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Fort Lauderdale trucker hits the jackpotNews Story
Florida's newest millionaire is a Fort Lauderdale truck driver, a habitual lottery player whose stepdaughter figures the $1 million in winnings may just get him even. He's been buying them his whole life. This is just all the money he's spent on them, said Kandice Marks, whose stepfather, Donald Ritacco, was driving back from Tallahassee on Monday.Ritacco, 48, bought his $10 ticket for the Florida Lottery's $1,000,000 Cash Spectacular scratch-off game Thursday at a Marathon gas station on Sta
Dec 16, 2003, 5:35 am - Lottery News

Punter wins $30 million jackpotNews Story
A punter from the NSW far north coast is $30 million (US$22.3 million) richer after winning the entire first division in last night's Powerball - the equal-biggest lottery win in Australia. (Editor: Australian Powerball, not the US multi-state Powerball)But NSW Lotteries said the ticket holder from the coastal town of Yamba, who won the major prize with a $12.70 (US$9.43) computer-generated ticket, wanted to remain anonymous.Last night's win follows the first - and controversial - $30 million P
Dec 12, 2003, 6:02 am - Lottery News

It can happen... from broke to lots of bucksNews Story
James Gatzke was struggling with depression, and living off handouts and charity, with only his seven cats for company, when he hit the jackpot.Three weeks ago, the unemployed 44-year-old was eating beef stew out of a can, and scraping by on food and cash donations from neighbours and charities.His water and power supply had long been cut off, he hadn't worked since August when he was laid off from his job as a cab driver, and he hadn't bathed in months. All I wanted for Christmas was to have di
Dec 11, 2003, 4:59 am - Lottery News

Woman says rude customer led to windfallNews Story
A New Milford, Connecticut supermarket cashier says a rude customer turned out to be worth $25,000 to her.Loretta Morris says a disgruntled customer who asked for a $5 scratch-off lottery ticket last Tuesday told her to stick the ticket when he was asked for an ID.Morris says she took the ticket back and at the end of her shift, she decided to just buy the ticket instead of putting it back and having a loose ticket in the store.She took it home and after scratching off the little present and C
Dec 10, 2003, 7:20 am - Lottery News

$4 million winner lays low after jackpotNews Story
Luck runs in the Davis family, but the way its Lottery winners keep quiet, you probably wouldn't know it.Edward Davis of Ashland, Massachusetts has been lying low since hitting a $4 million Lottery jackpot Friday, but he bought a round of drinks for everyone at the American Legion James O. Carey Post No. 77, where he scored his winning ticket. I've been a nervous wreck. I haven't slept in three days, Davis said.Davis, who is wary of media interviews, said his brother was a $2 million winner fiv
Dec 2, 2003, 4:34 am - Lottery News

McDonald's janitor wins $3 million, but won't quit night shift jobNews Story
A janitor who won $3 million in the lottery doesn't plan to quit his night shift job at McDonald's.Kissun Lal of Burnaby, B.C., discovered that he'd won in Wednesday's Lotto 6-49 draw when he picked up a copy of the newspaper near the end of his shift. Everyone at work told me to go home right away, but I wanted to finish my shift, said Lal Thursday as he picked up his cheque. I did dventually go home and calmly made some coffee, had a shower and waited for my family to wake up. When his daught
Nov 28, 2003, 6:27 am - Lottery News

Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prizeNews Story
The Chicago area's garbage strike was a nuisance for many, but now it smells sweet to two lottery winners who had mistakenly thrown their $10.5 million ticket in the trash.Chicago resident Ezekiel Zeek Garnett, 27, and his sister, Karen, 24, bought an Illinois Lotto ticket Oct. 4 in Niles but threw it out without checking the numbers. Their mother then heard that a ticket sold in Niles was a winner, and she checked the trash with her daughter.Thanks to the nine-day garbage strike last month, t
Nov 28, 2003, 6:23 am - Lottery News

Powerball winners have cause for thanksNews Story
The lottery-winning Holdingford lunch ladies have lots to be thankful for this year.Armed with recipes, the women are ready for the holidays. The 16 Holdingford school district employees won half of a $190.9 million Powerball jackpot in October. Since then, they've traveled to Hollywood, but they hope to have a relaxing Thanksgiving closer to home.Fifteen of the 16 opted to take the single-payment cash option, which was worth $2.1 million apiece after taxes. The other was still deciding between
Nov 28, 2003, 6:12 am - Lottery News

$10.5 mil. ticket rescued from trashNews Story
It appears that stinky, pesky garbage strike in Chicago last month wasn't so bad for everyone.For one Chicago family the strike was worth $10.5 million -- thanks to a misplaced lottery ticket and the piling-up garbage.Lottery officials said they will announce today that the winners of the Oct. 4 Illinois Lotto drawing -- a brother and sister from Chicago -- almost lost their ticket when they accidentally tossed it into the trash. Lucky for them, their mother found the ticket in the garbage, stil
Nov 26, 2003, 4:26 am - Lottery News

Longtime Florida Lotto Player Finally Hits $6 Million JackpotNews Story
I was crying and laughing, and my knees went weak when I realized I had won - Margaret Ann Welch, Florida Lotto Jackpot WinnerA custodian for the Brevard County School Board, who's been playing Florida Lotto since it started 15 years ago, today claimed the estimated $6 million Lotto jackpot from the Saturday, Nov. 15 drawing.Margaret Ann Welch, 50 of Cocoa, traveled to Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee this morning to collect her prize. She could have received her winnings in 30 annual inst
Nov 21, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News