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Anonymous Winner Claims $85.5 Million Powerball Lottery JackpotNews Story
The winner of the Feb. 4 $85.5 million Powerball jackpot has claimed the prize under the anonymity of a trust, the New Hampshire Lottery said Tuesday.The Bow Trust of Portland, Maine, chose the cash option of $46.5 million before taxes. Trustee Thomas J. Van Meer, partner in the Portland law firm of Van Meer and Belanger claimed the money. While we do enjoy the ability to meet our winners and help them announce their good fortune, we can respect the winners' desire to remain anonymous, the lott
Feb 25, 2004, 4:38 am - Lottery News

Woman hits $10 million jackpot at MGM GrandNews Story
First a military veteran hit a Megabucks slot jackpot shortly after Veterans Day, then a woman who was born on Christmas Eve hit Megabucks shortly before Christmas.Friday, a 49-year-old woman who said she dreamed two weeks ago she would win a lot of money did not let the unlucky Friday the 13th superstition stand in the way of fulfilling her dream at a Megabucks machine at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.The winner, a woman from another country who asked to remain anonymous, hit for $10.2 milli
Feb 16, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Indiana store looking for lottery winnerNews Story
The $100,000 ticket has gone unclaimedSomebody's pipe dream has come true - and the winner doesn't even know it yet.Riegel's Pipe Tobacco Shop, 624 S. Calhoun St., sold a Powerball ticket worth $100,000 on Nov. 22. But nobody has come to claimed the prize, said Frank Bougher, assistant manager.Signs were up in the downtown shop today asking the anonymous winner to come forward. If nobody claims the prize (by the deadline for) the drawing, the state gets to keep the money, Bougher said. We ha
Feb 10, 2004, 6:49 am - Lottery News

Powerball's $85.5 million winner remains a mysteryNews Story
Who is it?Thats the $85.5 million question.New Hampshire still waits for the winner of Wednesdays Powerball lottery jackpot to enter the spotlight. Some wondered if he or she ever would. Portsmouth attorney Sally Mulhern, of Mulhern Scott, represented one lottery winner who remained anonymous - even to his parents. I couldnt believe his parents didnt know, Mulhern said in a telephone interview Friday. He had had a bad day and his wife asked him, what can I do to make you feel better. He said,
Feb 9, 2004, 6:11 am - Lottery News

Friends Say Audit Troubled Minnesota Lottery ChiefNews Story
George Andersen built the Minnesota Lottery from the ground up, and some who knew him say he looked upon it less like a bureaucrat and more like a proud and protective father.Andersen committed suicide Tuesday, a day after meeting with a government auditor examining the lottery's operations. He was found outside his home, and an autopsy determined he died of hypothermia in single-digit termperatures after cutting his wrists, said sheriff's Cmdr. Scott Malinosky said.Andersen's death has focused
Jan 29, 2004, 6:08 am - Lottery News

Winners wish they'd lain lowNews Story
Anonymous veteran millionaires share drawbacks of hitting jackpotTalk to former lottery winners and they agree -- the biggest mistake Mega Millions jackpot winner Rebecca Jemison made this week was coming forward herself to claim her winnings. She's going to be hounded, said an Akron-area man who won $8 million about a decade ago.It seems keeping a low profile, if that's possible when the paparazzi are on your tail, is vitally important when you realize that the little piece of paper stuck betw
Jan 9, 2004, 5:47 am - Lottery News

Vendor defends perks for Colorado lottery workersNews Story
The company that makes scratch-game tickets for the Colorado Lottery defended Friday its purchase of trips and entertainment for Lottery employees.In fact, Scientific Games is required to pay for those items under the terms of its contract with the Colorado Lottery, said company spokesman Martin Schloss.The Colorado Lottery has been under a cloud since the Dec. 1 release of a state audit that found the agency had excessive expenses and questionable accounting practices. Questions also have been
Dec 22, 2003, 6:01 am - Lottery News

Computers seized in Lottery investigationNews Story
Agents from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation seized computers from the state Lottery office this week, as part of a larger investigation into the Lottery.Investigators with CBI and the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office took computers out of the building on Colorado Boulevard, as well as the Lottery headquarters in Pueblo earlier this week.They say they are reviewing numerous issues having to do with the lottery. This criminal investigation comes after the Department of Revenue had a
Dec 19, 2003, 3:14 am - Lottery News

Punter wins $30 million jackpotNews Story
A punter from the NSW far north coast is $30 million (US$22.3 million) richer after winning the entire first division in last night's Powerball - the equal-biggest lottery win in Australia. (Editor: Australian Powerball, not the US multi-state Powerball)But NSW Lotteries said the ticket holder from the coastal town of Yamba, who won the major prize with a $12.70 (US$9.43) computer-generated ticket, wanted to remain anonymous.Last night's win follows the first - and controversial - $30 million P
Dec 12, 2003, 6:02 am - Lottery News

Elderly man loses $8,000 to con menNews Story
San Jose police Thursday released composite sketches of two men sought in a recent lottery scam in which an elderly man lost $8,000 cash while trying to help a man he believed held a winning ticket.A pair of men approached the 81-year-old victim Wednesday while he was walking out of a Kmart at McKee Road and Jackson Avenue and separately asked him for directions. One man wanted to know where an attorney's office was located. He then explained that he held a winning lottery ticket but feared rede
Nov 7, 2003, 4:40 am - Lottery News