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Woman hits $10 million jackpot at MGM GrandNews Story
First a military veteran hit a Megabucks slot jackpot shortly after Veterans Day, then a woman who was born on Christmas Eve hit Megabucks shortly before Christmas.Friday, a 49-year-old woman who said she dreamed two weeks ago she would win a lot of money did not let the unlucky Friday the 13th superstition stand in the way of fulfilling her dream at a Megabucks machine at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.The winner, a woman from another country who asked to remain anonymous, hit for $10.2 milli
Feb 16, 2004, 6:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery wastes $1M on needless legal activitiesReply
Just goes to show how State lotteries, or any business gets in to trouble: HIGH OVERHEAD. Similair things happen here in Pa. Too many extaneous perks for outside help. Wine and dine drawing witnesses, wardrobes, coiffs and make up and bling bling for the employees, commissions for vendors, Yes I now they should look nice on TV, but, ...Just sell the tickets, collect the money, disburse what is to be paid to winners and programs. it's that simple. Does the State run the lottery or is it outs
Feb 13, 2004, 7:06 am - Lotto Czar - Lottery News

Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prizeNews Story
The Chicago area's garbage strike was a nuisance for many, but now it smells sweet to two lottery winners who had mistakenly thrown their $10.5 million ticket in the trash.Chicago resident Ezekiel Zeek Garnett, 27, and his sister, Karen, 24, bought an Illinois Lotto ticket Oct. 4 in Niles but threw it out without checking the numbers. Their mother then heard that a ticket sold in Niles was a winner, and she checked the trash with her daughter.Thanks to the nine-day garbage strike last month, t
Nov 28, 2003, 6:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

$10.5 mil. ticket rescued from trashNews Story
It appears that stinky, pesky garbage strike in Chicago last month wasn't so bad for everyone.For one Chicago family the strike was worth $10.5 million -- thanks to a misplaced lottery ticket and the piling-up garbage.Lottery officials said they will announce today that the winners of the Oct. 4 Illinois Lotto drawing -- a brother and sister from Chicago -- almost lost their ticket when they accidentally tossed it into the trash. Lucky for them, their mother found the ticket in the garbage, stil
Nov 26, 2003, 4:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winnings will enable family reunionNews Story
An Illinois couple plans to use their lottery winnings to visit their son, a U.S. Navy pilot, in Hawaii and then get the once-in-a-lifetime chance to sail with him on an aircraft carrier as he returns from deployment in the Middle East. Michael and Marilyn Feigl will use part of their $33,075 winnings to fly to Pearl Harbor this spring. There, they'll reunite with son Matthew Peden, and Michael will get the opportunity to sail onboard the USS John C. Stennis with Peden as the carrier returns
Mar 9, 2013, 3:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Calif. man with 3 jobs wins $39M lottery jackpotNews Story
49-year-old plans to take wife to Hawaii and hire financial adviser For 20 years, Clyde Persley of Santa Cruz worked more than 60 hours a week making candy, driving limousines and waiting by the phone to pick up extra hours at a restaurant. He bought lottery tickets and hoped for his big break. And he got it. Persley, 49, turned in his winning SuperLotto Plus ticket to the California Lottery office Tuesday night, said California Lottery spokeswoman Cathy Doyle Johnston, and will receive
Jun 29, 2009, 1:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Book imagines low-IQ man winning $12 million in Washington lotteryNews Story
Seattle native Patricia Wood knows how winning a lottery can change a life. Her father won $6 million in 1993 in the Washington lottery. She also knows about the mentally disabled from having a former brother-in-law with Down syndrome, from working as a teacher and now as a Ph.D student at the University of Hawaii, focusing on education, disability and diversity. She has taken elements of those experiences to write her first novel, Lottery, about an Everett man, Perry Crandall, with an I
Aug 14, 2007, 11:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.25 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthReply
I have my road trip for visiting all the states, including Alaska and Hawaii, in 60 days without back tracking. I got inspiration from this guy who developed the map. You can use it on Google maps. I will do the road trip in the first one year. http://randalolson.com/2015/03/08/computing-the-optimal-road-trip-across-the-u-s/ I wish you well on the ancient business ideas.
Aug 3, 2023, 8:43 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

Multiple increases yield massive $610 million Powerball jackpotReply
IDK about lottery ticket purchasing folks. Do you live in a non-lottery state? Though I do, when I go to neighboring Indiana if the urge comes I play several weeks worth there. Of course if you like in Alaska or Hawaii that idea gets nixed! Imagine the line @ the Primm lotto store near Las Vegas!! They have a slew of self serve IGT machines there and who knows how many the clerk can use. Last time looked them up they didn't have live feed. Early this morning had a hunch
Jan 5, 2022, 10:10 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

NC man almost falls out of fishing boat upon learning of lottery winReply
Definitely a feel good story! Congratulations to Danny Bizzell and his wife Sandra Dickinson!! $560,805.00 will buy a cruise to Alaska, Hawaii, or Mexico. The Caribbean or Europe also. Enjoy your honeymoon!! Put some away for retirement.
Aug 15, 2019, 10:16 am - music* - Lottery News