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$11M lottery win saves Illinois couple from bankruptcyNews Story
Bouncing up and down with excitement, Minooka, Illinois, resident Janet Gossett said she and her husband plan to use their lottery winnings to go to Minnesota and see Walnut Grove, a town made famous on Little House on the Prairie. Craig and Janet Gossett of Minooka began Wednesday in Chicago, picking up the check for $11.25 million that they won in the Illinois Lottery over the weekend. Like many recent lottery winners, the Gossets plan to use the money pay off bills. Although the check
Dec 14, 2011, 6:10 pm - Lottery News

8 winners claim $23.5M in jackpots at NY Lottery Halloween partyNews Story
A Bronx mom dressed as Snooki, a sanitation worker in bunny ears and a babysitter wearing a rainbow hat went trick-or-treating Monday to fetch a load of money. Eight New York Lottery winners were invited to a Halloween shindig they'll never forget, taking home a total of $23.5 million in jackpots. It's not going to change my life, but it's going to change my lifestyle, said city sanitation worker Clayton Wint, 51, of Brooklyn, who picked up an oversized check for nearly $1 million at the
Nov 1, 2011, 4:42 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner hits back at school bulliesNews Story
Charmaine Watson makes an unlikely theatrical impresario. At the age of 31, she lives in a modest home in Eynsham, a backwater of Oxfordshire. Yet this year the quietly spoken woman, who has never been abroad, has decided to step into the backstage world of the musicals she has always loved. Watson's daring move has been made possible by a large lottery win that has given her a new purpose in life. A victim of sustained bullying during her school days, Watson is now using a large chunk of the
Sep 19, 2011, 10:46 am - Lottery News

$228.9M Powerball lottery ticket sold in MinnesotaNews Story
For a split second, John Nee of Apple Valley thought he might be the luckiest person in Minnesota. On Thursday afternoon, Nee, 63, hadn't yet checked his Powerball ticket when he was told that a winning ticket worth $228.9 million, the biggest jackpot in state history, had been sold in Dakota County. Alas, after hearing the numbers, Nee crumpled up his slip of paper and pined, Like every week. It's not me. But that's all right. It will come. The identity of the big winner is still a my
Aug 12, 2011, 8:13 am - Lottery News

W.V. Lottery ends 3-year losing streakNews Story
A three-year money-losing streak for the West Virginia Lottery has come to an end, as the agency saw an upswing in revenues for the just completed 2010-11 budget year, Lottery commissioners learned Tuesday. Fueled by the enormous success of table games at Charles Town's Hollywood Casino, and by a surge in sales for traditional scratch-off games, the Lottery saw a 3 percent jump in total revenue for the budget year, for a total of $1.39 billion. Things are picking up, it looks like, a litt
Jul 29, 2011, 6:54 am - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery creates millionaire in raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Louisiana Lottery's finale drawing for its newest $10 raffle game, Millionaire Bonus Raffle, was held Thursday morning, creating one freshly-minted millionaire and several winners of $20,000. Raffle number 021159 was randomly selected as the $1 million winner from the 275,052 tickets that were sold. The complete list of winning numbers can be found on Lottery Post's Louisiana Lottery Results page. The winning ticket was sold in Lafayette. In today's finale dra
May 12, 2011, 12:43 pm - Lottery News

N.M. lottery celebrates anniversary, tackles challengesNews Story
Amid revenue shortfall, officials launch new campaign to boost ticket sales New Mexico Lottery officials this month are celebrating the 15th birthday of the lottery program with a special anniversary scratcher ticket and a new ad campaign. Amid a revenue shortfall and the possibility that the lottery's scholarship money could be out of cash by 2014, the celebration is bittersweet. This is a new era for us because we don't know how many people are going to play the lottery from now on,
Apr 25, 2011, 7:27 am - Lottery News

$9.6M Washington Lotto jackpot claimedNews Story
State's 3rd-biggest Lotto jackpot Deborah Harden hasn't slept well over the last week for a number of reasons: 4.8 million of them. The 60-year-old Pasco woman, a department store buyer, is Washington's latest lottery millionaire. She, her husband, Jim, and family members came forward Tuesday at the lottery's regional office in Yakima, collecting a one-time payment of $4.8 million, less withholding, for the April 4 Lotto jackpot of $9.6 million. They opted for the one-time payment ra
Apr 13, 2011, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Tennessee's biggest Powerball winner keeps low profileNews Story
Bobbi Hubbard of South Pittsburg, Tenn., keeps busy working on community projects like trying to start a free medical clinic in Marion County. She has lived in the same house for 18 years. On the outside, there's little to show that she hit a $25.5 million Powerball jackpot in 2005, making her the state's all-time big winner as Powerball marks its seventh anniversary in Tennessee. And, unlike some cases in other states where big lottery winners didn't handle their fast fortunes well, Hubbard
Apr 6, 2011, 7:08 am - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery holds first of five bonus raffle drawingsNews Story
The Louisiana Lottery's first bonus drawing for its newest $10 raffle game, Millionaire Bonus Raffle, was held Thursday morning. Raffle number 099007 was randomly selected as the $20,000 winner from the 145,499 tickets which were sold as of midnight Wednesday. The winning ticket was sold by Lapalco Chevron on Lapalco Boulevard in Marrero, which will receive a $200 selling bonus. Besides offering the best odds of winning $1 million in the May 12 finale drawing, Millionaire Bonus Raffle h
Mar 25, 2011, 3:07 pm - Lottery News