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Moldy Sandy-damaged NJ Lottery tickets leads to workers' comp claimsNews Story
Two New Jersey Lottery employees allegedly sickened by moldy Superstorm Sandy-damaged scratch-off tickets are looking to be compensated for some unlucky circumstances. The employees, who filed worker's compensation claims, were exposed to approximately 400,000 stinky lottery tickets for more than six months in a warehouse at the state lottery headquarters in Lawrence and were asked to audit the tickets by their superiors. An account of the conditions from one warehouse employee was reporte
Jul 2, 2013, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Did Fla. Powerball winner pay for everyone's meal?News Story
It may have been a case of mistaken identity or a rare form of lottery fever. Either way, close to 200 people got treated to dinner Sunday at Buddy Freddy's in Plant City, Florida, by someone who appeared to be Gloria C. MacKenzie, the 84-year-old Zephyrhills woman who stepped forward last week to claim the largest single jackpot in American lottery history. Whether it was MacKenzie is unknown, but that hasn't stopped speculation at the restaurant near the Thonotosassa Road exit of Interst
Jun 12, 2013, 7:51 am - Lottery News

NJ Lottery workers being sickened by moldy Sandy scratch-off tickets, employee claimsNews Story
Some New Jersey Lottery employees got a little more to scratch off than they bargained for. For six months, tens of thousands of moldy Superstorm Sandy scratch-off tickets have been sitting in a warehouse at the state lotto's headquarters in Lawrenceville sickening several workers, according an employee who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. We're all suffering from headaches, the employee said. If you go into that room, you start experiencing respiratory problems. You fe
May 2, 2013, 5:03 pm - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery winners to build unusual homeNews Story
Once you've bought your 100,000 Jaguar XKR-S, paid off Dad's mortgage and given your best friend more than 1 million, how do you start wasting spending the rest of a 45 million lottery win? The answer for Matt and Cassey Topham, a former decorator and supermarket worker from Nottingham who scooped the EuroMillions jackpot last year, is to erect a futuristic mansion on a suburban avenue with all the trappings of a James Bond villain's lair. The couple on Thursday submitted a planning applic
Apr 20, 2013, 1:49 pm - Lottery News

Brothers celebrate lottery win by blowing up houseNews Story
Two brothers who were celebrating a $75,000 winning lottery ticket by purchasing marijuana and meth accidentally blew up their house on Friday, said Sgt. Bruce Watts of the Wichita Police Department. The explosion sent one of the brothers a 27-year-old to the hospital, where he remains in serious but stable condition with second-degree burns on his hands, arms and chest. The other brother was sent to jail, Watts said. The brothers were in a house in the 100 block of North Nevada Court,
Feb 18, 2013, 12:59 pm - Lottery News

Ornery dog leads to $1M lottery winNews Story
A group of blue collar University of Utah workers will split $1 million in lottery winnings thanks to a set of keys left in a truck and an ornery little dog named Stella. Thirteen years after playing the same set of numbers every month in the Idaho lottery, the group of 33 workers who work on heating and cooling university buildings hit pay dirt when Steve Hughes left his truck running to keep his dog Stella warm while he went inside to a gas station near Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, on Jan. 6.
Feb 11, 2013, 8:10 am - Lottery News

76-year-old man trapped hunting for lottery ticketNews Story
A 76-year-old man trapped himself in an underground waste paper container in Amsterdam after he clambered in to hunt for a lottery ticket. Police said in a statement the elderly man managed to open the container and climb in Thursday because he feared he had tossed out a lottery ticket along with other used paper. Passers-by heard him calling for help and alerted the police who freed him with the help of firefighters. The bad news? The man didn't find his lottery ticket. Thanks to Or
Jan 3, 2013, 10:10 am - Lottery News

Man has Tennessee Lottery tickets delivered to his doorstepNews Story
Mike West gets weekly deliveries to his home in Erin. Wednesday morning when he opened a box he was surprised to find thousands of dollars of Tennessee Lottery scratch off tickets. They package of tickets sat on top of several other items inside a large box that was left on his doorstep. I thought this here must be my games, I got some X Box games, West explained. But when he opened the plastic envelope he discovered the lottery tickets inside. I just started seeing game after game
Oct 25, 2012, 8:23 am - Lottery News

Thursday is a numerologist's dream dayNews Story
What are you doing on 10-11-12? On Thursday, some people may be marking, in some way, the fact that it is a special day, numerically speaking: It's 10-11-12. Nice, but how significant? Those who study numbers say, well, not too much. Or perhaps it's better to say that it's as significant as you want it to be. Significant enough to influence your wedding date? At one wedding chapel in Las Vegas, Forever Grand at the MGM Resorts, there's a special numerology package, including a chapel, a
Oct 10, 2012, 7:45 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