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Maryland $189M Mega Millions winner claims prizeNews Story
Chooses to remain anonymous The winner of Maryland's $189 million Mega Millions jackpot is no longer a mystery, although their identity remains so. The Maryland Lottery announced Friday that the winner has come forward and has chosen to remain anonymous. He hid his ticket in an unplugged lamp for over a week until driving through pouring rain Friday to claim his prize at Lottery headquarters on Friday. The Anne Arundel County man won the second largest jackpot in Maryland's history, off
Oct 11, 2013, 2:05 pm - Lottery News

Indiana $1 million Powerball prize goes unclaimedNews Story
The champagne wishes and caviar dreams of the person in Indiana holding April's winning Powerball ticket will officially remain just those wishes and dreams, if not a nightmare after failing to claim their $1 million prize. Indiana's 180-day window for lottery winners to come forward came to a close Monday for the unlucky soul who purchased the lucky ticket in the April 10 drawing at the Circle K in Jeffersonville. It is rare, but not unheard of, that a prize of such magnitude goes unclai
Oct 11, 2013, 9:28 am - Lottery News

Lottery jackpot probe heats up after immunity dealNews Story
Investigators trying to unravel the mystery behind a bogus claim for a $14.3 million multi-state Hot Lotto jackpot won in Iowa in 2011 have received valuable information from a man in Canada who was granted limited immunity, state officials said Tuesday. A month ago, investigators traveled to Canada to conduct an interview after reaching an agreement in which a person of interest was promised the information given would not be used against him, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation assistan
Oct 8, 2013, 11:24 pm - Lottery News

$189 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in MarylandNews Story
Second Mega Millions jackpot ticket sold in Maryland this year Maryland is certainly having a mega streak of luck this year thanks to Mega Millions. One Mega Millions ticket worth $189 million with a cash option of $129.7 million matched all six numbers including the Mega Ball. The winning numbers were 7, 10, 30, 37, and 53, with Mega Ball number 1. This is the second Maryland Mega Millions jackpot win this year, following the $26 million jackpot claimed by a Mt. Airy woman in late F
Oct 2, 2013, 8:02 am - Lottery News

$1 million southern Indiana Powerball prize to expireNews Story
Winning ticket purchased in April at Circle K in Jeffersonville Do you remember what you were doing April 10 of this year? If you were in Southern Indiana six months ago and purchased a Powerball ticket, you might want to drag out your spring jacket and check the pockets. A $1 million Powerball prize won in the Hoosier state in the April 10 drawing is about to expire. The ticket was purchased at Circle K at 3830 Hamburg Pike in Jeffersonville, Ind., just across the Ohio River from Louisvil
Oct 1, 2013, 7:41 pm - Lottery News

$189 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls againNews Story
By Todd Northrop It doesn't have the monster jackpot increases that Powerball has been experiencing lately, but the current Mega Millions jackpot run-up continues to offer the biggest jackpot in the world for yet another drawing. After no lottery tickets matched all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball Friday night, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot was increased to an estimated $189 million. Tuesday night we may see a very lucky mega-jackpot winner, or else the Mega Millions lottery game p
Sep 28, 2013, 7:56 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner sues advisors for poor policiesNews Story
What do you buy when you win the lottery? An exotic new car? Likely. A sprawling luxury home? Sure. Life insurance? Not so much. A young, unmarried grocery store worker, with no children, won half of a $336 million Mega Millions jackpot and did just that: bought a $100 million life insurance policy. Now he is suing the financial advisors who sold him the policy, along with other investments that encouraged him to assume tens of millions of dollars in debt, according to the Courthouse News
Sep 27, 2013, 1:30 pm - Lottery News

NJ Powerball winner wants his old life backNews Story
'Wild' Willie says the drama is nonstop Wild Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey, has one piece of advice for the winner of last week's $400 million Powerball jackpot in South Carolina: Run. Just disappear, he said, speaking from hard-won experience. Get lost while you still can. After Seeley and 15 co-workers from Ocean County's vehicle maintenance garage shared part of an even bigger Powerball jackpot last month, $450 million, the Ocean's 16 celebrated the win at a press conference
Sep 25, 2013, 4:50 pm - Lottery News

$173 MILLION: Mega Millions is the hot ticketNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $173 million drawing, after nobody won Tuesday's $160 million jackpot. The cash value stands at a staggering $119.3 million. Lottery players typically think of the cash value as roughly half of the annuity estimate, but this Mega Millions cash value represents nearly 70% of the annuity estimate. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 17 cons
Sep 25, 2013, 8:44 am - Lottery News

$400 million S.C. Powerball winner to stay anonymousNews Story
There is a man in South Carolina who has been keeping a big secret for the past five days. Well, he did tell his dog. And, we assume, his wife. He's probably hoping his recent good fortune stays a secret, but this will be one mighty hard life-changing event to keep under wraps. South Carolina lottery officials said a man showed up at their office Monday with the winning ticket to last Wednesday's $399.4 million Powerball jackpot. In a news release, lottery officials said the man was
Sep 23, 2013, 6:38 pm - Lottery News