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Georgia bankers claim $19 million Lotto South jackpotNews Story
For those looking for a job in banking, sit tight. There may be two openings soon.Sam and Ronnie Deli, two bankers from Suwanee, Georgia, won the Lotto South $19 million jackpot Saturday, according to Georgia Lottery Corp. officials. The couple took the ticket with the winning numbers 1, 16, 30, 41, 47 and 49 Monday to the lottery's offices in Atlanta, where it was verified. In a statement released Monday by the Georgia Lottery, Sam Deli, 54, said he learned that he had the winning ticket on Sun
Apr 6, 2004, 4:04 am - Lottery News

3rd time of 'almost lucky' still pays $175,000News Story
A Virginia couple has hit five of the six lottery numbers three timesSome people may say matching five of six numbers in the lottery falls short of being lucky. A Bedford County couple would disagree.Enos and Linda Blankenship of Thaxton, Virginia have had five of six winning numbers in the lottery - three times.Most recently they matched five of six numbers in the Mega Millions drawing on Feb. 20. The lone winning ticket for the big jackpot - $239 million - hasn't been claimed.The Blankenships
Feb 26, 2004, 5:02 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery to cut ties with bass eventNews Story
The Minnesota State Lottery will not sponsor any fishing tournaments this year, Gov. Tim Pawlenty's chief of staff said Thursday.Dan McElroy said interim lottery director Michael Vekich plans to drop the Minnesota Pro/Am Bass Tour promotion. The lottery spent at least $65,000 a year over the past four summers to sponsor the fishing tournaments and solicited money from other sponsors on its behalf, according to lottery records.Former lottery director George Andersen, who killed himself last month
Feb 13, 2004, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Alabama man hits Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
A Foley, Alabama man won almost $2 million in a Florida Lotto drawing, according to officials with the state lottery office in Tallahassee.Earl S. Luellen of Foley, Alabama won half of a $7 million jackpot in the Saturday night drawing, according to a statement released by Florida officials Tuesday. The other winning ticket, sold in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., had not been claimed Tuesday night.Luellen, an agriculture inspector, could not be reached for comment Tuesday. The statement said he realized
Feb 4, 2004, 5:29 am - Lottery News

Fort Lauderdale trucker hits the jackpotNews Story
Florida's newest millionaire is a Fort Lauderdale truck driver, a habitual lottery player whose stepdaughter figures the $1 million in winnings may just get him even. He's been buying them his whole life. This is just all the money he's spent on them, said Kandice Marks, whose stepfather, Donald Ritacco, was driving back from Tallahassee on Monday.Ritacco, 48, bought his $10 ticket for the Florida Lottery's $1,000,000 Cash Spectacular scratch-off game Thursday at a Marathon gas station on Sta
Dec 16, 2003, 5:35 am - Lottery News

Fortune smiles on lottery winnersNews Story
Winning the Texas lottery is bound to change your life. It's why people play it. But some area winners say the changes aren't as radical as some might think. They have nicer cars and homes. They travel more and work less, but most still work at something.It was the best Christmas gift the Triple J NXS Trust could receive. Their numbers -- 8, 20, 47, 51, 40, 44 -- came in on Dec. 26, 2001.The payoff: $36 million.The triple J's are Jim Ater, Jennifer Willis Wyatt and Justin Pratz. The NXS refers
Sep 1, 2003, 7:52 am - Lottery News

Friends in lottery club win $175,000News Story
Ten women who have been pooling their money to buy lottery tickets for about eight years finally have something to show for it -- $175,000.The women, who call themselves The Millionaire's Club of Jackson, matched five numbers in the Aug. 15 drawing of Mega Millions, lottery officials announced Tuesday. The group didn't match the Gold Mega Ball number, which would have given them the $12 million jackpot. I started jumping up and down with excitement when I discovered we had really won, Della Swa
Aug 28, 2003, 4:28 am - Lottery News