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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $16 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $16 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $12 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There was one second-prize winner from New York in Tuesday night's drawing for $175,000. Seven players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were: 18, 19, 21,
Oct 15, 2003, 3:40 am - Lottery News

$12 Million: Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls, 260,000+ Tickets WinNews Story
With two jackpot winners in the past two weeks, Mega Millions is on the grow once again. A total of 261,778 tickets in ten states won prizes in the Friday, October 10, 2003 drawing. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $10 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $12 million for the Tuesday, October 14, 2003 drawing.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 04-19-36-42-48 and the Mega Ball number was 13.Two tickets, both sold in Ohio, came extremely close to hi
Oct 13, 2003, 4:05 am - Lottery News

One winner in Mega MillionsNews Story
One ticket sold in New Jersey won Tuesday's multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $12 million, lottery officials said.There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing worth $175,000. Three of those winning tickets were sold in New York and one each in Georgia and Virginia.Twelve players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winning numbers from Tuesday night's drawing were: 1, 2, 22, 40 and 41. The Me
Oct 8, 2003, 4:47 am - Lottery News

Sergeants will give orders after an $89M lottery winNews Story
Danielle and Tirrell Moore have 150 million reasons to quit the Army and return to civilian life.The couple bought the winning ticket for the Mega Millions multistate lottery and won a $150 million jackpot while on leave from South Korea.They chose to receive a lump-sum payment of $88.9 million and now plan to ask the Army for releases.Tirrell Moore, 30, is a chemical decontamination specialist with the 520th Maintenance Company. His wife has served as a helicopter electronic technician with C C
Oct 3, 2003, 2:58 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winners: Dream wedding in the cardsNews Story
A U.S. soldier on leave from South Korea won a $150 million jackpot this week in a multistate lottery.Staff Sgt. Stephen Tirrell Moore, 30, was visiting his home in Fitzergald, Georgia, on a 30-day leave when he bought the winning ticket.Moore and his wife, Danielle, talked Friday to CNN Anchor Daryn Kagan from their hometown. Below is a partial transcript:KAGAN: Your husband is home on leave. And did you know he was out there buying lottery tickets?DANIELLE MOORE: Yes, I did actually, because h
Oct 3, 2003, 2:55 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner cool, but plans heat upNews Story
You can go a lot of places with $89 million, including the Shoney's in Fitzgerald.On Wednesday, Staff Sgt. Stephen Tirrell Moore became the largest jackpot winner in state history when his ticket matched all six numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing for a $150 million prize. The 30-year-old soldier picked the cash option -- worth $88.9 million before taxes.Moore, on a 30-day leave from his duties in South Korea, publicly announced his lottery windfall Thursday at the restaurant in the smal
Oct 3, 2003, 2:52 pm - Lottery News

Army sergeant wins $150 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Stephen Moore walked into a Flash Foods store in Fitzgerald and plunked down a dollar for a lottery ticket because he was tired of waiting outside in the cold while his brother and a friend shopped for snacks.The Army staff sergeant, stationed in South Korea, was a week into a 30-day leave. And even though he'd told friends before leaving for Fitzgerald that he'd win the lottery while he was home, he had never played the game seriously.On Wednesday, Moore became the largest jackpot winner in sta
Oct 2, 2003, 3:55 am - Lottery News

Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in south GeorgiaNews Story
A single player has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing.Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's drawing -- worth $150 million -- was sold in Fitzgerald, Ga., about 170 miles south of Atlanta.Besides the grand prize winner, nine players matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. They will receive second prizes of $175,000 each.Another 75 players matched four numbers, plus the Mega Ball number -- good for third prizes of $5,000.The win
Oct 1, 2003, 3:26 am - Lottery News

Jackpot has players dreaming bigNews Story
Tuesday's hefty Mega Millions payoff making ticket sales boomWhen the lottery prize gets high enough, Industrial Park Party Store owner Karim Kenaya goes from selling tickets to buying them.Sometime before Tuesday night's drawing of the Mega Millions numbers -- for a jackpot estimated at $150 million -- Kenaya will buy a batch of tickets at his Port Huron store and hope to strike it rich. He bought 60 tickets Friday when the jackpot reached $126 million. When it gets to big jackpots, you have to
Sep 30, 2003, 4:15 am - Lottery News

Navy Veteran Retires in Style With $175,000 Mega Millions WinNews Story
Paying off his mortgage, making travel plans, and relaxing in retirement -- these are what the future hold for Howard J. Downing of Belfair.Downing, who retired after 20 years of naval service in 1994, is the Washington Lottery's newest Mega Millions second-prize winner of $175,000. He received payment Monday of $131,250 after 25-percent federal tax withholding.Downing found out he was a big Lottery winner Saturday as he checked tickets at Randy's Short Stop in Belfair and purchased his tickets
Sep 30, 2003, 4:06 am - Lottery News