After $10M lottery win, Mass. woman plans 'exceptional Christmas'
Debra A. Roberto, a Stoneham mother, won a $10 million grand prize the largest instant prize in America last week in the new Mega Cash game from the Massachusetts State Lottery.
She cashed in her winnings Monday, Nov. 23.
I've won a little [money] in the past, but I never even dreamed of winning this amount, she recently told the Sun. I scratch a lot of tickets, so when I scratched this one my husband said, 'Maybe now we're even.'
Her grand prize ties the record for the largest instan ...
Today, 9:09 am - - Lottery News forum
Clerk's error makes N.J. man a $100,000 winner
A Bridgeton, New Jersey, resident has a store clerk's error to thank for his purchase of a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $100,000.
Indian Fields Market sold the winning Aces High scratch-off lottery ticket Monday night, store owner Domenic Galle said.
The guy really didn't ask for that ticket, Galle said. The clerk gave him that ticket by mistake. He asked for Deuces Wild.
The clerk realized her mistake after the customer left the store.
She said, 'I gave the man the wrong tick ...
Nov 18, 2009, 10:09 am - - Lottery News forum
Kansas man claims state's largest Powerball lottery jackpot one day after winning
Checks ticket, claims $96.6M jackpot... then tells wife
Donald Damon, 70, a lifelong resident of Great Bend, Kansas, Friday claimed the largest Powerball jackpot ever won in the state just one day after the drawing.
Damon was the sole winner of the $96.6 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Wednesday evening, Nov. 11. He was introduced to the public Friday in a news conference that was held at Lottery headquarters in Topeka.
The winning numbers drawn Wednesday were 8, 12, 14, 22, and 29, ...
Nov 14, 2009, 10:05 am - - Lottery News forum
Woman buys cup of tea, wins $1 million jackpot
McDonald's Monopoly game makes White House, TN resident a millionaire
When Brandi Futch ordered a cup of sweet tea at a McDonald's restaurant in Goodlettsville, she had no idea just how sweet it would be.
The fast-food order made her a millionaire.
Futch had been playing the McDonald's Monopoly game for three years before she finally hit the jackpot. Customers collect game pieces to win prizes ranging from free French fries to cash.
I'd won food prizes before but not money, she said ...
Nov 11, 2009, 3:33 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.H. man wins lottery jackpot twice in four years
Bob Jaracz always considered himself a lucky guy.
The Navy war veteran survived a jet fighter crash in Korea, was a POW who escaped his captors, and made it home to the U.S. to marry his true love and raise three boys.
Now Bob and Diane Jaracz should consider themselves really lucky. The Nashua couple are the first New Hampshire residents to win a lottery grand prize twice.
Whenever I cash my tickets, they say, 'Here comes Mister Lucky,' says Jaracz. He and his wife won Tri-State Megab ...
Nov 8, 2009, 9:42 am - - Lottery News forum
Victim of stolen Texas lottery ticket says he knows how to get money back
Willis Willis has an idea how he can get his money back from the store clerk who authorities say stole his $1 million winning lottery ticket.
Just get me in a room with him for two minutes, says the 67-year-old Navy veteran.
Willis was back home in Grand Prairie on Tuesday after a meeting with Texas Lottery Commission officials Monday in Austin in which his attorneys tried unsuccessfully to collect the winnings.
It was a meeting that only seemed to add confusion and frustration to the ...
Nov 4, 2009, 8:20 am - - Lottery News forum
First time player wins $5 million lottery jackpot
Mi Hyun Moon walked into a Queens deli to get $5 in change and walked out with $5 million.
The former New York resident was in town visiting friends last month when she purchased a Lotto ticket on a whim and scored the huge jackpot. It was the first she ever bought.
It was surreal, Moon said yesterday. I'm overjoyed!
The 40-year-old mom of two is a native of Korea who lived for 20 years in Queens before moving just outside of Philadelphia.
She makes regular visits to the city, and ...
Nov 3, 2009, 7:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Five-time lottery winner accused of taking ticket from group
It will be up to the courts to decide if a Calgary-area man's amazing run of lotto luck will continue.
Seguro Ndabene of Airdrie, just north of Calgary, has already won the lottery four times in the past five years including two wins of $1 million, another of $100,000 and a fourth prize of $50,000.
But his biggest win of all $17 million in a Super 7 draw back in January is being disputed.
Ndabene's claim as sole winner is being questioned by a man who alleges the winning ticket was part ...
Oct 28, 2009, 9:52 am - - Lottery News forum
Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay up
A man cheated of his million-dollar jackpot wants the Texas Lottery to pay up.
The case of Willis Willis drew widespread attention a week ago after a store clerk was indicted for allegedly keeping Willis' winning ticket and claiming the 67-year-old Grand Prairie man's prize in June.
The clerk, identified as Pankaj Joshi, is considered a fugitive.
And Willis is still waiting for his money.
It's been amazing what's going on, Willis, who said he does maintenance work at apartment build ...
Oct 28, 2009, 8:46 am - - Lottery News forum
Calif. Lottery pays out $264,000 after game show mistake
The California Lottery will pay $264,000 in additional winnings to nine people whose names were mistakenly transposed on forms during a lottery game show.
Lottery officials say a mistake during a taping in February of the Make Me A Millionaire television show resulted in the nine players playing a different game than they otherwise would have.
The nine players received another chance at winning Sunday because the Feb. 8 error had resulted in them playing a lower-paying game than they other ...
Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 am - - Lottery News forum
