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29 co-workers share $1 million Powerball prizeNews Story
GOOD WILL: Group votes to include absent pool members For at least the past five years, a group of information technology employees at Louisville's Humana headquarters have pitched in a few bucks every week to buy Powerball tickets. A retailer is located in the office tower next door to their building. The most they'd ever won was $16 until Wednesday night of last week, when the group matched all five white balls but not the Powerball to win $1 million. The excitement started Thursday afte
Feb 12, 2013, 4:25 pm - Lottery News

Psychic quits job after winning the lotteryNews Story
One of the United Kingdom's best-known psychics has packed away her crystal ball after winning a lotto jackpot. Beti Schulz, 71, landed 2.2 million (US$3.5 million) when her numbers came up in the UK National Lottery. Now, the clairvoyant has decided to retire after spending almost 40 years predicting the future. A pal said, Beti had a lot of fans and they are very disappointed that she is calling it a day. But they are also delighted for her because she has been so good to them. Pa
Jan 12, 2013, 8:19 am - Lottery News

Mass. co-workers split $50M Powerball jackpotNews Story
The two co-workers had a ritual for the past 10 months. She would buy two Powerball tickets, write their names on the back, and then give him a copy. It may have seemed a modest indulgence. The longest of long shots. But on Wednesday night, it paid off big-time with more than $11 million for each of them. Rosa DeLeon, 52, of Arlington and Reginald LeBlanc, 54, of Lexington, who work at the Costco in Waltham, bought a $50 million Powerball ticket at a gas station in Lexington. The two
Dec 19, 2012, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Beware of sharks swimming in your office lottery poolNews Story
Linda Sebastian enjoys her job , but she knows exactly what would happen if the members of her office lottery pool hit their numbers and won Wednesday's record $500 million Powerball jackpot. My group, we'd wipe our whole floor out, she laughed. There'd be nobody left in the office. Even her boss is a member of the pool. I tease him all the time, she said. I say, 'I'll meet you at the lottery headquarters.' But if you join an office lottery pool, you may want to consult a lawyer firs
Nov 28, 2012, 9:15 am - Lottery News

$14M Mega Millions lottery jackpot won by 2 old friendsNews Story
They've been playing the lottery together for 25 years and it finally paid off. Two old friends who met working in a Manhattan print shop have become instant millionaires, scooping up a $14 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game. And technically, they didn't spend a penny on their winning numbers. We won $14 million on a free play ticket, said Willie McPherson, 74, who lives on Manhattan's West Side. (It feels) beautiful. Christopher Manzi, 44, of Morganville, N.J., who works in
Oct 5, 2012, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery knew about exploited game's flaws for years, IG saysNews Story
Massachusetts State Lottery officials knew for years that a small group of gambling syndicates had virtually taken over a game called Cash WinFall winning most of the prizes during high payoff periods but did nothing about it until the local media began investigating, according to state Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan. Sullivan's report details the way a handful of math and science wizards, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates looking for an interesting school
Jul 31, 2012, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery releases names of 'Shipping 20' Powerball winnersNews Story
Iowa Lottery officials have released the names of the 20 Quaker Oats plant workers in Cedar Rapids who recently claimed a share of a $241 million Powerball jackpot. Lottery CEO Terry Rich issued a statement Friday identifying the 18 men and two women who claimed a $5.6 million share of the prize money last month under the legal umbrella of The Shipping 20 trust. Lawyers for the trust told Lottery officials June 19 that the members of The Shipping 20 wanted their names to remain confidentia
Jul 6, 2012, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery on the verge of revealing names of 'Shipping 20' winnersNews Story
The mystery Iowa winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot could have their identities unveiled as soon as Friday morning, say state officials. The Iowa Lottery last month paid the biggest jackpot prize in state history to the 20 winners, a group of Quaker Oats workers from Cedar Rapids known as the Shipping 20. But their names weren't released. It was the first time since the state lottery was established in 1985 that a jackpot winner hadn't been identified. However, Iowa Lottery Chief
Jul 4, 2012, 1:15 pm - Lottery News

Quaker Oats workers claim $241 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Winners hold press conference but don't reveal names Includes video report Winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot, the largest ever won by an Iowa Lottery player, claimed their prize Wednesday in Des Moines, but they refused to identify themselves. A bus carrying about 50 people from Cedar Rapids pulled up to Iowa Lottery headquarters on Grand Avenue shortly before noon. The group included almost all of the 20 workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids who jointly purchased
Jun 21, 2012, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot makes Iowa historyNews Story
$241 million Powerball ticket is bought at Cedar Rapids Hy-Vee Winners might be Quaker Oats workers Will the winner or winners of the biggest lottery jackpot in Iowa history please step forward? Cedar Rapids residents were busy speculating Thursday on the identities of possible lucky ticket holders after the Iowa Lottery announced that a single ticket sold at a Hy-Vee grocery store there was the sole winner of a $241 million jackpot in Wednesday night's multi-state Powerball drawing. No
Jun 15, 2012, 8:08 am - Lottery News