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Woman, dad win lottery's three top prizes on same numbersNews Story
W.V. woman wins jackpot for record third time A Weirton, West Virginia, woman and her father won a total of $75,000 by claiming the three top prizes in the Cash 25 lottery game on July 4 but neither of them knew the other one was playing. Charity Guiddy claimed two $25,000 prizes, using a set of family birth dates. About five years ago, using a different set of numbers, she won the top prize as well. West Virginia Lottery spokeswoman Nancy Bulla says this is the first time the sam
Jul 13, 2006, 10:00 am - Lottery News

S.D. couple claim Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Beating 1-in-146 million odds to become South Dakota's latest multimillionaires, Pierre couple Lan Bill Nguyen and his wife, Tina, stepped forward Tuesday with the winning ticket for a nearly $117 million Powerball lottery jackpot. The couple declined to participate in the usual news conference that large jackpot winners attend to answer reporters' questions and be photographed with a blown-up replica of their check. Norm Lingle, executive director of the South Dakota Lottery, said the N
Jun 6, 2006, 6:34 pm - Lottery News

UK online lottery company fizzlesNews Story
Editor: Lottery Post previously reported that the creators of this 'alternative' UK lottery had allegedly enriched themselves more than the charities the lottery is supposed to support. Are the owners squeezing out the profits and then leaving the company and its stockholders in the lurch? It started out as a small but brazen challenger to the national lottery, hoping to capitalize on a stream of damaging stories that have caricatured many of the good causes benefiting from lottery cash a
Jun 6, 2006, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Iraq war veteran is a hero yet againNews Story
A U.S. soldier and his girlfriend found a winning lottery ticket on the ground at a convenience store Monday and turned it in to police, who were able to find its owner a $2,500 winner with no idea her lucky ticket was missing. Sgt. Edward Boniberger and Marnie Hall found the ticket in a plastic case at a store, Suffolk County Police said. They tried to find the woman who had signed it, but when they could not, they took it to a police station. Detectives then located Mary Ann Doerrbecke
May 31, 2006, 10:39 am - Lottery News

UK Internet lottery making owners wealthyNews Story
New Internet-based lottery, which is supposed to donate its proceeds to charity, is instead enriching its owners A charity lottery promoted as the fairer alternative to the National Lottery has awarded its directors shares and bonuses worth almost 10 million (US$18.7 million). The lottery, called Monday, held its first draw this week and is being heavily advertised as a more altruistic way for people dissatisfied with the national lottery operator, Camelot, to have a weekly flutter. B
May 11, 2006, 9:55 am - Lottery News

Big Florida Lotto prize whips up ticket frenzyNews Story
If conventional wisdom holds, Lake County will break out in Lotto fever today. The Florida Lotto jackpot has grown to $82 million and is expected to tempt residents into throwing down $1 or more for a shot at a fortune. It's a great way to waste your money, said Barbara Back, 66, of Eustis, clutching the five tickets she just bought Tuesday at a Publix off U.S. Highway 441. A stranger pushed a cart past Back and waved her tickets. Do you think we'll win? the woman asked. No, Ba
Apr 19, 2006, 7:36 am - Lottery News

'Education Hero' wins lottery twiceNews Story
The first time Maurice Wiley appeared on the California Lottery's Big Spin, he won $1 million. The second time Wiley appeared, he was given the Hero in Education award for doing good things with his windfall. Nobody expected to see him a third time. When I found out he was going back on, I was like, 'What for?' said lottery spokeswoman Cathy Johnston. On Saturday, the onetime Inglewood teacher won $100,000. I tell you, I think I'm still dreaming, he said. And he's still do
Apr 11, 2006, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Euro Millions Lottery Sparks Buying Frenzy With $224 Million Top PrizeNews Story
EuroMillions, the lottery held in nine European countries, is about to eclipse Powerball in the U.S. as the world's single biggest cash prize. The payoff in tomorrow's draw swelled to 183 million euros ($224 million) after no winners emerged from any lottery since Nov. 11. The jackpot is luring would-be millionaires from across the region. I'll buy a desert island somewhere warm, lots of things for my family, and give some to charity, said Martha Dacosta, 25, a nurse's aide who bought
Feb 2, 2006, 9:38 am - Lottery News

Lost lottery ticket worth $25,000 returned to ownerNews Story
Mike Sargent doesn't put much stock in karma. Luck isn't his thing either.But in getting back a lost winning lottery ticket worth $25,000, a little of both may have come into play along with some divine intervention.Like the lead character in the new NBC sitcom My Name is Earl, Sargent lost the scratch-off ticket moments after he realized he'd hit the jackpot and, through several incredible coincidences, had it returned days later.In the television show, losing the ticket inspires Earl, a down
Dec 9, 2005, 6:57 am - Lottery News

Elderly Lottery Winner Donates All Money To CharityNews Story
Local media reports that A 71-year-old man in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who won a lottery jackpot of 5RMB million (US$620,000) has donated all of the money to charity.Surnamed Wang, the man is a retired worker with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Changji. My only wish to make use of the prize for myself is to buy a new radio, Wang was quoted by the Xinjiang Economic Daily as saying.On November 21, when Wang arrived at the lottery complex in Urumqi to receive his
Dec 2, 2005, 9:42 am - Lottery News