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Group of 78 emergency room staff members claim $1 million Powerball prizeNews Story
By Kate Northrop A 78-member lottery group consisting of nurses, doctors, and other emergency room personnel from Traverse City, Michigan have claimed a $1 million Powerball prize. On Thursday, the Michigan Lottery held a press event to award The Heroes to Zeroooos Lottery Club with their $1 million Powerball prize after they matched all five white balls in the Oct. 31, 2022 drawing. According to lottery club coordinator, Bernard Bossert Jr., the club has been buying tickets for abou
Jan 6, 2023, 12:49 pm - Lottery News

Michigan lottery club claims $1.85 million Lotto 47 jackpot after playing together for 20 yearsNews Story
Lottery crew finally lands a big prize By Kate Northrop A lottery club finally got their windfall after playing together for 20 years, taking home a $1.85 million Michigan Lottery Lotto 47 jackpot. It's been a long ride for the Lunch Bunch Crew lottery club, but a sweet one nonetheless, after they finally scooped up a Lotto 47 jackpot worth $1.85 million. A co-worker and I started a lottery club about 20 years ago, the club's representative told the Lottery. There are currently
Jul 13, 2022, 7:15 pm - Lottery News

Australian man who won nearly $1 million in lottery gave it all awayNews Story
Do what you can to make somebody else's day a little bit brighter. By Kate Northrop A year after winning almost $1 million (US$731,905) in the Australian TattsLotto, one particular Aussie went on a selfless crusade to give it all away. Thanks to a superstition, Peter Charleton, 47, of Yarra Ranges bought a TattsLotto lottery ticket in August 2020 that turned out to be the winner of a prize worth $896,511.13 (US$656,160.98). A year later, he's already given away most of the prize. B
Sep 14, 2021, 6:25 pm - Lottery News

New Zealand man who lost his job during lockdown wins $10 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
Just weeks after losing his job, a Hamilton, New Zealand, man surprised his wife with a staggering $10.3 million (US$6.3 million) Lotto win. The big winner, who is anonymous like most winners in New Zealand choose to be, was one of the thousands of Kiwis made redundant over the nearly two-month lockdown period. His wife is a healthcare worker has worked through the lockdown. When she came home from work in a quick lunch break, she found him sitting at the kitchen table, acting strange .
May 25, 2020, 9:32 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman learns she won $5M lottery prize while scrolling FacebookNews Story
A woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, says she had no idea she'd won a $5 million Lotto 47 prize until she was on Facebook the night after the drawing. I usually only buy Lotto 47 tickets when the jackpot gets over $10 million, said the player, who chose to remain anonymous. When I was at the store, I saw the jackpot was only at $5 million, but I decided to get a ticket anyway. The night after the drawing, I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a news station had posted that someone
Dec 4, 2019, 3:20 pm - Lottery News

Will R.I. Lottery win or lose in $1 billion IGT contract battle?News Story
Is it a wise move that would keep more than 1,000 high-paying jobs in Rhode Island or just the latest example of a you gotta know a guy back-room deal? Is the lottery giant IGT as Rhode Island as Del's lemonade or as British as Big Ben? In short, is the proposed no-bid, $1-billion, 20-year extension of IGT's current 20-year gambling technology contract a solid win for the Rhode Island economy or an ill-advised sweetheart deal ? As state lawmakers prepare to review the proposal this fall
Aug 13, 2019, 8:34 am - Lottery News

Louisiana woman realized she had won $1 million on lottery after Facebook post from family memberNews Story
A mother is celebrating her $1 million Louisiana Lottery prize after being completely unaware she had won. Lala Singleton only remembered to check her ticket after her sister-in-law, from Connecticut, tagged her in a Facebook article that said the winner was from her hometown of Baton Rouge. Singleton, a 'every once in a while' player of the Powerball lottery, couldn't believe that her chosen five white balls matched those she needed for the jackpot. 'Once I checked my ticket, I just
Jul 7, 2019, 8:13 pm - Lottery News

New law would stop Illinois Lottery from selling tickets after top prizes are goneNews Story
The Illinois Lottery would have to provide players with daily updates on how many top prizes remain in scratch-off games and wouldn't be able to keep selling tickets for those games indefinitely under a proposed change in state law. The bill was introduced by Sen. Steve Stadelman in response to an investigation that found that the lottery was continuing to sell instant games, in some cases for weeks or months, after all top prizes had been claimed, with little warning to players. The arti
Jun 7, 2018, 7:53 am - Lottery News

$502 MILLION: Mega Millions grows to 10th-largest lottery jackpot of all timeNews Story
Half-billion jackpot comes 6 years after first reaching the same level By Todd Northrop Six years to the day after becoming the first lottery in history to feature a $500 million jackpot, the multi-state Mega Millions game is right back at the same level, offering a $502 million grand prize to be drawn Friday evening. During that nascent period in 2012, when the word billion first entered lottery jackpot discussions, Mega Millions tickets were being sold so quickly that the lotteries we
Mar 28, 2018, 11:32 am - Lottery News

Chinese man lives rough for 10 years to 'crack lottery code'News Story
A man has been living rough under a road bridge in southwest China for 10 years, saying he will not go home until he has cracked how to win the lottery and written books about it, according to a newspaper report. Wang Chengzhou, 49, lives under a road intersection in Chongqing and spends most of his time researching, the Chengdu Commercial Daily reported. He makes ends meet by doing part-time jobs, such as for the post office, but his obsession is research on the lottery, according to the
Jan 22, 2018, 9:05 am - Lottery News