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$165,000 Cash 5 lottery ticket sold in Bayonne, NJNews Story
New Jersey lottery players, check your numbers: a lottery ticket worth about $165,000 was sold in a Bayonne convenience store.Hye Mart Inc., at 224 East 21st St., Bayonne, sold one of the three winning Jersey Cash 5 jackpot tickets for the drawing held on Sunday, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The other two winning tickets were sold in Mercer and Union counties.The owners of three tickets will split the top prize of $495,684.Acting Executive Director Michellene Davis said those three ticket
Apr 15, 2005, 10:57 am - Lottery News

Record Euro Millions jackpot won in SwitzerlandNews Story
A player in Switzerland scooped a huge 43.9 million (US$83 million) Lottery jackpot Friday night.The Euro Millions prize the biggest since the game began in February of 2004 created a 400% surge in UK ticket sales.Ben Rosier, spokesman for National Lottery operator Camelot, said: There was one lucky jackpot winner in Switzerland, so one mystery player has just become very, very rich.The winning numbers in Friday's EuroMillions draw were 31, 50, 25, 11, 07 and the Lucky Stars were 03 and 01. The
Apr 11, 2005, 10:03 am - Lottery News

One California SuperLotto Plus lottery ticket wins $72 millionNews Story
Someone who bought a California SuperLotto Plus ticket at an Alhambra drug store is holding stub worth $72 million, lottery officials announced on Sunday.With the jackpot building for weeks on end, just one ticket was sold that matched all six winning numbers drawn last night. They were: 8, 13, 16, 19, 43 and mega-number 6.The winning ticket was sold at a Osco/Sav-On at 145 E. Valley Blvd., according to lottery officials.The buyer of the winning ticket could choose 26 graduated annual payments
Apr 4, 2005, 9:36 am - Lottery News

Fortune cookie fuels record Powerball winsNews Story
Dozens of people recently got an extra-special dessert with their Chinese food: a winning lottery number.A record 110 players won $500,000 and $100,000 prizes in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, most of whom apparently used the numbers included in a fortune-cookie message. Ordinarily the multistate lottery expects only four tickets to win at the Match 5 prize level.Several winners in a half-dozen states revealed that they got the winning number from a fortune cookie, said Doug Orr, marketing direc
Apr 1, 2005, 7:32 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $718,000 Ohio Rolling Cash 5 jackpotNews Story
One Rolling Cash 5 game ticket had the right combination for the drawing Tuesday, and it's worth the Ohio Lottery game's jackpot of $718,000. The winning ticket was sold at Home Road Citgo in Springfield. There were 201 Rolling Cash tickets with four of the numbers, and each is worth $300. The 5,920 tickets showing three of the numbers are each worth $10, and the 57,758 tickets showing two of the numbers are each worth $1. The jackpot for the next Super Lotto Plus drawing is worth $5 mi
Mar 30, 2005, 9:39 am - Lottery News

Another winning Powerball ticket sold in PennsylvaniaNews Story
For the third time in four months, a winning Powerball ticket was bought in Western Pennsylvania -- this time in Marshall, state lottery officials said Thursday.The ticket for Wednesday's $18.7 million drawing was sold at the Sunoco A-Plus convenience store on Route 19.The winner -- who has not come forward yet -- matched all five white balls, 11-19-25-38-50, and the Powerball, 35. The lucky buyer can opt for the full annuity value or take a lump sum payment of $10.16 million, less 25 percent fo
Mar 18, 2005, 6:30 am - Lottery News

Indiana Ticket Wins $19.9 Million Powerball Lottery JackpotNews Story
A Powerball ticket sold in Elwood, Indiana matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, entitling the holder to a $19.9 million jackpot, a Hoosier Lottery spokesman said.So far, no one has come forward to claim the prize. The winning ticket was sold at McClure Oil in Elwood, the spokesman said.The winning numbers drawn for the Powerball game Saturday were 9, 13, 27, 40, 53 and a Powerball number of 28.Also, 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 fr
Mar 7, 2005, 10:45 am - Lottery News

$112 million lottery ticket sold in Rowlett, TexasNews Story
A single player has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing with a ticket bought in the Dallas suburb of Rowlett.Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's drawing worth $112 million was sold at the Dal-Rock Grocery.Store owner John Kamali said Wednesday that he was preparing to go open his other store when one of his employees called with the word. That was just the first of a cascade of phone calls about the drawing. I feel great, Kamali said. It w
Mar 2, 2005, 10:07 am - Lottery News

Winning Florida Lotto ticket sold in Cape CoralNews Story
A Cape Coral, Florida shopper bought the only winning ticket in Saturday's $14 million Florida Lotto jackpot, lottery officials announced Sunday.The winner, who had not come forward by Sunday night, bought the ticket at the Publix at 1016 Cape Coral Parkway.Saturday's winning numbers were 7-13-26-28-34-43. There's been a lot of excitement with the associates, said Scott Brown, the store's customer service manager. They've been discussing it with customers. They're excited. Store officials lear
Feb 21, 2005, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

Delaware Lottery looking for $7.7 million winnerNews Story
There's a millionaire on the loose in Harrington, Delaware and lottery officials are pulling out all the stops to figure out who it is.And they've been looking since Jan. 27.That's when lottery officials learned that the $7.7 million winning Lotto ticket was sold at the Bridle Bit, a liquor store on U.S. 13 in Harrington. We haven't seen a winner up here yet, said Brian Peters, a spokesman for the Delaware Lottery. We try and beat the bushes after we have a winner, but sometimes it takes a whi
Feb 11, 2005, 1:58 pm - Lottery News