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Ohio lottery winner to help charities, friendsNews Story
Includes video report An Ohio man won $5 million in the Ohio Lottery Tuesday, but even though he's dependent on kidney dialysis, he says he plans on helping friends and charities with financial gifts. Phillip Withem, of Logan, won the second chance drawing called the Top Prized Drawing. In 2006, Withem turned a $20 instant lottery ticket into $2,500. Then, he won another drawing out of 86 entrants. He said the fact that he is now a millionaire hasn't sunk in yet. It's not going to s
Jun 16, 2011, 9:55 am - Lottery News

Atheist converts after mock prayer to win $1M lottery is answeredNews Story
A self-confessed atheist has become a believer after mocking God by sarcastically praying for his mother to win the lottery. However, his joke prayer was amazingly answered as the next day his mother won $1 million on the New York Lottery Sweet Million game. Sal Bentivegna, 28, who did not previously believe in God, had sarcastically asked his mother to ask your God for a million dollars . However, his mother Gloria Bentivegna, follows the Catholic faith, and staying true to her belief
May 29, 2011, 12:14 am - Lottery News

S.C. Senate passes expanded gambling lawNews Story
Includes video report The South Carolina State Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow charities, schools and churches to hold raffles legally. Right now the only legal raffle in the state is the lottery. Opponents of this new bill said it would open the door for organized gambling. However, supporters disagree and said it's common sense to update state law that's more than 200 years old. The activity is practiced among organizations in order to raise money for good causes. K
Feb 11, 2011, 7:40 am - Lottery News

Puerto Rico turns store receipts into lottery ticketsNews Story
Don't throw out that lunch receipt: It could be worth $1,000. That's the idea behind a campaign to force Puerto Rico's many tiny markets, food stalls and other mom-and-pop businesses to collect sales tax. Puerto Rico's Treasury Department is transforming receipts into lottery tickets, printing contest numbers on each receipt and holding weekly drawings for cash prizes ranging from $100 to $1,000. It also plans to have a monthly drawing for a car. A pilot program started in December in t
Feb 8, 2011, 9:30 am - Lottery News

$29M lottery jackpot 12 years in makingNews Story
Postal workers each paid $10 a week into Mega Millions Perseverance and planning ahead with a storm bearing down on the region paid off for a group of postal worker friends, who came forward Friday to claim their $29 million jackpot. We'd been playing for so long, I felt we had to win sooner or later, said Hosea Person, 48. He and 12 others from the priority mail processing center in Romulus had bought Mega Millions tickets for 12 years before hitting it big Feb. 1. Hosea and his wife,
Feb 6, 2011, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic winNews Story
Includes video report No, Carolyn, it's not a heart attack. It's a fortune. The man who bought one of two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery frightened his wife when he woke her Tuesday night to share the life-changing news. I was pale, shaking. She thought I was having a heart attack, retiree Jim McCullar recalled. When his wife, Carolyn, asked if he was OK, he replied: I'm perfect. On Thursday, the couple and their adult children stepped forward to publi
Jan 6, 2011, 7:42 pm - Lottery News

Canadian couple gives away entire $11.2M lottery jackpotNews Story
A Nova Scotia couple won $11.2 million from a lottery ticket in July and now every penny is gone. But Allen and Violet Large of Lower Truro didn't spend any of it on themselves. They say they decided to take care of family, organizations and institutions instead. What you've never had, you never miss, said Violet, 78. Married since 1974, the couple does not live large. They don't travel, they don't gamble (beyond playing the lottery) and they don't buy what they don't need. We h
Nov 4, 2010, 8:15 am - Lottery News

$18.5M lottery winner 'scraping by'News Story
'I wish I'd won a billion dollars' not just $18.5M Ten years after he and his wife won $64 million in the Big Game lottery, Alex Snelius wishes he'd won more money. The 73-year-old Palos Heights man doesn't want to replace his 2001 Lincoln Town Car. Nor does he want a bigger home (he'd actually prefer something much smaller). I wish I'd won a billion dollars so I could keep everyone happy, said Snelius, a retired truck mechanic originally from Lithuania. Snelius opted for a single $18.
Aug 24, 2010, 10:21 am - Lottery News

$183M Maryland lottery winner resurfacesNews Story
Lottery 'legend' accompanies mom to claim prize Updated Aug 2, 2010 at 12:35 pm: Fixed photo caption Bernadette Gietka, the Maryland Lottery's largest winner to date, received a celebrity's welcome Friday at Maryland Lottery Headquarters. Bernadette, and siblings Jerry and Lynda, brought their mother, Catherine, to 1800 Washington Blvd. to claim her $1,000 Multi-Match prize. Greeted by Lottery Director Stephen Martino and applauded by Lottery staff, the humble multi-millionaire descr
Aug 1, 2010, 4:48 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner gives away millionsNews Story
Practitioner of visualization and meditation techniques won $112 million As twists of fate go, Cynthia Stafford has been dealt some doozies. In 1999, Stafford's younger brother was killed in a car accident, and the state of California placed his five children in foster care. Cynthia would have none of that: She applied for?full custody of her nieces and nephews, ages 3 to 10, and though the state initially fought her, Stafford prevailed and became an instant mother to five children a full-
Apr 1, 2010, 8:45 am - Lottery News