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Colorado lottery winner's first order of business after winning $5M: buy watermelon and flowersNews Story
Lucky winner has priorities in check By Kate Northrop A Colorado man's priorities after winning a $5 million Colorado Lottery's Colorado Lotto+ jackpot were clear buy a watermelon for himself and some flowers for his wife. Some lottery players might scratch their heads wondering why one Colorado man made a point to say that a watermelon was the first thing he sought to buy after winning $5 million in the lottery, but the reason is a rather sweet one. Waldemar Bud T. of Montrose w
Sep 15, 2023, 7:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$3.9 million Colorado Lotto+ winner just wants a new vacuumNews Story
Sweet and responsible old hippie just wants to enjoy life's simple pleasures By Kate Northrop A new vacuum is all a retired Colorado lottery winner wants to buy after hitting a $3.9 million Colorado Lotto+ jackpot. Bill S. of Carbondale doesn't want much after hitting millionaire status sitting at the top of his wish list is a brand-new vacuum. Having worked in New York City for 30 years as a trauma nurse, Bill moved to Colorado after his parents passed away, recalling his love f
Jun 22, 2023, 7:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.25 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthReply
We have the Pacific West and the Mountain West. I am going to tilt the Palantir just a little and let it point to the Mountain West. There is a straight line down from Montana to New Mexico. Colorado is a little out of line and kinda pushing Kansas out of the way, so because of such bullyish behavior I will eliminate Colorado. The people in Montana can always cross over to Canada and play lotto 6/49 there . The people in New Mexico can try their luck in Mexico maybe. So that leav
Aug 2, 2023, 1:20 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

$3.9 million Colorado Lotto+ winner just wants a new vacuumReply
He won a game with a 6/40 matrix that carries 3,838,380 to 1 odds. New York used have a game with the same odds - Sweet Million. Those are the best odds you can find anywhere to win a multimillion dollar jackpot, but players in NY hated the game so it was pulled. Bill S. of Carbondale Colorado sure loves those odds, doesn't he??? G5
Jun 26, 2023, 8:49 am - GiveFive - Lottery News

$1.7 billion in combined jackpots, as USA multi-state lottery games peak togetherReply
It seems like when they jump up the jackpot around noonish. They're still not open yet in Headquarters from what I gather. Mr. Obsessive Compulsive (a bit) called the Colorado Lottery because they had the jackpot off about $100 million dollars. They did fix it on their website. Then two days ago the news here had the wrong jackpot. Said $997 million. Facsimile them; this time they didn't correct it next half hour but 6 p.m. news was correct.
Mar 22, 2024, 9:24 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

$1 million Mega Millions prize won in Iowa will expire in two weeksReply
Eddie Tipton where are you? Reminds me of a high heeled lady playing scratch tickets here, ATM right next to the lottery machine as I patiently waited my turn. Finally she left, scanned her tickets and there was a $200 winner in the trash! There are a few high heeled folks in the Saddlebred Capital of the World where I live. One family owns four well known resorts...hint hint first one in Nashville; now one in DC, Colorado and Florida. About 10 years ago she got tired of foolin
Aug 28, 2023, 12:59 pm - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery to add Double Play add-on feature to PowerballNews Story
Iowa players will have access to additional Powerball Double Play drawing By Kate Northrop The Iowa Lottery has announced that it has approved a plan to allow players to add the Double Play add-on feature to their Powerball tickets. There are plans in the works to add the Double Play feature to Powerball in Iowa, an add-on that has gained popularity in other states since it was launched last August . Speaking on Radio Iowa, Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer explained the logisti
Aug 17, 2023, 4:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$900 MILLION: Powerball jackpot rises, but sales miss in last draw makes for small increaseNews Story
By Todd Northrop Powerball lottery players might be wondering this morning why the jackpot only increased by $25 million after nobody won last night's $875 million grand prize. The answer is that the last jackpot was estimated too high. During the live drawing it was announced that after all proceeds were counted, the final jackpot tally came to $829.4 million $45.6 million shy of the expected amount. Likewise, the cash value that was initially estimated to reach $452.2 million only in f
Jul 16, 2023, 6:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.13 billion in combined lottery jackpotsNews Story
Chance to win $675 million tonight Story updated to reflect increased Powerball jackpot By Todd Northrop Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.13 billion in total. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $480 million with a cash value of $240.7 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers a $675 million estimated jackpot with a cash option
Jul 10, 2023, 9:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot ever won in the Garden State Updated with retailer that sold the winning ticket By Todd Northrop After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.13 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 10th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the ninth time a single ticket won $1
Mar 27, 2024, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News