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Auto workers collect lottery winningsNews Story
There haven't been many happy stories involving Indiana auto workers lately, but one family is an exception. A mother and her two daughters, one retired from General Motors and two who work for Delphi in Kokomo, cashed in Monday, claiming an $11 million Hoosier Lottery prize. It was the biggest check Jill Carver, of Kokomo, and daughters Brenda Carver and Ronette Kelley had ever received. While Delphi has struggled, along with all of the American auto industry, Carver and Kelley have cl
Mar 17, 2009, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner buys Fort Myers businessNews Story
Joining the ranks of the idle rich is often step No. 1 for the lucky few who win the lottery. But Jason Fry, 35, has chosen a different path after splitting a roughly $47 million Florida Lottery jackpot in December 2007 with a Bonita Springs man. First, he spent several months traveling and relaxing after leaving his bartending job. Then he had a plan: rejoin the workforce by becoming a business owner. That decision became reality last week when he finalized the purchase of the Batterie
Mar 13, 2009, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Indiana couple wins $50,000 prize for 2nd time playing same gameNews Story
An Indianapolis couple beat the odds when they claimed their second $50,000 Lucky 5 Hoosier lottery prize. Elinor and John T. Phillips of Indianapolis claimed the prize Thursday, less than five years after Elinor Phillips won $50,000 on the same game in 2004. Elinor Phillips said her heart fluttered when she heard the numbers for the Feb. 24 evening draw. Phillips said she and her husband play Lucky 5 Evening regularly. The retirees plan to use their winnings to pay down their mortga
Feb 27, 2009, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Indiana convenience store sells winning $163M Powerball ticketNews Story
The Southeast Indiana community of Lawrenceburg is buzzing with news that a convenience store there sold the one winning Powerball ticket in Saturday's drawing. The winning ticket is worth $163 million, just under $100 million if the winner takes a lump sum payment. The identity of the winner remains a mystery. Lawrenceburg is about 20 miles west of Cincinnati. With no winner yet to step forward, the clerks at the Circle K convenience store and gas station that sold the winning ticket a
Jan 20, 2009, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Indiana Powerball lottery winners likely to remain anonymousNews Story
The winners of a $57.6 million Powerball prize have collected their money without ever showing their faces. Lottery officials say the identities of people who split the Nov. 22 Powerball jackpot may never be made public. A lawyer and an accountant representing SWS Investments, LLC, a group of between eight and 13 people , collected the winnings Tuesday at Hoosier Lottery headquarters in Indianapolis. Lottery officials say the winners wished to remain anonymous. The group decided to take
Dec 24, 2008, 12:35 pm - Lottery News

Indiana prosecutor wins $50,000 lottery prizeNews Story
Wells County Prosecutor Michael Lautzenheiser of Bluffton won $50,000 in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, the Hoosier Lottery said Thursday. A second $50,000 ticket sold in Fort Wayne had not been redeemed, the lottery said in a statement. Lautzenheiser bought his winning ticket at Pak A Sak, 904 S. Main St. in Bluffton, according to the lottery's statement. He said he has been playing the lottery for six months. With three children in college and a fourth going soon, I figured it w
Dec 5, 2008, 2:56 pm - Lottery News

Canada selling booby-prize lottery ticketsNews Story
The Canadian lottery that regulates sales of scratch-off tickets in three provinces and three territories sells tickets whose grand prizes are already won. Officials with the Western Canada Lottery Corp in Winnipeg told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. the policy was no secret and customers are advised in small print about the process. WCLC spokeswoman Andrea Marantz told the broadcaster that, before buying tickets, players can check the corporation's Web site, which is updated weekly, to s
Nov 11, 2008, 12:19 pm - Lottery News

DOJ says privatizing state lotteries illegalNews Story
Indiana drops privatization plans after DOJ issues opinion Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said Friday that he is dropping the idea of privatizing the Hoosier Lottery as an option of funding a college scholarship program after the U.S. Department of Justice said such a move would not comply with federal law. The Oct. 16 opinion, which Daniels' office said was requested by Indiana and New Jersey, says states would not comply with federal law if they enter into long-term private management ag
Oct 28, 2008, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.News Story
Largest Powerball prize ever in New Mexico Lottery offers advice to winner The New Mexico Lottery announced Saturday that it sold the winning ticket for the $200 million Powerball jackpot prize drawn earlier that evening. It was the only winning ticket nationwide. The massive jackpot is the largest Powerball prize ever won in New Mexico. The winning numbers were 13, 24, 29, 40, 52 and the red Powerball number was 29. The Power Play number was 4. The numbers were drawn Saturday
Sep 28, 2008, 7:32 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.News Story
The jackpot in America's Game continues to move, as the game itself moves closer to it's eventual overhaul. In January the Powerball game matrix will be changed to 59 numbers in the primary ball set (up from 55), and 39 numbers for the Powerball (down from 42). In the same month, Florida will join the Powerball game, to increase the total number of participating states to 30, plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands. Saturday evening did not witness the awarding of the gran
Sep 3, 2008, 12:42 am - Lottery News