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$3M lottery win is ticket to retirementNews Story
Plumber from Denville can quit after 40 years, thanks to wife's lucrative Pick 6 Lotto purchaseAnytime Robert Hanson noticed that his wife, Karen, had purchased lottery tickets, he asked her the same question. Do I have to go to work tomorrow? asked Robert, a plumber for more than 40 years.Karen's answer was always yes. But not anymore.As of Nov. 3, Karen Hanson's lottery habit has her husband on his way to early retirement.The Hansons, Denville residents for more than 30 years, are the lates
Nov 20, 2003, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

Passing through, worker hits lottery for $100,000 at mallNews Story
With the holidays around the corner, everyone is looking for a little extra cash.One man from Hershey found it at a lottery dealer at the Schuylkill Mall on Oct. 3 and collected his winnings Thursday.David A. Irwin was making his final delivery of the day for Hess Trucking to the Dollar General at the mall last month when he decided to grab a bite to eat.I was headed for the Italian restaurant in the mall, and as I was walking by the lottery dealer, I remembered that I had some winning instant t
Nov 19, 2003, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Indiana Resident Claims $12 Million Powerball JackpotNews Story
A Muncie, Indiana man got the call of a lifetime recently.On the other end was a store clerk who told James Allen that he won a 12-point-eight million-dollar Powerball jackpot.Allen claimed his prize yesterday from a drawing held nearly two weeks ago, on November fifth.Allen says he lets his tickets accumulate and drops them off at a retailer to have the clerk scan for winners. He returns later to collect any prize money.Lottery officials say the clerk could have claimed the winning ticket with
Nov 18, 2003, 5:08 am - Lottery News

Michigan Man Claims Share of $70 Million Mega Millions JackpotNews Story
A Battle Creek, Michigan man has claimed his share of the November 11th $70 million Mega Millions jackpot.In Ro held one of three Mega Millions tickets to correctly match all six winning numbers in the Tuesday drawing -- good for a $23.3 million share of the prize.Ro opted to collect his prize in one lump-sum payment of $13,333,343, the present cash value of the jackpot prize before taxes, state lottery officials said Friday.He bought the winning ticket at the Centre Street Shell station in the
Nov 14, 2003, 8:27 pm - Lottery News

Airman Returned From Iraq Wins LotteryNews Story
An airman in the Pennsylvania National Guard, who served in the war in Iraq, is $100,000 richer, and he credits the number 13 for his winnings. I'm not superstitious at all. It's a coincidence that catches the eye, Dave Irwin said.It's a coincidence that has paid off for Dave, his wife, Brenda; 5-year-old daughter Cheyne; and 2-year old daughter Carly. Irwin finished 18 months of active duty with the Pennsylvania National Guard in late September, service that included two months on a classified
Nov 14, 2003, 4:50 am - Lottery News

Georgia man hits the Mega Millions jackpot twiceNews Story
A Georgia man held two of three winning tickets for a $70 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, good for a cash option prize of $26.6 million before taxes, lottery officials said.Stephen Cooke of Roswell, Georgia, a recently hired bus driver by Fulton County, said Wednesday that he didn't realize until he went to claim the prize that he had double-purchased the winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing.Cooke will share the $70 million jackpot with the owner of another Mega Millions ticket purchased
Nov 13, 2003, 5:31 am - Lottery News

NJ Woman Wins Cash 5 JackpotNews Story
A winning lottery ticket from the One Stop Shoppe on Corkery Lane landed a Monroe Township woman the claims to the Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot.Joan O'Brien played the birthdates of her children for a year in the state's Jersey Cash 5 game and on Oct. 29 it paid off.According to lottery Executive Director Virginia S. Bauer, O'Brien was the lone winner in the Oct. 29 drawing. Her prize was $166,152 --minus the 25 percent federal withholding tax. The winning numbers were: 01, 09, 20, 26 and 27.Since its
Nov 13, 2003, 5:24 am - Lottery News

California Man Hits Big-Spin Pay-DirtNews Story
Ricky Rehberg always knew playing lottery scratch-offs would pay off.The Hayward resident, who said he has been playing scratch-off tickets for about 16 years, won $120,000 on the California Lottery's Big Spin television program that aired Saturday. It was so amazing. Something like this has never happened to me, Rehberg said.Rehberg, 49, actually won the money on the show a couple of months ago, but the program took a while to air, he said. Since then, he has paid off bills, bought new furnitu
Nov 13, 2003, 5:16 am - Lottery News

Former police chief wins millions in lotteryNews Story
After 20 years of buying lottery tickets with the same pre-selected numbers, Glenn Phenicie's casual decision on Friday to buy a Maryland Lotto ticket with computer-generated random numbers netted him a $3.4 million payoff.Phenicie, a retired Waynesboro, Pennsylvania police chief, opted to take his winnings in an annuity, which will pay out $95,200 annually after taxes over the next 25 years. He estimates he'll get about $80,000 a year after taxes.Phenicie and his wife, Valerie, claimed their Lo
Nov 12, 2003, 4:16 am - Lottery News

Savannah Couple Wins $50 MillionNews Story
All of us have probably dreamed of winning the lottery. You have a 1 in 135 million chance in winning the big Mega Millions jackpot. But somebody's got to win it, like Richard and Robin Mika of Savannah. They won the Mega Millions jackpot this summer: $50 million. I bought a carton of cigarettes, there was $4 left, so I bought four tickets, recalled Richard. He bought those tickets at the 7-11 on Derenne Avenue and later that day found out he was the sole winner of the jackpot. What would d
Nov 6, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News