'Lucky guy' sells ticket that wins half of $42 mllion Lotto jackpotNews Story
Shortly after arriving in the United States from Vietnam 14 years ago, Kiet Ho says, he won $25,000 in Florida lottery games three years in a row. Since then, he has been known around Margate as a lucky guy. On Sunday Ho's luck struck again, but this time for a customer who won half of a $42 million jackpot after purchasing a ticket from him Saturday night at the Margate Chevron Gas Station, 5200 W. Sample Road. I'm happy for the guy, Ho said Sunday afternoon. I'm lucky every time. ...
Feb 13, 2007, 8:22 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

Minnesota lottery player claims Powerball jackpotNews Story
Michael Hawes and his fiancee were so tickled their baby boy survived a premature birth that they named him Lucky. On Tuesday, the kid had his own reason to be happy: His old man just won $47 million. Hawes, 46, said he had no idea he held the winning ticket in the Nov. 1 drawing until Monday afternoon, when he stopped at a Cub Foods supermarket in Bloomington to buy some pop. While he was there, he decided to get some tickets in his wallet scanned. I brought it to New York and wandered ...
Dec 7, 2006, 10:15 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

Texas woman wins lottery millions second timeNews Story
Joan Ginther is a lucky woman indeed. Not only was she the proud recipient of a $5.4 million jackpot prize from Lotto Texas drawing in July 1993, but Thursday she met with the Texas Lottery Commission in Austin to claim another $2 million in prize money. Ginther, a former Bishop resident who visits the city frequently to care for her father, bought a Holiday Millionaire scratch-off ticket for $30 at the Diamond Shamrock at 525 S. 14th St. in Kingsville. She lives in Las Vegas, according ...
Apr 8, 2006, 9:39 am - Todd - Lottery News forum