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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $27 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $27 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $21 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, with each ticket worth $175,000. Twenty-one players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were
Nov 26, 2003, 4:52 am - Lottery News

Atlantic Lotto boosts 6/49 ticket prices and jackpotsNews Story
Odds of winning will also improve when price of Lotto 6/49 ticket doubles to $2Atlantic Lottery Corporation's Lotto 6/49 is getting a face lift - its first since the game's inception in 1982.The changes will see bigger jackpots offered more often, better odds of winning at least something, and a new $5 prize category, all to be funded by doubling the cost of a ticket.Known by most players simply as the 6/49, Lotto 6/49 is one of the most popular lottery games ever. 6/49 is played on average by
Nov 26, 2003, 4:48 am - Lottery News

One Ticket Wins $21.7 Million Oregon Megabucks JackpotNews Story
One person won the $21.7 million jackpot Monday night in the Oregon Lottery's Megabucks lotto game, returning the jackpot to $1 million for Wednesday's drawing.Spokeswoman Laurie Machado said 18 tickets bearing five of the six winning numbers were sold, worth $593.40 apiece when redeemed at the lottery's office in Salem in person or by mail.She said 954 tickets bearing four winning numbers were sold, good for $34.20 each at any Megabucks dealer.The winning numbers in the drawing were:1-4-7-8-28-
Nov 25, 2003, 4:33 am - Lottery News

Longtime Florida Lotto Player Finally Hits $6 Million JackpotNews Story
I was crying and laughing, and my knees went weak when I realized I had won - Margaret Ann Welch, Florida Lotto Jackpot WinnerA custodian for the Brevard County School Board, who's been playing Florida Lotto since it started 15 years ago, today claimed the estimated $6 million Lotto jackpot from the Saturday, Nov. 15 drawing.Margaret Ann Welch, 50 of Cocoa, traveled to Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee this morning to collect her prize. She could have received her winnings in 30 annual inst
Nov 21, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News

$3M lottery win is ticket to retirementNews Story
Plumber from Denville can quit after 40 years, thanks to wife's lucrative Pick 6 Lotto purchaseAnytime Robert Hanson noticed that his wife, Karen, had purchased lottery tickets, he asked her the same question. Do I have to go to work tomorrow? asked Robert, a plumber for more than 40 years.Karen's answer was always yes. But not anymore.As of Nov. 3, Karen Hanson's lottery habit has her husband on his way to early retirement.The Hansons, Denville residents for more than 30 years, are the lates
Nov 20, 2003, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $16 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $16 million.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $12 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were three second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, each matching all five lotto numbers, but not the Mega Ball. Those tickets are worth $175,000.Twenty-two players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each
Nov 19, 2003, 4:59 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $6 million in Florida LottoNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Cocoa, officials said.A total of 83 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,050; 5,253 tickets matched four numbers for $64.50; and 97,644 tickets matched three numbers for $4.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 9-18-24-30-35-42.
Nov 17, 2003, 4:49 am - Lottery News

Former police chief wins millions in lotteryNews Story
After 20 years of buying lottery tickets with the same pre-selected numbers, Glenn Phenicie's casual decision on Friday to buy a Maryland Lotto ticket with computer-generated random numbers netted him a $3.4 million payoff.Phenicie, a retired Waynesboro, Pennsylvania police chief, opted to take his winnings in an annuity, which will pay out $95,200 annually after taxes over the next 25 years. He estimates he'll get about $80,000 a year after taxes.Phenicie and his wife, Valerie, claimed their Lo
Nov 12, 2003, 4:16 am - Lottery News

Delray Beach ticket wins $15 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $15 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Delray Beach, officials said.A total of 96 tickets matched five numbers to win $5,460.50; 5,099 tickets matched four numbers for $83.50; and 113,688 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 2-3-11-46-47-51.Two winners of the Fantasy 5'' game will collect $126,752.49 each, the Florida Lottery
Nov 10, 2003, 5:06 am - Lottery News

£2.6m Lottery win goes unclaimedNews Story
A 2.6 million National Lottery jackpot has gone unclaimed and is to be handed over to good causes.It's the third largest prize in the lottery's history to go unclaimed.Organisers Camelot had urged players to have a final search for the winning Lotto Extra ticket.It was bought in south-east Northumberland for the draw on Saturday May 10 and carried the numbers 2, 7, 17, 25, 38 and 44.In February this year a 2,928,214 Lotto jackpot ticket, also bought in the Northumberland area, remained unclaim
Nov 7, 2003, 4:34 am - Lottery News