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$214 million Powerball lottery ticket sold in DelawareNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Delaware has a secret worth $214.7 million dollars.And as eager as Wayne Lemons is to know who the lucky winner of Saturday's jackpot is, the state lottery director advises that mystery person not to rush into his office. Take a very deep breath, take another, wait and talk to the best lawyers and tax advisers, and put the ticket in a safe place, Lemons said Sunday. We believe in a situation like this with so much money involved, the winner should get g
Oct 11, 2004, 6:00 pm - Lottery News

Texas store sells first winning Mega Millions ticketNews Story
Winning Mega Millions ticket sold at new self-service machineSomeone who purchased a Mega Millions lotto ticket at a North Texas store is $101 million richer as the state claimed its first jackpot winner in the multistate game.One ticket sold in Carrollton matched all the winning numbers from Friday night's drawing: 8, 10, 17, 24 and 39. The Mega Ball number was 52. We've been eagerly waiting for this day, said Reagan Greer, Texas Lottery Commission executive director. I hope the person or per
Oct 4, 2004, 3:44 pm - Lottery News

Dark clouds over Florida hold silver lining for one lottery winnerNews Story
Jeanne sent shivers through Florida on Sunday, but at least one person is guaranteed sunnier times.Someone who bought a Florida Lotto ticket in New Port Richey can claim a jackpot worth an estimated $11 million.The New Port Richey ticket was the only one with all six winning numbers drawn last night.The next drawing, with a jackpot of $2 million, comes up this Wednesday night. The five-of-six tickets from last night are worth just under four-thousand dollars a pop. The four-of-six tickets are wo
Sep 27, 2004, 7:27 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $19 million Illinois Lotto jackpotNews Story
A single player has won the $19 million grand prize from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.The only ticket to match all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a convenience store in Roscoe.The grand prize for Saturday night's Lotto drawing will be $2 million.In addition to the grand prize winner, 41 players matched five of the six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing good for second prizes of $868 apiece.Another 2,073 players matche
Sep 24, 2004, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Minnesota ticket wins record Hot Lotto jackpotNews Story
A ticket sold in Minnesota is the winner of a record $10.8 million Hot Lotto jackpot, lottery officials said Thursday.It was the only ticket to match the numbers 2-3-15-26-36 and the Hot Ball of 18 from Wednesday night's drawing.This is the fourth Hot Lotto jackpot won in Minnesota, the State Lottery said.The Hot Lotto win follows two recent Powerball jackpot wins in Minnesota. A Stillwater couple won an $11.1 million cash-option jackpot on July 7, and an Eden Prairie couple claimed the $53.1 m
Sep 17, 2004, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Three tickets split $100 million California lottery jackpotNews Story
California Lottery officials announced Sunday that two of the three winning tickets in Saturday's $100 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot were purchased in the Bay Area. One of the three tickets, each now worth $33.3 million, was purchased in Los Altos at JP Liquors, lottery spokeswoman Rosa Escutia said today. A second ticket was purchased at Pal Liquors in Sausalito. The third winning ticket was purchased at Calva Dairy in Huntington Beach, Escutia said. None of the big winners in the s
Aug 31, 2004, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions winnings yet to be claimedNews Story
The winner of last week's Mega Millions jackpot has yet to come forward to claim the cool $52 million prize, Ohio Lottery officials said Monday.But a Miami County man who matched all winning numbers except the Mega Ball has come forward to collect the $175,000 consolation prize, said Marie Kilbane Seckers, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery Commission.Friday's jackpot brings to three the number of Mega Million jackpot winners in Ohio, which provides about 10 percent of the multi-state lottery's
Aug 24, 2004, 8:37 am - Lottery News

$52 Million Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold in OhioNews Story
Store To Receive $52,000A convenience store in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights sold the single winning ticket in the latest Mega Millions lottery drawing, worth $52 million, the Ohio Lottery said Saturday.Abe Hamed, the manager of Shaker Quality Foods, said he has no idea who might have purchased the winning ticket. He said lottery officials phoned the store Saturday to inform them. Since then, excitement has built up as people have found out. This phone will not stop ringing. Everybody's
Aug 23, 2004, 7:35 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Powerball winner may appear todayNews Story
It's likely that someone in Minnesota is already a multimillionaire. Check your tickets, folks, it could be you.A single jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth up to $98.7 million was sold in Minnesota; it was the second time in the past two months a big winner was sold there.The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 4-10-11-18-43 and the Powerball was 41. Only one ticket matched all six numbers.The jackpot is worth $98.7 million if the winner takes the annuity option, which would pay out $3
Aug 16, 2004, 9:33 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $40 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One ticket sold in Tampa matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Lotto drawing from the Florida Lottery.The ticket with the numbers 1-16-17-26-28-40 is worth $40 million.The estimated jackpot for Saturday's drawing is $3 million.196 tickets matched five out of six numbers, and are worth $4,344 each; 10,981 tickets matched four out of six numbers, and are worth $63 each, and 215,446 tickets matched three out of six numbers, and are worth $4.50 each.Fantasy 5Three tickets sold in Bradenton, Coral S
Aug 6, 2004, 9:04 am - Lottery News