24 year-old Calif. man claims lottery riches
New Jersey native recently moved to San Diego
Updated: Jan. 8, 2008 at 7:47 p.m.
The $47 million winner of the Mega Millions lottery game was all smiles Wednesday afternoon when he claimed his winnings and was introduced at a news conference as Todd Moitz, California Lottery officials said.
Moitz, a 24-year-old former Farmer's Insurance agent, said he's overwhelmed by the news and hasn't yet decided what to do with the windfall.
He has elected the cash option, which is worth $32 mill ...
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Lottery ticket 'printing error' voids huge jackpot
Man gets undisclosed settlement from Ontario Lottery and apology
Other 'winners' not so lucky
Unlucky lotto winner Thomas Noftall may not have won the jackpot, but the 27-year-old will take home some cash from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. after all.
OLG offered Noftall an apology and an undisclosed financial settlement yesterday after a printing error on his lottery tickets led him to believe he had won $135,000.
Noftall and his lawyer met with lottery officials yesterday at ...
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Michigan Lottery celebrates 10th raffle drawing
Michigan: more raffle draws than any other state
The Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle is back in action, now with its tenth drawing conducted.
The complete list of winning numbers for the latest raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Michigan Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mi).
The $20 raffle tickets went on sale Nov. 10, and a total of 600,000 were available for the drawing. All the tickets were sold out prior to the draw.
In the drawing held earlier toda ...
Jan 5, 2009, 11:08 pm - - Lottery News forum
Minnesota Lottery draws winning numbers in raffle
The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Thursday for its special Millionaire Raffle drawing.
The full set of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Minnesota Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mn).
Millionaire Raffle is the third annual holiday raffle game from the Minnesota State Lottery.
Players purchased tickets for $10 each. Tickets went on sale Oct. 19 and were completely sold out by Dec. 28. The raffle has sold out in each of its three years.
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Jan 1, 2009, 11:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Rhode Island Lottery celebrates first raffle drawing
Rhode Island didn't have any trouble selling out its first-ever raffle game.
The drawing was held last night, and the full list of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Rhode Island Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ri).
With only 120,000 tickets available for sale, the state Lottery Commission proclaimed the New Year's Eve drawing as having the best odds among New England lotteries to win $1 million.
Tickets for the raffle cost $20 each.
In addition to the ...
Jan 1, 2009, 10:55 pm - - Lottery News forum
Virginia Lottery's New Year's raffle winning numbers
The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, New Year's Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Wednesday, and made four instant millionaires.
The winning numbers for all prize levels can be found on Lottery Post's Virginia Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/va).
A total of 440,000 of the $20 tickets were available for purchase. Most tickets were sold out prior to the drawing.
In addition to the four top jackpots of $1 million, other prizes include 4 winners of $50,000 and 400 ...
Jan 1, 2009, 8:52 am - - Lottery News forum
Ohio Lottery rings in the New Year with raffle
For four lucky Ohio lottery players, 2009 will begin with a windfall of one million dollars.
The winning numbers for the Ohio Lottery's New Year's Raffle game were announced this evening. The full list of lottery results can be found on Lottery Post's Ohio Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/oh).
The $20 tickets for the raffle went on sale November 14, 2008. Of the 500,000 tickets that were available, all but about 38,000 were sold.
This is the second consecutive New Year' ...
Dec 31, 2008, 10:26 pm - - Lottery News forum
Winning numbers chosen in Delaware Lottery's Raffle
The winning numbers for the Delaware Lottery's third annual Raffle game were selected in a special drawing today.
The winning number for the $250,000 grand prize is 00012370. The five winning numbers for the $25,000 prizes are 00006502, 00018933, 00043080, 00071835, and 00075141.
There were 250 winning numbers that paid $500 apiece as well. The full list of winning numbers can be seen on Lottery Post's Delaware Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/de).
The 100,000 tickets s ...
Dec 31, 2008, 6:22 pm - - Lottery News forum
Florida Lottery Raffle drawing crowns 9 new millionaires
One million Florida Lottery tickets had a shot at winning $1 million, and nine of those are officially chosen as the big winners.
Lottery players anxiously waiting to see if they are now among the wealthy can check their tickets at Lottery Post's Florida Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/fl).
With only 1 million tickets available for the raffle, Florida lottery ticket buyers had a better chance of winning a million dollars than with any other game offered in the state. The ...
Dec 31, 2008, 5:29 pm - - Lottery News forum
National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000
A systems failure at the lottery operator Camelot caused terminals in shops to crash as they tried to issue tickets for the main Lotto draw and even halted Internet sales.
The dramatic reduction in takings for the post-Christmas draw caused the jackpot to be trimmed from the 4.2 million (US$6.1 million) estimated on Christmas Eve to 3.4m (US$5m).
Camelot apologized publicly after the problem which may also have prevented a potential jackpot winner from buying a ticket.
A single player w ...
Dec 29, 2008, 9:54 am - - Lottery News forum
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