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2 winning Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Maryland to split $414M jackpotReply
FLORIDA HAS ITS FIRST MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT WINNER! ~ Florida Player to Split $414 Million Jackpot ~ TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery today announced that one lucky player matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in the Tuesday, March 18, MEGA MILLIONS drawing and will split the $414 million jackpot with one other winner who purchased their ticket in Maryland. The winning MEGA MILLIONS numbers were: 11-19-24-33-51and the Mega Ball was 7. The Megaplier was 3. The jackpot-winning Quick Pi
Mar 19, 2014, 10:54 am - Win$500Quick - Lottery News

One Florida Lotto ticket wins $12 million jackpotNews Story
One lucky Florida resident in the Cape Haze area woke up Sunday morning and realized they now had a few extra dollars available to buy the little things, and maybe even a few big things.The winning $12 million Florida Lottery ticket was sold at the Publix in Cape Haze, 8725 Placida Road.The six winning numbers for Saturday's drawing were 09-11-16-22-44-52. Unfortunately, no one has come forward, yet, said Nick DiGregorio, the grocery manager at the store.The store gets a printout which tells th
Jun 6, 2005, 8:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery set to roll out changesNews Story
The Florida Lottery will implement a series of changes January 31, including new lottery machines, changes to the Pick 4 game, and new game called Grouper.The new game Grouper is really a new way to play Florida lottery games, rather than being a new game itself. When players purchase a Grouper ticket, they pay $5 for quick picks of five existing games and get a sixth quick pick -- for free -- of a randomly selected game.On the same day Grouper sales begin, lottery retailers throughout the stat
Jan 24, 2005, 11:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Calif. Mega Millions lottery winner claims prizeReply
A winner s name, city/county, and the prize amount is generally a matter of public record, but not age. I disagree. Every Florida Lottery press release includes the name and age of the winner. Just some examples: The Florida Lottery announced today FLORIDA LOTTO winner Kenneth Wittmer, 46, of Palm Coast, claimed the June 3 estimated $10 million FLORIDA LOTTO jackpot. The Florida Lottery announced today FLORIDA LOTTO winner William Anderson, 54, of Port St. Lucie, claimed
Jun 24, 2006, 7:45 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

Florida man claims $15.5M Lotto jackpotNews Story
An Estero man is taking home millions in Florida Lotto winnings, according to the Florida Lottery. Niranjan Patel, 41, claimed the $15.5 million jackpot from the drawing held Feb. 6 at the Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee, a press release states. Patel chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $10,539,204.33, according to the release. The jackpot-winning Florida Lotto Quick Pick ticket was purchased from a Publix at 2465 Glades Circle in Weston, Florid
Feb 19, 2019, 7:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery's total contribution to state reaches $17 billionNews Story
In the 19 years since Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment authorizing a Lottery to to benefit education, more than $17 billion dollars has been contributed to Florida's educational system. Governor Charlie Crist applauded the milestone and noted that in fiscal year 2005-06, with record lottery sales reaching $3.93 billion, the Lottery was able to contribute $1.22 billion to public education, making 2006 the fourth consecutive year with transfers of more than $1 billion to the
Mar 22, 2007, 4:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

GTech has winning lottery ticket, checkered pastNews Story
A Rhode Island company that practically built the nation's state lottery business just added the Florida Lottery as the missing gem to its crown jewels.GTech Corp. last week became the successful bidder to run the Florida Lottery system. With Florida in hand, the company will run all five of the country's biggest state lottery systems - New York, Texas, Georgia, California and Florida. Altogether, GTech will operate 26 of the 36 state lottery systems, plus the Washington, D.C., system. We genera
Sep 8, 2003, 3:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery to update Lotto gameNews Story
Changes coming to the Florida Lottery's most popular game By Kate Northrop The Florida Lottery announced they will be making changes this week to their most popular game, Florida Lotto. Introduced in 1988, the game that has awarded over $10.3 billion in prizes won't be going anywhere anytime soon. Instead, the Lottery will be introducing some changes related to the player experience, odds and prizes, and look of the game starting this Thursday, Oct. 8. While Florida Lotto is an esta
Oct 6, 2020, 2:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery winner outed as sexual predatorNews Story
At the Florida Lottery headquarters, Timothy Poole, 43, posed for a photo with an oversized check after claiming his $3 million Scratch-Off prize. But when the image hit the Internet, others recognized the 450-pound man as a registered sexual predator. In 2001, The Orange County Sheriff's Office arrested Poole on charges of sexual battery on a 9-year-old boy, records show. Before that, he was arrested in 1991 for stealing almost $20,000 in food stamps from Safeco Inc. of Ocala, where he worke
Dec 10, 2014, 5:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida couple arrested for attempting to cash lottery ticket taped together to look like $1M winnerReply
Welcome to Florida.
Apr 23, 2024, 9:00 pm - PrisonerSix - Lottery News