Retired waitress wins millions in lottery
I'm gonna take it day to day, but I'm always gonna play, she said.
Rosemarie Donnellan, 67, has spent her entire adult life taking care of other people.
The lady over there, took care of her, took care of the guy next door, Donnellan said. Donnellan, who is married with six grown children and four grandchildren, worked as a waitress at a country club. I'm a nice woman, she said.
And now, a very rich one, winning $4.1 million in last week's Ohio lottery.
'Oh my God, I can't ...
Jul 19, 2006, 11:21 am - - Lottery News forum
Ohio lottery winner owes more than taxes on his prize
A big chunk of Kelvin D. Bostelman's first check for winning a top prize $7.5 million in the Ohio Lottery's Ohio Millionaire instant game will be going to his four children.
Before collecting any of the money, the 37-year-old Toledoan must pay $50,569 in unpaid child support for his children.
When he submitted the winning ticket to the lottery commission, he chose to receive 30 annual payments of $250,000, which translates to $172,500 a year after mandatory 31 percent federal and state ...
Jun 12, 2006, 8:21 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery scammer arrested in Ohio
Patience paid off last week as police nabbed a man they believe used the guise of lottery winnings to scam people out of thousands of dollars.
Issa Rashid Maganga, 35, is being held in the Stark County Jail on three felony charges, while the FBI, U.S. Postal Service and Immigration Naturalization Service look into his activities.
Police arrested Maganga on May 24 after he retrieved two packages from a post office box at the UPS Store at 1937 E. Maple St. Maganga tossed away the packages an ...
May 31, 2006, 11:12 am - - Lottery News forum
Ohio lottery winner to share winnings
When asked how often he played the Ohio Lottery, Middletonian Bass Brandenburg let his wife, Virginia, answer that question.
How often does the sun shine? she replied.
The sun came out in a big way for the Brandenburgs this week. The couple bet their bottom $10 on the $200 Million Cash Spectacular instant game and came up winners of $1 million or so the scratch-off ticket read.
Eighty-year-old Bass Brandenburg thought he may not have a lot of time to enjoy that money, so he opted t ...
May 11, 2006, 11:45 am - - Lottery News forum
$265 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymously
Ohio winner chooses cash option
The mystery of who won the $265 million Mega Millions drawing April 18 remains, but the money has been claimed.
Todd A. Felthaus, trust officer for PNC Bank, claimed the jackpot Tuesday at the Ohio Lottery's Cleveland headquarters for the WFJ Trust, Ohio Lottery officials said.
The winner chose the cash option value of the jackpot $148.1 million. After taxes, the trust will receive a check for $102.2 million.
Sandra Neal, a lottery official, said th ...
May 3, 2006, 9:24 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery winners question Calif. Mega Millions prizes
Marjorie Givens thought she hit the jackpot last month when she realized her Mega Millions ticket was worth $250,000. She matched five numbers but missed the Mega Ball.
Her second-prize payout was half that of a California resident who played the same five numbers - 27, 36, 43, 49 and 54 - and also missed the Mega Ball on the same night in the same drawing. That person took home $503,851 before taxes.
I thought it was one lottery, equal for everybody, said Givens, of Stark County.
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Apr 25, 2006, 7:05 am - - Lottery News forum
Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Cincinnati
The winning ticket from the $265 million Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night was sold at a local Kroger supermarket, an Ohio Lottery spokeswoman said.
It was the fifth winning Mega Millions ticket purchased in Ohio since June and the first grand prize winner sold in Cincinnati, lottery spokeswoman Mardele Cohen said.
The winning numbers in the 12-state game were 13, 14, 25, 34 and 50. The Mega Ball was 6.
In addition to the grand prize winner, 21 tickets, including two purchased in Ohio ...
Apr 19, 2006, 6:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Winning a lottery jackpot can't guarantee happiness
Sudden wealth is good for most lottery winners, but not all
For some people, winning the big jackpot can turn out to be a big mistake.
William Bud Post III called it the lottery of death.
The Pennsylvania man, who died in January at 66, hit a $16.2 million lottery jackpot in 1988. After that, his sixth wife left him, a woman sued for a third of the winnings, he failed at business ventures with siblings, and spent time in jail for firing a gun over a bill collector's head.
His bro ...
Apr 9, 2006, 9:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery winners share secrets of their success
Simple steps can keep dream jackpot from turning into financial nightmare
Terry McNalley used to be just a regular guy putting in eight-hour shifts at a factory in Bryan.
He was a divorc e who liked hunting, fishing, and plopping down $6 a week for lottery tickets and a chance to dream.
Then the dream came true.
From what everybody said, I was white as a ghost. The more I looked at the ticket, the less I could see it, he said. It's just quite a day when you're sitting there holdin ...
Apr 9, 2006, 9:06 am - - Lottery News forum
$270M Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymously
The winner of the biggest lottery jackpot won in Ohio has claimed the $270 million prize anonymously by forming a trust.
Toledo attorney Mark Mockensturm, a trustee for the M H Blind Trust, made the claim Friday at the Ohio Lottery's headquarters on behalf of the winner of the Feb. 28 Mega Millions jackpot.
The winner chose to receive the prize in a lump sum and, after taxes, will get a check for $113.5 million.
The ticket was sold in Lyons, a farming village of about 600 people two m ...
Mar 17, 2006, 3:07 pm - - Lottery News forum
