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Lottery winner demonstrates the right way to claim a big jackpotNews Story
The Illinois woman knew on Dec. 18, the winning lottery ticket she held would change her life. On March 19, she was claiming an oversized check from the state and answering questions from news media. That the winner picked up the $81.5 million prize, her half of a $163 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing, is a big deal. That it took three months is a rarity. She spent the time to work with lawyers and financial advisers to maintain anonymity and protect assets something the state lo
Mar 20, 2008, 5:14 pm - Lottery News

Student wins lottery, leaves schoolNews Story
A college student withdrew from school after winning the 5 million yuan ($683,000) jackpot in a lottery in China's eastern city of Nanjing, local media reported on Thursday. The second-year student at the Jiangsu Maritime Institute, identified by the nickname Yong to protect his identity, was the sole first-prize winner in the Double Color Ball issued by the China Welfare Lottery on Tuesday, the Beijing News said. After winning the lottery, Yong told his roommates that he would share 2
Dec 30, 2007, 11:23 am - Lottery News

Lucky stone comes through for Ohio lottery winnerNews Story
Rick Jesionowski of Cleveland hit the lottery twice last year, hauling in $2,500, then $10,000. He hit again this month. $2 million. The lottery's been good to me, he said at a Wednesday news conference. I've also hit a thousand a few times. Luck? You bet. When a reporter asked Jesionowski what his secret was for winning, the lucky man pulled three stones out of his jeans jade for luck, crystal for energy and rose quartz for love. He said he has been carrying the stones in his poc
Dec 13, 2007, 10:12 am - Lottery News

TENNESSEE LOTTERY MAY BE FORCED BACK TO REAL DRAWINGSNews Story
Updated Oct. 9, 2007, 12:58 am Lawmaker eyes legislation to get rid of computer draws 'The integrity of our lottery drawings has been compromised in the minds of lottery players.' One Tennessee state legislator could step into the latest Tennessee Lottery controversy, and solve it with one stroke of the pen. House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower is looking to introduce legislation that would rid the lottery of computerized drawings. He wants the drawings back to how they were, befo
Oct 9, 2007, 12:49 am - Lottery News

CBS publishes second hatchet job on lotteryNews Story
News outfit intent on slamming lotteries CBS News, currently the lowest-rated broadcast network of the big three , today ran its second story in the past month attempting to dig dirt on lotteries in America. In its latest diatribe, CBS News alleges one of the oldest, most widely-spread lottery myths that lotteries prey on the poor and destitute. The problem is, the myth has been disproved time and again by long-term studies, using scientific means. (See Study proves lottery not '
Oct 8, 2007, 12:19 am - Lottery News

Jackpot winner says business as usual at executive assistant jobNews Story
Mystery winner claimed huge SuperLotto Plus jackpot Judy Taylor won $93 million in the California Lottery, and said she was going to go back to work as an executive assistant. The Alameda resident told state lottery officials she would use the money to travel to Greek islands and Hong Kong, buy a new car, and, as a lifelong renter, finally break into the Bay Area housing market. Lottery officials said Monday that Taylor won the Sept. 1 jackpot for the Super Lotto Plus game, ending a
Sep 12, 2007, 2:43 pm - Lottery News

Georgia man wins $250,000 in Mega MillionsNews Story
Dana Peace recently had what he described as a very good day. Peace, 26, of Fayette County walked into a Corner Amoco on Highway 54 in Sharpsburg to buy Fritos a snack for girlfriend Holly Yelton's roommate. A snap decision at the checkout counter landed Peace with $5 in Quik Pik tickets for the June 22 Mega Millions drawing only about an hour away. Though Peace didn't watch the drawing that night, he called the Georgia Lottery Hotline the next morning as he drove his mother to the a
Jul 23, 2007, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

N.J. native wins $38M Calif. Lottery jackpotNews Story
Oceanside resident Eugene Salek told officials at the California Lottery that he followed his usual routine yesterday morning. He got up, made coffee and then checked his SuperLotto Plus tickets from the night before. He knew then that he had won $38 million. But, Salek said, he went ahead and made breakfast for himself and his wife, Lee, and intended to keep his big news a surprise, telling her only that they were heading out from their home. Salek couldn't hold back when she question
May 4, 2007, 2:44 pm - Lottery News

N.J. is next state to consider bad election lottery ideaNews Story
By Charles Paolino Home News Tribune, New Jersey Who wants to be a millionaire? That's the question Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan wants to ask potential voters or, at least, that's one way to express the theme of a bill he's proposing in the state Legislature. Diegnan, a Democrat representing the 18th District, is one of two legislators suggesting that a lottery be held each year on Dec. 31 for a million-dollar prize to be awarded a registered voter who cast a ballot that year in a pri
Jan 15, 2007, 1:42 pm - Lottery News

Ontario Lottery delays payouts to 'insider' winnersNews Story
Christmas came four days early but seven weeks late for a trio of insider lottery winners from a small town northeast of Peterborough, Ontario, who faced a lengthy investigation before receiving their big payout. When we went in, we expected to get a cheque just like everyone else does, then they popped the bubble and said, 'Sorry, you're going to have to wait,' said Al Breedon, one of the winners of the $1-million prize. He and his wife, Linda Smith, and friend Linette Dynes purchas
Dec 29, 2006, 11:35 pm - Lottery News