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Numbers from Afghanistan net $371K lottery winNews Story
A Douglasville, Georgia, woman has won a $371,516 Georgia Lottery prize with numbers she received from her husband working in Afghanistan. Carol Hicks, 37, won the prize as one of two players to match all five winning numbers in the April 2 Fantasy 5 drawing. My husband called me from Afghanistan, and he asked me to play these numbers, Hicks said. Winning numbers from the drawing were: 1-6-10-17-39. RaceTrac #0439, 5897 Fairburn Road in Douglasville, sold the winning ticket. The sec
Apr 9, 2013, 3:10 pm - Lottery News

N.C. farmer wins record lottery jackpotNews Story
It's also his second time winning a Cash 5 jackpot A farmer from Zebulon, North Carolina, won more than $1.1 million in the Carolina Cash 5 jackpot on Sunday the largest amount ever won by a single ticket in that game. It was the second time that Homer Buffaloe has hit the Cash 5 jackpot. In November 2010, he claimed half a jackpot worth $408,066. This time, Buffaloe received a check for $778,479 after state and federal taxes were withheld. The odds of matching all five numbers and w
Mar 5, 2013, 6:31 pm - Lottery News

98 Florida Lottery players share Fantasy 5 winNews Story
Perfect set of odd-numbered results drawn If you woke up this morning and discovered you were a Florida Fantasy 5 winner, you have plenty of company. There were 98 players last night who picked the pedestrian numbers of 1-3-5-7-9, so they'll all share from the Fantasy 5 pool. Their take? $1,995.32 each. The Florida Lottery's Shelly Safford notes that of the 98 winners, only one was a quick pick. Obviously, a lot of players pick those numbers, she said. Nobody has exact stats, but
Aug 29, 2012, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

New Arkansas Lottery jackpot game kicks off todayNews Story
By Todd Northrop Starting today, Arkansas Lottery players can play the state's new Natural State Jackpot game, featuring a rolling jackpot that starts at a minimum of $25,000. Lottery officials estimate the average jackpot will be more than $150,000. The Arkansas-only jackpot game was created in response to player request, with dozens of calls to Lottery headquarters asking for a lotto-style game exclusive to Arkansas players. Tickets for the new game went on sale this morning at 12
Aug 27, 2012, 8:02 am - Lottery News

Virginia woman dreams of Obama, wins lotteryNews Story
You could call it a sweet dream. A Virginia Beach woman says she dreamed about chatting with President Barack Obama, so the next day she played his birthday Aug. 4, 1961 in the Cash 5 daily lottery game. Simone Christian felt so strongly about it she bought two tickets Oct. 15 with those numbers, so when they hit she received $200,000 instead of the game's top prize of $100,000. The winning numbers were 1, 4, 6, 8 and 19. As if that wasn't sweet enough, Virginia Lottery officials tel
Nov 30, 2011, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

PA lottery prize worth $350,000 to expire Sept. 29News Story
Unclaimed, jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket was sold in Carbon County Time is running out for the holder of a jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Cash 5 ticket worth nearly $350,000 from the Sept. 29, 2010, drawing to claim the prize. The ticket and prize will expire one year from the date of the drawing. The deadline for claiming this prize is just two weeks away, and we hate to see prizes go unclaimed said Todd Rucci, Lottery Executive Director. I encourage players to check closets, wallets, c
Sep 16, 2011, 1:08 pm - Lottery News

Man wins lottery with numbers from fortune cookieNews Story
A National City, California, man who has played the same Fantasy 5 numbers for a decade finally hit the jackpot, California Lottery officials announced Tuesday. Miguel Bernal is one of two winners holding a ticket worth $153,681. The other ticket was bought in Belmont, in Northern California. The winning numbers in Monday night's draw were 5, 7, 21, 32, and 33. Bernal told lottery officials that he got the numbers out of a fortune cookie 10 years ago and started playing them. The winnin
Jun 29, 2011, 7:41 am - Lottery News

47 people pick winning Fantasy 5 numbersNews Story
Rare consecutive sequence drawn Monday The Florida Lottery set a new record with 47 top prize winners in the Fantasy 5 game. Lottery officials say each ticket matching all five numbers drawn Monday night is worth $4,581.74. The winning numbers were 14-15-16-17-18. This is the most number of Fantasy 5 winners since 2001 when the Fantasy 5 matrix was changed from 26 to 36 numbers, making it more difficult to win. In 2005, 40 tickets matched all five numbers, which is the previous record u
Mar 22, 2011, 11:34 am - Lottery News

N.C. store owner accused of stealing winning lottery ticketNews Story
Kecia Nehring Parker's favorite lottery numbers turned out to be lucky in more than one way. Not only did they win her a prize of nearly $88,000, but her clockwork regularity in playing them enabled North Carolina State Education Lottery investigators to track her down after they took the winning ticket from a convenience store owner accused of trying to steal her jackpot. I was very surprised, she said Friday. But it's definitely a good surprise. Dunn police say that when Parker brou
Mar 18, 2011, 4:18 pm - Lottery News

S.C. man facing foreclosure wins lotteryNews Story
A Pawleys Island, South Carolina, man told lottery officials winning $200,000 this week saved his home from being in foreclosure, according to a news release from the S.C. Education Lottery. John Davis won the money playing Palmetto Cash 5 and said he was $2 away from foreclosure and faced a hearing this week, according to the release. Financially, it has been a tough year for me, he said. It has been a huge financial struggle for me, and this win will get me back on my feet. Davis pu
Jan 15, 2011, 2:29 pm - Lottery News