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Reporter investigates Internet lottery scamNews Story
Editor's Note: The Lottery Post staff continually receives e-mails from people who are trying to trace the company that has sent an e-mail about a big win in a Internet lottery. Be warned: if you supply your banking details you may end up poorer than before your mysterious windfall. Police caution strongly that you should never agree to meet these con artists. The following article appears as-written in the online magazine, Expatica.On receipt of an e-mail from an Internet scam outfit, the
Jul 15, 2005, 9:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon man wins $8.2 million Megabucks jackpot after a decade of playingNews Story
Lucky winner hits jackpot after ten dedicated years By Kate Northrop An Oregon man hit an $8.2 million Megabucks jackpot after ten years of playing the game. Ray Jones of Lake Oswego dedicated himself to the idea of someday winning a Megabucks jackpot, and after finally hitting one worth $8.2 million, he can rest easy. It happened after he purchased the winning ticket at 7-Eleven on Capitol Highway in Portland. Jones matched all six numbers in the Megabucks drawing on Wednesd
Jun 10, 2023, 6:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

German €10 million lottery winner buys pet alligatorNews Story
Winner who replaced girlfriend with luxury cars and penthouses has spent half of his winnings By Kate Northrop A German lottery winner who won 10 million (US$10.4 million) in the lottery has spent half of his prize on a variety of luxuries, such as sportscars, penthouses, and of course, a pet alligator. Kursat Chico Yildirim, 42, of Dortmund, Germany, originally made headlines for winning the lottery and subsequently dumping his girlfriend for a brand-new Ferrari. His anonymous e
Mar 13, 2023, 12:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

El Gordo doles out €2.5 billion in Spain's annual Christmas lotteryNews Story
By Kate Northrop The famous Spanish Christmas lottery, El Gordo (The Fat One) has once again lived up to its name, awarding a pot of holiday joy across the country in the form of 2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) in prizes. On Thursday, the world sat by and watched while El Gordo dished out billions of euros to lucky winners throughout Spain. Ibrahim Cante, a musician from Gambia, had spent the last five years trekking across countries in Africa before crossing the Mediterranean by boat
Dec 24, 2022, 12:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon looking for new incentives after vaccine lottery fails to increase vaccination ratesReply
I thought I had won the big time when they were offering a krispy creme donut for getting a vaccine. I was like Yeah!! I can save grandma and get diabetes at the same time!!! But then I felt gypped when I learned I could have gotten a hamburger or shack shake too. But then they were offering marijuana joints and that is so groovy, but I had already eaten my sandwich so now I was pissed because i missed out on the munchies. Then I heard I could get a scholarship to college, just for getting th
Jul 11, 2021, 10:03 pm - JeetKuneDoLotto - Lottery News

French lottery operator stock price surges after $2.1 billion IPONews Story
Includes video report Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) SAEM shares soared as much as 20% after the French lottery operator raised about 1.89 billion euros (US$2.1 billion) in the country's largest initial public offering since the 2005 sale of power producer Electricite de France SA. The government sold 52% of the company at the top of the marketed price range for institutional investors. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire hailed a spectacular success that boosts the appeal of Paris as a financial ce
Nov 24, 2019, 8:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

New York Lottery awards $26.6 million in prize checks to 3 big winnersNews Story
Three lucky New Yorkers came forward to receive their winnings Wednesday as they became the state's newest lottery millionaires. The New York Lottery distributed $26.6 million in prize checks at its customer service center in Manhattan. The biggest prize went to 42-year-old Kimberly To-Mejia of Staten Island, who was the sole winner of the $11.6 million jackpot from the September 22 Lotto drawing. She said she normally plays Powerball and Mega Millions but playing a different game paid
Nov 11, 2018, 8:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

NJ man claims $315.3 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Tayeb Souami was all smiles Friday as New Jersey lottery officials announced that he was the winner of the $315.3 million Powerball jackpot won in May. My day has come, the 55-year-old accountant told a crowd during a lottery presentation Friday. Hopefully one day it will come for you too. He added that he did work for a food importing company, but has quit his job since winning the jackpot. The Little Ferry native elected to take the cash payout, meaning he will receive $183.2 millio
Jun 8, 2018, 3:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News

7 arrested in Georgia Lottery winner's murderReply
Well first of all, look who is being spoken about. Do the majority of the 7 people in the photo look like normal people? Everything from hair-dos to facial expressions, to why they're in the photograph in the first place, to knowing what we all know of what they're capable. How did they learn all those behaviors? Now, if we were to bet how many of the males shown in the mug shots routinely go around with their pants below their under-wears, how would you answer? My answer would be:
Mar 30, 2016, 11:41 am - Groppo - Lottery News

African migrants win big in Spain Christmas lotteryNews Story
About 35 African migrants, including at least one rescued at sea from an overcrowded wooden boat, are among the top prize winners of Spain's Christmas lottery, according to the owner of the lottery agency that sold more than 1,000 tickets that shelled out 400,000 euros (US$438,000) each. The winners who bought the tickets in the southern coastal city of Roquetas de Mar included migrants from Senegal, Mali and Morocco, agency owner Jose Martin told La Voz de Almeria newspaper in a story publis
Dec 24, 2015, 7:27 am - Todd - Lottery News