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Va. Beach couple buys 5 winning lottery tickets, wins $500,000News Story
Third time the couple has won the top prize A Virginia Beach couple quintupled their lottery winnings after they bought not one, but five tickets with the same winning numbers. Stanley and Simone Christian selected the numbers 7, 9, 12, 21, and 23 for all five tickets and won the Cash 5 drawing on June 19. I had a dream about my husband, she told Lottery officials. So I selected our birthdays and the month we got married. Three of the tickets were bought at Independence Shell, 2044
Jun 21, 2013, 7:28 pm - Lottery News

West Virginia man wins $300,000 in Pick 4 lotteryNews Story
Larry Hughes of Kimball, West Virginia, may soon have relatives he never knew he had coming out to Kimball to visit him after winning $302,600 on Thursday night's Daily 4 drawing. West Virginia Lottery Director John Musgrave announced today that Hughes and his family came to Charleston on Friday to claim the prize. Hughes played the numbers 1-2-3-4 60 times on a straight bet, and the same numbers on a straight/box. Although he doesn't always bet $61, he bets the same numbers every day. The to
Jun 8, 2013, 8:08 am - Lottery News

6 things to do before claiming your lottery prizeNews Story
What should you do if you win the lottery? Take it from someone who has developed a national reputation for working with sudden wealth recipients or as a client recently remarked, a lottery financial adviser : There are countless financial, tax and legal strategies that you can take to make the most of your sudden money but not so fast! Winning the lottery is a unique sudden wealth event that requires several immediate decisions. Here are six things you should do before you claim your lottery pr
Jun 5, 2013, 8:55 am - Lottery News

$550 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now more than a half-billion dollarsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Just 12 hours after the initial Powerball jackpot estimate of $475 million was set, lottery officials announced that strong sales have pushed the official estimate for Saturday's drawing to $550 million. The current jackpot is the second largest in Powerball history and the third largest jackpot in U.S. history. The new estimated lump-sum cash value of the jackpot is $350.1 million. Judging from past jackpot run-ups, it is almost certain that the jackpot will be rais
May 16, 2013, 4:09 pm - Lottery News

$475 MILLION: Powerball jackpot nears a half-billion dollarsNews Story
3rd largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen By Todd Northrop You want to win a half-billion dollar jackpot? For only the third time in history, it is possible or will be, by the time Saturday's drawing comes around. Let the frenzy begin. Millions upon millions of people around the country will be lining up for their chance to claim the historic jackpot Saturday evening. The Powerball jackpot is so huge that the next-highest jackpot in history is $85 million less than Saturday
May 16, 2013, 12:50 am - Lottery News

Virginia man wins lottery 4th timeNews Story
Melvyn Wilson might be running out of room for all the big Virginia Lottery ceremonial checks he's received. Back in 2005 he won prizes of $1 million and $500,000 in Virginia Lottery Scratcher games. In 2004 he won a $25,000 prize. Now the Woodbridge man has done it again. He scratched to win $500,000 in the Virginia Lottery's Millionaire Mania game. He bought the winning ticket at Handy Dandy Market, 13316 Occoquan Road in Woodbridge. I'm just in the right place at the right time, is
May 15, 2013, 6:54 am - Lottery News

N.C. farmer wins record lottery jackpotNews Story
It's also his second time winning a Cash 5 jackpot A farmer from Zebulon, North Carolina, won more than $1.1 million in the Carolina Cash 5 jackpot on Sunday the largest amount ever won by a single ticket in that game. It was the second time that Homer Buffaloe has hit the Cash 5 jackpot. In November 2010, he claimed half a jackpot worth $408,066. This time, Buffaloe received a check for $778,479 after state and federal taxes were withheld. The odds of matching all five numbers and w
Mar 5, 2013, 6:31 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery gears up for online sales in springNews Story
The Michigan Lottery plans to begin selling online subscriptions for games such as Mega Millions and Powerball starting this spring. The state says the move will bring in more revenue for schools and improve the lottery experience, but some businesses are concerned it will hurt in-store ticket sales. Daily 3, Daily 4 and Club Keno would not be part of the initial program, which allows customers to sign up for multiple ticket purchases over a period of time. A new system called iLottery
Feb 28, 2013, 8:55 am - Lottery News

Idaho $1M Powerball ticket to expire FridayNews Story
Time is quickly running out for the holder of an unclaimed $1 million Powerball ticket that was sold last summer. The ticket will expire Friday at 3 p.m. if the holder does not arrive in Boise at Idaho Lottery Headquarters to claim their prize. The winning ticket was sold for the June 20 Powerball draw from an Idaho Lottery retail location in Meridian. The ticket matched the first five numbers from that night's draw, but not the Powerball itself. The winning numbers for that night were 11,
Dec 12, 2012, 10:17 pm - Lottery News

$550 MILLION: Powerball buying frenzy sparks another jackpot increaseNews Story
Powerball fever sweeping the nation UPDATE: Will roll to $900 million if nobody wins tonight By Todd Northrop As if $425 million or $500 million isn't enough, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) announced today that tonight's Powerball jackpot has been increased again to $550 Million. Lottery Post reported yesterday that Powerball tickets have been selling nationally at a pace of more than 100,000 tickets per minute (see Powerball selling 100,000 tickets per minute, Lottery Po
Nov 28, 2012, 12:32 pm - Lottery News