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N.J. woman wins $2M from gift scratch-off lottery ticket from dad, takes family on vacationNews Story
By Todd Northrop A New Jersey woman who received scratch-off lottery tickets as a gift from her father won big when one turned out to be worth $2 million. Melissa Spagnola, of Little Silver, won the top prize for the 100X The Bucks ticket her father bought at Wawa, located at 210 Georgetown Wrightstown Road in Wrightstown (Burlington County), state lottery officials said Tuesday. Spangola said she doesn't buy tickets for herself, only for family members like her parents who are long-tim
Jan 15, 2019, 11:28 am - Lottery News

8 years after buying $10.8 million ticket, lottery winner says life is 'marvelous'News Story
A Pennsylvania couple who took home more than $10 million in Delaware's first Hot Lotto jackpot eight years ago traded in their mobile home for a four-bedroom house but say their good fortune hasn't changed them. In August 2009, Robert Crowther already had retired from the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark, Delaware, where he had worked for more than 30 years. Since the Crowthers opted to take the jackpot as a lump sum of $10,774,362 rather than as a deferred annuity, life has been marvelous,
Nov 12, 2018, 4:09 pm - Lottery News

Irish family claims €38.9m EuroMillions jackpot anonymouslyNews Story
A small pool of family members from Dublin, Ireland, collected a life-changing 38.9 million (US$46.5 million) EuroMillions lottery jackpot prize on Monday morning, following their huge win earlier this month. The family members, who all wish to remain anonymous, bought the winning EuroMillions jackpot quick pick on the day of the draw, Friday December 29, at The Village Shop in Malahide. Collecting their prize, the ecstatic family said that the last week has been a blur and revealed they a
Jan 10, 2018, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

Bahamas 'web shop' accused of failing to pay winnersNews Story
Says Iowa and Indiana lotteries 'teamed up' on them Irate patrons of Paradise Games, a Bahamas web shop, yesterday vowed to take their business elsewhere amid accusations the gaming house has refused to reward tens of thousands of dollars in winnings. The customers, on the request of anonymity, allege after playing numbers and winning nearly $60,000 on one ticket and another $32,000 on an additional ticket in the 'Early Iowa' game, they were given the run around by Paradise Games and ultim
Jul 6, 2017, 11:04 am - Lottery News

$1 million hasn't changed Iowa lottery winnerNews Story
Five years since winning $1 million, Bob Boehm stands in roughly the same place. He's at the James G. Whiting Memorial Field Airport in Mapleton on Wednesday, filling tanks of crop-dusters with fungicide for corn raised by farmers in Monona and Crawford counties. He stands with co-workers and pals, Bill Creese, Tommy Weber, Mark Lorenzen and Greg Sisco. He hasn't changed a bit, Lorenzen says about Boehm in the wake of his $1 million win in the Iowa Lottery Mega Millions game on April 10,
Aug 4, 2015, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Toddler picks out winning NY lottery ticketNews Story
This little girl has the Midas touch. Two-year-old Anaya Hussain picked the New York Poker ticket that made her mother an instant millionaire. She touched it, an excited Afsheen Ahsan said Tuesday as she and eight other Lottery winners collected their winnings. If she didn't touch it, I wouldn't have taken it. She's lucky. A stay-at-home mom from Bay Ridge, Ahsan said she had just popped into the Top Convenience store in Brooklyn on Jan. 30 when her daughter reached over and placed he
Mar 14, 2012, 7:40 am - 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

£7M lottery winner goes back to workNews Story
A train driver who won a 6.9 million (US$12.8 million) lottery fortune has booked a return ticket and gone back to work on the railways. Carl Prance gave up his job of 34 years for a string of dream holidays when his family hit the jackpot. But just 10 months later he's getting up at 5am to drive 30 miles in his luxury Jaguar to start his 6am shift. Prance, 50, missed the lure of trains so much after both his father and grandfather spent their lives on the railways. He said, Some peo
Aug 25, 2008, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Elderly California woman loses $250,000 to foreign lottery scamNews Story
The elderly Lodi woman answered her telephone just like anyone else would.A voice at the other end told her she'd won a lottery and that she'd soon get the first check in the mail. When the check arrived and proved that the lottery was legitimate, she was to send back a check to pay the taxes on her winnings.But then the foreign check didn't clear the woman's bank -- after she'd already sent off a real check of her own. The lottery officials said something had gone wrong, and they'd get another
Aug 27, 2004, 7:31 am - Lottery News

Bahamas debates starting national lotteryNews Story
Chairman of the Gaming Board, Kenyatta Gibson, MP, announced to parliament last week that the Gaming Board is currently reviewing the feasibility of The Bahamas introducing a national lottery. To assist in the decision-making process, the Gaming Board has undertaken a comprehensive study on various authorised lotteries throughout the world and the current status of illegal gambling in The Bahamas.While some persons feel that it can be harmful, others believe that if properly controlled, a nation
Jun 29, 2004, 2:47 pm - Lottery News