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Calif. man claims Daily Derby lottery jackpotNews Story
Ticket sold at Thrifty gas station in Tustin A Daily Derby Lottery ticket worth $651,867 was claimed by a man in his 80s who lives in the Tustin area, according to lottery officials. The ticket was sold in Tustin over the Labor Day weekend and the prize is the largest this year for Daily Derby, according to Al Lundeen of California Lottery. The winner chose the three winning horses Lucky Star in first, Solid Gold in second and Winning Spirit in third as well as the race time, 1:41.34, f
Sep 10, 2008, 3:14 am - Lottery News

Georgia woman wins $5 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A Cleveland, Georgia, woman who works on a chicken farm is celebrating an eggs-cellent $5 million dollar lottery win. Peggy Abernathy, 42, who lives at Turners Corner in Lumpkin County but has a Cleveland address, picked up her prize Friday. The mother of two says she bought the ticket on a whim at Chattahoochee Grocery east of Cleveland. When she scratched off the ticket and discovered she had won, she called her sister, who owns the chicken farm where Abernathy is employed. Store owner J
Sep 6, 2008, 1:57 pm - Lottery News

A life of leisure doesn't cut it for lottery winnerNews Story
A hairdresser who won a lottery jackpot as part of an office pool has opened her own hair salon just yards from the shop where she used to work. Natalie McGuire, 27, was part of a pool of fellow employees that won a 2.9 million (US$5.4 million) UK National Lotto jackpot last year. But after living the high life and visiting places like exotic Mauritius in the Indian Ocean she has opened her own salon employing three of the other girls from her pool. Natalie, from Castlemilk, said, The s
Aug 25, 2008, 9:27 am - Lottery News

£7M lottery winner goes back to workNews Story
A train driver who won a 6.9 million (US$12.8 million) lottery fortune has booked a return ticket and gone back to work on the railways. Carl Prance gave up his job of 34 years for a string of dream holidays when his family hit the jackpot. But just 10 months later he's getting up at 5am to drive 30 miles in his luxury Jaguar to start his 6am shift. Prance, 50, missed the lure of trains so much after both his father and grandfather spent their lives on the railways. He said, Some peo
Aug 25, 2008, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Lottery win opens doors for N.Y. doormanNews Story
A beloved Park Avenue doorman who won $5 million in the state lottery wants to move on up and into the elegant, pre-war building where he works. That way, I'll have the doorman open the door for me, says Richie Randazzo, 44, a bachelor who lives in a two-story home in Brooklyn. But the lucky winner will have to wait because the only apartment for sale in the building at 1021 Park Ave. at East 85th Street is out of his range.So for now, Randazzo, who plans to continue working, will be a
Jun 16, 2008, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Winning Oregon Lottery ticket expires May 23News Story
Oregon Lottery officials say it's time to double-check your wallet or your purse, or even the sofa, to see if a lottery ticket with the winning numbers was overlooked. The search is for a winning Oregon Lottery ticket worth $1,000 a week for life, and which is about to expire. The Win for Life ticket was purchased on May 23 last year in Hood River. The winning numbers are 06-43-46-51. It's worth about $670 a week after taxes, or nearly $35,000 a year. After May 23, 2008, when the tic
May 13, 2008, 10:15 am - Lottery News

$180 Million Lottery Winners: 'We Want A Regular Life'News Story
If you can't win it big in the lottery, you hope the ones who do seem worthy of the prize. Which is why few can be disappointed that a Minnesota couple has come forward to claim one of the biggest jackpots in North American history a whopping $180 million. Paul and Sue Rosenau were the sole winners of the Powerball lottery in last Saturday's big draw. The couple, from the small town of Waseca, will take a one time lump sum payment worth $59.6 million after taxes. Both are 54 and both st
May 9, 2008, 12:51 pm - Lottery News

Mass. lottery winner dies in house fireNews Story
A New Bedford, Massachusetts, man who lived a modest life even after winning a $5 million lottery jackpot has died in a fire. Authorities say 85-year-old John Gonsalves Sr. died Thursday after being overcome by smoke in his home. The fire was determined to be accidental, most likely caused by smoking materials. Gonsalves won a $5.1 million Megabucks jackpot in 1994, yet he didn't let the fortune change his life. His son, John Junior, says his father enjoyed the freedom the money gave hi
Mar 25, 2008, 9:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner's sweet wishNews Story
Retired hospital porter Steve Smith, who is suffering from a potentially fatal heart defect, won almost 19 million (US $38 million) on Britain's National Lottery but said he would give it all up if he could spend a few more years living with his wife Ida. I have a one in 10 chance of living. It's like a ticking time bomb, said the 58-year-old Smith, enjoying a bittersweet glass of celebratory champagne with his wife Ida. Smith, who has an aortic aneurysm, told reporters when collectin
Feb 6, 2008, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Winner of New York's biggest lottery jackpot sold himself the ticketNews Story
A Manhattan deli clerk may have sliced his last salami after selling himself the winning ticket to the biggest scratch-off lottery jackpot in state history. Waleed Alsaidi, 22, will take home $10,000 per week for the rest of his life about $6,450 after taxes are withheld after getting lucky in the New York Lottery's Win for Life Spectacular game. The Yemen native said that he bought the ticket as a present to himself while working the lonely late shift on New Year's Eve at his fa
Jan 18, 2008, 7:54 pm - Lottery News