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New York man wins second $10 million lottery prize in three yearsNews Story
He hasn't finished spending his first prize By Kate Northrop Talk about luck a New York man just won his second top prize worth $10 million in three years. In 2019, Juan Hernandez claimed a $10 million top prize from a New York Lottery instant game called $350,000,000 Cash Spectacular. I'm still trying to spend the $10 [million] I won in '19, he remarked. Just three years later, he's at the lottery office claiming yet another top prize of $10 million, this time from the $3
Feb 28, 2022, 6:32 am - Lottery News

Virginia woman gets $10 million lottery prize for early Valentine's Day presentNews Story
Sweeter than chocolate By Kate Northrop One Virginia woman received the sweetest early Valentine's Day present from her husband a winning lottery ticket worth $10 million. What's better than chocolate and flowers on Valentine's Day? Virginia resident Maria Chicas will probably tell you it's the lottery ticket worth $10 million she was gifted from her husband. A few days before the holiday, Chicas' husband bought a scratch-off ticket at In Out Mart on Mathis Avenue in Manassas.
Feb 19, 2022, 7:12 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina woman claims half-million lottery jackpot right before ticket expiredNews Story
Lucky woman narrowly escapes every lottery player's worst nightmare By Kate Northrop A North Carolina Lottery player claimed a half-million Cash 5 jackpot just in time after losing the winning ticket for months. Ana Maya of Graham nearly lost out on a Cash 5 jackpot worth $532,234 when her winning ticket went missing in a moving fiasco, but the ticket luckily resurfaced from an odd hiding spot. The 32-year-old customer service employee stopped at Huff's Interstate on Maple Aven
Feb 18, 2022, 6:50 am - Lottery News

North Carolina veteran's fortune cookie nets him $4 million Mega Millions lottery prizeNews Story
Common method for picking lottery numbers results in a wild celebration By Kate Northrop A North Carolina veteran and his wife had an incredible reaction upon realizing that his fortune cookie-inspired Mega Millions numbers netted him a $4 million prize. Lottery players commonly look to the tiny piece of paper inside fortune cookies for inspiration in picking their next set of lottery numbers, and one cookie did not disappoint for one North Carolina resident. Gabriel Fierro of
Jan 21, 2022, 5:52 pm - Lottery News

Virginia University math major scoops up $1 million lottery prizeNews Story
By Kate Northrop A Virginia math major had just the right numbers on a Bank a Million lottery ticket to win a $1 million prize. Numbers are familiar to college student Brian Donohue, who majors in Mathematics at the University of Virginia. Thanks to his mother, he found a winning ticket worth $1 million in his Christmas stocking. For someone who deals with numbers day in and day out, the winning numbers on the Virginia Lottery's Bank a Million lottery ticket came as a welcome surpri
Jan 10, 2022, 3:26 pm - Lottery News

Tickets sold in California and Wisconsin split $632.6 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Two players get a piece of the seventh-largest Powerball jackpot in history Updated with retailer location for Wisconsin ticket By Kate Northrop Two Powerball tickets, one sold in California and the other in Wisconsin, won the eleventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Wednesday night. The lucky numbers for the $632.6 million jackpot were 6, 14, 25, 33, and 46, with Powerball 17. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The lump sum payout for the two winnings tickets is a
Jan 6, 2022, 12:17 pm - Lottery News

Multiple increases yield massive $610 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Higher-than-predicted lottery sales boost both major multi-state jackpots By Kate Northrop Today, multiple state lotteries announced increases for both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots driven by higher-than-normal lottery ticket sales. Thanks to the excitement around the Powerball jackpot that continues to swell with each consecutive rollover, the jackpot amount for the Wed., Jan 5, 2022 Powerball drawing has grown to a whopping $610 million. The last time a Powerball j
Jan 4, 2022, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

Worried she might lose it, North Carolina woman tapes $100,000 winning lottery ticket to her legNews Story
Put your winning tickets in a safe place! By Kate Northrop A North Carolina Lottery player won $100,000 from a scratch-off and thought to put her winning ticket in the most secure spot imaginable taped onto her leg. Pamela Lunsford of Rosman was elated to find out that her scratch-off lottery ticket was worth a $100,000 prize but was even more worried about the prospect of misplacing it. So, she taped it to her leg. I can lose a purse or a book bag, but I can't lose my leg, Lun
Dec 30, 2021, 2:54 pm - Lottery News

$150,000 lottery prize makes for perfect Christmas and birthday present for NC playerNews Story
Second-chance prize comes around just in time for two special days By Kate Northrop A North Carolina Lottery player celebrated her birthday and Christmas two-fold this year when she found out she won a $150,000 prize from a second-chance promotion. A $150,000 second chance prize helped Wendy Montagno turn two of her favorite days of the year into even more momentous occasions. On Wednesday morning, three days after her birthday and three days before Christmas, the Pinebluff res
Dec 26, 2021, 1:19 pm - Lottery News

Spain's huge Christmas lottery offers distraction from virusNews Story
Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic's gloom and doom turned their attention Wednesday to a rite that for more than two centuries has marked the beginning of the festive period: the country's bumper Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One. The draw, held annually since 1812, dished out a total of 2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) in prizes this year, or 70% of the proceeds from ticket sales. The top-prize number holder number 86148 this year gets 400,000 (US$450,000
Dec 22, 2021, 1:08 pm - Lottery News