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$20 million Illinois Lotto ticket sold at convenience storeNews Story
Someone is much richer this week after buying a winning Illinois Lottery ticket and hopefully they know it.A grand-prize Lotto ticket worth $20 million was sold Saturday at a downtown Chicago convenience store, with the ticket unclaimed as of Sunday night, according to an Illinois Lottery spokesman. It looks like there is one grand-prize winner, said Courtney Hill, noting that the ticket that matched the number sequence 11-18-29-40-49-50 was sold in the White Hen at 600 N. McClurg Ct.The
Jan 16, 2006, 7:06 am - Lottery News

Three states replacing Lotto South gameNews Story
Like a tired mule whose best days are behind him, Lotto South is being retired and a fresh workhorse brought in to pick up the production.The three-state lottery game, which began in September 2001, will be replaced next month by a new game that pays winners $1,000 a week for the rest of their lives, Virginia Lottery interim executive director Donna M. VanCleave said Thursday. Virginia's Lotto South partners, Kentucky and Georgia, also will participate in the new Win For Life game.Lotto South
Jan 12, 2006, 6:45 am - Lottery News

Largest Lotto South winner ignored wife to play lotteryNews Story
Once a week for the past three years, Rome (GA) millworker William Griffin laid aside $1 to purchase a Quick Pick lottery ticket, despite his wife's objections.Last Saturday, Griffin seeing that the Lotto South jackpot had reached $27 million decided to splurge, plunking down $5 for five chances. It ended up being worth more than $15 million to Griffin, who won the largest Lotto South payout in history.Griffin's prize will stand as Lotto South's largest. The Georgia-Kentucky-Virginia lottery
Jan 12, 2006, 6:29 am - Lottery News

Horoscope predicted lottery winNews Story
Gabrielle and Darren Nash should not have been surprised when they won the 15 million (US$26 million) UK Lotto jackpot on Christmas Eve as it had already been predicted.The couple from Stevenage, Herts, picked up their check at White Hart Lane, the north London home of Darren's favorite football team Spurs.The pair then revealed Gabrielle's aunt had read in her horoscope that someone in the family would win the lottery.They are planning to buy a house, go on vacation, and buy a car with their
Dec 29, 2005, 7:37 am - Lottery News

One $26 Million UK Lotto Winner on Christmas EveNews Story
One lucky lottery player matched all six numbers in the special UK Lotto Superdraw to win the 15 million (US$26 million) Christmas Eve jackpot.The ticketholder has yet to come forward to claim their winnings and might not even know their good fortune yet.A Camelot spokeswoman confirmed they were still waiting to hear from the lucky winner.UK Lotto jackpots are paid tax-free, and are always lump-sum cash payments, meaning that unlike advertised jackpots in the United States, the winner will actu
Dec 26, 2005, 11:00 am - Lottery News

$6 million in Illinois lottery prizes unclaimedNews Story
If you are a regular player of the Illinois Lottery's Mega Millions or Little Lotto games, your winning ticket may be right under your nose. Or in a coat pocket in the hall closet. Or being used as a bookmark in a novel.More than $6 million in prize money sits unclaimed the largest being a $900,000 Little Lotto jackpot drawn Oct. 2. The winning ticket was purchased at Dempster Mobil, 4002 Dempster in Skokie, with the numbers 3-14-22-24-34.While all of this year's Lotto and instant tickets have
Dec 26, 2005, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Same Lotto Numbers Come Up Sat and SunNews Story
The odds of the same Oklahoma Pick 3 lottery numbers coming up two nights in a row are a million to one, but that's just what happened last weekend.The numbers 1-7-5 were selected at random both Saturday and Sunday night. We checked and double-checked all the procedures, and everything was done correctly. It was just one of those coincidences, Jim Scroggins, director of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, said.University of Central Oklahoma mathematician Larry Lucas says that on any given day, the
Dec 14, 2005, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Schoolchildren's 'Lotto Tree' Removed From Oklahoma CapitolNews Story
A Christmas tree decorated with used lottery tickets by elementary school students has been removed from Oklahoma's Capitol after complaints by a lawmaker.Each Christmas, Gov. Brad Henry asks Oklahoma schools to decorate a tree. That tree is put on display in the Capitol, and the governor picks one as his favorite.Westwood Elementary's tree came dressed for the season, complete with snowmen, stars and Santa Claus. But it didn't deliver Christmas joy to everyone, reported KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City
Dec 7, 2005, 9:09 am - Lottery News

44 hospital workers split Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
Forty-four. A lucky number indeed.It was one of six winning numbers in a recent $10-million Florida Lotto jackpot. It was also the number of local winners 44 workers at University Community Hospital-Carrollwood.The fortunate 44 struck it big Nov. 19, but waited until Tuesday to claim their lump-sum prize of nearly $5.9 million, which breaks down to nearly $134,000 per person.To claim their winnings, they formed a group called the Surgical Services Lottery Trust. The winners want to remain anon
Dec 2, 2005, 11:59 am - Lottery News

Two winning Mega Millions lottery tickets in $35 Million drawingNews Story
Two tickets will share the $35 million jackpot in Tuesday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing.Lottery officials said the winning tickets matching all five lotto balls and the Mega Ball were sold in Wilmington, Calif., and Saginaw, Mich.The prize for Friday's drawing drops back to $12 million.Five tickets had all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball and pay $250,000 apiece: 3 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Washington.Also, 17 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbe
Nov 30, 2005, 3:09 pm - Lottery News