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Four tickets win UK Lotto jackpotNews Story
Four lucky tickets have matched all six numbers drawn Saturday to win the 4.5 million (US$8.8 million) UK Lotto jackpot, according to National Lottery operator Camelot.The winning Lotto numbers were 5, 16, 22, 25, 27 and 30; the bonus ball was 33. The prize fund was 16.7 million (US$32.5 million).Draw machine Garnet and set of balls seven were used.The four winners will get 1.1 million (US$2.14 million) each while 16 ticketholders won 86,000 (US$167,461) each for matching 5 numbers and the
Dec 20, 2004, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Two win biggest lottery jackpot ever in GermanyNews Story
Two people from the western German state of North Rhine-Westfalia got the winning numbers to share the biggest lottery jackpot ever in Germany - 26.7 million (US$35.5 million), lottery officials announced.The drawing on Wednesday finally broke the jackpot which had been accumulating in the twice-a-week lotto ever since the last big win on November 20, the Brandenburg state lottery company said in Potsdam.With the jackpot growing steadily over the past few weeks and publicity about it mounting,
Dec 17, 2004, 3:17 pm - Lottery News

Penn. store that sold winning Powerball lottery ticket identifiedNews Story
When Russell DeMatteo got the 3 a.m. call Thursday from New Castle police, he thought his Lawrence County convenience store had been robbed.Instead, he found Pennsylvania Lottery officials at Country Food Mart waiting to tell him that the store had sold the winning $171.4 million Powerball ticket. DeMatteo will collect $100,000 -- once a winner comes forward, or within 90 days. I certainly didn't expect this, said DeMatteo, 23. Lottery (officials) wanted me to come and meet them immediately. I
Dec 10, 2004, 9:59 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $7 million Ohio Super Lotto Plus jackpotNews Story
The Ohio Lottery sold one Super Lotto Plus game ticket with the correct combination from the drawing Wednesday night.The winning ticket, sold at Al's Convenience Store in Tiffin, is worth $3,500,000, which is the lump sum amount the lottery would have invested in order to pay the $7 million jackpot over 30 years.The Ohio Lottery's Super Lotto Plus jackpot for the drawing Saturday will offer $4 million.In Kicker, no game ticket had all six numbers, so no one can claim the $100,000 top prize.One R
Dec 9, 2004, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in PennsylvaniaNews Story
A Powerball ticket that could pay $171.4 million over 29 years was sold in Pennsylvania, lottery officials said.The Pennsylvania Lottery did not say early Thursday where in Pennsylvania the ticket had been sold.The winner has 60 days from the date of claiming the prize to decide whether to take the $171.4 million annuity paid over 29 years or a lump sum of $93,428,155.06, Pennsylvania Lottery officials said.Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $100,000 each, and
Dec 9, 2004, 8:14 am - Lottery News

One winner in $5 million Lotto South drawingNews Story
There was one big winner in Saturday's $5 million Lotto South drawing, Virginia Lottery officials said Sunday.The winning numbers were 4, 14, 29, 31, 37 and 48. The winning ticket was purchased in Virginia.The ticket was sold at the M R Mart on King Street in Strasburg, lottery spokesman Cherie Phaup said Sunday night.Sixteen tickets matched five numbers to win $1,707 and 1,159 tickets matched four to win $92.Wednesday's drawing reverts to $2 million.
Dec 6, 2004, 8:23 am - Lottery News

Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Paterson, NJNews Story
If you bought a lottery ticket in Paterson last week, double check your numbers.State lottery officials are waiting for the winner of the $24 million Mega Millions jackpot to claim their prize, officials said yesterday.The winning ticket -- 12-32-37-41-52 and Mega Ball 13 -- for Friday's drawing was sold at the Quik Mart on Mill Street, lottery officials said. The convenience store sits on a brick-faced strip mall with a dentist and podiatrist office, a cafe and a laundromat.Quik Mart owner Rake
Dec 6, 2004, 8:07 am - Lottery News

One Florida Lotto ticket wins $60 millionNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $60 million, lottery officials said Thursday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Altamonte Springs, officials said.Convenience store clerk Jose Sotomayor said the person who bought the winning ticket at a Cumberland Farms had not come back Thursday. But many other customers had him look at their tickets. I tell them and they rush to their cars, grab their ticket and come back for me to check their ticket. But no luck,
Nov 26, 2004, 12:16 pm - Lottery News

One ticket scoops $30 million Oregon MegabucksNews Story
The jackpot is a record in Oregon's Megabucks gameOne lucky person won the $30 million jackpot Monday in the Oregon Lottery's Megabucks game, the largest single Lottery award in state history.The winning ticket had not been claimed at press time, nor was it known where the ticket was purchased.The jackpot eclipsed the previous high of $23 million won in July 1991. The last Megabucks jackpot was won April 12, when a $15.6 million prize was awarded. The Oregon Lottery has featured the Megabucks ga
Nov 16, 2004, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Powerball ticket sold in Iowa worth $14.4 millionNews Story
Employees of a western Iowa convenience store were waiting excitedly Sunday to find out which of their customers won the $14.4 million Powerball jackpot. I think it's wonderful, said Charlotte Hostetter, a clerk at The Jump Start convenience store in Carter Lake, a town of 3,248 people on the eastern edge of Omaha, Neb.It's the first time the store has sold a winning Powerball ticket, Hostetter said.The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 5, 20, 22, 36 and 42. The Powerball was 11.It was
Oct 18, 2004, 7:32 am - Lottery News