, has picked the same numbers w
Feb 16, 2015, 9:53 am - Lottery News

NC Powerball winner identifies herselfNews Story
A woman from Shallotte, North Carolina, has come forward with what she believes is the winning Powerball ticket from Wednesday's drawing. A reporter who spoke with 26-year-old Marie Holmes confirms the numbers and date on her ticket match those that were drawn for the $188 million payout. I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I saw the ticket and checked it, Holmes explained with a noticeable grin. The mother of four said she screamed after the winning numbers were drawn Wedne
Feb 13, 2015, 8:33 am - Lottery News

Will the Puerto Rico Powerball winner pay Federal tax? Nobody knowsNews Story
For the first time ever, Puerto Rico has a Powerball winner with a whopping $188 million jackpot. And the island is celebrating. The winning ticket holder will get one-third of the $564 million jackpot, the third-largest in Powerball history and the fifth-largest U.S. lottery prize. But one mystery remains will the winner pay federal taxes on the prize, or will he or she be exempt, as has always been the case there? Lottery officials in Puerto Rico said they still have no answer to that qu
Feb 13, 2015, 7:31 am - Lottery News