$250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited
Illinois Lottery officials say a player who bought a second-place winning Mega Millions ticket nearly a year ago in Des Plaines needs to redeem the $250,000 ticket by month's end or lose the prize.
The second place Mega ticket for the July 31, 2009 drawing was sold at a 7-Eleven store on Lee St. in Des Plaines. The ticket matched all five numbers but missed the Mega Ball. The winning numbers were 17, 35, 44, 52 and 56 with a Mega Ball number of 22 and a Megaplier number of 2.
If the winnin ...
Jul 27, 2010, 3:36 am - - Lottery News forum
First N.C. Mega Millions lottery winner claims jackpot
The sole winner of a May 28 Mega Millions drawing for $12 million has finally come forward. Lottery officials said a Greensboro man turned in the ticket on Wednesday.
Mike Manheim, a retired businessman, and his wife, Faye, made the trip to Raleigh to claim their millions. The couple told lottery officials they have played the lottery since the North Carolina Education Lottery launched in 2006.
The couple chose the lump sum option of $7.8 million. They plan to use their money to invest in ...
Jul 10, 2010, 4:06 pm - - Lottery News forum
Michigan workers claim Mega Millions, Powerball lottery jackpots
Call it a jackpot bonanza.
Factory workers in Detroit and Kalamazoo are winners of multimillion-dollar lottery prizes.
Fourteen workers called the Lucky 13 Plus One lottery club at the Chrysler plant in Detroit that makes the Dodge Viper will share in last week's $96.6 million Powerball pot, while five workers at a Kalamazoo factory will share $36 million in the Mega Millions drawing.
Bells and whistles went off, said William Shanteau, when he took the winning ticket to Shirley's Carry ...
Jun 29, 2010, 8:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery mistake wins Ohio store clerk $250,000
An Ohio store clerk's mistake when printing a Mega Millions lottery ticket has won her $250,000.
Naomi Mauller, a clerk at Woolfe's Huff Puff on Main Street in New Lexington, Ohio, forgot to add an extra Kicker game to a customer's lottery ticket on Tuesday night, so she printed a new ticket and bought her $2 mistake. Both her ticket and its twin hit, raking in $250,000 for each winner.
You can't cancel the Mega Millions ticket, said Mauller, 51, a resident of New Lexington in Perry Count ...
Jun 28, 2010, 7:41 am - - Lottery News forum
Kalamazoo mart customer holds $36M lottery ticket
A regular lottery customer of a gas station market in Kalamazoo, Mich., holds the winning Mega Millions ticket for a $36 million jackpot, the store owner said Monday.
Citgo One Stop Mart owner Kaushik Patel said his southwest Michigan store sold the winning ticket last week in Friday night's multistate game drawing.
Patel said the man, who hasn't been identified, came to the store Saturday to check his tickets but the machine didn't process. He went home, checked online and discovered his ...
Jun 16, 2010, 10:51 am - - Lottery News forum
Anonymous winner claims $23M Calif. lottery jackpot
Plus, one winner claims three $205K prizes
A lucky California retiree who doesn't want to be named bought a SuperLotto ticket last week worth $23 million.
The man brought the winning ticket Thursday afternoon to the lottery's office on Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa.
According to a news release from the California Lottery, he said he didn't know he had a winning ticket until he saw the numbers being read on TV in the morning. Plans for the money include paying off his house and traveling, t ...
Jun 6, 2010, 5:08 pm - - Lottery News forum
Some upset with Pennsylvania Lottery broadcast
Pittsburghers who watch the nightly lottery drawings have been losing a little sleep lately, though it's not because of big jackpot jitters.
When the multi-state Mega Millions debuted Feb. 2 in Pennsylvania, state lotto officials asked television stations statewide to broadcast it in the same time slot as the Powerball drawing, which airs Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Instead of squeezing the Mega Millions into the familiar 10:59 p.m. time slot Tuesdays and Fridays, Pennsylvania Lottery offici ...
Jun 3, 2010, 7:13 am - - Lottery News forum
Winning ticket for $64M Mega Millions lottery jackpot sold in N.Y.
One ticket matched all six winning numbers in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing to win the estimated $64 million jackpot, according to lottery officials.
The sump-sum cash value of the jackpot was $41.8 Million.
The winning ticket was purchased in Kings County, New York. The winning numbers were 5, 14, 17, 19 and 24 and the Mega Ball number was 25. The Megaplier was 4.
In addition to the lucky jackpot winner, 16 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers but not the Mega Ball for a $250,00 ...
May 26, 2010, 8:09 am - - Lottery News forum
Pennsylvania Mega Millions lottery sales falling short of target
So far, the Mega Millions lottery game hasn't been the big winner Pennsylvania Lottery officials predicted.
Lottery officials hoped Mega Millions would generate $80 million in sales by June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Sales for the multi-state lottery game with big jackpots similar to Powerball began Jan. 31.
From February through April, Mega Millions generated $26.2 million in sales. To meet the initial target, the game would have to sell $54 million in May and June.
Kirstin Alvani ...
May 25, 2010, 8:08 am - - Lottery News forum
Colorado Lottery starts Mega Millions sales Sunday
The Colorado Lottery will begin selling Mega Millions tickets Sun., May 16, giving Colorado residents two more chances every week to score big jackpots.
Colorado will become the 42nd locality nationwide to offer tickets for the popular multi-state jackpot game. The United States' other mega jackpot game, Powerball, is also offered by the Lottery.
We're thrilled to give our players the opportunity to win another large jackpot, said Colorado Lottery Acting Director Tom Kitts. We believe Meg ...
May 11, 2010, 7:34 am - - Lottery News forum
