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101-year-old wins $50,000 Arizona Lottery prizeNews Story
Christmas came a few weeks early for 101-year-old Lily Camacho, who lives in the central Arizona mining town of Kearny. On Tuesday, she won the grand prize of $50,000 in the Arizona Lottery's Money Tree game. That's probably a good thing because she has 24 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren, 19 great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandchild. Fortunately, she also has a 78-year-old son who buys her the occasional scratch-off ticket. Not that any of them ever paid off u
Dec 16, 2014, 8:02 am - Lottery News

NJ Cash 5 game to get larger starting jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop Starting Sunday, Jersey Cash 5 players will see game changes that will result in larger estimated starting jackpots, more opportunities to win bigger jackpots, and increases in the average match-3 prize paid all for the same $1 ticket price. In response to player demand for bigger jackpots, the New Jersey Lottery raised the Jersey Cash 5 estimated minimum jackpot from $50,000 to $75,000. Match-3 average prize paid will increase from $11 to $15. To support the increase i
Sep 11, 2014, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Newest Pa. lottery scratch-off sports $30 pricetagNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery earlier this week launched its most expensive instant lottery ticket, a $30 scratch-off that offers a top prize of $3 million. The game, appropriately called Three Million, is already in place at many of the places that sell instant tickets. It is the state's third $20 or more instant prize game offered at 9,100 retailers statewide. So far, local lottery players have been slow to try the new game. I think $30 might be a little expensive for a scratch-off, said
Feb 2, 2014, 9:54 am - Lottery News

Police issued lotto tickets during Christmas traffic stopsNews Story
Motorists caught speeding to grandma's house in Melbourne, Florida, were greeted with a bittersweet Christmas Day surprise as officers doled out warnings and tickets alongside scratch-off lottery games. The unique move was an added touch Melbourne police officers wanted to put on the normally quiet holiday traffic. By 1 p.m. Christmas Day, more than 30 scratch-off game tickets were handed out to speeders and other traffic violators in a bid to spread holiday cheer while keeping the roads s
Dec 26, 2013, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Merry ChristmasNews Story
May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy. Lottery Post Staff (Click to display full-size in gallery)The Lottery Post staff wishes you and your family a merry Christmas filled with peace, love, and joy.
Dec 25, 2013, 12:00 am - Lottery News

Spain holds annual Christmas El Gordo lottery drawNews Story
The winners of Spain's cherished Christmas lottery the world's richest celebrated around the country Sunday, a moment of joy and relief after another year of a brutal financial crisis. Millions had been glued to their televisions on Sunday as 2.5 billion euros (US$3.4 billion) in prize money was distributed. The drawing is so popular that most of Spain's 46 million people watched at least part of the live four-hour show, hoping they would hear their ticket as school children called out the lu
Dec 22, 2013, 9:01 pm - Lottery News

Lotto-winning coworkers' advice for $400M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Stephany Marchese, the winner of a $1 million Powerball prize with nine of her coworkers at a Staten Island, N.Y., nursing home, has very simple advice for those eyeing this Friday's $400 million Mega Millions jackpot. Play, play, play, Marchese, 61, said. It took $2 and a dream for us. Just play. You never know. Marchese is a member of the self-titled The Fabulous 9, a group of three friends and six coworkers at the Eger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Egertville, Staten Island,
Dec 12, 2013, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Lottery tickets accidentally shipped to man's houseNews Story
A metro Atlanta man opened up a box with a gift he ordered on the Internet to find a treasure of scratch-off lottery tickets. Darryl Bufford told a local reporter that a UPS box arrived this week with a gift he bought from Macy's. Bufford set the package aside for a few days and opened it when he noticed some of the tape had been pulled loose. Inside Bufford found eight stacks of unopened scratch-off lottery tickets. My first thought was, 'Merry Christmas, Bufford said. The Georg
Dec 8, 2013, 10:18 am - Lottery News

UK Lotto player wins $12.7 million but sticks with job helping elderlyNews Story
'The old folks need me' Winning 8 million (US$12.7 million) on the Lotto would send most people into a frenzy of excitement but for grandad Ron Elliot it was all in a day's work. The kind-hearted widower, 67, told how he won the rollover jackpot on Saturday night then calmly went to work the next day at the care home where he looks after dozens of vulnerable elderly residents. Ron also revealed he would continue in his 15,000-a-year role. He said, I shall not be retiring any time soo
Nov 12, 2013, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Oregon bartender's tip turns out to be lottery ticket worth $17,500News Story
A Springfield, Oregon, bartender won big this week, when a Keno ticket given to her as a tip turned out to be worth $17,500. Aurora Kephart, 25, who has worked at Conway's Restaurant and Lounge in Springfield's Thurston neighborhood for almost four years, often receives unplayed Keno tickets as tips from a bar regular. On Tuesday evening, the male patron, who wishes to remain anonymous, bought a handful of Keno tickets and asked Kephart to choose the two she wanted. When she checked the nu
Oct 7, 2013, 8:57 am - Lottery News