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Canadian couple claim second-largest jackpot in NL provinceNews Story
Winners purposefully waited to check tickets to avoid disappointment, but were met with a much bigger shock By Kate Northrop A couple from Newfoundland and Labrador now possess the bragging rights to claiming the second-largest jackpot in the province's history $18.2 million (US$13.6 million). After the Atlantic Lottery announced that the Sat. Sept. 12 Lotto 6/49 jackpot had been won by a lone ticket sold in St. John's, players were kept on their toes while rumors about who won the jack
Sep 28, 2020, 2:51 pm - Lottery News

First-time lottery player wins $100K after dreaming about it the night beforeNews Story
One dream leads to another as winner sets sights on medical school By Kate Northrop Many lottery players have found that it pays to follow your gut or listen to the voice in your head, especially when it comes to you in the form of a dream. The premonition of one of North Carolina's most recent lottery winners is as straightforward as they come, and it led to a $100,000 win. Last Saturday, Kaila Moore of Durham dreamt that she bought a scratch-off ticket. Having never played the lottery
Sep 8, 2020, 2:29 pm - Lottery News

Michigan man wins $4 million for the second time within three yearsNews Story
He might be the luckiest lottery player in Michigan right now By Kate Northrop A Michigan resident might be the luckiest lottery player in the state right now after he won a $4 million prize from a scratch-off ticket not once, but twice in three years. Winning one $4 million prize from an instant game in 2017 did not deter Mark Clark, 50, from playing the lottery going forward. Luckily for him, it was the right choice he ended up winning a second $4 million prize just three years later.
Jun 23, 2020, 1:42 pm - Lottery News

NC man almost falls out of fishing boat upon learning of lottery winNews Story
Danny Bizzell bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket on July 12, gave it to his wife and went fishing. He was in the middle of a lake when his wife, Sandra Dickinson, called to tell him he had won a $792,655 jackpot. I almost fell overboard, Bizzell said Monday. I told her, 'Are you freaking kidding me?' Bizzell bought the winning ticket at the Food Lion on North Rogers Lane in Raleigh, using the same numbers he's played for almost 13 years. When I got my first Cash 5 ticket, I had the ma
Aug 15, 2019, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Couple engaged 4 long years say they can finally have a wedding after NC lottery winNews Story
After years of waiting, Jeremy McLean of Roanoke Rapids can finally marry the woman of his dreams thanks to a $100,000 lottery prize. We've been engaged for four years, McLean said. We just haven't had the extra money to get married until now. McLean's fianc Heidi Hobbs said the win will make her dream come true. The first thought that ran through my head when he told me was, 'We can finally get married,' Hobbs said. I don't want anything fancy, just something simple to celebrate that we
Aug 9, 2019, 10:01 am - Lottery News

Fishing boat captain stops at store for a drink and wins $1 million in NC lotteryNews Story
The sun-burned captain of a fishing boat stopped to buy a drink Tuesday at a convenience store in Wilmington and ended up winning $1 million, according to the N.C. Education Lottery. Austin Eubank, a husband and father, said in a release that the win is all the more surprising given he doesn't normally play the lottery. Eubank says he was just feeling lucky Tuesday and decided to gamble on a $20 Mega Cash ticket at the Speedway on Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington. He scratched off the ca
Jul 5, 2019, 3:01 pm - Lottery News

Man with stage 4 cancer wins lottery, plans to take wife on dream tripNews Story
A winning scratch-off lottery ticket has provided a ray of light for a North Carolina man who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Richard Beare of Charlotte is planning on taking his wife on a dream vacation and enjoying himself after claiming a $250,000 prize from a winning Carolina Black scratch-off ticket. I recently got diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer, Beare said in a news releasefrom the North Carolina Education Lottery. I want to travel while I can still enjoy myself. My
Apr 3, 2019, 8:28 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman dreamed of $4M lottery win — then it happenedNews Story
A Wayne County, Michigan, woman had a dream that she won $4 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket. Four months later, it really happened. The 28-year-old woman, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Michigan Lottery that after having her dream, she started buying $30 instant tickets. Recently, she purchased a Millionaire's Club ticket and revealed a win symbol. When I scratched off the prize and saw '4MIL,' I couldn't stop shaking and crying, she told the Michigan Lottery. I call
Mar 11, 2019, 11:58 am - Lottery News

The daily lottery was originally a Harlem game — then the government wanted inNews Story
By Bridgett M. Davis In the early 1920s, Casper Holstein, a black man from the Danish West Indies who worked as a porter for a Fifth Avenue store, liked to study the Clearing House totals published in a year's worth of newspapers he'd saved. The Clearing House was an operation that managed the exchanges of money among New York City banks on a daily basis. It occurred to Holstein that the numbers printed were different every day. Until then, lottery games existed, but the winning numbers we
Mar 1, 2019, 8:33 pm - Lottery News

Lottery ticket purchased in central Iowa puts man's dream car within reachNews Story
An East Moline man stopped in a central Iowa convenience store last month to grab a coffee, snack and what ended up being a pretty lucky piece of paper, the Iowa Lottery announced Monday. Danny Lovett, 60, bought a $1 million winning lottery ticket at a Kum Go in Colfax while on his truck route from Davenport to Des Moines, the lottery said in a statement. You count and you count and you look and it's like, 'There's no way!' Lovett said in a news release Monday. Then you wake people up ou
Feb 5, 2019, 9:09 am - Lottery News