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3 Tickets Split $70 Million Mega Millions JackpotNews Story
Updated: Nov. 12, 2003, 9:19 am ESTThree winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's $70 million Mega Millions drawing.Two of those tickets in the multistate lottery were purchased in Roswell, Georgia and the third ticket was sold in Portage, Michigan, near Kalamazoo. Each ticket's annuity value is worth $23,333,333 before taxes.Georgia and Michigan Lottery officials have not yet said which retailers sold the winning tickets.Eight tickets had all five numbers but not the Mega Ball for a $175,
Nov 12, 2003, 4:39 am - Lottery News

Former police chief wins millions in lotteryNews Story
After 20 years of buying lottery tickets with the same pre-selected numbers, Glenn Phenicie's casual decision on Friday to buy a Maryland Lotto ticket with computer-generated random numbers netted him a $3.4 million payoff.Phenicie, a retired Waynesboro, Pennsylvania police chief, opted to take his winnings in an annuity, which will pay out $95,200 annually after taxes over the next 25 years. He estimates he'll get about $80,000 a year after taxes.Phenicie and his wife, Valerie, claimed their Lo
Nov 12, 2003, 4:16 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Indiana AgainNews Story
People that say lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice haven't spent much time in Indiana. For the third time in the last four drawings, someone from Indiana has won the Powerball jackpot.On Saturday, October 25, a $190.9 million jackpot was split between two tickets; one purchased in Indiana and one in Minnesota. Last Wednesday's $10 million Powerball jackpot was claimed by one winning ticket purchased in the Hoosier state.Wednesday night's $12.8 million jackpot was the 31st Powerball
Nov 6, 2003, 5:10 am - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery Increases the Lotto Cash Value to 50 PercentNews Story
Future Colorado Lotto winners will receive an extra 10 percent beginning October 31, 2003 when they choose the Cash Value Option. The Cash Value has been set at 40 percent since it was introduced on July 10th, 1994. It's always exciting to announce changes that provide our winners with more money, said Lottery Director Mark Zamarripa. The Cash Value has been the same for almost ten years and it was time for us to bring it in line with the current market situation. The Cash Value Option is d
Nov 3, 2003, 4:06 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Store Sells Winning $5 Million Lottery TicketNews Story
One very lucky person who visited the Huck's convenience store in Murphysboro, Illinois this Wednesday is holding a winning lottery ticket worth up to $5 million.The winning ticket was purchased at 10:13 a.m. Wednesday at the store located at the corner of Walnut and South 20th streets. The numbers on the ticket are 2, 18, 20, 23, 30 and 39.The ticket holder had not yet stepped forward Thursday, but a spokeswoman for the Illinois Lottery in Springfield offered a strong piece of advice for the wi
Oct 31, 2003, 1:00 pm - Lottery News

Longtime lottery player's $36 million ticket is worth the waitNews Story
Ever since she turned 18, Tanya Belair has played the Pennsylvania Lottery's jackpot games with mind-numbing regularity.She long ago stopped checking her $5 tickets after each drawing. Instead, the 29-year-old biologist from North Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, stockpiled her chances in a box, checking them en masse when the piles got too big.But that routine was interrupted Oct. 19 when her dad, Frederick, showed her a newspaper report that the winning Super 6 Lotto ticket from the previous
Oct 31, 2003, 5:09 am - Lottery News

Another Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in IndianaNews Story
For the second time in four days Powerball paid off big for a player in Indiana.On Saturday a $190.9 million jackpot was split between two tickets; one purchased in Indiana and one in Minnesota. Wednesday night's $10 million jackpot was the 30th Powerball jackpot win for Indiana. There have been a total of 175 jackpot winners in the history of Powerball.The winning ticket holder for Wednesday night's draw now has a choice to make. They can take the $10 million annuity, which will be paid out
Oct 30, 2003, 5:28 am - Lottery News

Penn. Super 6 Lotto winner presented with $36 million checkNews Story
An Annville, Pennsylvania woman was presented with a check for more than $36 million for matching all six numbers in the Super 6 lottery drawing earlier this month.Tanya Marie Belair, 29, a biologist for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, matched the winning numbers in the Pennsylvania Lottery's Super 6 drawing on Oct. 17. She said she will work with a team of financial and legal advisers to decide how to invest her winnings. I am happy, surprised and grateful to be the winner of this huge lottery payoff,
Oct 30, 2003, 5:21 am - Lottery News

Marion stores have streak of Lottery luckNews Story
Big-payoff lottery lightning landed thrice in Marion County, Florida over the past week.Saturday's single Lotto ticket worth $15 million was sold in Summerfield, while one of two winning combinations in Sunday's Fantasy Five drawing worth $83,346 was sold in Ocala. As of the close of business Monday, neither winner had presented themselves. Winners have 180 days to claim their prizes.However, an Ocala resident who won a $103,440 Fantasy Five drawing from a week ago received his prize on Monday,
Oct 29, 2003, 4:17 am - Lottery News

Women's big Powerball win thrusts spotlight on small townNews Story
The last time so many TV trucks were in Holdingford was when Minnesota author Garrison Keillor visited the small town a few years ago, townspeople say.Until Monday, Holdingford probably was best known as a neighbor to Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon or as the Moonshine Capital of the Nation because a golden brew named Minnesota 13 was created there.But now, it'll be known as home to the luckiest lunch ladies.As a city of only about 700 people, everybody knows everybody else, residents say. Perh
Oct 28, 2003, 4:10 am - Lottery News