New York Lottery Raffle to Riches results
The New York Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Raffle to Riches, was drawn Saturday, and will make 14 instant millionaires.
The winning numbers can be found here:
http://www.lotterypost.com/ny-lottery-raffle-2007-07-07.asp
Raffle to Riches is a raffle game offered by the New York Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets.
With only 1,500,000 tickets available for the raffle, Raffle to Riches offers the best odds to win $1 million of any New York Lottery game.
There is one dr ...
Jul 8, 2007, 7:59 am - - Lottery News forum
Man charged in lottery ticket theft case
If you bought a lottery ticket at Valley Supreme Liquors in Pine Bush, New York, and lost, you might want to blame the clerk who sold it to you.
He might have stolen a jackpot meant for you.
While Michael M. Ciarcia worked at the liquor store, he stole more than $40,000 worth of lottery tickets a few of which were winners, according to state police in Middletown.
Ciarcia, who worked at the store for six months, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree burglary and third ...
Apr 25, 2007, 5:03 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery Winner Succumbs to Cancer
A man who won $1 million in the lottery shortly after finding out he had terminal cancer has died.
Wayne Schenk died Monday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Syracuse, according to the Baird-Moore Funeral Home. He was 51.
He is in a better place now. He was starting to suffer, and we didn't want that, friend Nick Pascazi told The Daily Messenger of Canandaigua.
On Jan. 12, Schenk won $1 million playing a $5 scratch-off ticket in the New York State Lottery's High Stakes Blackj ...
Apr 25, 2007, 2:53 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery results worth $370 million drawn in Times Square
Here are the numbers with the power to permanently transform a person's life:
16-22-29-39-42, Mega Ball: 20
Millions of people holding tickets for tonight's Mega Millions lottery drawing are checking their numbers to see if they will be that lucky soul whose life will instantly change.
The jackpot of $370 million, which has a lump-sum cash value of $221 million, will be shared by any tickets matching all five numbers and the Mega Ball. If only one ticket matches all six numbers, the en ...
Mar 6, 2007, 11:02 pm - - Lottery News forum
$370 MILLION: Mega Millions sets all-time lottery jackpot record
The Mega Millions Jackpot has broken an all-time, worldwide record. It now stands at $370 million and tickets are selling at an amazing rate.
New Jersey officials report Mega Millions tickets are selling in that state at a rate of 700,000 tickets per hour, and that won't even match what they expect during rush hour. Officials say early evening is when they sell the most tickets, and that's when they expect to hit 1.2 million ticket sales per hour. Sales close at all locations at 10:45 pm.
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Mar 6, 2007, 12:21 pm - - Lottery News forum
$355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased
Historic drawing to be held in Times Square, New York City
The estimated jackpot of the March 6, 2007 Mega Millions drawing was raised from $340 million to $355 million on Monday because of heavier than expected sales in all Mega Millions states.
New York City's Times Square will provide the setting for the historic Mega Millions lottery drawing on Tuesday night.
The massive $355 million estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing is the largest in the game's history.
Lottery officials i ...
Mar 5, 2007, 1:32 pm - - Lottery News forum
Cancer victim struggles to get $1 million lottery prize in lump sum
On Jan. 12, Wayne A. Schenk thought he was the luckiest man alive.
A month earlier, he'd been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. But on this afternoon, the 51-year-old Marine veteran was hanging out with his buddy Domonick Gallo, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather in their hometown of Naples, N.Y., by indulging a favorite ritual: scratching off lottery tickets.
One of Schenk's $5 High Stakes Blackjack tickets hit it big, winning the $1 million prize. It was more than enough money ...
Feb 19, 2007, 9:33 am - - Lottery News forum
Police Looking for Cross-Dressing Lottery Ticket Thief
Police are following the trail of a cross-dressing thief who stole a display case full of lottery tickets from a convenience store in Depew, New York, and was caught in the act on camera.
The unusual robbery happened at a Noco station on George Urban Boulevard in Depew.
Detectives say a man dressed as a woman walked right up to the counter and walked away with a case full of lottery tickets, $2,000 worth, but what's even more shocking is what happened next.
The video shows it clearly.
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Feb 13, 2007, 10:00 am - - Lottery News forum
Man with terminal illness wins 20-year annuity lottery jackpot
In December, Wayne Schenk was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A month later, he was a millionaire.
The 50-year-old tavern owner from Naples, New York, won a million dollars in a New York state lottery scratch-off game.
But the Marine Corps veteran doesn't expect to be around to collect all his winnings. To do that, he would have to live 20 years. His doctors have given him a year to live, at most.
Under lottery rules for the High Stakes Blackjack game he won on January 12, the jack ...
Feb 1, 2007, 6:50 pm - - Lottery News forum
Company running most lottery games worldwide has history of scandal
The company behind the more than 16,000 machines that spit out New York Lottery tickets has been linked to scandals across the country and around the globe.
Bribery allegations led a co-founder to quit his job as chairman. Its lobbyists have run afoul of the law in several states, including New York. Former government officials have received lucrative consulting contracts.
And in summer 2006, an investigation in Texas found that the company, GTECH Holdings Corp., doled out tens of millions ...
Jan 31, 2007, 5:30 am - - Lottery News forum
