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Lottery winner donates apartment complex to help families in crisisNews Story
Winner has given millions to charities since 2010 Randy Smith, a West Virginia multimillion-dollar lottery winner turned philanthropist, listened Friday to how his donation of an apartment complex is turning into a sustainable community housing program for families in crisis. Smith, 65, a former Berkeley County sheriff and magistrate, won a $79 million Powerball lottery in August 2010. The total dropped to $44 million after taxes when he opted for a lump-sum payment. Since then, Smith h
Apr 22, 2012, 8:10 am - Lottery News

World's biggest lottery jackpot won by three ticketsNews Story
Winning Mega Millions lottery tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland Final jackpot total of $656 million will be split three ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Friday night by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland. Since early Wednesday morning, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot was raised three times in as many days, and by the time all the sales were totalled at draw time, the
Mar 31, 2012, 8:56 am - Lottery News

$500 MILLION: Mega Millions sets all-time lottery jackpot recordNews Story
Friday Mega Millions jackpot rewrites the record books as the largest lottery prize the world has ever seen UPDATED 11:50 am: Jackpot revised to $500 million ($359.4 million cash) By Todd Northrop There will be a lot of daydreaming going on this week around America. Dreaming about what it would be like to win a half-billion dollars. That's because Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing did not produce a winner, sending the game into uncharted territory. The new jackpot for Friday, March
Mar 28, 2012, 1:12 am - Lottery News

2 W.Va. veterans pull off incredible Powerball win worth $14MNews Story
$14 million from multiple tickets with same numbers Two Vietnam War Veterans from Weston, West Virginia, are millionaires after claiming an unusual Powerball prize involving multiple lottery tickets purchased with the same numbers. West Virginia Lottery Director John Musgrave introduced the state's newest millionaires at a press conference at Lottery Headquarters Monday, according to a news release from the Lottery. Michael Shaver and Ronald Simmons share the $14 million in winnings fro
Mar 6, 2012, 1:26 pm - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery New Year's raffle creates 3 millionairesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Virginia Lottery's annual holiday raffle game, New Year's Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Sunday, and made three instant millionaires. The winning numbers for all raffle prizes can be found on Lottery Post's Virginia Lottery Results page. A total of 330,000 of the $20 tickets were available for purchase. According to the Virginia Lottery, all of the tickets were sold out prior to the drawing. In addition to the three top jackpots of $1 million, other prizes include
Jan 1, 2012, 2:20 pm - Lottery News

Ct. Powerball lottery winners signed affidavit swearing they are only members of trustNews Story
The trust fund established by three Greenwich men who claimed the $254 million Powerball prize last month will expire in one year and the money will then go into a second trust, according to a copy of the trust agreement obtained by local media. The three men signed an affidavit the day after a press conference announcing the Putnam Avenue Family Trust as the winner, swearing that the second trust named the West Putnam Avenue Trust has no silent partners and that no person ineligible to win t
Dec 7, 2011, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Virginia woman dreams of Obama, wins lotteryNews Story
You could call it a sweet dream. A Virginia Beach woman says she dreamed about chatting with President Barack Obama, so the next day she played his birthday Aug. 4, 1961 in the Cash 5 daily lottery game. Simone Christian felt so strongly about it she bought two tickets Oct. 15 with those numbers, so when they hit she received $200,000 instead of the game's top prize of $100,000. The winning numbers were 1, 4, 6, 8 and 19. As if that wasn't sweet enough, Virginia Lottery officials tel
Nov 30, 2011, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

$203 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot heats upNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $203 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $123.2 Million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lottery
Oct 27, 2011, 7:14 am - Lottery News

Prolific lottery winner does it againNews Story
North Carolina man wins $65,800 in Virginia Pick 4 drawing Steven Granger is amassing a collection of those big ceremonial Virginia Lottery winners' checks. He received his latest addition when he claimed $65,800 in the Virginia Lottery's October 13 Pick 4 day drawing. The Henderson, North Carolina, man did it by matching the winning number combination 5-1-1-7 on 15 tickets. He wagered exact order on 11 tickets and won $5,000 on each. He wagered 50/50 on four tickets, winning $2,700 on eac
Oct 20, 2011, 8:35 am - Lottery News

West Virginia Lottery rule change raises safety issueNews Story
Limited video lottery retailers and machine distributors raised concerns Wednesday that a proposed West Virginia Lottery Commission rule change could put their employees at greater risk of being robbed. The commission is attempting to clarify state Lottery law regarding how video lottery retailers bar and club owners and machine distributors are to split their share of video lottery profits. As drafted, the rule change would clarify that, under state law, payments between distributors and
Sep 29, 2011, 10:09 am - Lottery News