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Family double as father scoops lotto windfallNews Story
A retired father of three is celebrating an 85,248 Lotto windfall - just two months after his son scooped 179,137.Anthony McDonnell was presented with his cheque by his son Ian after the family double, which is estimated to have defied odds of 339 billion-to-one.Mr McDonnell, 59, from Bridgnorth, Shropshire, matched five numbers and the bonus ball in last Saturday's National Lottery draw - eight weeks after Ian, a 34-year-old finance worker, did the same.Mr McDonnell senior told a press confer
Aug 21, 2003, 3:19 am - Lottery News

Surrey man wins Keno Viper live on City TVNews Story
Terry Fisher of Surrey, British Columbia won a 2003 Dodge Viper live on City TVs Breakfast Television Friday morning. Terry and his wife Sharon were special guests on the show along with 10 other finalists from across the province. Each of the 10 finalists had entered the Keno Viper contest by purchasing a $10 Keno ticket between June 22 July 27, 2003. Fisher entered the contest after playing Keno at the Wheelhouse Neighbourhood Pub on 96th Ave. in Surrey.Last Friday 10 names were drawn from ove
Aug 20, 2003, 3:32 am - Lottery News

Uniondale Woman Hits JackpotNews Story
This is Henrietta Henderson's reaction to winning $34 million in the Mega Millions drawing: I didn't really have a reaction. The 71-year-old single mother of five from Uniondale was handed a check Tuesday morning for holding the ticket with the six winning numbers in the July 11 jackpot. Henderson stoically accepted a lump sum of $20.6 million in front of the Quick Pick Deli in Uniondale, where the winning ticket was purchased for $1.These are her plans for her share of the cash: none.The first
Aug 20, 2003, 3:14 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $21 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $21 million Wednesday, with a cash option of $12 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $15 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were seven second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, each matching the five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number for a payout of $175,000. Twenty-five players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the M
Aug 20, 2003, 3:09 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $85 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 543,766 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.5 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $85 million. That's the largest lottery jackpot in the country.The cash option for the Wednesday, August 20 drawing will be an estimated $43.5 million.The numbers drawn were: 13, 15, 2
Aug 18, 2003, 3:42 am - Lottery News

Lotto: the business of making dreams come trueNews Story
Georges Gharib likes his job. I contribute to bringing joy, he says. And he likes to talk about it. Gesticulating while talking on the phone, signing papers during interviews, Gharib seems at home in his office overlooking Charles Malek Avenue.Gharib is the manager of La Libanaise des Jeux the company that manages Lebanons National Lotto.The joy his company has brought to some people is great indeed: in the past 11 months six jackpot winners have won between $1 and $3 million each.There are lo
Aug 18, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $72 MillionNews Story
Summer may be winding down but America's favorite lottery game is heating up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 389,455 players across the nation won a total of almost $2.7 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $72 million.The cash option for the Saturday, August 16 drawing will be an estimated $37.8 million.The numbers drawn were: 26, 31, 35, 44, 48 and the Powerball was 32
Aug 15, 2003, 3:35 am - Lottery News

Record Italian Jackpot Scooped by Single TicketNews Story
One lucky gambler won Europe's biggest-ever jackpot on Wednesday, pocketing nearly 66 million euros (US$75 million) and ending an almost six-month Italian lottery drought. Italy's lottery officials did not name the person who had correctly picked the six numbers in Wednesday's Super Enalotto but said the winning ticket had been bought in a bar in the northern Italian town of Veduggio con Colzano, near Milan.The day before the six-number draw, ticket sales in Italy had been up 25 percent from a w
Aug 13, 2003, 2:00 pm - Lottery News

Lawsuit has a pull-tab lottery plan on holdNews Story
A new Michigan instant lottery game planned for bars this fall is mired in a court fight over whether it is legal and is unfair competition to charities that sell similar pull-tab games.The dispute threatens to unravel half of a lottery plan that Gov. Jennifer Granholm said would add $50 million a year to the cash-hungry state budget.A lawsuit has temporarily blocked the new pull-tab lottery game, charging that it would violate state lottery laws. The new state game was supposed to be available
Aug 13, 2003, 3:42 am - Lottery News

No cameras, please! Big Lotto winner's shyNews Story
Money talks. But that doesn't mean Jacquelin Ferdinand has to.Florida's newest jumbo Lotto winner, who Monday morning claimed the second half of the $80.9 million jackpot, doesn't want any publicity.The jackpot was the 10th largest in state lottery history, and Ferdinand split it with a Hollywood couple. The $40.45 million each winning ticket received -- minus taxes, of course -- is the largest amount collected on any jackpot split two or more ways.Ferdinand, 55, told Lotto officials it was the
Aug 13, 2003, 3:36 am - Lottery News