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One ticket from S.C. wins $260M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Mega Millions jackpot worth $207M still up for grabs A torrent of ticket sales sent the Poweball jackpot soaring again, to $259.9 million up $15 million since the $245 million estimate was established Saturday and then one ticket won last night. Unless you bought your Powerball ticket in South Carolina, your only shot at a $200+ million lottery jackpot is tomorrow night's Mega Millions drawing. The store that sold the ticket is the Murphy USA gas station at 7530 Garners Ferry Road in Co
Aug 20, 2009, 11:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

One lottery ticket wins $110 million Calif. SuperLotto jackpotNews Story
You could be $110 million richer today. That is, if you are the one lucky lottery player who bought a Super Lotto Plus ticket with the numbers 2, 9, 12, 20, 34 and Mega number 16. The odds are one in 41.4 million, but someone has done it. Wednesday's jackpot was the best payout in four years and the sixth largest prize in Super Lotto history. The ticket was sold at the Foremost Liquor Market at 301 Monterey Road, South Pasadena. The California Lottery is expected to make a formal ann
Jul 6, 2006, 7:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. man claims $1 million Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
Lucky lottery player Francis H. Stephenson says big prize won't change his lifeFrancis H. Stephenson figures his luck has changed dramatically since last year.On Monday, he grasped a giant check as he was named the first S.C. resident to win $1 million in the state lottery's Powerball Power Play Match 5 game. A year ago, he was battling cancer and had a portion of his lung removed.Despite the reversal of fortunes, the 60-year-old maintenance supervisor for Superior Essex, a telephone cable manuf
Oct 11, 2005, 6:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts player claimed $500,000 Powerball prize one day before it expiredNews Story
By Kate Northrop A $500,000 Powerball prize almost went by the wayside, but thankfully the rightful winner from Massachusetts stepped up to claim it just one day before it was due to expire. Leonard Thomas of South Dennis won $500,000 in a Powerball drawing that took place on Aug. 19, 2020, but he didn't even realize it. Luckily, he had the ticket tucked away in a safe spot, albeit for nearly a full year, after buying it at the Mobil gas station on Route 134 in South Dennis. I heard
Aug 19, 2021, 7:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery offers free ticket dealNews Story
Special deal is for Tuesday and Wednesday only Just in time for the late holiday season shoppers, the Idaho Lottery is offering a two-day special for players on Tuesday and Wednesday this week only. All day on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 players that purchase a $10 Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle ticket will receive a free Mega Millions ticket and a have chance at that night's $145 million jackpot. All day Wednesday, December 22, 2010, players that purchase a $10 Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle ticket w
Dec 21, 2010, 7:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery officials waiting for Powerball winner to come forwardNews Story
Editor: The original news story contained several errors that have been corrected, as noted below. Right now one Powerball lottery ticket holder is a multi-millionaire and may not even know it. So far no one has come forward to claim Wednesday night's prize of $259,900,000. The Powerball winner bought the ticket in South Carolina at the Murphy USA store on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia. The interim director of the S.C. Education Lottery made the announcement Thursday morning at the sto
Aug 21, 2009, 12:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana woman claims $2.5 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
A Summitville couple is nearly $1 million richer after winning the Hoosier Lotto jackpot prize. Pamela and Jay Smith won $2.5 million in the May 9 drawing. Hoosier Lottery officials made the announcement at a news conference in Muncie on Tuesday. I hope it doesn't change a thing, Pamela Smith said in a news release. I have a very nice life. I have everything I need. The Smiths decided to take their at the couple's home late Tuesday. The couple have no immediate plwinnings as a lump
May 20, 2009, 7:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery requires winners to sign ticketsNews Story
On the heels of a similar announcement from the Ontario Lottery, the Iowa Lottery has imposed a new rule aimed at reducing the possibility of retailer fraud. Starting March 15, 2008, Iowa retailers will only be able to check and cash lottery tickets if they have first been signed by the ticketholder. The lottery also reinforced that players are responsible for the accuracy of their tickets before leaving the store, and for determining if their ticket is a winner. Under current rules, re
Mar 10, 2008, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

California winner of $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot is lauded as kind family man by neighborsNews Story
Couldn't have happened to a better guy By Kate Northrop Following the California Lottery's announcement of Theodorus Struyck as one of the lottery winners of the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot on Friday, neighbors have come out and said that the win couldn't have happened to a better guy. The California Lottery named Theodorus Struyck , 65, as the representative of a group that won $1.765 billion in the Oct. 11, 2023 Powerball drawing, cementing them in history as winners of the
Mar 19, 2024, 9:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

California Lottery announces group as winners of historic $1.765 billion Powerball jackpotNews Story
Second-largest lottery jackpot in history finally claimed Updated with additional information about jackpot winners By Kate Northrop Today, the California Lottery announced the winners of a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lottery jackpot in history. One ticket in a small California town won the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot from the drawing on Oct. 11, 2023, and now we know who it belongs to. Theodorus Struyck was revealed by the California Lottery as
Mar 15, 2024, 4:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News