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$247 MILLION: Huge Powerball lottery jackpot set for SaturdayNews Story
By Todd Northrop Just over a month after the Mega Millions lottery created two mega-millionaires with a gigantic $648 million jackpot, the multi-state Powerball game is back with a jackpot counter-punch worth a whopping $247 million. The new high-water mark of $247 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $219.6 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Saturday's Powerball jackpot is $142.5 million. Aft
Feb 6, 2014, 10:29 am - Lottery News

NY's Lotto no match for Powerball, Mega MillionsNews Story
Lotto is still losing its mojo. New York's venerable twice-weekly Lotto drawing continues its long-term decline in an age of multi-state mega jackpots. Even as overall lottery revenues grew, receipts from Lotto dropped from $137.5 million in 2005 to a projected $44 million for the state fiscal year ending March 31, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent budget proposal. Lotto is simply less alluring than the six-figure jackpots of Powerball and Mega Millions, which are sold around the nat
Feb 3, 2014, 3:16 pm - Lottery News

6 South Floridians become lottery millionaires in JanuaryNews Story
By Nick Sortal Six of our fellow South Floridians got lucky in January they all became millionaires playing the lottery. And that's twice as many big wins as we usually have. Last year about 2.5 winners a month came from Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade counties. January's newly minted millionaires were: a $12 million Lotto winner in Tamarac, a $3 million scratch-off winner in Miami Beach, a $2 million Mega Money winner in Miami and a $1 million scratch-off winner in Greenacres. Two ot
Jan 31, 2014, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Man's ex-wife wins lottery and makes him a millionaireNews Story
Milkman John Hay reckons his ex-wife is the cream of the crop after she made him a millionaire when she scooped the Lotto jackpot. Doreen Hay was married to John for 12 years until they divorced in 1987 after growing apart . But they stayed best of friends, meeting up every week for Sunday lunch. So when Doreen, 70, and their son John Jr., 38, scooped 7.5 million in the UK's Lotto game, she called her ex immediately. John, 59, said: When she rang after the win I was thrilled for her.
Jan 24, 2014, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Woman and son claim Tennessee's first Mega Millions jackpot winNews Story
Will split $61 million prize Includes video report Bettina Still of Bellevue has been a faithful player of the Tennessee Lottery since it started with a simple belief that she could someday win. But Still, 69, and family members needed more than a double-take after realizing her Mega Millions ticket was worth up to $61 million. Like it's unreal, really it's unreal, Still said Friday at the Tennessee Lottery office claiming their prize. I don't know how I feel. Still, a retired w
Jan 15, 2014, 8:18 am - Lottery News

California delivery driver claims half of $648 million jackpotNews Story
Didn't check his lottery ticket for two weeks A delivery driver from Northern California rang in the New Year by walking into the California Lottery headquarters in Sacramento with a ticket worth $324 million. The California Lottery identified the winner as Steve Tran, who has chosen to take his winnings in one lump sum and will receive $173.8 million before federal taxes. Tran told lottery officials that after learning he had the winning ticket, he made a call to his boss: I'm really s
Jan 3, 2014, 3:25 pm - Lottery News

California waiting for Mega Millions winner to emergeNews Story
With each passing day, the mystery deepens. Someone, somewhere, is in possession of a lucky Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $324 million that was purchased at a small San Jose shop on Dec. 17. We know the winning numbers: 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and a mega number of 7. But what's still unknown is who holds the golden slip of paper that represents a passport into the land of unfathomable riches. We're still waiting, said Russ Lopez, a California Lottery spokesman. But we're urging them to
Dec 31, 2013, 1:07 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner dumps husband to date Audi dealerNews Story
Includes video report When lottery winner Gillian Bayford decided to spend some of her 148 million (US$204.3 million) windfall on a fleet of luxury Audis, she wound up taking more than the high-end cars away from the dealership. For the mother of two has split from her husband and started a new relationship with the man who sold her the vehicles. Alan Warnock has quit his job with the dealership and set up home with the multi-millionairess, telling friends he is 'very happy' with his ne
Dec 30, 2013, 7:38 pm - Lottery News

Canadian lottery winner donates $40 million jackpot to charityNews Story
Includes audio report Unlike most big lottery winners who spend days, or even months, trying to figure out how they'll spend their newfound riches, Tom Crist needed only a moment to decide where his $40 million in winnings would go: all to charity. Top on the list would be the medical center that cared for his late wife when she developed cancer. Still, it took Crist more than six months to tell anybody including family members he'd won. The retired Calgary executive had been lunching be
Dec 20, 2013, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Georgia Mega Millions jackpot winner comes forwardNews Story
Includes video report It's the most wonderful time of the year for Ira Curry. The Stone Mountain woman purchased one of two winning jackpot tickets in Tuesday's $648 million Mega Millions drawing. She claimed her prize Wednesday morning at Georgia Lottery headquarters. It's unreal, said Curry, 56. It's like I'm still dreaming. Curry purchased her lucky ticket at Gateway Newstand, 3500 Lenox Road, Atlanta. A second jackpot ticket was sold in California. Curry selected the cas
Dec 18, 2013, 5:45 pm - Lottery News