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Kansas woman wins lottery four days after turning 18News Story
Lucky player wins $25,000 on their first-ever lottery ticket By Kate Northrop A Kansas woman took home a $25,000 top prize while playing the lottery for the very first time, just four days after her 18th birthday. Sloan Stanley of Meriden is a winner of many firsts not only did she win the first top prize of the Kansas Lottery's Cash Cow scratch-off game, but it's her first and only lottery ticket purchase ever. I bought the Cash Cow ticket because I like cows and thought it would w
Mar 8, 2021, 11:58 am - Lottery News

Australian woman wins the lottery over lunchNews Story
Sitting down for lunch was a million-dollar decision By Kate Northrop An Australian couple walked away from their lunch a million dollars richer after buying a Keno lottery ticket at the restaurant and winning a $1.48 million (US$1.14 million) jackpot in the middle of their meal. On Monday, an anonymous woman stopped at the Arkaba Hotel on Glen Osmond Road in Fullerton with her husband for lunch. Little did she know that the last minute decision to enter the Keno drawing at the retailer
Mar 5, 2021, 2:13 pm - Lottery News

Fortune cookie gives Florida player a lucky breakNews Story
Lottery player wins big after using numbers from a popular paper slip By Kate Northrop A fortune cookie lived up to its name after a Florida resident won a $500,000 Powerball prize in the North Carolina Lottery after using the numbers written on the back of the paper slip. Ernesto Sorzano got to enjoy a nice meal consisting of his favorite take-out of shrimp and fried rice and an impressive $500,000 windfall to boot, thanks to the numbers printed on the little paper slip inside his fort
Mar 1, 2021, 2:14 pm - Lottery News

Maryland man wins $50,000 twice after switching up his lottery gameNews Story
He's the latest player to join the trend of multiple big wins By Kate Northrop There's another winner in the state of Maryland, and this time he's taking home a $50,000 jackpot to compliment the first $50,000 prize he picked up from a different scratch-off. The 78-year-old double-lucky winner, who chose to remain anonymous, found himself switching up the instant games he normally plays, and it paid off. Having tried out the $50,000 Bingo Doubler game for the first time, the Baltimore re
Feb 21, 2021, 12:25 pm - Lottery News

Low on gas, NC man goes into store and picks out $10 million winning lottery ticketNews Story
A North Carolina man is $10 million richer after the low-fuel light came on in his Silverado truck and he decided to fill up with gas, N.C. lottery officials said Wednesday. Allen Boger of Lake Norman planned to stop at a different store to play a different lottery game Saturday morning, according to a lottery news release. But the gas station where he stopped, the Lunar Mart on N.C. 16 in the eastern Lincoln County community of Denver, was closer to his home when the light came on, offici
Feb 18, 2021, 10:55 am - Lottery News

Maryland woman earns her fourth major lottery prizeNews Story
Retired administrator is latest player to rack up another win By Kate Northrop A Maryland woman is relishing her latest lottery win of $50,000, racking up her win count to four major prizes to-date. A 71-year-old retired administrator going by the name Miss Elkton Sunshine is elated after winning her fourth major lottery prize. She joins the likes of a few other players who have recently made headlines for winning the lottery multiple times. The Elkton resident picked up a second pri
Feb 9, 2021, 1:51 pm - Lottery News

Canadian family claims $60 million Lotto Max jackpotNews Story
It's the country's largest payout from a ticket bought online By Kate Northrop A man from Winnipeg, Canada could barely comprehend the lifechanging notion that he was the sole winner of the $60 million (US$46.77 million) Lotto Max jackpot from the Jan. 22 drawing and initially shook off the idea. John Chua's wife, Jhoana, woke him up early in the morning the next day to tell him that someone from their town had won the record jackpot, but his first reaction to hearing the news was disap
Feb 4, 2021, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

Idaho man wins lottery for the sixth timeNews Story
It's his largest prize to-date By Kate Northrop There's a player in Idaho whose luck refuses to run out after he played the lottery and won a large prize for the sixth time last week to the tune of $250,000, his largest prize yet. Bryan Moss of Meridian might be the luckiest person in the state after he scooped up the first $250,000 top prize from the Idaho Lottery's $250,000 Crossword scratch-off game, his sixth big win to-date. He purchased the winning ticket at the ExtraMile conve
Feb 1, 2021, 4:35 pm - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery games make North Carolina players millionaires overnightNews Story
Two players hit it big under extraordinary circumstances By Kate Northrop The recent Mega Millions and Powerball drawings created dozens of millionaires overnight after players rushed to buy their tickets and join the fray. Two lucky North Carolina residents are among those who found themselves richer under some rather unique circumstances. Anthony Dowe of Leland was one of those players. He had purchased tickets for the Mega Millions drawing on Fri., Jan. 22 for the historic $1.05 bill
Jan 28, 2021, 12:25 pm - Lottery News

Dozens of lottery players across the USA hit it big in PowerballNews Story
By Kate Northrop In an unusual Powerball drawing Saturday, dozens of players won huge prizes, including a New Jersey player who won the $23.2 million jackpot. Anyone who thought the Powerball excitement would end after one player from Maryland won a massive $731.1 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday was in for a surprise the very next drawing. Just three days later on Sat., Jan. 23, the $23.2 million Powerball jackpot was scooped up by a lone player from New Jersey, with another 43 tick
Jan 26, 2021, 7:10 pm - Lottery News