Lottery enthusiasts relive the shock of winning twice
By Kate Northrop
An Ohio couple who played the lottery together for years bought a $50 ticket on a whim and watched it pay off to the tune of $15 million, the greatest win they've ever shared.
After having played the lottery together for years, one Ohio couple purchased a $50 scratch-off ticket that turned out to be the game's top-prize winner of $15 million.
While visiting a Circle K on Chestnut Street in Ravenna, the anonymous woman picked out a ticket from the Ohio Lottery's "50th Anniversary" scratch-off game.
Former Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief appeared in a Travis County courtroom on Friday, as state officials continue to hash out the results of a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot purchasing event.
A group of Pennsylvania small business owners are urging their fellow lottery retailers to boycott Pennsylvania Lottery sales after the state's recent removal of skill games left them scrambling to make up lost revenue.
A Jamaican national has been sentenced to time in federal prison for his role in a years-long lottery telemarketing scam that preyed on at least 115 people.
The Ohio Lottery is due for a major upgrade to its gaming technology and machines this month, which will replace over 90,000 pieces of lottery equipment statewide.
A UK man didn't believe his wife had won £1 million (US$1.3 million) in the lottery considering she had just pranked him with a fake win two weeks earlier.
A Michigan woman had never played the lottery before in her life, but her first ticket, which she received as a gift, was all it took for her to win a $500,000 prize.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is urging a mystery lottery winner to come forward before a $40 million (US$28 million) Lotto Max jackpot slips away at the end of the month.
