National Lottery win turned couple into benefits cheats, says judge
Brian and Wendy Rushin had lived blameless lives until they won the money in 2002 and became misers .
They were so protective of their wealth that they saved it in an array of accounts and used it only once, to buy a new fridge.
Mr. Rushin, 74, and his wife, 72, also continued to claim housing and council tax benefits, taking thousands of pounds they were no longer entitled to over three years.
The pair were facing prison after admitting a string of fraud charges at Leicester Magistrate ...
Apr 27, 2009, 10:30 am - - Lottery News forum
'Team effort' leads to winning lottery ticket
Adam and Mandy Clark discovered they had an unplanned $350,000 tax bill on April 15, and they're thrilled.
That's because they get to keep the other $650,000 from the $1 million winning lottery ticket they purchased on Tax Day at the Ole's Country Store in East Missoula. The couple validated their ticket in Helena on Friday morning.
We're excited to get our first home and put some money aside for our daughter's college, and some for retirement, Adam said on the phone from the Montana Lott ...
Apr 26, 2009, 12:14 pm - - Lottery News forum
Maryland lottery pays out big in Pick 4 game
The Thursday Pick 4 midday drawing results of 1-0-2-0 paid out more than $1.5 million in prizes, according to the Maryland Lottery.
That's 5 times as much as players spent on Pick 4 tickets for the drawing. The lottery sold $289,723 in tickets for the drawing and rewarded $1.5 million in prizes.
In addition, the past two days have been very exciting for Pick 4 players. Add in this week's Tuesday and Wednesday evening drawings, and Pick 4 players have received almost $3 million in prizes fr ...
Apr 24, 2009, 1:15 pm - - Lottery News forum
Michigan Lottery winner gives prize to charity
A Kalamazoo-area man who won $10,000 in the Michigan Lottery's Club Keno game has donated his winnings to a charity.
Soon after winning the money on March 11, Jim Dancy of Richland decided others needed it more than he did. So he gave it all to the Greater Kalamazoo United Way.
I was heavily influenced by my close friend Julie, who taught me to think of others first, and to stop and think about what life is really about. I know the needs in the community are great right now, so for me it ...
Apr 19, 2009, 9:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Unemployed woman gets lotto winnings after 4 years
An unemployed woman who won $1 million in a Maine State Lottery game has collected her winnings four years after she bought the scratch ticket in a store that's since burned down.
Brenda Ripton told the Central Maine Morning Sentinel that she had received her $700,000 check from the lottery on Thursday.
Ripton had just learned two days earlier that she won the million-dollar prize in the Texas Hold 'em game. The government took the rest of her winnings for taxes.
Ripton said both she an ...
Apr 19, 2009, 8:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Florida Lottery winner opens nude dude ranch
You've heard of nude beaches, but how about a nude dude ranch?
A multi-million-dollar lottery winner in Florida is riling some by opening up his own. Tim Clements hit a $3.3 million jackpot in 2004, and wanted to return to the farm life he grew up in.
Clements, 50, became fed up with strangers asking him for money in Ormond Beach, Florida, so he bought a secluded ranch on the other side of the state.
He and David Jennings, co-owner of the ranch, say the farm is secluded enough to be in ...
Apr 19, 2009, 8:13 am - - Lottery News forum
Man plays same number on 20 lottery tickets, wins $90K
A North Carolina man has a knack for picking the winning number for Virginia Lottery drawings.
The Virginia Lottery said Wednesday that Steve Granger of Henderson, N.C., won $90,800 in Sunday night's Pick 4 drawing by playing the same number combination, 5-1-1-7, on 20 tickets.
Sixteen tickets each won $5,000 because Granger wagered exact order on them. The other four tickets each won $2,700 because he wagered 50/50 on them.
Granger said if he has a feeling about a number, he'll play it ...
Apr 16, 2009, 9:57 pm - - Lottery News forum
Nevada woman hits $33 million jackpot at casino
A woman who had planned to spend a quiet Easter at home is $33 million richer after hitting the second largest Megabucks jackpot in history at a Nevada casino.
Slot machine maker International Game Technology says 38-year-old Rachael Renee Romanick hit the jackpot Sunday night at Terrible's Rail City in Sparks.
Romanick says a friend persuaded her to join him at the casino that night. She says she had been playing the machine for about 10 minutes when she landed the big prize.
The large ...
Apr 15, 2009, 9:50 am - - Lottery News forum
Million-dollar winner remains frugal after windfall
You often hear about money-crazed lottery winners going out and blowing their big wad of money on wild, over-the-top stuff.
But not Tiffany Weightman, the lucky, level-headed Murfreesboro lady who won a cool million with a scratch-off lottery ticket at a Mapco Express just about a month ago.
When you dream about winning a million dollars, you say I'm going to have a mansion and I'm going to get a BMW and all that, but when you win, it's reality,'' she said.
You realize that all of tha ...
Mar 31, 2009, 8:52 pm - - Lottery News forum
19-year-old from N.Y. wins $1M lottery prize
Albion, New York, native Brittanie DeClerck dreams of owning her own pet shop someday; a dream she now wants to make real with part of the $1,000,000 top prize she won on an Emerald 8s scratch off ticket from the New York Lottery.
The 19-year-old former dog groomer said she looks forward to seeing her dream come true.
We all have our dream jobs, but not everyone gets to see that dream come true, said the future entrepreneur. This is my chance to make it happen.
DeClerck credits her gr ...
Mar 18, 2009, 3:21 pm - - Lottery News forum
