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Cancer victim struggles to get $1 million lottery prize in lump sumNews Story
On Jan. 12, Wayne A. Schenk thought he was the luckiest man alive. A month earlier, he'd been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. But on this afternoon, the 51-year-old Marine veteran was hanging out with his buddy Domonick Gallo, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather in their hometown of Naples, N.Y., by indulging a favorite ritual: scratching off lottery tickets. One of Schenk's $5 High Stakes Blackjack tickets hit it big, winning the $1 million prize. It was more than enough money
Feb 19, 2007, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maine couple's $1 million lottery win is their biggest turn of fate to-dateNews Story
Taking home a top prize was a great way to finish out an otherwise unlucky year By Kate Northrop This past year has understandably been a tough one for many people, and for a couple hailing from Turner, Maine, 2020 was particularly unkind to them. But in a twist of fate, they ended the year on a high note when they won a big lottery prize worth $1 million. Following a tradition of saving up winnings from previous lottery wins and cashing them in to buy more, Glenn Theriault and Stephani
Jan 6, 2021, 1:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man battling cancer wins $200,000 lottery on his last day of chemotherapyNews Story
The North Carolina lottery commission shared a heartwarming story about a cancer survivor who got lucky in more ways than one after snagging a winning scratch-off ticket. Ronnie Foster, of Pink Hill, North Carolina, found out that he'd won a $200,000 lottery prize as he made his way to his final cancer treatment, according to the NC Education Lottery. I was already happy because it was my last round of chemo, Foster, who's battling colon cancer, said in a statement Sunday. Winning this ma
Oct 28, 2019, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Another NC woman wins lottery twice in same dayNews Story
For the second time in three weeks, a North Carolina woman had an amazing streak of luck when she purchased two winning lottery tickets in the same day. It happened Sunday when Michelle Shuffler of Granite Falls won $10,000 with one scratch-off ticket and $1 million with another, purchased 22 miles away. Granite Falls is about 65 miles northwest of Charlotte. The first ticket was purchased when she and her husband stopped at the Cubbard Express on Beecher Anderson Road in Lenoir. We do
Nov 15, 2017, 8:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
The thought of ever asking for money from anyone, including my dad has never crossed my mind. I have never borrowed money from anyone other then a bank. The money is split between savings accounts and each is below the 250k max. If I do buy a boat/truck, they will be used. New boat and truck prices are ridiculous. I have been looking at trucks in the 20k range, and boats in the 25-30k range. The truck isnt so much of a want as the boat is, but the truck is almost a need if I get a boat. I
Sep 9, 2016, 12:50 am - EMTAdam - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

IRS scammed with losing lottery ticketsNews Story
Here's one way to dodge the taxman buy thousands of losing lottery tickets. It's true. Gamblers have concocted a scheme to repurpose the dud ducats to offset their winnings. A winner can go online and get $5,000 worth of losing lottery tickets to cover their $5,000 in gambling winnings. The lottery tickets serve as a sort of security blanket if the auditor comes calling. Ads captured on Craigslist and eBay from Florida to California hawk the tickets so the potential lotto buyer can defraud
Apr 6, 2015, 4:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery hopefuls line up for chance to win $400M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes audio report Tonight's Powerball drawing carries an estimated $400 million jackpot, one of the largest in U.S. lottery history. It's rolled over 15 times since December and will be the fourth-biggest Powerball jackpot and sixth-highest lottery prize of all time. At A A Market in Hell's Kitchen, cashier Ali Muhammed is preparing for customers to line up. Everybody comes, said Muhammed. They play extra. Some people play for $100, $200. Changes in the ways big multistate l
Feb 19, 2014, 7:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery jackpot of $102 million goes unclaimedReply
i be preaching to the choir here but this is a lesson always keep your tickets in a safe place i have 1 room/area there always put i i also save mine for taxes credit thro, as if they tax u on big 1000+ wins, may as will get some writeoff's for that year losers as your allowed to do on taxed winnings - loss's of that same year also i glady forever call anyone a moron idiot for not checking jackpot ticket Factorem if u lost 100m in cash in suitcase, i call them a moron t
Dec 8, 2012, 6:22 am - joshuacloak - Lottery News

Lucky store: Sells third $1M lottery ticketNews Story
The James Quick Mart on James Reynolds Road in Swansea, Massachusetts, must have a good luck charm stashed under its counter for the third time in the past five years, it sold a $1 million lottery ticket to one of its customers. Clerk Shiv Patel said he sold the ticket to a man who came back after scratching it to tell him of his good fortune. That night around 9 o'clock he just stopped by to say, 'I was the one who hit the million dollars and I got the ticket from here,' and I was like,
Jun 19, 2012, 4:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Florida Lotto playslips a bother to someNews Story
Some players annoyed by re-writing slips used 'for years'; don't understand new jackpot options As the Florida Lottery made changes to its Lotto game, a Lauderhill woman claimed the $3 million jackpot from the March 1 game. Melony Gregory, of Lauderhill, chose the one-time, lump-sum payment, and will receive $1,711,642 after taxes. Meanwhile, Lotto players faced a slightly longer wait to purchase tickets for Wednesday night's drawing, the first since the Florida Lottery made changes to
Mar 6, 2008, 11:35 am - Todd - Lottery News