Lottery winners question Calif. Mega Millions prizes
Marjorie Givens thought she hit the jackpot last month when she realized her Mega Millions ticket was worth $250,000. She matched five numbers but missed the Mega Ball.
Her second-prize payout was half that of a California resident who played the same five numbers - 27, 36, 43, 49 and 54 - and also missed the Mega Ball on the same night in the same drawing. That person took home $503,851 before taxes.
I thought it was one lottery, equal for everybody, said Givens, of Stark County.
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Apr 25, 2006, 7:05 am - - Lottery News forum
'Education Hero' wins lottery twice
The first time Maurice Wiley appeared on the California Lottery's Big Spin, he won $1 million.
The second time Wiley appeared, he was given the Hero in Education award for doing good things with his windfall.
Nobody expected to see him a third time.
When I found out he was going back on, I was like, 'What for?' said lottery spokeswoman Cathy Johnston.
On Saturday, the onetime Inglewood teacher won $100,000.
I tell you, I think I'm still dreaming, he said.
And he's still do ...
Apr 11, 2006, 10:12 am - - Lottery News forum
California man turns in lottery scammers
When Daniel Larsen of Pleasanton got a letter from a Canadian company called Saatchi Saatchi, he thought he had hit the jackpot literally.
Enclosed in the envelope was a check for $4,900 and a letter saying this was just the start of a much bigger payday.
It said I had won $250,000, said the 45-year-old painting contractor. And the ($4,900) check looked so real, I really thought I may have for a minute.
However, as Larsen continued to read the letter, the company explained how h ...
Feb 28, 2006, 1:32 pm - - Lottery News forum
Calif. lottery sales up 7 percent
Lottery sales are up 7 percent halfway through the fiscal year, the California Lottery reported over the weekend, representing an increase of $119 million.
Lottery sales totaled $1.75 billion in the first two quarters, up from $1.53 billion in the same period a year ago. The lottery is coming off a record year that recorded sales of $3.33 billion.
The state lottery commission credited the Mega Millions game and Scratchers with bingo and crossword themes for increasing interest.
Offic ...
Feb 7, 2006, 11:15 am - - Lottery News forum
Calif. family wins $84 million SuperLotto jackpot
Call it women's intuition.Robyn Butler, a 19-year-old Palmdale woman, had the magic touch last week when she randomly selected six numbers that won her family an $84 million lotto jackpot.Butler just happened to be with her father, Vincent Butler, last Friday when he bought what turned out to be the winning ticket at a 7-Eleven in Palmdale. The digits she chose matched all five SuperLotto Plus numbers and the Meganumber drawn Saturday night - 2, 41, 17, 33, 43 and Meganumber 5. I just went with ...
Jan 24, 2006, 6:25 am - - Lottery News forum
California man loses $9,000 in lottery scam
Sunnyvale police are looking for two men suspected of concocting a lottery scam to steal thousands of dollars from a Sunnyvale man.According to police, the pair approached a 44-year-old man in the parking lot of the Costco at 150 Lawrence Station Road around 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 10. They told the man they had a winning lottery ticket but needed to put forward a deposit in order to claim their winnings, Lt. Marty Dale said.The suspects told the man they couldn't pay the deposit because they were no ...
Jan 12, 2006, 8:00 am - - Lottery News forum
SoCal man sues to get share of $315 million lottery jackpot
A medical lab technician has sued seven co-workers who shared a $315 million Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot, claiming he deserves a share of the money.Jonathan De La Cruz says he had always been part of the group when they bought lottery tickets but was off work the day they bought the winning ticket. His Orange County Superior Court lawsuit contends the group had an oral agreement that everyone would be included whenever they pooled their money to buy tickets.The winners - six lab te ...
Dec 16, 2005, 10:03 am - - Lottery News forum
State, gambling foes argue about California joining Mega Millions
Attorneys for an antigambling group told a judge Friday that the hugely popular Mega Millions lottery game is illegal because it is not run solely by the state, violating the intent of the 1984 voter initiative authorizing California's lottery.State officials countered that the 12-state Mega Millions game is just like any other state lottery game. California retains control over the administration of Mega Millions within the state, including how and where tickets are sold, Deputy Attorney Genera ...
Dec 5, 2005, 7:57 am - - Lottery News forum
Californians targeted by Spanish lottery scam
Imagine receiving a letter in the mail that you're the big winner of a lottery in Spain. If it sounds too good to be true, that's probably because it is.This scam is known as the El Gordo lottery, meaning fat one . But the only ones fattening their wallets are the criminals behind it.It's a letter that seemed too good to be true to News 8's assistant news director Dean Elwood. $600,000 ... who wouldn't want that, he said.And according to this notice claiming to be from the El Gordo Spani ...
Nov 30, 2005, 1:21 pm - - Lottery News forum
Court may shut down Mega Millions in California
California Democrats may yet 'reap what they sow', as they started the effort to shut down Mega Millions soon after it started.Mega Millions, the multistate lotto game California joined in June, could be shut down Friday if the Schwarzenegger administration loses its battle to keep the game running.The state-run lottery and an anti-gambling group are set to argue in Sacramento court whether to halt the game as a judge weighs claims by the group and Democratic legislators that voters permitted a ...
Nov 28, 2005, 6:43 am - - Lottery News forum
