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Georgia woman nearly forgot about $5M winning lottery ticketNews Story
Connie Habeck plays the lottery when the jackpot is at its biggest. When the money goes up, I buy like everybody else, said Habeck of Gray. She said she has always played knowing she would split any winnings with her 35-year-old son Robert, who lives in Athens. What makes the 60-year-old woman different is the $5 million winning scratch-off ticket she nearly forgot in the bottom of her purse. Georgia Lottery officials awarded Habeck a large cardboard check Tuesday afternoon at Neal's
Feb 28, 2007, 11:06 am - Lottery News

Cancer victim struggles to get $1 million lottery prize in lump sumNews Story
On Jan. 12, Wayne A. Schenk thought he was the luckiest man alive. A month earlier, he'd been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. But on this afternoon, the 51-year-old Marine veteran was hanging out with his buddy Domonick Gallo, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather in their hometown of Naples, N.Y., by indulging a favorite ritual: scratching off lottery tickets. One of Schenk's $5 High Stakes Blackjack tickets hit it big, winning the $1 million prize. It was more than enough money
Feb 19, 2007, 9:33 am - Lottery News

Police Looking for Cross-Dressing Lottery Ticket ThiefNews Story
Police are following the trail of a cross-dressing thief who stole a display case full of lottery tickets from a convenience store in Depew, New York, and was caught in the act on camera. The unusual robbery happened at a Noco station on George Urban Boulevard in Depew. Detectives say a man dressed as a woman walked right up to the counter and walked away with a case full of lottery tickets, $2,000 worth, but what's even more shocking is what happened next. The video shows it clearly.
Feb 13, 2007, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Woman stole lottery tickets to get better working hoursNews Story
A convenience store worker allegedly stole at least $800 worth of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets and gave the winning ones to her boss in exchange for better working hours, police said. Marcella Fletcher, 53, of Garfield Street, Nanticoke, faces charges of theft, tampering with records, and making false reports to law enforcement, police said. According to police, Fahim Mirza, owner of the Uni-Mart on Market Street, told police on Jan. 15 that one of his former employees had been stealing fr
Feb 9, 2007, 9:15 pm - Lottery News

Publix workers win $1 million lottery jackpotNews Story
Two grocery store workers who won $1 million in the Georgia Lottery will take part in a check presentation ceremony this afternoon at the store where they purchased the tickets. Barbara Chessi Scarbary, 19, of Jackson, and Megan Maloy, 24, of McDonough, won in the instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club. The pair, who work together as customer service associates at a Publix grocery store, scratched the winning ticket Friday while parked outside the McDonough convenience store where they
Feb 7, 2007, 2:27 pm - Lottery News

90-year-old wins $1 million in Fla. Lottery's Monopoly gameNews Story
The Florida Lottery announced Friday the $1 million top prize for the Million Dollar Monopoly scratch-off game was claimed by Myrna Fonda, 90, of Seffner. Fonda, who was joined at Lottery Headquarters by her husband Robert Fonda and her grandson, said she purchased the winning scratch-off ticket at Winn Dixie, 725 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard West in Seffner. According to Fonda, who regularly plays Florida Lottery instant games, she purchased the last two scratch-off tickets at the
Feb 7, 2007, 1:33 pm - Lottery News

Man with terminal illness wins 20-year annuity lottery jackpotNews Story
In December, Wayne Schenk was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A month later, he was a millionaire. The 50-year-old tavern owner from Naples, New York, won a million dollars in a New York state lottery scratch-off game. But the Marine Corps veteran doesn't expect to be around to collect all his winnings. To do that, he would have to live 20 years. His doctors have given him a year to live, at most. Under lottery rules for the High Stakes Blackjack game he won on January 12, the jack
Feb 1, 2007, 6:50 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery chief adding new games to overcome revenue shortfallNews Story
The head of the N.C. Education Lottery Tuesday urged patience for critics who say the games have fallen short of their first-year sales goal. Executive Director Tom Shaheen said he hopes to spark sales this spring with two new games and a new twist on a third. Lottery sales are expected to miss their $1.2 billion goal by $200 million. Obviously I'm in a business to raise money, and I want to raise as much as we can, Shaheen said after a Charlotte luncheon. But to raise $1 billion the
Feb 1, 2007, 1:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery tickets prove a popular giftNews Story
What started out as a stocking stuffer for Fred Heckman's grandchildren turned into a profitable tradition for the family. One year when he was searching for small extras to give his two grandchildren on Christmas, the Endicott, N.Y., man discovered a New York Lottery promotion that offered $10 worth of scratch-off tickets packaged in a festive envelope. He hasn't found them since that year, but every year since, he has purchased $10 worth of tickets as a present whichever games feel lucky.
Jan 31, 2007, 2:27 am - Lottery News

Spare change becomes lottery win for retired coupleNews Story
Having a couple of loonies [coins] in her pocket at the right time will allow Elizabeth Ross and her husband Douglas to buy a new car, renovate their home and make things a little easier for their loved ones. Tuesday afternoon, Elizabeth Ross stopped at a lottery booth to buy tickets for the next day's Lotto 6/49 draw while her husband headed to a nearby coffee shop. I said, 'Oh, give me a Set for Life,' she recalled. That's the first one I bought this year. I don't buy too many of th
Jan 19, 2007, 2:21 pm - Lottery News