Special combinations nearly abandoned, then win $250,000
By Kate Northrop
A North Carolina man won a $250,000 Powerball prize using a set of family lottery numbers he nearly stopped playing just weeks before the big win.
A North Carolina lottery player used the same numbers for years before he almost gave up on them, but he is sure glad he didn't.
James Mosley of High Shoals had been playing the same combination of family birthdays for years when he recently found himself ready to call it quits.
"I've played the same numbers for years and three weeks ago I thought about stopping but my wife convinced me not to," Mosley laughed with North Carolina Lottery officials.
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.
The Holiday Millionaire Raffle is underway in Kansas, giving players in the state their best odds at winning $1 million before the end of the holiday season.
Lottery players across the state of Maryland have collectively hit it big after one week of wins valued at $10,000 and more resulted in a massive total payout of $29.5 million.
