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NY resident wins Vermont scratch gameNews Story
A clerk at the back of a North Bennington, Vermont variety store might have thought he was being robbed, when really a customer was just shouting with excitement over winning the lottery. I guess I must have let out a yell after checking the numbers several times, said Scott Harrington, a resident of Eagle Bridge, N.Y., who hit it big over the weekend when he won $55,555 playing the Vermont Lottery's instant game Fortune 5's. Harrington purchased several instant game tickets at the North Benni
Jun 1, 2004, 12:44 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery scratch game prize controversy loomingNews Story
What are your chances of winning big in the Tennessee lottery?The odds are changing every day.In fact, at some point, all of the top prizes in a scratch-off game could be gone even as lottery players continue to play, believing they still have a chance at the pot of gold.Though that hasn't happened yet, lottery spokeswoman Kym Gerlock said that at some point all of the top prizes in a game could be gone while tickets are still being sold.The fine print on the back of lottery tickets warns player
May 28, 2004, 7:43 am - Lottery News

NY man wins $1 million lottery scratch gameNews Story
Salvatore Mancuso of Williamsville, New York is a man of few words. When asked what he did after finding out he won one million dollars, Mancuso said, not much! It must have been a somewhat exciting day for Mancuso and his family.On May 14, the 54-year-old cement finisher bought a Moo-La-Millions ticket at the Tops on Maple Road in Amherst, scratched off the game ticket, and discovered that he won.The New York Lottery game had just gone on the market two days earlier.Mancuso's son, Rosario, joi
May 27, 2004, 7:29 am - Lottery News

Burglar wins lottery, but keeps day jobNews Story
Carlos Sola decided to keep his job after he won a Georgia Lottery jackpot $1,000 a week for life.His occupation? Burglar.In April 2002, Sola was awaiting trial for stealing $40,000 in coins and jewelry from an Austell home when he hit it big in the Win For Life scratch-off game.Cobb County Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram took note of his good fortune and allowed a plea deal that included three years in prison, provided the first $40,000 of his winnings went to repay his victims.So when Sola
May 8, 2004, 1:59 pm - Lottery News

Michigan man wins $1 million lottery jackpot twiceNews Story
Russell Tanner better stay inside during a thunderstorm, because if somebody has a chance of being struck by lightning, it's him.The 78-year-old Dexter resident won his second $1 million scratch-off lottery game last week the only known two-time winner of the game in Michigan.The retired custodian and factory worker who still lived in a manufactured home following his June 2002 winning ticket, said he was stunned to win again. I couldn't believe that I could be so blessed. It just feels great to
May 7, 2004, 4:44 pm - Lottery News

S.C. lottery to hold $1 million second-chance drawingNews Story
The South Carolina Education Lottery will give away $1 million in a drawing of losing instant game tickets.Players can enter by collecting $20 worth of losing tickets marked with Carolina Millionaire Promotion across the top. Entrants have to fill out the back of at least one ticket and mail them in an envelope to the designated post office box listed on the back of each ticket.The Carolina Millionaire games launch May 4 and include the following instant tickets: Carolina Payout ($10), Cash Ex
May 5, 2004, 7:31 am - Lottery News

Woman's love of lottery pays off bigNews Story
Pleasant Valley resident wins $1 millionIt's a good thing Marlene Morrisette didn't listen to her husband.The 57-year-old Pleasant Valley mother and grandmother has been playing the Win For Life New York State Lottery game for years. Her husband, Gordon, thought she might have a problem. I'm the husband who told her 'stop playing, you're addicted,' Gordon Morrisette said Thursday. He would yell at me every once in a while, Marlene Morrisette agreed.Gordon Morrisette won't be complaining about
Apr 2, 2004, 5:01 am - Lottery News

200 stolen tickets produce $11 in prizes and an arrestNews Story
Carlisha Johnson didn't have much luck with more than $200 worth of lottery scratch-off tickets: She collected only eleven-dollars.From there, her luck went straight downhill after she was arrested last week for allegedly stealing the tickets from the Mandeville-area convenience store where she worked.Johnson is accused of swiping 216 lottery tickets from the store and scratching them off in full view of a surveillance camera.James Hartman, a spokesman for the Saint Tammany Parish sheriff, says
Mar 31, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Visible numbers end sales of Louisiana Lottery scratch-off gamesNews Story
The Louisiana Lottery Corp. has stopped sales of three scratch-off games because numbers supposed to be hidden could be read without scratching off anything.The Louisiana Boil, Extra Free Spot Bingo and Winning Combinations games all had the problem, the company said in a news release Monday.It said sales of Winning Combinations were halted Thursday after lottery workers realized that the numbers were visible through the latex scratch-off coating.Lottery President Randy Davis ordered the printer
Mar 30, 2004, 4:52 am - Lottery News

Ohio man becomes an instant millionaireNews Story
A Grafton, Ohio man instantly turned a $5 investment into $1 million at an Ohio gas station and convenience store on Sunday morning.Rodney Coker, 44, who has worked as a crane operator at Elyria Foundry Co. for more than 20 years, won $1 million in the Ohio Lottery's Thanks a Million instant scratch-off game. It was cardiac arrest, Coker said yesterday.Coker comes into the Citgo at 879 Main St. in Grafton about twice a day, store owner Hazel Rowe said, adding that he just walked in, bought the
Mar 30, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News