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Wisconsin man claims $14.4M lottery jackpotNews Story
Terry Peters, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, became a millionaire Tuesday. Peters validated the sole winning ticket from Saturday's $14.4 million Megabucks drawing at state lottery offices. Earlier on Monday, Peters had stopped by the store where he purchased the ticket to check if he was a winner. He chose to take the lump sum cash payment of $7.6 million. He will receive about $5.4 million after taxes. Peters will take part in a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the GV Unimart in
Jul 18, 2007, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery threatens to go computerizedNews Story
Web site press release reveals plan is it a trial balloon or just bad news? By Todd Northrop Tennessee Lottery issued a statement on their web site that threatens to bring unpopular computerized drawings to the state. The upstart lottery, which in relative terms is still attempting to gain solid footing in the industry, made the announcement despite numerous player polls showing mistrust and discontent with the faux drawings. The lottery claims computerized drawings are exciting , al
Jul 16, 2007, 5:25 pm - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in WisconsinNews Story
The winning Powerball ticket in the weekend drawing was purchased in Stoughton, Wisconsin, lottery officials said Sunday. It said the ticket worth $40.7 million was bought at the Food Pantry/Diamond Jubilee there. The regular numbers drawn Saturday night were 2, 5, 16, 36 and 40 and the Powerball was 36. The holder of the winning ticket has 180 days to claim the prize, lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage said. Once it is claimed, the winner has another 60 days to decide whether to take it i
Apr 2, 2007, 12:17 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery to hold raffle draw May 1News Story
Raffle-mania speads to Wisconsin as tickets are selling at a rapid pace The Wisconsin Lottery is rolling the dice on a new lottery game called Million Dollar Draw, but with so many states profitting handsomely from the popular style of game, it is hardly a risk at all. It's a big-ticket game with what state lotteries call the best chance to win a million dollars because the odds of winning the jackpot are much better than traditional lotto games like Mega Millions or Powerball. The lo
Mar 22, 2007, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

Lotteries long for 'jackpot fever'News Story
To lottery players, $100 million ain't what it used to be. A seven-month streak of jackpots that were big, but not gigantic, has sent traditional lottery sales plummeting in many states. In the past six months, Mega Millions sales are down 30% in Texas compared with a year earlier and 38% in Massachusetts. Powerball sales are off 6% in Wisconsin. The USA is suffering from jackpot fatigue, lottery officials say. There was a time when $50 million created a stir. Then we needed $
Feb 13, 2007, 2:31 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin man wins $1.4 million playing 4 identical ticketsNews Story
A man holding four winning lottery tickets each worth $350,000 has claimed his prize, a Wisconsin lottery official said Thursday. Tobin Thomas of Slinger won a total of $1.4 million in the state's SuperCash drawing Tuesday. SuperCash winnings are paid in a lump sum, which will work out to about $950,000 after taxes, lottery spokeswoman Jessica Iverson said. A telephone number for Thomas in Slinger was disconnected. No other contact information was available. Unlike other lotteries th
Jan 19, 2007, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $180 millionNews Story
Powerball will climb to an estimated $180 million for Wednesday's draw as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening. Even though the jackpot was not hit, one lucky ticket from Pennsylvania won $400,000 cash with the Power Play option. Plus, eight other lucky tickets sold in Arizona (1), Iowa (1), Nebraska (2), New Hampshire (1), Tennessee (1), Wisconsin (1), and West Virginia (1) won $200,000 each for matching all 5 white ball numbers. The jackpot for the Wednesday, January 17th drawin
Jan 15, 2007, 4:42 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery excitement: first Powerball jackpot winnerNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket this week in North Carolina is $74.5 million richer this morning. Powerball officials say one winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn Wednesday night was sold this week. That ticket was sold in North Carolina, although there is no word this morning where that ticket was purchased. The winning numbers were 2, 8, 9, 12 and 19, with the Powerball number of 25. The Power Play multiplier was 3. This is the first Powerball jackpot won w
Nov 30, 2006, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Wisconsin couple wins $15.4M Megabucks lottery jackpotNews Story
The winners of the biggest Megabucks jackpot won in Door County were introduced Monday in Fish Creek. The shock of winning still hasn't gone away for the lucky couple. Nearly 30 years of playing the lottery made Pat and Chuck Stage occasional winners. Monday's trip to the Fish Creek BP made them multi-millionaires. Pat's played the same numbers for years but never heard them all on the news until two Wednesdays ago. She started checking the numbers, and I heard a blood-curdling scream,
Oct 31, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News

N.C. Woman, 82, wins $400,000 in Powerball lotteryNews Story
According to North Carolina Lottery officials, a woman's decision to make fruit salad with marshmellows last week may have helped her win a $400,000 Powerball prize. Big Powerball Jackpot North Carolina lottery players spent more than $3.7 million dollars last Saturday for a chance to win this past weekend's $204 million Powerball jackpot. The Powernall jackpot numbers were matched with a single winning ticket in Wisconsin that was bought at a store along the so called Miracle Mile s
Aug 11, 2006, 10:21 pm - Lottery News