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$216M Mega Millions lottery winner is from New JerseyNews Story
California second-prize winner wins $1M 'mini-jackpot' Once again, the Garden State got lucky, as a single ticket sold in Ocean County grabbed last night's $216 million Mega Millions annuity windfall. Since 2004, New Jerseyans have won more than $1 billion in Mega Millions jackpots. The payout in cash the usual option would be about $140.6 million. Before 25 percent gets snatched for federal taxes, of course. The good news on the tax front is that unlike many other states, New Jersey do
Mar 4, 2009, 11:11 am - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery's raffle drawing is finally hereNews Story
After seeing all the other raffle-drawing states crown their millionaires during the holiday season, New Jersey lottery players may have gotten restless. But tonight is now their night. The full list of winning numbers for the Jersey Jackpot Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's New Jersey Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/nj). Jersey Jackpot Raffle, a short-term raffle-style game, will make 1,216 lucky players richer, with prizes ranging from $250 up to the top $2 milli
Jan 21, 2009, 8:33 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery celebrates 10th raffle drawingNews Story
Michigan: more raffle draws than any other state The Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle is back in action, now with its tenth drawing conducted. The complete list of winning numbers for the latest raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Michigan Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mi). The $20 raffle tickets went on sale Nov. 10, and a total of 600,000 were available for the drawing. All the tickets were sold out prior to the draw. In the drawing held earlier toda
Jan 5, 2009, 11:08 pm - Lottery News

$58.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in PennsylvaniaNews Story
Second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania this month Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced that a York business sold the only winning ticket in the $58.6 million, Oct. 29, Powerball jackpot. We are pleased to announce that Bookland sold the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing, said Ed Trees, executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery. This is the second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania this month. Bookland, 2114 S. Queen S
Oct 31, 2008, 12:18 pm - Lottery News

Weak bond market lowers lottery annuity jackpotsNews Story
Situation serves as reminder of how jackpots are calculated The nation's financial crisis is causing a dip in one of the optional jackpots offered in Wisconsin's Megabucks lottery game. The lottery said Tuesday that the annuity option which has a jackpot paid in installments over 29 years will decline for the first time because of a weak bond market. State lotteries fund their annuity options by using ticket revenue to buy conservative, government-backed bonds. For the Wisconsin lott
Oct 29, 2008, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Michigan $42M lottery winner to claim jackpot todayNews Story
Winner will take the full annuity payout The owner of a winning $42 million Mega Millions ticket, sold at a Macomb County, Michigan, liquor store, is expected to show up at Lottery headquarters Friday to collect the fortune. Lottery officials are being tight-lipped about the winner's identity, and won't even disclose if it's a man or a woman. The mystery person or persons will be revealed Friday at a news conference. The winner may do something almost unheard of: receive the money in in
Oct 10, 2008, 8:02 am - Lottery News

22 postal workers win $10.2M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
The 22 postal workers had been playing the lottery together for years, sharing the disappointment of regular failures with the grim resolve of the always hopeful. But now, the 22, who work at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center, on Byberry Road near Woodhaven, are sharing the joy of winning the $10.2 million Powerball lottery jackpot on Saturday. The Powerball winners did not want to go on camera and talk about their good fortunes just yet but they call themselves the Lucky 22 . Joseph Ma
Oct 8, 2008, 8:00 pm - Lottery News

Group of nine claims $207M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Nine friends from Roswell came to the New Mexico Lottery today to collect a Powerball jackpot of $206.9 million the New Mexico Lottery's largest prize ever. The nine winners are Carl and Holly Baldwin, Kevin and Jessica Breedyk, Ron and Cindy Miller, Ryan and Nicole Miller, and Randy Miller. The friends elected to take the prize in a cash payment of $102.9 million rather than the annuity option of 30 payments over 29 years. I Started Bawling With money chipped in by her friends, a d
Oct 3, 2008, 5:25 pm - 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

Virginia Lottery's 20th birthday raffle drawing heldNews Story
The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made one instant millionaire. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/specialresults/va-lottery-raffle-2008-09-20.asp Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Virginia Lottery, with a limited period of availability of $5 tickets. The Birthday raffle differed from most other raffles conducted by Virginia and other states, that ther
Sep 21, 2008, 11:20 pm - Lottery News