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Couple finds winning $1.8M lottery ticket while cleaning house for ThanksgivingNews Story
Claims prize two weeks before expiration Harold and Tina Ehrenberg hit the jackpot literally as they tidied up their Mandeville, Louisiana, home this week while preparing to host a Thanksgiving crowd. On a nightstand in their bedroom, Tina stumbled upon a few forgotten lottery tickets and one was a winning ticket that entitled them to a $1.8 million jackpot. But that's not even the craziest part. It turns out the pair claimed the prize just in the nick of time. Winnings for draw-style lott
Nov 23, 2018, 8:58 am - Lottery News

N.C. man wins $1M after playing the same numbers for 5 yearsNews Story
By Todd Northrop A North Carolina man finally struck it big in the multi-state Powerball lottery after playing the same numbers for five years. Benjamin Sinclair of Winston-Salem claimed his prize Thursday afternoon at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. I've been playing the same numbers for five years, Sinclair said. They're very special to me. Sinclair's good luck began when he stopped at the Sheetz on Fairlawn Drive in Winston-Salem and bought a $2 ticket for the drawing on Oct. 2
Nov 13, 2018, 8:46 am - Lottery News

8 years after buying $10.8 million ticket, lottery winner says life is 'marvelous'News Story
A Pennsylvania couple who took home more than $10 million in Delaware's first Hot Lotto jackpot eight years ago traded in their mobile home for a four-bedroom house but say their good fortune hasn't changed them. In August 2009, Robert Crowther already had retired from the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark, Delaware, where he had worked for more than 30 years. Since the Crowthers opted to take the jackpot as a lump sum of $10,774,362 rather than as a deferred annuity, life has been marvelous,
Nov 12, 2018, 4:09 pm - Lottery News

New York Lottery awards $26.6 million in prize checks to 3 big winnersNews Story
Three lucky New Yorkers came forward to receive their winnings Wednesday as they became the state's newest lottery millionaires. The New York Lottery distributed $26.6 million in prize checks at its customer service center in Manhattan. The biggest prize went to 42-year-old Kimberly To-Mejia of Staten Island, who was the sole winner of the $11.6 million jackpot from the September 22 Lotto drawing. She said she normally plays Powerball and Mega Millions but playing a different game paid
Nov 11, 2018, 8:04 am - Lottery News

Lottery flub pays off: Michigan co-workers win $1MNews Story
A Mega Millions mistake by an office employee is paying off for her and 20 of her Ottawa County coworkers. The Michigan Lottery says the Bus Busters lottery club won $1 million during the historic Mega Millions drawing on Oct. 23. All 21 winners work for SoundOff Commercial Vehicle Solutions in Hudsonville. The lottery club's representative said they pooled their money for lottery tickets, with their boss matching the amount for a total of $212. However, the woman who volunteered to bu
Nov 8, 2018, 8:21 am - Lottery News

$750 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges to 4th-largest everNews Story
Only the 4th time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to $700 million+ By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States were pulling out all the stops to try and win Mega Millions, with one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth nearly $1.6 billion. After that jackpot was won Tuesday night on a single lottery ticket purchased in South Carolina, attention has suddenly shifted to the USA's other big multi-state lottery game, Powerball. Wednesday night w
Oct 25, 2018, 1:15 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions tickets are selling so fast that unique number combinations are running outNews Story
Just stop somewhere a coffee shop, the grocery store checkout, or your office and listen. Odds are, someone within earshot is hatching a plan to buy mansions and yachts as long as a city block. But of course, many are sure to explain, they will divert serious cash to charity after winning what lottery officials call the biggest lottery jackpot in history. Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing will pay out at least $1.6 billion to winning jackpot ticket holders, if there are any, after Friday's a
Oct 23, 2018, 9:21 pm - Lottery News

Lottery sales at retailers 'almost pandemonium'News Story
Are you dreaming about hitting it big with the lottery? You're not alone. Lottery retailers are seeing a torrent of sales with $1.4 billion in lottery jackpot winnings up for grabs. As of Thursday afternoon, the Mega Millions jackpot was at a jaw-dropping record high of $970 million with a cash option of $548.6 million. The next drawing is Friday night. The Powerball jackpot continues to grow as well. It's at $430 million with a cash option of $248 million. The next drawing is Saturday,
Oct 18, 2018, 2:29 pm - Lottery News

NJ Lottery Pick 6 jackpot jumps to 9-year highNews Story
$21.3 million up for grabs Monday By Todd Northrop With the multi-state Mega Millions and Powerball lottery games stealing players' attention these days, New Jersey's popular Pick 6 game has been quietly rolling to levels seen around once a decade. When nobody won Thursday's Pick 6 drawing, the new jackpot for Monday, Oct. 15 was set at $21.3 million. It is the largest New Jersey Pick 6 jackpot since a $24.3 million jackpot was won on Jun. 4, 2009, making the current jackpot the largest
Oct 12, 2018, 10:47 am - Lottery News

HGTV's 'My Lottery Dream Home' Season 5 premiere wins record ratingsNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Season 5 premiere of HGTV's My Lottery Dream Home just scored the series' best Nielsen numbers ever, hauling in 3.3 million total viewers and a 0.85 rating among adults 25-54. You could say Host David Bromstad has hit the jackpot. Episode 501 of My Lottery Dream Home, which premiered on Friday, Sept. 21 from 9-9:30 p.m., was the No. 3 cable show in the time slot in the all-important demographic. The evening ended up being HGTV's highest-rated Friday night in the
Sep 26, 2018, 8:12 pm - Lottery News