Young lottery winner stakes hopes on Wrestling show
The youngest Powerball winner ever has packed up his millions and moved to Tampa Bay, fulfilling his dream of working in the wrestling business with a wild new TV show.
Combine beautiful women, professional wrestling, and part of a $17 million lottery payout, then stir and you get the new TV show Wrestlicious .
MAD TV + the WWE + Baywatch + Dave Chappelle = Wrestlicious, explained Powerball winner Jay Vargas, who's helping finance the show with his lottery loot.
Videos of the show post ...
Sep 18, 2009, 8:28 am - - Lottery News forum
£5M U.K. National Lottery winner claims jackpot
The winner of a 5 million (US$8.2 million) National Lottery jackpot which had gone unclaimed for two weeks has come forward, operator Camelot said today.
Last week Camelot launched an appeal to find the lucky punter after the 4,908,817 top prize from Saturday August 29 was not claimed.
The ticket was bought in the Sheffield area.
We're delighted that the winner of this prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win, a National Lottery spokeswoman said.
It wou ...
Sep 15, 2009, 12:11 pm - - Lottery News forum
Calif. man claims half of $333M Mega Millions lottery jackpot
A Southern California man has claimed one half of the $333 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot.
The California Lottery said Wednesday that Kevyn Ogawa had the winning numbers for the August 28th drawing. He took the cash option, meaning he'll take home about $107 million.
Lottery officials say Ogawa, who preferred not to be interviewed, went to the Van Nuys lottery office Wednesday to claim his prize.
He bought his ticket from an Asian noodle shop in San Gabriel. The business will rec ...
Sep 4, 2009, 9:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Missouri couple captures $4.4M lottery ticket
Heather and Jason McCarty's wedding anniversary this week (their 10th) will be just a wee bit more special this time around.
Jason McCarty, 36, bought a winning lottery ticket last weekend worth $4.4 million at the Q-Stop IV at 914 Bryan Road off Interstate 70 in O'Fallon. He purchased a $5 Quick Pick Lotto ticket that selected the six winning numbers: 21, 23, 26, 35, 36 and 38 for the jackpot.
He came home and said, 'Here, happy anniversary, his wife, Heather McCarty, 37, was quoted as s ...
Sep 2, 2009, 7:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Now broke, teen lottery winner blew through $3M
British teen lottery winner Callie Rogers, 22, blew through nearly all of a jackpot of over $3 million, spending a substantial amount of it on cocaine.
Rogers told local British media that her ex-boyfriend Nicky Lawson got her hooked on cocaine and that she spent 250,000 (about US$406,000) on the habit.
I was spending a fortune on cocaine, a nasty evil drug that tears your life apart, Rogers was quoted as saying. I'll be honest. About a quarter of a million pounds of my win has been waste ...
Sep 2, 2009, 6:15 pm - - Lottery News forum
Bronx mystery winner claimed half of $333M lottery jackpot
The lucky owner of a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket bought in the Bronx claimed the $166.5 million prize Tuesday, but it remains a mystery who he or she is.
I can confirm that the winning ticket was claimed today, but can divulge no further information, said New York Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Givner.
Givner said the winner claimed the jackpot at the state Lottery office on Beaver St. in lower Manhattan.
The ticket was sold at Fordham Grocery and Convenience Store. It was one o ...
Sep 2, 2009, 5:49 pm - - Lottery News forum
Former Snow White wins lottery
Natalie Marston's trips to the wishing well paid off this weekend.
The Rancho Cucamonga resident was working as Snow White at Disneyland when she bought a lottery ticket on a whim in February. That ticket just made Marston a millionaire.
Marston, 22, won the $5.2 million jackpot on the Make Me a Millionaire show by the California Lottery on Saturday. The show airs 7:30 p.m. Saturdays on KCAL-9.
I know I played Snow White, but I feel more like Cinderella, Marston said in a prepared stat ...
Aug 27, 2009, 5:54 pm - - Lottery News forum
24 employees at Toledo retirement home rejoice over big lottery win
Lest there be any confusion, David Moyer and Peggy Park want everyone to know morale is now high among employees at Oakleaf Village of Toledo.
Scratch that. Practically everyone, including the retirees, were going bonkers Wednesday after learning that 24 of the 77 employees at the retirement home had just won $250,000 from the Ohio Lottery's Mega Millions game. They hit on five of six numbers with their best ticket.
Mr. Moyer, the facility's general manager, and Ms. Park, its care director ...
Aug 26, 2009, 11:45 pm - - Lottery News forum
Florida's newest lottery millionaire
33-year-old Dawna McAlpin doesn't seem phased by all the media attention she's receiving. In fact, she still has a hard time believing she's a millionaire.
It's still unbelievable. There's nothing you can say to describe it.
Florida Lottery officials presented McAlpin with her lotto winnings Wednesday morning at the Handi Mart Convenience store in Grand Ridge.
McAlpin bought the winning ticket there last week. She s also the store manager. She says she never thought she would win.
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Aug 26, 2009, 11:12 pm - - Lottery News forum
$260M Powerball lottery jackpot claimed by S.C. retiree
The wait is over to discover who won the massive $260 million Powerball multi-state lottery jackpot last Wednesday night.
This afternoon at a news conference held at the Lottery's Columbia claims center on Assembly Street, the lucky winner was revealed to be a retired South Carolina state employee who spent two bucks for Powerball tickets.
Solomon Jackson Jr., of Columbia, refused Tuesday to say much about himself or his plans, including whether he will take his winnings annually over thre ...
Aug 25, 2009, 3:49 pm - - Lottery News forum
