Florida Lottery will not honor misprint scratch-off jackpot
She thought she won $250,000 in the lottery, but the lottery said it's not paying. The lottery said what appeared to be a winning ticket was a misprint.Tina Coley buys her scratch off tickets at the same store every week. She said she almost had a heart attack when she matched a number for a quarter of a million dollars. But the Florida Lottery said the ticket is a misprint and Coley's only entitled to $20.Coley and her family raise German Shepherds. They have enough puppies to keep them smiling ...
Jul 29, 2005, 11:03 pm - - Lottery News forum
Handyman wins Florida Lotto jackpot
It's official: Jack Murray is the luckiest man in Englewood, Florida.Murray, a 43-year-old Rotonda West handyman, claimed an estimated $12 million Florida Lotto jackpot this week.According to Florida Lottery officials, who made the announcement Wednesday, Murray chose to take his winnings in a one-time lump sum. That means he pocketed $7,616.592.95.Murray bought the winning ticket at the Publix on Placida Road in Cape Haze Saturday afternoon, said Lillian Murray, Jack's mother. He chose his numb ...
Jun 9, 2005, 12:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. gets lottery advice from Georgia, Florida
Even as a gaming advocate, Steve Geller offers a bit of caution as North Carolina considers sanctioning a state lottery don't promise too much.Geller's home state of Florida has shipped $14 billion in lottery profits to a state education trust fund since the lottery's 1988 beginning.But it hasn't been nearly enough to escape the sort of criticisms that have come with lotteries nationwide, especially ones intended to help pay for education initiatives. It will help education, but it will never ...
Jun 6, 2005, 10:27 am - - Lottery News forum
One Florida Lotto ticket wins $12 million jackpot
One lucky Florida resident in the Cape Haze area woke up Sunday morning and realized they now had a few extra dollars available to buy the little things, and maybe even a few big things.The winning $12 million Florida Lottery ticket was sold at the Publix in Cape Haze, 8725 Placida Road.The six winning numbers for Saturday's drawing were 09-11-16-22-44-52. Unfortunately, no one has come forward, yet, said Nick DiGregorio, the grocery manager at the store.The store gets a printout which tells th ...
Jun 6, 2005, 8:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Jackpot lottery ticket: dying man's final gift
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 - - Lottery News forum
New Florida lottery law increases prizes
Florida lottery players soon will rake in more dough when they win games such as Lotto, Mega Money and Fantasy 5, thanks to a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jeb Bush. Bush, an outspoken critic of gambling, and state lottery officials are betting that the higher payouts will boost ticket sales for the games, similar to a measure passed three years ago that doubled the sales of scratch-off games.Higher sales should mean more money for education, which is the stated purpose of the new law. A ...
May 29, 2005, 10:01 am - - Lottery News forum
Birthdays Pay Off Big For Tampa Man
Manuel Pena gladly took his lumps.Pena, a handyman, took a one- time lump sum payment of $342,244.50 after winning the May 13 drawing of Mega Money.Pena, 51, of Tampa plans to buy a new truck, invest in real estate and spend his winings on family. He used birthdays of family members to choose the winning numbers.He purchased the winning ticket at the Publix in Hillsborough Plaza. Pena's wife entered a 7-Eleven store to check on the numbers. She called her husband with the surprising news, a Flor ...
May 20, 2005, 12:21 pm - - Lottery News forum
One Florida Lotto Ticket Wins $3 million Jackpot
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of North Miami, officials said.A total of 74 tickets matched five numbers to win $4,875.50; 4,404 tickets matched four numbers for $66.50; and 85,817 tickets matched three numbers for $4.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 5-10-16-21-47-53.
May 16, 2005, 10:06 am - - Lottery News forum
$10 Million Florida Lottery Jackpot Still Unclaimed
Look under the car seats and check the pockets on those pants that haven't been worn in weeks.Perhaps crumpled up somewhere is a discarded Florida Lottery Quick Pick ticket worth $10 million. It contains the winning numbers from a drawing on New Year's Day: 11-21-32-35-42-46.The Circle K store on Morris Bridge Road in Thonotosassa sold the winning ticket.But if the owner doesn't claim the winnings by midnight on June 30, the ticket won't be worth a nickel. This happens quite a bit, said Jacquel ...
May 6, 2005, 12:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Lottery winner ties the knot once again
Robert Swofford Jr., winner of a $60 million Florida Lotto jackpot, re-married his first wife, after his second wife dumped him when he won the big prize.Swofford's second wife, Ann, filed for divorce after he hit the jackpot in November. She walked away with more than $5 million of Swofford's $34.7 million lump-sum payout.Now Ann's sister, Mary Lackey, is suing Swofford for child support.Swofford fathered children by both women in 1993 while still married to his first wife, Sharon.Swofford was ...
Mar 14, 2005, 10:03 am - - Lottery News forum
