Lottery winner hangs self 7 years after collecting winNews Story
Seven years ago, Gerald Muswagon was all smiles as his troubled life took a fairy-tale turn when he won a $10 million lottery jackpot.On Sunday, Mr. Muswagon hanged himself in his parent's garage.It was a shocking end for a man who appeared to have the world at his fingertips, yet clearly never could grasp the instant fame and fortune he was handed through his lucky $2 Super 7 ticket. People are very upset, and this is all very surprising, said his cousin, Mike Muswagon. But he had been very d ...
Oct 5, 2005, 9:31 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

Jackpot lottery ticket: dying man's final giftNews Story
A woman who bought a lottery ticket at the urging of her dying father won almost $1 million the day he passed away.Yolanda Williams won the $979,440 prize after her father, Frank Reppa, sent her from his hospital room May 24 to go to a convenience store and buy a ticket. The two had always bought lottery tickets together. My father gave this to me, said Williams, 50, a retired custodian for the St. James City post office in Lee County on the Gulf Coast. 'It is a blessing and a gift. Williams tu ...
Jun 1, 2005, 7:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News forum

Powerball jackpot winner diesNews Story
Melvin Rhodes who won a big Powerball lottery jackpot four years ago has died in Maryville, Tennessee at 78.Rhodes was a part-time biscuit maker at a McDonald's in Clinton, Tennessee in April 2000 when he won the $80 million dollar jackpot on a ticket he bought in Kentucky.He lived his latter years in a mountaintop home overlooking Norris Lake.Melvin's son, Michael Rhodes, remembers the day of the big win. He come out there and said he'd won and I said, 'You're crazy, dad. You better go and che ...
Sep 29, 2004, 9:09 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

Founding Official of Maryland State Lottery DiesNews Story
Robert J. Laird, a founding official of the Maryland State Lottery who created some of the early games and directed its marketing and advertising, died of cancer Friday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. He was 75 and lived in the Wiltondale section of Towson.Born in Baltimore and raised in Govans and Rodgers Forge, he was a 1946 graduate of Loyola High School. After service in the Marine Corps, he earned a business degree from the Johns Hopkins University - where he was long active in alumni ...
Feb 13, 2004, 8:08 am - Todd - Lottery News forum