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Savannah family wins $50 million Mega Millions prizeNews Story
A Savannah family turned in a winning ticket on Monday for a Mega Millions jackpot worth $50 million.Richard Mika, his wife, Robin, and their two daughters selected the cash option for Fridays drawing, which amounted to $28 million before taxes. The lottery will withhold 31 percent of that for taxes.Richard Mika, a Savannah Water Department employee, was remodeling his home on Saturday when he decided to call the Georgia Lottery hotline to check his numbers.I keep waiting for someone to pinch me
Aug 12, 2003, 5:31 am - Lottery News

As lottery trial ends, foes see liars everywhereNews Story
A court battle over a $25 million lottery jackpot concluded yesterday with stinging accusations of betrayal and dishonesty.Teri and Cornell Davis, the Englewood couple who claim they won the March 15 New Jersey Lottery Big Game Mega Millions lottery, are either conspiring liars or the victims of a group of greedy, mean-spirited hospital workers suing them for the cash, depending on which side one believes.Closing arguments were delivered yesterday in the six-day, non-jury trial after the final w
Aug 12, 2003, 5:25 am - Lottery News

Big games enter lottery's big pictureNews Story
A giant jackpot lottery such as Powerball or Mega Millions is likely to become part of Tennessee's buffet of games, but the heads of lotteries in Tennessee and Georgia say a possible partnership won't affect which game Tennesseans play.Others, including the chief of the South Carolina lottery, say Georgia's membership in Mega Millions could influence Tennessee to join that game, which is not as well-known by Middle and West Tennesseans.These big games in which states pool their prize money to of
Aug 12, 2003, 5:21 am - Lottery News

Carson widow wins $91 million SuperLotto Plus jackpotNews Story
Patricia Frierson went to her factory job after winning the $91 million California Lottery jackpot but she went home in a limousine.Frierson had the sole winning ticket for Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus game. She bought it on Saturday afternoon at a liquor store down the block from an Econolodge motel, where she has lived for three years because she no longer could afford her town home.She returned to Village Liquors on Sunday, clutching her winning ticket and hugging customers and employees.
Aug 11, 2003, 3:20 am - Lottery News

Italian lottery hits $75mNews Story
With still no winner Saturday, the Italian lottery jackpot grew to a record 63 million euros (US$75 million) for the Wednesday drawing.While no one picked the six lucky numbers, there were four winners for the second prize, each of whom won just under 900,000 euros (US$1.02 million).Players hoping to win the SuperEnalotto prize have to guess in any order the first six numbers between one and 90 extracted from the lottery wheels of Bari, Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo and Rome.The jackpot has b
Aug 11, 2003, 2:52 am - Lottery News

Lottery bill offers lump cash optionNews Story
For most lottery winners, hitting the jackpot isn't a ticket to instant riches. However, if a MetroWest lawmaker has his way, winners no longer would have to wait 20 years or more to completely cash in on a winning ticket.State Rep. Peter Koutoujian, D-Newton, has sponsored legislation that would give lottery winners the option of selling their right to future prize payments in exchange for an immediate cash lump sum.The bill, which was admitted to the House of Representatives yesterday, is mode
Aug 9, 2003, 10:21 am - Lottery News

$71m jackpot frenzy hits ItalyNews Story
Lottery fever is gripping people throughout Italy, as the possibility of winning the jackpot worth 63 million euros ($71.4 million) looms nearer. After the jackpot eluded Italians again on Wednesday, the next chance to correctly pick the winning six numbers will come on Saturday.Wednesday night's draw of the hugely popular numbers-picking game offered a jackpot of 58.5 million euros ($66.6 million), but the top prize eluded players for the 43rd straight time.The prize up for grabs Wednesday nigh
Aug 8, 2003, 2:58 am - Lottery News

Police think Whittaker was druggedNews Story
Officer says club management trying 'to mislead' investigatorsThe Kanawha County Sheriff's Department says it believes Powerball multimillionaire Jack Whittaker was drugged inside a Cross Lanes strip club when someone broke into his car and snatched a briefcase containing more than $545,000. It was strong enough he didn't get to his Lincoln Navigator for several hours, and when he called 911 he still sounded groggy, Chief Deputy Phil Morris said today.Morris said the management of the Pink Pony
Aug 8, 2003, 2:49 am - Lottery News

Club Manager, Girlfriend Accused of Stealing Powerball Winner's MoneyNews Story
The manager of a strip club and his girlfriend were arrested Thursday for allegedly drugging a Powerball jackpot winner and stealing $545,000 of the winner's money. Authorities said Jeffrey Caplinger and Misty Arnold drugged Jack Whittaker with an unidentified substance Monday night before Caplinger took the money from Whittaker's vehicle as it idled outside the club, the Pink Pony. Caplinger and Arnold are accused of hatching the alleged scheme after Arnold saw the multimillionaire retrie
Aug 8, 2003, 2:46 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $53 MillionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot is on the rise again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 351,135 players across the nation won a total almost $2.3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $53 million.The cash option for the Saturday, August 9 drawing will be an estimated $27.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 11, 14, 26, 31, 48 and the Powerball was 30. The Power Play multiplier was 2
Aug 7, 2003, 7:10 am - Lottery News