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Boss's kind gesture wins him and co-worker $1 millionNews Story
The way the story's told at Slim's Stop Go, Sara Vosters was having a really bad day a few weeks ago.So her boss, James Royser, bought her an instant lottery ticket at the store on M-89 in Richland and let her scratch it to expose the numbers. It became a daily routine every morning when he went to Slim's to buy newspapers.Now that gesture is worth a million dollars.Vosters and Royser are splitting $1 million as winners of the top prize in the Michigan Lottery's Million Dollar Mania Instan
Jun 2, 2004, 11:51 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery Swindler To Appear In CourtNews Story
Woman Allegedly Presents Forged Winning Ticket For $17 Million PrizeA Houston woman accused of trying to swindle the Texas Lottery Commission out of millions of dollars will head to court Tuesday.Eva Medina Peralta was charged with presenting a forged lottery ticket in an attempt to cash in on a $17 million prize.Investigators with the lottery commission and the Harris County District Attorney's Officer said Medina presented the ticket last December.Peralta now faces two felony counts of lottery
Jun 1, 2004, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

NY man wins $1 million lottery scratch gameNews Story
Salvatore Mancuso of Williamsville, New York is a man of few words. When asked what he did after finding out he won one million dollars, Mancuso said, not much! It must have been a somewhat exciting day for Mancuso and his family.On May 14, the 54-year-old cement finisher bought a Moo-La-Millions ticket at the Tops on Maple Road in Amherst, scratched off the game ticket, and discovered that he won.The New York Lottery game had just gone on the market two days earlier.Mancuso's son, Rosario, joi
May 27, 2004, 7:29 am - Lottery News

Can you beat the odds to win the Powerball jackpot?News Story
If you've played the Powerball drawings and lost, would you like to improve your odds of winning the multi-million dollar jackpot? The head of the University of Tennessee's math department explains whether it's possible to beat the odds.People say getting struck by lightning is a better bet than winning a lottery. But the National Association of States and Provincial Lotteries web site says that in 1996, 1,136 people won $1,000,000 or more playing lotteries in America. And 4,520 others won $100,
May 21, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News

Experts advise to take cash optionNews Story
Finance 101 for lottery winners: Take the cash, advisers say. Annuities could be a bad bet.Say you win $110 million in the Pennsylvania Powerball drawing, as Steve and Kristine White did on May 8. Is it best to take the money in a lump sum or in an annuity over time?Some experts think the answer is clear: Go for the big bucks. Now.That could explain why the Whites are electing to take a check instead of a guaranteed annual payment of about $7 million, and why the state's three previous Powerball
May 20, 2004, 7:19 am - Lottery News

California Lottery Drops Gambling Themes IdeaNews Story
Citing widespread opposition, California Assemblyman George Plescia on Monday dropped lottery-backed legislation that would have added Nevada-style gambling themes to the state-run games.Though he quietly deleted the amendment, the San Diego Republican said he's pushing the rest of his controversial measure -- which would boost lottery prizes and slice struggling schools' share of revenue -- in the hope of fostering lotto mania that would then increase education's take.Even with the deletion of
May 18, 2004, 7:07 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $24 MillionNews Story
America's favorite lottery game is on a roll again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 370,808 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $24 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, May 19 drawing will be an estimated $12.2 million.The numbers drawn were: 1, 26, 27, 43, 46, and the Powerball was 31. The Power Play multi
May 17, 2004, 7:41 am - Lottery News

New York lottery sales go up 8.2%News Story
$5.84 billion in tickets sold, setting a record for fourth yearSales of New York state lottery tickets totaled $5.84 billion in the fiscal year that ended March 31, officials said this week. Thats up 8.2 percent from $5.39 billion the previous year.New York remains the most successful state lottery in North America in terms of sales. The next highest was in Massachusetts, with $4.19 billion in sales.Its the fourth year in a row that New York broke a record. This past years sales alone were more
May 8, 2004, 2:03 pm - Lottery News

California legislature could expand lotteryNews Story
Despite fears California is becoming the world's gambling capital, the state lottery Friday broadened its proposed overhaul to include Nevada-style games banned by the 1984 lottery initiative.The lottery -- which is finding increased competition with Indian casinos -- amended its already controversial reorganization plan to add games including roulette, dice, baccarat, blackjack, Lucky 7s, draw poker and slot machines.The amendment fueled the controversy surrounding the legislation, which alread
May 8, 2004, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $205 MillionNews Story
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $205 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $205 million dollar jackpot would rank as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever, and the 9th largest lottery jackpot of all time.The cash option for the Saturday, May 8 drawing will be an estimated $107.3 million.There were no P
May 6, 2004, 7:53 am - Lottery News