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$170 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raisedReply
I think there is some confusion here. According to USA Mega, the last MM win was the 10/21 drawing $42m, winner in GA. Just prior to that, on 10/03 another $42m winner, this time from Mi (I think the ones that wanted to move to GA). DC81 - you got that last part right! When I win MM (or the market improves so I can sell my house without losing my retirement savings - whichever comes first), Michigan will be in my rear view mirror.... Wins priot to that: 9/19, $15m Ohio 9/09 $24m Marylan
Dec 6, 2008, 11:41 pm - Piaceri - Lottery News

Lottery winner took a 2nd chance, walked away with $1 millionNews Story
O.K. Welty III's last-minute lottery decision became a profitable one for his family. Welty, a 44-year-old car salesman from Oregon, had been saving Illinois Lottery tickets he bought earlier this year. One of those tickets won him $1,000, which he thought was a pretty big jackpot. He decided to enter the Lottery's second-chance game because I figured I didn't have anything to lose. Welty typically plays the Lottery when the jackpots are high, and he'll buy the occasional scratch-off
Sep 26, 2007, 1:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

UK Lottery operator plans $500 million global lottery gameReply
---- The exchange rates have always made such a lottery almost impossible since even spending the equivalent of a dollar for a lottery ticket in some countries could cut deep into the average family budget. ---- Valid point, however, a global lottery will most likely be a collection of 1st world countries with one or two developing countries on the fast track to first world status. Third world countries, poverty stricken countries, anti gambling countries, and countries with strong religiou
Aug 12, 2007, 4:09 pm - Preppy - Lottery News

NJ couple claims other half of record lottery jackpotNews Story
A New Jersey couple claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot Monday and said they are retired effective immediately. Elaine and Harold Messner chose the cash option for the prize from the March 6 drawing in the multi-state game. They will receive $116,557,083 before the 25 percent federal withholding tax. We feel very fortunate and blessed, Harold Messner, 57, a general contractor who bought the winning ticket. This is that early retirement we've always dreamed of
Mar 20, 2007, 12:29 pm - Todd - Lottery News

U.K. Lottery operator wants to create global super-lotteryReply
I find it a little bit racist (don't know if is intentionally) to want to go to a deserted, perhaps dead Mars and live there, when there is an entire continent, not really populated and undiscovered by humans and is called Africa.... And when i say to try and fix Africa, i don't mean to channel the money to feed hungry people, i mean constructing roads, skyscrapers, building a Gigantic Bridge or subway that will link Africa to Europe, airports, littering the continent with roads/highways, may
Mar 13, 2007, 5:09 am - pumpi76 - Lottery News

$355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increasedNews Story
Historic drawing to be held in Times Square, New York City The estimated jackpot of the March 6, 2007 Mega Millions drawing was raised from $340 million to $355 million on Monday because of heavier than expected sales in all Mega Millions states. New York City's Times Square will provide the setting for the historic Mega Millions lottery drawing on Tuesday night. The massive $355 million estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing is the largest in the game's history. Lottery officials i
Mar 5, 2007, 1:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New lawsuit claims Indiana Lottery did not award all prizesReply
I think the point is being missed, the Hoosier lottery got caught cheating! With all the technology that is available, there is no excuse for the state to think prizes are still available and report them to be available on their web site when that is not the case. If I buy a MM ticket in Illinois the state of Georgia knows what numbers I have chosen. They know if they have a winner and what states it comes out of in a matter of minutes and thats not just for jackpot prizes.
Jan 8, 2007, 5:51 am - CCHS13 - Lottery News

$267 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in OhioNews Story
The winning ticket from the $267 million Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night was sold in the northwest Ohio town of Lyons, an Ohio Lottery spokeswoman said. The ticket was purchased at Lyons Main Stop, lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane told The Associated Press. Store manager Linda Freeworth said she received the news from a radio station that called about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday. Radio and television reporters arrived soon after for interviews. I've never been a big time winner. People la
Mar 1, 2006, 6:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot hits record $365 millionNews Story
Get up and go to work. You didn't win the big one. The multi-state lottery operators in Des Moines, Iowa, reported today that no one won last night's $300 million Powerball jackpot. That means the jackpot will grow to $365 million for Saturday night, if sales continue along their historical patterns. If sales are higher than expected, the jackpot could grow even larger by Saturday. Such a drawing will top the previous record North American lottery jackpot of $363 million. The previous l
Feb 16, 2006, 11:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Powerball lottery winner recently filed for bankruptcyNews Story
Call it the miracle on 34th Street. When Hugh Allen Hawkins filed for bankruptcy last summer, he and his wife had $250 in cash left in bank accounts and $87,000 in credit card debt. And now today we have a big pile of money, he said Tuesday after an Iowa Lottery official handed him a check for $113.2 million, the largest prize ever won in the state.Hawkins, owner of a modest home on 34th Street in Des Moines, is the mystery winner of the Dec. 14 Powerball jackpot. His 19-day silence prompted p
Jan 4, 2006, 7:06 am - Todd - Lottery News