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Girl spots discarded winning lottery scratcher, donates winnings to Thanksgiving food driveNews Story
In this season of giving thanks, one student from Missouri shows what generosity is all about. When one young lady from Independence, Missouri, found a financial windfall, she gave it to others in need, overlooking her own needs. Phoebe Brown, 7, says she knew exactly what she'd found, and how best to use it. The second grade student from Sycamore Hills Elementary School in Independence was shopping with her mother at the Hy-Vee store on U.S. Highway 40 at Noland Road on November 9th, when
Nov 23, 2016, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Nebraska Lottery adding Sunday drawingsNews Story
Starting Nov. 6, 2016, the Nebraska Lottery's in-state lotto games will have drawings Monday through Sunday, seven days a week. Currently the only game in Nebraska to offer Sunday drawings is the multi-state 2by2 game. Nebraska's in-state lotto games consist of Pick 3, Pick 5, and MyDaY. Nebraska Lottery has considered the expansion for years, with the move in its business plan since 2008, Lottery spokesman Neil Watson said. Nebraska's is one of just four lotteries in the U.S. that didn't
Nov 5, 2016, 7:27 pm - Lottery News

Second lottery win in 2 weeks worth $1M for Missouri womanNews Story
A Strafford, Missouri, great grandmother scratched off a lottery win two weeks in a row, and the second one was a whopper. Doris Danielson first won $1,000 on a 300,000,000 Golden Ticket Scratcher ticket, prompting a trip to Lottery headquarters in Springfield to cash it in. While there she scratched up a $1 million jackpot in the same Scratcher ticket game. I'm very fortunate, I'll tell you that much, Danielson said in a news release. My daughter and I were going to Springfield to go
Sep 16, 2016, 9:07 am - Lottery News

Scotland family celebrates third big lottery prizeNews Story
By Todd Northrop An elderly couple from Scotland are celebrating a 1 million (US$1.5 million) lottery payout that continues an amazing family run of Lotto luck. Peter Fry, 90, and his wife Mary, 86, landed the huge prize in the Lotto Millionaire Raffle and have been hailed as Scotland's luckiest family. The couple, from Bo'ness, West Lothian, shared the win with their three daughters, Margaret, 64, Janet, 59, and Isobel, 57. The family play together, purchasing five lines twice a week,
May 31, 2016, 8:43 am - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery celebrates 20 years in operationNews Story
The New Mexico Lottery is celebrating its 20th anniversary, unveiling a special logo and rewarding players with extra rewards points. Since launching on April 27, 1996, the New Mexico Lottery has sold approximately $2.6 billion in tickets with prizes of more than $1.4 billion. And, New Mexico Lottery sales resulted in many positive economic impacts, among which were: 53 prizes of $1 million or more including five Powerball jackpots totaling $526.1 million; More than $174 million in retail
Apr 27, 2016, 11:04 am - Lottery News

Calif. man wins $10M lottery prize right after winning $1KNews Story
Just moments after winning $1,000 on a California Lottery scratch-off ticket, a Modesto man learned that he was the winner of a $10 million prize. Rodney Meadows was out running errands Nov. 23 when he decided to pick up some $30 California Lottery 30th anniversary scratchers tickets from the Fast Mart at 3955 Coffee Road in Modesto, according to lottery officials. Meadows won $1,000 on the first ticket he bought, so he decided to let it ride. [Meadows] scratched $1,000 and he came ba
Dec 2, 2015, 9:04 am - Lottery News

$42 million NY Lottery winner wants to remain blue-collar worker for lifeNews Story
Includes video report Richard Loveless was going through his usual Sunday routine on Oct. 18 when he learned that a winning $42.5 million Lotto ticket was sold the day before at the Pit Stop convenience store the same business where he purchases his Lotto tickets. When the retired electrician from Port Byron checked the winning numbers 1, 9, 11, 16, 19, 22 he was stunned. He won the lottery. Loveless, 64, returned to Pit Stop Wednesday where the New York Lottery's Yolanda Vega rev
Nov 19, 2015, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery to join Cash4Life game in early 2016News Story
Includes audio report Maryland gambling officials issued their approval Thursday for the state to join the multi-state Cash4Life game starting in early 2016. Cash4Life, which started in 2014 as a two-state game played in New Jersey and New York, has been popular with players and is steadily adding new member states. In addition to the original two states, the game currently is offered in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Our expectation is to join them probably in January or February, said Go
Aug 28, 2015, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery marks 5th anniversaryNews Story
With over 150,000 Arkansas students awarded almost half a billion dollars in lottery-funded Academic Challenge Scholarships, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating five full years of big wins and big opportunities as an engine for higher education and an educated, higher-earning workforce. Before that first ticket was bought at 12:01 a.m. on September 28, 2009, we could only guess at what this lottery could do for our state, Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Director Bishop Woosley said.
Oct 7, 2014, 9:25 am - Lottery News

$90M Colorado Powerball winner claims prizeNews Story
Includes video report The winner of the largest lottery jackpot in Colorado history claimed his prize in Grand Junction on Wednesday afternoon. Claude Al G., who didn't want to give his last name, said he and his wife, Jackie, will do some traveling. Beyond that, he said he has no plans about what he wants to buy with the largest jackpot in Colorado history. In fact, Have fun is what Al said his plan was when asked Wednesday what he plans to do with the $90 million Powerball jackpot.
Aug 14, 2014, 9:18 am - Lottery News