After $10M lottery win, Mass. woman plans 'exceptional Christmas'
Debra A. Roberto, a Stoneham mother, won a $10 million grand prize the largest instant prize in America last week in the new Mega Cash game from the Massachusetts State Lottery.
She cashed in her winnings Monday, Nov. 23.
I've won a little [money] in the past, but I never even dreamed of winning this amount, she recently told the Sun. I scratch a lot of tickets, so when I scratched this one my husband said, 'Maybe now we're even.'
Her grand prize ties the record for the largest instan ...
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Powerball coming to Maryland, Massachusetts
According to local media reports, Powerball lottery tickets will soon be sold in Maryland and Massachusetts. Other Mega Millions states are sure to follow.
Maryland Lottery Director Buddy Roogow expects the sales to begin in the next four or five months. The decision is a result of lots of negotiations between officials in the states that operate Mega Millions and Powerball over the last seveal months.
Roogow says an official announcement is likely to come in the next few days. He says sal ...
Oct 12, 2009, 6:36 am - Lottery News forum
Mega Millions lottery jackpot zooms to $207M
The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing climbed to $207 million after no players matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's game.
Even though there were no jackpot winners, 14 lucky players managed to match the first five numbers for a $250,000 second-prize win. 3 of those tickets were sold in California, 1 in Georgia, 2 in Illinois, 1 in Maryland, 1 in Massachusetts, 2 in New Jersey, 1 in New York, 1 in Texas, and 2 in Virginia.
The California second-prize winners will receiv ...
Aug 19, 2009, 10:39 pm - Lottery News forum
Proposed Mass. budget includes nonexistent lottery money
Issue highlights problem with budgeting based on speculation
When Massachusetts lawmakers approved a $24.7 billion state budget last week, they included $25 million in expected revenue from the multi-state lottery game, Powerball.
The trouble is, the state's bid to become a part of the game had been rejected and state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill neglected to let legislators know.
To make matters worse, the inclusion of Powerball revenue in the state budget was based upon the notion that ...
Jul 29, 2009, 12:27 pm - Lottery News forum
2-time lottery winner's past questioned
He definitely won the $1,000, but is the $1 million claim a fraud?
The past of a Fall River man who claimed he won the lottery twice in one day is now being called into question. It turns out Phillip Brunelle, formerly known as Phillip Daggett, has been in legal trouble before for making false claims.
Brunelle said he bought a lottery ticket from a convenience store on East Main St. Sunday morning and won $1,000. He said he then went back into the convenience store, plunked down $20 for a ...
Jul 28, 2009, 6:18 pm - Lottery News forum
Man wins $1,001,000 from 2 scratch tickets
A Massachusetts man won $1,000 and $1 million dollars from two scratch-off lottery tickets on the same day.
Phillip Brunelle, 29, of Fall River, said he was so excited about winning $1,000 on a scratch-off ticket at a convenience store that he decided to return to the store later to buy another $5 Money Mania ticket, WCVB-TV, Boston, reported Monday.
I already won $1,000, so I don't know why I went back down. I guess I'm greedy, Brunelle said.
He said he used his lucky penny to uncover ...
Jul 28, 2009, 8:30 am - Lottery News forum
Ohio Lottery facts and trivia as it turns 35 years old
Thirty-five years ago this summer, the newly created Ohio Lottery held its first-ever drawing, a public spectacle at Parmatown Mall that drew more than 1,000 people.
Comedian Don Rickles had originally been invited to emcee the drawing of the new Buckeye 300 weekly game, but the public had to settle for Miss Ohio World 1974 and local TV stars Big Chuck and Hoolihan.
Since then, the Ohio Lottery has turned hundreds of people into millionaires and transferred about $16 billion to Ohio's publ ...
Jun 18, 2009, 12:01 pm - Lottery News forum
Patriots plan lottery tie-in after NFL eases stance
Promo will be a first for a league still sensitive about betting scandals
The New England Patriots are developing the first licensed NFL instant ticket with the Massachusetts State Lottery just days after league owners voted to allow teams to partner with lotteries across the country. This is going to be a hugely successful collaboration, Robert Kraft, chief executive of Kraft Group, which owns the Patriots, said yesterday. We are looking forward to helping the lottery generate much needed re ...
May 26, 2009, 1:27 pm - Lottery News forum
Ravens considering licensing deal with Md. Lottery
After NFL policy change, team in talks to put logo on scratch-off tickets
The Ravens are huddling with Maryland Lottery officials over placing the team's logo for the first time on scratch-off tickets.
We are in discussions, Ravens spokesman Chad Steele confirmed Friday, just 48 hours after the National Football League decided to allow clubs to strike such licensing deals with state-sponsored lotteries.
Thursday, the New England Patriots reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Stat ...
May 23, 2009, 7:44 am - Lottery News forum
Mass. Lottery will sell ads on its tickets
Massachusetts Lottery officials constantly tinker with their offerings and odds to try to attract players and haul in more money for the state.
Now they will have a new way to bring in cash, by selling ads on game tickets and monitors.
The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission approved a contract yesterday that will pay the Fenway Sports Group $10,000 a month plus a percentage of whatever advertising revenue the sports-marketing spin-off of the Red Sox is able to attract for the lottery.
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Apr 4, 2009, 9:05 am - Lottery News forum
