Auto workers collect lottery winnings
There haven't been many happy stories involving Indiana auto workers lately, but one family is an exception.
A mother and her two daughters, one retired from General Motors and two who work for Delphi in Kokomo, cashed in Monday, claiming an $11 million Hoosier Lottery prize.
It was the biggest check Jill Carver, of Kokomo, and daughters Brenda Carver and Ronette Kelley had ever received.
While Delphi has struggled, along with all of the American auto industry, Carver and Kelley have cl ...
Mar 17, 2009, 7:37 am - - Lottery News forum
Cable worker wins $50,000 a year for life from N.C. lottery
For more than 30 years, Gilbert Steve Proctor has installed telephone cable.
The Edgecombe County resident said he is not quitting his job at Lambert's Cable Splicing Co. any time soon after hitting the North Carolina lottery's first winning Lifetime Riches scratch-off ticket, which pays out $50,000 a year for life.
I'll always be the same person, he said as he sat in the convenience store on Thursday where lottery officials recognized his win.
On Monday, Proctor bought the ticket at t ...
Mar 13, 2009, 10:45 am - - Lottery News forum
10 N.J. co-workers will split $216M lottery jackpot
Winners work in the Chubb IT Department
Robert Space got into work at the Chubb Insurance company at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, realized the lottery ticket he was holding matched the winning numbers, and fired off a one-line e-mail to his nine co-workers who had pitched in to buy it.
We won the big one, it read.
The replies came back instantly: Hahahaha wrote one. GREAT. Where do I pick up the cash? joked another. Then they saw the ticket for themselves.
Space and his colleagues hit the s ...
Mar 4, 2009, 9:01 pm - - Lottery News forum
$216M Mega Millions lottery winner is from New Jersey
California second-prize winner wins $1M 'mini-jackpot'
Once again, the Garden State got lucky, as a single ticket sold in Ocean County grabbed last night's $216 million Mega Millions annuity windfall.
Since 2004, New Jerseyans have won more than $1 billion in Mega Millions jackpots.
The payout in cash the usual option would be about $140.6 million. Before 25 percent gets snatched for federal taxes, of course. The good news on the tax front is that unlike many other states, New Jersey do ...
Mar 4, 2009, 11:11 am - - Lottery News forum
Unemployed: Play the lottery or not?
by Dan Weiser
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is worth an estimated $212 million. Right now, it is the largest lottery jackpot in the country, including the multi-state Powerball. In fact, it's the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
The next drawing is Tuesday night and a winning ticket will bring riches to at least one person. $212 million dollars is the stuff dreams are made of, but in these uncertain times winning would be ... well, hard to put into words.
The unemployment rate ...
Mar 2, 2009, 9:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Two tickets will share $174M Powerball lottery jackpot
Tickets sold in Delaware, Pennsylvania
Two tickets for the Powerball game Saturday night one sold in Delaware and the other in Pennsylvania matched all five numbers plus the Powerball drawn to win a share of the top prize.
The winning tickets will share a jackpot prize of $174.4 million, or $87.2 million each.
The winning numbers 3-16-20-42-58, Powerball: 7 were drawn in Orlando, Florida last night at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
The Power Play number was 5.
The jackpot has been build ...
Mar 1, 2009, 7:51 am - - Lottery News forum
$212 MILLION: largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot in a year
There has been another rollover in the top prize for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery to $212 million.
It is the largest Mega Millions jackpot in more than a year. On February 22, 2008, one person from Georgia won a $270 million Mega Millions jackpot.
The rollover occurred because no player matched all the winning numbers from Friday night's $171 million drawing.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be Tuesday night.
The last time the Mega Millions jackpot was more than $200 mill ...
Feb 28, 2009, 7:29 am - - Lottery News forum
$50.3M lottery prize to be split 4 ways
There were four winning tickets sold for Saturday night's 6/49 draw offering a jackpot prize of $50.3 million: one in Quebec and three in Ontario.
The lucky Ontario tickets were purchased in the Sudbury area, as well as the Halton Region west of Toronto and Durham Region east of the city. It was not immediately known exactly where in Quebec the winning ticket was bought.
Each winner will receive just under $12.6 million.
The prize is the second-biggest jackpot in Canadian lottery histor ...
Feb 24, 2009, 8:12 am - - Lottery News forum
Illinois lottery has 1 winner in $4 million jackpot
The Illinois State Lottery says one player matched all six numbers in Monday night's Lotto drawing, earning a prize of $4 million.
The lottery says the winning ticket was purchased at a mini mart in Mapleton, a village near Peoria. The Lotto grand prize for Wednesday night's drawing resets to $2 million.
Also on Monday, 26 players matched five of the six winning numbers and will receive second prizes of $606.50 apiece.
Another 1,117 players matched four of the six winning numbers - good ...
Feb 24, 2009, 8:06 am - - Lottery News forum
N.J. store seeking owner of $2.5 million winning lottery ticket
Wanted: The winner of a $2.5 million Pick 6 Lotto ticket.
The Quick Mart on Washington Valley Road has posted a letter from the New Jersey Lottery congratulating the store owners for having sold the top winning ticket in the Dec. 29, 2008, Pick 6 Lotto drawing, but those who work there can't figure out who bought the winning ticket.
When people ask who won, we say, We have no idea,' said Tony Cirelli, a store employee.
The store still has the Pick 6 Lotto winning numbers posted on the ...
Feb 22, 2009, 11:24 am - - Lottery News forum
