Michigan $42M lottery winner to claim jackpot today
Winner will take the full annuity payout
The owner of a winning $42 million Mega Millions ticket, sold at a Macomb County, Michigan, liquor store, is expected to show up at Lottery headquarters Friday to collect the fortune.
Lottery officials are being tight-lipped about the winner's identity, and won't even disclose if it's a man or a woman. The mystery person or persons will be revealed Friday at a news conference.
The winner may do something almost unheard of: receive the money in in ...
Oct 10, 2008, 8:02 am - - Lottery News forum
GA family incorporates before claiming lottery jackpot
Carrollton lottery winners 'won't be buying any Porsches'
Frank Mack Skinner's family regularly bought Georgia lottery tickets to contribute to the HOPE Scholarship fund.
But after claiming the $133 million lottery jackpot Thursday, they plan to use the winnings to pay for education for more of his family members.
We bought the tickets primarily to help kids go to college, Skinner said from his kitchen Thursday night. Now, we're going to make sure the lives of our grandkids and future ...
Sep 19, 2008, 10:59 am - - Lottery News forum
Maryland Mega Millions lottery winner claims prize anonymously
A 49-year-old woman and her daughter came to Maryland Lottery headquarters Monday carrying a locked safe. Inside was the $24 million Mega Millions winning ticket from last Tuesday's drawing.
As she sat hugging her oversized check, the winner told Lottery officials her story.
The winner almost didn't purchase the ticket that ultimately made her a multi-millionaire.
I went to the store to play a $5 Quick Pick ticket, she told Lottery officials. After running the $5 playslip through the t ...
Sep 15, 2008, 6:02 pm - - Lottery News forum
Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Maryland
A single ticket has won the grand prize in the Tuesday evening Mega Millions lottery drawing.
Lottery officials say the winning ticket from Tuesday night's drawing worth $24 million was sold in Baltimore, Md.
Maryland Lottery Director Buddy Roogow says the ticket was sold at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday at Carroll Station, a convenience store. Coincidentally, the store is about four blocks from the lottery headquarters.
The identify of the winning ticket holder is not known. Roogow says the player ...
Sep 10, 2008, 1:18 pm - - Lottery News forum
Lottery winner still a mystery in Georgia
The winner of Friday night's $132 million Mega Millions jackpot still hadn't shown up at Georgia Lottery headquarters by closing time Tuesday.
Lottery spokeswoman Tandi Reddick said at 4:45 p.m. that the holder of the winning ticket, sold in Mableton in south Cobb County, had not yet come forward.
While lottery players have 180 days to cash in winning tickets, recent winners of huge jackpots have rarely waited more than a day or two to collect their money.
In February, Robert Harris and ...
Sep 2, 2008, 7:15 pm - - Lottery News forum
Winning $125M Mega Millions ticket sold in New Jersey
Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's Mega Millions lottery drawing worth $125 million was sold in New Jersey.
It was not immediately known what town in New Jersey the winning ticket was sold.
In addition to the grand prize winner, eight tickets matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number: 3 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia.
Each second prize ticket is worth $250,000, except the Ca ...
Jul 23, 2008, 10:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Ohio winner of $196M lottery jackpot claims prize anonymously
The $196 million lottery prize for a Mega Millions ticket sold in the Clermont County village of Amelia in May was claimed Friday by a lawyer on behalf of an undisclosed client.
The ticket was submitted for The Anthony Trust, said a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery.
The name of the winner is known to Ohio officials, who will check for possible unpaid child support or unpaid state taxes, said Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane.
An exception to the Ohio Public Records Act means state ...
Jun 27, 2008, 10:21 pm - - Lottery News forum
$57M Mega Millions lottery winner is sex offender with criminal past
Fred Topous, the Kent City man who just won $57 million in the Mega Millions lottery, is a registered sex offender with a criminal past.
A co-worker describes Topous as a man who turned his life around and would do anything for a friend.
Topous, 45, previously served time for larceny in Grand Traverse County. He's also been imprisoned on a weapons offense, unlawfully driving away in a vehicle, and forced-entry burglary. The burglary charge is from the 1980s.
He's also on the Michigan S ...
Jun 20, 2008, 8:01 am - - Lottery News forum
Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $56M sold in Michigan
Unusual California payouts will award more to 3rd place winner than to 2nd place
Outside Party World in suburban Grand Rapids, a sign went up Saturday proclaiming that the store sold a ticket worth $56 million in the latest Mega Millions drawing.
Manager Dave Castor said he's especially pleased that the jackpot-winning ticket was sold in economically struggling Michigan, whose jobless rate is among the nation's highest.
We just can't wait to find out who is the winner, Castor said. We' ...
Jun 15, 2008, 2:18 pm - - Lottery News forum
$196M Ohio lottery winner trying to claim anonymously?
The winner of the $196 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in Ohio last week hasn't stepped forward yet, but there are indications that he or she might want to remain anonymous.
Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Jeannie Roberts said Thursday that the lottery has received inquiries about how to claim the prize through a blind trust. Having a lawyer set up such a trust would shield the winner's name from public release.
But Roberts cautioned that the winning ticket has not yet been produced, an ...
May 27, 2008, 9:28 am - - Lottery News forum
