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Illinois man celebrates Valentine's Day with $1 million lottery win three days after breakupNews Story
A date with Lady Luck three days after heartbreak By Kate Northrop On what he assumed would be a lonely Valentine's Day after having just gone through a breakup, an Illinois man is instead celebrating the holiday with a $1 million lottery win. Heartbreak was in the cards for one Illinois man, who was posed to spend Valentine's Day without a date after splitting from his girlfriend. However, he's hit the jackpot with Lady Luck this year, raking in a $1 million lottery prize three da
Feb 14, 2024, 11:53 am - Lottery News

N.C. doctor to use $757,000 lottery win to support his campaign for U.S. Congress seatNews Story
A North Carolina man who won $757,000 in the lottery last week said he plans to spend part of it in his already-declared campaign for a seat in the U.S. Congress. Dr. Josh McConkey, a physician and colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, bought using a ticket using Online Play, matching all five balls in the Cash 5 drawing for a $1.5 million jackpot, according to a Monday news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery. McConkey, of Apex, split the jackpot with another lucky ticket
Feb 13, 2024, 8:02 am - Lottery News

Trucker drove to Texas only to find out that he won $1M in Virginia Lottery's Millionaire RaffleNews Story
Time to plan a return trip! By Kate Northrop A Virginia trucker drove all the way to Texas only to find out there that he was holding onto a winning ticket worth $1 million for the Virginia Lottery's New Year's Millionaire Raffle. Berhane Meharena didn't check his Virginia Lottery raffle ticket until he was in Texas, and it was there that he discovered that he would have to drive all the way back to Virginia to claim it not a bad tradeoff. He was in his truck when he decided to c
Feb 6, 2024, 10:46 am - Lottery News

Arkansas woman will use $1 million lottery prize to buy headstone for her sonNews Story
Grandmother says her grandchildren will love her a lot more now By Kate Northrop An Arkansas woman will be able to cross off several top priority action items on her to-do list with the $1 million prize she won in the lottery, including purchasing a headstone for her son. One grandmother was skeptical that she'd win the lottery even as she handed over the money to buy her ticket, but she's singing a different tune now that she has a check for $1 million from the Arkansas Lottery in h
Feb 5, 2024, 6:47 pm - Lottery News

30 Kentucky middle school employees win $1M Powerball prize, hid lottery ticket in math textbookNews Story
By Kate Northrop A group of 30 middle school employees carpooled to the Kentucky Lottery after the final school bell rang on Tuesday to collect their $1 million Powerball prize. 30 educators from a Boone County middle school regrouped after work to collect the $1 million Powerball prize they won in the Jan. 27 drawing and showed up at Lottery headquarters in high spirits. The group calls themselves the Jones 30, named after the Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence that brought t
Feb 3, 2024, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Two Massachusetts lottery winners claim $1 million prizes in same game 25 minutes apartNews Story
Might as well take the photo together! By Kate Northrop Two Massachusetts lottery players bumped into each other while they each claimed a $1 million prize from the same game within 25 minutes of each other. Less than half an hour apart on Fri., Jan. 26, two lottery winners stopped by Massachusetts Lottery headquarters in Dorchester to independently claim a $1 million prize from the same scratch-off game. It was an unplanned occurrence, but it was momentous enough for the two pla
Feb 2, 2024, 7:17 am - Lottery News

Father buys winning $1 million lottery ticket while wife waits in hospital with newbornNews Story
Casual lottery player becomes father of two and millionaire in one day By Kate Northrop A data analyst became a father of two and a millionaire in one day after he bought a $1 million (US$747,045) winning lottery ticket while his wife waited at the hospital with their newborn. A Canadian man decided to buy some lottery tickets at a nearby retailer while his wife and newborn waited to leave the hospital, and it resulted in a $1 million prize. Ian Dupre, 37, and his wife left the h
Feb 1, 2024, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Illinois man runs back into store to give owner a hug after winning $3 million in the lotteryNews Story
That guy is going to win someday. By Kate Northrop An Illinois man who won $3 million in the lottery while sitting in his car deliberately ran back into the store he bought his winning ticket at to give the owner a big hug. An Illinois man with a big heart won a big prize in the Illinois Lottery last week, finally scooping up a $3 million prize on a scratch-off after years of trying. Having just helped welcome his new grandson into the world, the lottery pri ze was the second wo
Jan 30, 2024, 10:41 am - Lottery News

Lottery player lets wife scratch off ticket he already knew was a $100K winnerNews Story
The winner said his wife about broke my neck grabbing my neck and screaming so hard! A St. Louis County man let his wife scratch off a $100,000 winner after he already figured out the ticket was a big winner, the Missouri Lottery said. According to a press release from the Missouri Lottery, an unnamed lottery winner decided to stop by the Schnucks at 15425 Manchester Road in Ballwin to buy a $100 Million Cash Bonanza scratch-off ticket he has played before. He normally brings the unscra
Jan 23, 2024, 9:12 am - Lottery News

Michigan man wins $200K Powerball prize after playing his kids' birthdays numbersNews Story
While most parents see their kids as lucky charms, this dad has the proof to back it up. Michigan resident James Allen is up $200,000 after using his children's birthdays as lottery numbers and winning. Allen told the Michigan Lottery that he first believed he had only won $50,000. However, he soon realized the prize money was four times that. The Powerball's Power Play had multiplied his winnings. I checked my ticket and went to bed thinking I had won $50,000 because I forgot about the
Jan 22, 2024, 7:55 am - Lottery News