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Man gives kids $6M lotto prizeNews Story
Hector Rivera played the New Jersey Lottery for 20 years, promising any jackpot he won would go to his five children.Like most people who talk about winning a multimillion-dollar jackpot, Rivera was dismissed by his children as a dreamer. Nobody ever thought anything about it, said Michael Cioffi, Rivera's oldest son. We just thought he had a lot of fun dreaming about winning some day. Rivera's dream came true Oct. 13, when the Vineland man was the only winner to hit a $6.1 million Pick 6 jack
Nov 4, 2003, 4:50 am - Lottery News

Lottery officials hope pull tabs pull in $20 million a yearNews Story
Iowa is turning to a new gambling source in hopes of pulling in $20 million a year in additional revenue.Iowa Lottery officials are installing about 4,000 high-tech video pull-tab machines in taverns, restaurants and fraternal clubs.The equipment, featuring cheery music and colorful video monitors, has been a big hit during a market test in 10 Iowa communities. Revenues averaged $900 to $1,000 weekly per machine, demonstrating a potential to increase lottery profits.The Iowa Lottery made $48 mil
Nov 3, 2003, 6:39 am - Lottery News

Bloomington couple claims Powerball jackpotNews Story
A Bloomington, Indiana couple on Friday claimed about $5.2 million in cash with the second winning Powerball ticket sold in Indiana in less than a week.Jon and Louanne Lashbrook matched all the winning numbers for Wednesday's Powerball drawing, Hoosier Lottery officials said.The jackpot was $10 million, but the Lashbrooks decided to take the one-time cash payment.Jon Lashbrook is a systems analyst for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. His wife, Louanne, is a deputy treasurer for M
Nov 1, 2003, 11:57 am - Lottery News

Illinois Store Sells Winning $5 Million Lottery TicketNews Story
One very lucky person who visited the Huck's convenience store in Murphysboro, Illinois this Wednesday is holding a winning lottery ticket worth up to $5 million.The winning ticket was purchased at 10:13 a.m. Wednesday at the store located at the corner of Walnut and South 20th streets. The numbers on the ticket are 2, 18, 20, 23, 30 and 39.The ticket holder had not yet stepped forward Thursday, but a spokeswoman for the Illinois Lottery in Springfield offered a strong piece of advice for the wi
Oct 31, 2003, 1:00 pm - Lottery News

Researchers: Most lottery winners stay on the jobNews Story
Richard Arvey is not surprised to hear that 16 Powerball winners say they plan to remain in their jobs in a public school cafeteria.It's common for lottery winners to continue working, according to a soon-to-be published study by Arvey, a University of Minnesota organizational psychologist, and colleagues at Rutgers University and the University of Haifa in Israel. The decision to stay on the job is influenced by the amount won and how important work is in a winner's life, he said.Whether you're
Oct 31, 2003, 5:01 am - Lottery News

Lottery sales net Wisconsin $37 million in property tax reliefNews Story
The sale of Wisconsin Lottery tickets grew 25 percent from July 1 through Sept. 30 the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the Wisconsin Lotterys acting director said this week.The state lottery posted sales of a little more than $124.8 million as compared to $99.6 million in the same period last year, Michael Edmonds said. The sales were spurred by an increasingly strong scratch ticket market, a popular new online game and a large Powerball jackpot.The $124.8 million in sales produces an
Oct 30, 2003, 5:23 am - Lottery News

Lost and found? $1.4M lottery ticket winds up in courtNews Story
On Sept. 16, 2002, a New Jersey Pick 6 lottery ticket was sold from the Sunshine Grocery store in Hoboken. The numbers, randomly generated as a quick pick, proved to be the very lucky indeed. But a court will have to decide for whom.Several days after the ticket was sold, a brother and sister from Union City presented the lone winning ticket in the $4 million drawing to the New Jersey Lottery Commission in Trenton. Ecstatic at their good fortune but uncertain of their English (they are from Pu
Oct 30, 2003, 5:16 am - Lottery News

Ind. Single Mother Claims $95M PowerballNews Story
A 29-year-old single mother from Washington, Ind., cashed in her Powerball ticket worth $95.4 million Wednesday, becoming the biggest individual winner in Hoosier Lottery history.Regina Mandabach, a secretary for Hoosier Insurance, grinned as she accepted a giant check from lottery officials. She chose the cash option, which means she'll take home $49.7 million before taxes.Mandabach could have chosen to take a total of $95.45 million in annual payments over 30 years. Has it sunk in? No, Mandab
Oct 30, 2003, 5:12 am - Lottery News

Lunch Ladies Share $95 Million Powerball PrizeNews Story
They waited until the students got their lunch, then 15 school cooks and one janitor who each put a quarter into a lottery pool came forward Monday as the holders of a Powerball ticket worth more than $95 million.The women started their first Monday as millionaires back on the school lunch line, where they fed the students in the tiny Holdingford School District before hopping a bus to the state lottery headquarters in Minneapolis to claim their prize. It was really tough to be concentrating on
Oct 28, 2003, 3:54 am - Lottery News

Lotto Wife: He Left MeNews Story
The Melville, New York woman who hit a $25 million New York Lotto jackpot in February has spoken publicly for the first time and said that contrary to her estranged husband's claims, she didn't run out on him and it was he who left her.Connie Parker, 74, who has been married to Kenneth Parker, 77, for 16 years, said that before her husband filed for divorce in May, he emptied their safe deposit box, taking their bankbook, her passport, her birth certificate and other legal papers. I am hurt. I a
Oct 23, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News