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Single winner for Illinois State Lottery Lotto jackpotNews Story
A single player has won the $9.25 million jackpot from the Illinois State Lottery's weekend Lotto game.The only ticket to match all six winning numbers from Saturday night's Lotto drawing was sold at a service station in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn.The next Lotto drawing jackpot will be $2 million.In addition to the grand prize winner, 35 players matched five of the six winning numbers from Saturday's drawing, and will receive second prizes of $973 apiece.Another 1,836 players matched four of t
Sep 26, 2005, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery winner to be revealed FridayNews Story
The winner of last week's $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot will be revealed tomorrow.New Jersey Lottery officials have scheduled an 11:30 am news conference on the campus of Seton Hall University to introduce the winner. They won't say whether the winner was a single individual or a group.The winning ticket from last Friday's drawing was bought at a newsstand in Rutherford.The winner will collect the fifth-largest lottery jackpot ever awarded in the US.Officials have even refused to r
Sep 22, 2005, 11:21 pm - Lottery News

Possible winner of $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot foundNews Story
Officials with the New Jersey Lottery on Wednesday announced that a person purported to be a legal representative for the winner of a massive Mega Millions drawing has come forward.Lottery officials released few details, but said they were trying to verify the ticket was authentic.Lottery officials also announced that the jackpot, originally believed to be worth $250 million, was actually valued at $258 million since ticket sales before the drawing Friday were larger than expected.Besides being
Sep 21, 2005, 12:35 pm - Lottery News

No word yet from holder of $250 million Mega Millions ticketNews Story
A convenience store that sold a lottery ticket worth $250 million has been enjoying a rush of customers since the drawing, but the lucky winner had yet to emerge Monday.Leprechaun News II owner Yogendra R. Patel said he has been selling plenty of lottery tickets since his shop was identified as the location that sold a Mega Millions ticket for the largest single-ticket lottery jackpot ever in New Jersey. The numbers was drawn in Atlanta Friday night.Patel, 49, is to get $10,000 because the ticke
Sep 19, 2005, 4:57 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery Retailer Basking in Mega Millions GloryNews Story
Winning is good for business, said Yogi Patel, owner of the store that sold the winning $250 million Mega Millions lottery ticket. Now that I have a winner, business is up 100 percent, really 101 percent, Patel, owner of Leprechaun News in Rutherford, N.J., said Saturday. I always had a feeling I would have a big winner at my store, and I was right. The winning numbers drawn Friday night are 5, 16, 41, 46 and 50, with the Mega Ball number 1. The estimated cash value of the jackpot is about $15
Sep 18, 2005, 12:09 am - Lottery News

$250 Million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Won in N.J.News Story
Updated: Sunday, Sept. 17, 2005, 1:22pmThe winning ticket in Friday night's $250 million Mega Millions lottery game was sold at a store in New Jersey, lottery officials said Saturday.The winning amount is the largest single-ticket prize in state history. The estimated cash value of the jackpot is about $151 million before taxes.The ticket was sold at Leprechaun News in Rutherford. The ticketholder had not contacted lottery officials by Saturday morning. A news conference is scheduled at the stor
Sep 17, 2005, 10:14 am - Lottery News

$93 million Powerball lottery jackpot brings out wannabe winnersNews Story
The $93 million Powerball jackpot won with a ticket sold somewhere in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metro area has yet to be officially claimed, but lottery officials say dozens of people have called the office, claiming to have won. We have people who say they are the winner by they don't know what the numbers are, said New Mexico Lottery Authority spokesperson Tom Sheehan. They don't if they played those numbers. Other people have said they bought the ticket but misplaced it.Lottery rules sta
Aug 18, 2005, 6:51 pm - Lottery News

CT Lottery looking for $4.9 million winnerNews Story
If you played the Connecticut Lottery's Classic Lotto game on Friday, you'll want to check your ticket.Someone won the $4.9 million jackpot but hasn't yet stepped forward to claim the prize.The winning numbers were eight-21-22-27-35 and 42. This is the third time this year a winning ticket has been sold for the jackpot. Chances of winning are one in seven million.Nearly ten-thousand other people won smaller prizes in Friday's drawing.Players have a year to claim their prizes. Dennis Chapman, vic
Aug 16, 2005, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Unclaimed New Mexico Powerball jackpot fuels speculationNews Story
The lucky and still unknown winner of Wednesday's $93.4 million Powerball jackpot bought the winning ticket in the Albuquerque area, the New Mexico Lottery revealed Friday.The lottery would say only that the ticket was sold at one of about 400 area retailers. When lottery headquarters in Albuquerque locked its doors for the weekend at 4:30 p.m. Friday, the winner or winners of the $1-a-pop game played around the nation had not been in to claim the prize.The winning ticket must be presented a
Aug 14, 2005, 12:32 am - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery still looking for $93 million Powerball winnerNews Story
New Mexico Lottery officials have announced that Wednesday night's $93.4 million winning Powerball ticket was sold at a retailer in the metropolitan Albuquerque area.Additional information about the retailer is not being released at this time.No one claiming the prize had come to Lottery headquarters in Albuquerque by the time offices closed for the weekend late Friday afternoon.Additionally, no credible calls were received from an individual or individuals claiming to have the winning ticket. T
Aug 12, 2005, 10:31 pm - Lottery News