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Lottery winners share secrets of their successNews Story
Simple steps can keep dream jackpot from turning into financial nightmare Terry McNalley used to be just a regular guy putting in eight-hour shifts at a factory in Bryan. He was a divorc e who liked hunting, fishing, and plopping down $6 a week for lottery tickets and a chance to dream. Then the dream came true. From what everybody said, I was white as a ghost. The more I looked at the ticket, the less I could see it, he said. It's just quite a day when you're sitting there holdin
Apr 9, 2006, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Lottery millionaire Bud Post diesNews Story
William J. Bud Post, the Venango County man who won millions in the Pennsylvania Lottery and then endured a fortune's worth of troubles, has died.Post, 66, of 249 Grant St., Franklin, died Sunday morning at UPMC Northwest in Seneca.Post became a local celebrity and later gained nationwide notoriety after winning $16.2 million in the lottery in 1988. An extravagant spending spree followed, then Post's life began to unravel.His sixth wife moved out on him, his brother was convicted of trying to
Jan 17, 2006, 7:13 am - Lottery News

Original buyer of $1M lottery ticket identifiedNews Story
How do you explain to your loved ones that you threw away $1 million?Well, we'll just have to wait to find out, because Kevin Donovan isn't answering questions right now.In fact, Donovan doesn't even want anybody to know who he is. He's been keeping a low profile since immersing himself in a dispute over a winning $1 million lottery ticket with an 82-year-old Blackstone man who found it in a trash bin.Donovan, who is seeking to regain ownership of the ticket, has not been identified in public un
Dec 19, 2005, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Illegal deals of Minn. Lottery revealed in court documentsNews Story
Authorities investigating former Minnesota lottery director George Andersen suspected he was involved in bribery, conspiracy and conflicts of interest, court documents show.Search warrants unsealed Friday lay out the still-open criminal investigation into Andersen's dealings with Media Rare, a public relations firm that had no-bid contracts with the lottery. The warrants are the first public indication that investigators thought Andersen's dealings might have amounted to more than mismanagement.
Dec 5, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Million-dollar ticket fight goes before Mass. Lottery boardNews Story
In the opening round of what may be a lengthy legal battle, an 83-year-old local man who found a winning Massachusetts lottery ticket in a trash bin defended his right to the $1 million prize yesterday, fending off a rival claim.The hearing, at the headquarters of the Massachusetts Lottery Commission in Braintree, was largely an exercise in legal technicalities.The commission said earlier this month is had already rejected a counterclaim on a ticket found by Edward St. John in a trash bin at the
Nov 30, 2005, 12:03 pm - Lottery News

Man Picks $1 Million Lottery Ticket Out Of TrashNews Story
For the last couple of months, the gray-haired old man has been a regular morning sight for passersby, his arm thrust deep into the trash barrel outside the White Hen Pantry on Main Street as he fishes for discarded lottery tickets.But lately 83-year-old Edward St. John has been doing his best to disappear.As he sifted through the throwaways in front of the convenience store earlier this week, St. John picked out a $1 million winner, and now he's trying to keep a low profile. The winner was on o
Oct 15, 2005, 4:36 pm - Lottery News

B.C. lottery officials extend deadline to settle fight over jackpotNews Story
The British Columbia Lottery Corp. has given two groups of feuding fast-food workers another day to decide who deserves a share of a $14.5 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. They've asked for more time, Jim Lightbody, the corporation's vice-president of gaming, said Monday. We're not certain why. Nine workers at an A W fast-food restaurant in Mission, B.C., say they're the only rightful claimants to the prize from the Aug. 13 draw.But four others have come forward to demand a share of the jackpot, sa
Aug 30, 2005, 10:18 am - Lottery News

Conn. couple claims $59.5 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A couple from Seymour, Connecticut has claimed Saturday's $59.5 million Powerball jackpot.Christopher and Lucille Ewen of Seymour were introduced Wednesday at a news conference at lottery headquarters. Their prize is the largest in the 33-year-old history of the Connecticut State Lottery.Christopher Ewen said he was out of town for the weekend and didn't check his lottery tickets until Tuesday. The electronic hardware salesman said he's already told a fishing buddy to sell his small boat because
Jun 29, 2005, 6:51 pm - Lottery News

Lottery Cheats Ruin Players' ChancesNews Story
When it comes to the lottery, there are lots of games, and we all know they're games of chance. When we play, we expect a fair chance. But that's not always the case. Eyewitness News learned your odds of winning were hurt at times - sometimes by thieves stealing entire cases of lottery tickets and other times by the very people selling you the tickets.Drew Lowe was a clerk at a Brownsburg Shell Station until he was caught doing something the lottery calls fishing - when an employee literally
May 23, 2005, 9:24 pm - Lottery News

Key figure in MN Lottery probe dead; suicide suspectedNews Story
A key figure in an ongoing criminal investigation over past contract practices of the Minnesota State Lottery has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and gambling enforcement agents will attempt to determine whether his death is connected to the probe.Michael Priesnitz, 53, was found dead Thursday afternoon on the floor of a garage at his home in International Falls. He was shot once in the head with a shotgun found near his body, according to International Falls police.
May 2, 2005, 7:50 am - Lottery News