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Father's tardiness nets son $20,000 lottery winNews Story
Mark Peters can partially scratch up his recent bout of luck to waiting for his father, Mick, to show up at a Bandon convenience store.While waiting for his dad at the Bandon Quick Mart last Friday, the 30-year-old bought a newspaper and an Oregon Lottery Scratch-it ticket, something he does a few times a month.Quickly rubbing off the metallic areas on the ticket, Peters discovered he hadn't won a penny.But Mick Peters still hadn't showed up at the store.Mark pulled out the $2 he had left in his
Aug 29, 2003, 4:26 am - Lottery News

Winners in waitingNews Story
Teri and Cornell Davis may be lottery millionaires, but so far their lives lack bling.There are no new clothes or shoes, no marathon shopping sprees or impromptu luxury vacations - yet.The Englewood couple virtually ended up homeless when they hurriedly moved out of their rented Palisade Avenue home - in anticipation of purchasing their own place - after hitting the jackpot in March.But five months later, Teri and Cornell Davis are still empty-handed. They hope to receive their $25.4 million lum
Aug 22, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

Family double as father scoops lotto windfallNews Story
A retired father of three is celebrating an 85,248 Lotto windfall - just two months after his son scooped 179,137.Anthony McDonnell was presented with his cheque by his son Ian after the family double, which is estimated to have defied odds of 339 billion-to-one.Mr McDonnell, 59, from Bridgnorth, Shropshire, matched five numbers and the bonus ball in last Saturday's National Lottery draw - eight weeks after Ian, a 34-year-old finance worker, did the same.Mr McDonnell senior told a press confer
Aug 21, 2003, 3:19 am - Lottery News

Pensioner woozy after near-win lottery sagaNews Story
An Italian pensioner felt faint and had to be taken to hospital when he realised he had forgotten to hand in a lottery ticket that could have won him 66-million (US$73.4 million). He was so busy organising his daughter's wedding that he forgot to take his slip to the lottery office when Europe's biggest-ever jackpot was up for grabs last week. When he realised he had guessed the correct six-figure number, he felt faint and had to be admitted to a hospital near Rome, Italian news agencies s
Aug 20, 2003, 3:21 am - Lottery News

Record Italian Jackpot Scooped by Single TicketNews Story
One lucky gambler won Europe's biggest-ever jackpot on Wednesday, pocketing nearly 66 million euros (US$75 million) and ending an almost six-month Italian lottery drought. Italy's lottery officials did not name the person who had correctly picked the six numbers in Wednesday's Super Enalotto but said the winning ticket had been bought in a bar in the northern Italian town of Veduggio con Colzano, near Milan.The day before the six-number draw, ticket sales in Italy had been up 25 percent from a w
Aug 13, 2003, 2:00 pm - Lottery News

Italian lottery hits $75mNews Story
With still no winner Saturday, the Italian lottery jackpot grew to a record 63 million euros (US$75 million) for the Wednesday drawing.While no one picked the six lucky numbers, there were four winners for the second prize, each of whom won just under 900,000 euros (US$1.02 million).Players hoping to win the SuperEnalotto prize have to guess in any order the first six numbers between one and 90 extracted from the lottery wheels of Bari, Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo and Rome.The jackpot has b
Aug 11, 2003, 2:52 am - Lottery News

$3.4M Ticket Hasn’t Been CashedNews Story
The sale of a winning Megabucks ticket worth $3.4 million at the Brooklin General Store in June continues to cause a stir. For many in Brooklin and neighboring towns, rumors about the possible winner have filled a void of official news from lottery headquarters in Augusta.For a time, anyone leaving town on vacation or driving home in a new car immediately became the latest rumored winner.Christine Royce, an official with the Maine State Lottery Commission, said a lawyer claiming to represent the
Aug 7, 2003, 4:17 am - Lottery News

State could be lucky winner of $100,000 Powerball prizeNews Story
Montana Lottery officials announced last week that a $100,000 winning Powerball ticket, which was purchased in Kalispell in March, has yet to be cashed. If the holder of the ticket doesn't come forward by Sept. 26 - six months after the drawing - the money is forfeited to the state.While unclaimed six-figure jackpots are rare, every year Montanans leave several hundred thousands of dollars on the table in lottery winnings they don't bother to collect.For the year ending in July 2002, the state s
Aug 5, 2003, 5:09 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $42 MillionNews Story
There were no Mega Millions jackpot winners Friday but 271,367 players across the nation won a total of almost $1.5 million in prizes.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Friday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $42 million, with a cash option of $24 million.Two lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 in Ohio and 1 in Virginia.
Aug 4, 2003, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Naples woman sues ex-husband for greater share of lottery winningsNews Story
Naples residents Helene and Marcel Imbert were the envy of residents across Florida 13 years ago.The numbers 3-33-34-40-43-47 landed the lucky couple nearly $12 million in Florida lottery winnings in 1990, propelling them onto the front pages of newspapers statewide.They looked happy, but restrained in the Associated Press photograph taken as they claimed their proceeds in Tallahassee.Marcel, 50, held their 2-year-old son. Helene, 24, stood an arm's length away.The uncomfortable distance between
Aug 3, 2003, 1:16 pm - Lottery News