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$57M Mega Millions lottery winner is sex offender with criminal pastNews Story
Fred Topous, the Kent City man who just won $57 million in the Mega Millions lottery, is a registered sex offender with a criminal past. A co-worker describes Topous as a man who turned his life around and would do anything for a friend. Topous, 45, previously served time for larceny in Grand Traverse County. He's also been imprisoned on a weapons offense, unlawfully driving away in a vehicle, and forced-entry burglary. The burglary charge is from the 1980s. He's also on the Michigan S
Jun 20, 2008, 8:01 am - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery's Millionaire Raffle resultsNews Story
The Arizona Lottery's raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn last night, awarding two $1 million jackpots and more than 700 other cash prizes. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/az-lottery-raffle-2008-06-11.asp Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Arizona Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 250,000 tickets available for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 million of any Arizona Lott
Jun 12, 2008, 12:39 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery makes four lucky millionairesNews Story
The Illinois Lottery held its second-ever Millionaire Raffle drawing yesterday, which instantly created four millionaires. The winning numbers can be viewed at https://www.lotterypost.com/il-lottery-raffle-2008-03-17.asp The raffle drawing was held on March 17th St. Patrick's Day a day traditionally thought of as lucky . Four millionaires will certainly think so. In addition to four $1 million top prizes, the St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle also awards five prizes of $100,000
Mar 18, 2008, 11:15 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery creates four instant millionairesNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery held its second-ever Million $ Madness raffle drawing yesterday, which instantly created four millionaires. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/tn-lottery-raffle-2008-01-22.asp In addition to four $1 million top prizes, Million $ Madness also awards ten $10,000 prizes and 500 $100 prizes. There were also seven Early Bird drawings conducted in November and December. Each Early Bird drawing awarded one $1,000 prize and nine $100 p
Jan 23, 2008, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Brothers sharing $1M Georgia Lottery jackpotNews Story
With a few scratches, brothers Samoeun and Samoeuth Am have achieved a lofty goal only dreamed about by most Americans. On Jan. 4, Samoeuth Am drove from his Jacksonville home to the El Cheapo gas station on Ga. 40 in Kingsland to buy some Georgia Lottery tickets. Among them was a Georgia's $500 Million Club ticket with a top prize of $1 million. Am, who is unemployed, said he scratched off the ticket, which costs $20, near the cash register and stared at the ticket in disbelief. I kep
Jan 16, 2008, 12:20 pm - Lottery News

Relative gives lottery ticket gift worth $1 millionNews Story
A pharmacist put the axiom about it being better to give than to receive to the ultimate Christmas test. Fred DePasquale bought a selection of tickets in a $1 million lottery and gave them to family. The 38-year-old, who essentially handed $1 million to in-laws (whom he won't name for the time being) for Christmas, was having no second thoughts. He was delighted to give the winning ticket. I'm just not a lottery player, DePasquale said. But for a raffle like this, you buy them and
Jan 7, 2008, 5:52 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery glitch parade marches onNews Story
Lottery calls first glitch of the new year 'minor' The new year brought another glitch to the Tennessee lottery, this time with a miscounting Web site clock. The clock is supposed to show the number of days until the Jan. 22 grand prize drawing for the Million $ Madness game. Instead, as the new year dawned, the clock began showing the wrong number of days. It was showing 86 days when James Hawkins logged on to the Web site about 5:30 p.m. New Year's Day. Although the clock show
Jan 2, 2008, 10:40 pm - Lottery News

$1M Wisconsin lottery ticket sold on 'Miracle Mile'News Story
On New Year's Day, Phil Moses was atop a ladder, putting some big news up on the marquis outside Ma Pa's Grocery Express in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Another winning $1 million lottery ticket was sold at the legendary little store located at 506 S. Main St., along a strip dubbed The Miracle Mile. I don't want to sound arrogant, Phil quipped, but I seriously don't understand why people buy lottery tickets at any other location. A $100,000 winning ticket was also sold at Pick 'n Sa
Jan 2, 2008, 2:15 pm - Lottery News

New Year's Eve lottery raffles from around the USANews Story
In addition to celebrating the new year last night, lottery players from around the United States were checking their raffle tickets to see if they would start 2008 as a new millionaire. Raffle-style lottery drawings were held in several states, including Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia. (Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania drew their raffles a couple days ago.) T
Jan 1, 2008, 10:25 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle resultsNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made five instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/pa-lottery-raffle-2007-12-29.asp Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 625,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 million of any Pennsylvania Lottery game. This r
Dec 30, 2007, 2:04 pm - Lottery News