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International Lottery Game CollapsesNews Story
20 states won't be getting millions of dollars in new revenue from a high-jackpot lottery after plans for the proposed international game collapsed amid a protest of U.S. military action in Iraq.The states were working toward the development of a lotto-style game that would have allowed 350 million residents scattered throughout the United States, Canada, Central America, Europe and Australia to compete for prizes that could have reached a total of $1 billion in a single drawing.But negotiations
Jan 5, 2004, 6:29 am - Lottery News

One Ticket Won $88 Million SuperLotto Plus JackpotNews Story
Lucky Ticket Sold in Seal BeachOne ticket won Saturday night's California SuperLotto Plus jackpot of $88 million by matching all six numbers -- 5, 9, 13, 16, 21 and Mega Number 4.The ticket was sold in Seal Beach and will be worth $88 million. If the winner chose the cash option, the ticket will be worth roughly $44,000,000 (before taxes). If the winner chose the annual payments, the winner's payment will begin at $2.2 million and graduate to more than $4.48 million by the 26th year (before a
Jan 5, 2004, 6:09 am - Lottery News

Winning a big lottery not without its own costNews Story
If Donald Trump won the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot, he could lasso the windfall like a seasoned financial cowboy, invest his winnings, and fly off to a luxurious ski trip with his playmate of the month.But what about the guy in blue jeans beaming into a news camera with an oversized lottery check?That Average Joe might want to enlist in Susan Bradley's lottery boot camp for instant millionaires. Really rich people do play the lottery, but nine out of 10 times it's someone who's more aver
Jan 3, 2004, 9:10 pm - Lottery News

New Year Brings New Start for $2.1 Million Wash. Lotto WinnerNews Story
Bellevue man dreams of new home, new business, new life for his familyIt's business as anything but usual for Phuc Nguyen of Bellevue as the New Year begins. Nguyen, 30, just completed a two-year apprenticeship as a painter and dreams of starting his own house-painting business. Who knows, it may be his own home that gets painted first. Nguyen plans to use some of the prize money from his $2.1 million Lotto Jackpot-winning ticket to open his own business and open the door to a new home and a
Jan 3, 2004, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Grand Plans for $2.5 Million Lotto WinnerNews Story
Issaquah woman looks forward to normal routine-with a lot of extrasJanette Bowe of Issaquah, Washington wants life to continue to be as normal as possible, but with a lot of extras. Winning a $2.5 million Lotto Jackpot, could mean the extras will become a normal part of Bowe's life, too.College education for Bowe's three children tops the list of extras. New automobiles, a new home, and a family trip to the Grand Canyon are also in the plans. We're a very close family, and we love to trave
Jan 3, 2004, 8:11 am - Lottery News

N.C. Couple Claims Half of $221.5 Million Powerball PrizeNews Story
So where do two of America's newest multimillion-dollar lottery winners eat lunch to celebrate? Try the Steak n Shake.Norman and Deanna Shue went to the burger joint Thursday after finding out they had won half of Wednesday's $221.5 million Powerball jackpot. They wanted to claim the prize but couldn't because state offices were closed for New Year's Day.The construction project manager from Concord, N.C., and his computer-programmer wife can take $110.75 million over 30 years or an immediate l
Jan 2, 2004, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Convenience store sells winning PA Powerball ticketNews Story
Holder of ticket sold at store near York will split $221.5 million with S.C. winnerA Powerball ticket whose owner can claim half of a $221.5 million New Year's Eve jackpot was sold at a convenience store outside York, officials said yesterday. Our employees are riding really high right now, because they know somebody on the staff sold the winning ticket, said Scott Hartman, the president of Rutter's Farm Stores, a chain of 51 convenience stores. The ticket sold at the chain's Arsenal Road store
Jan 2, 2004, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Powerball Fact SheetNews Story
Here's some interesting facts about tonight's estimated $210 million Powerball jackpot drawing.New Year's Eve Draw Information$210 million jackpot would rank as the 5th largest Powerball jackpot ever.It would also rank as the 7th largest lottery jackpot ever.This is the largest current lottery jackpot in the world.The estimated cash option is $113.9 million.The New Year's Eve draw will be the 16th draw of this jackpot run. The run started with the Saturday, November 8 drawing.There have been no
Dec 31, 2003, 3:09 pm - Lottery News

$155 million Mega Millions ticket sold in OhioNews Story
The Ohio Lottery finally has a top-prize Mega Millions winner. Now the wait has begun to find out who will claim the biggest lottery prize ever in the state.One ticket sold in Ohio won a multistate Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $155 million, lottery officials said today.The ticket for Tuesday's drawing, sold at a convenience store in South Euclid, a Cleveland suburb, was the only one to match all five numbers and the Mega Ball number, said Mardele Cohen, spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery.T
Dec 31, 2003, 7:46 am - Lottery News

$315M Lottery Winner Shuns AttentionNews Story
$315M Lottery Winner Andrew Whittaker Says He Wishes He'd Been Quieter About Hitting JackpotThe letters never stop. Requests, pleas, hard-luck stories, tales to break your heart: thousands of them, enough to fill hip-high filing cabinets that line three conference-room walls in Andrew Jack Whittaker's new office.They come by the dozens, day after day, though it has been a year since Whittaker won the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history $314.9 million, payable in an after-tax lum
Dec 26, 2003, 3:50 am - Lottery News