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$60 million? It's 'like an out-of-body experience'News Story
$60 million winner is just trying to 'comprehend'Becoming Pennsylvania's newest multimillionaire means Lisa Ensor will have a bigger wedding reception than she was planning and a larger investment portfolio.It also might mean a new car, a trip and a house.Ensor, 42, of York, yesterday had few definitive plans for the newfound fortune that comes with being one of two winning ticketholders in the New Year's Eve Powerball drawing.Ensor said she held off claiming her $60,149,751.49 lump-sum payment
Jan 16, 2004, 9:02 am - Lottery News

Machine Operator Claims $60.2M PowerballNews Story
An electronics plant worker came forward Thursday to claim half of the $221.5 million Powerball jackpot, more than two weeks after she bought the winning ticket.Lisa Ensor said she had kept the ticket in a safe-deposit box as she sought legal and financial advice. She did not share the news with most friends and family until Thursday, when she presented her ticket to Pennsylvania Lottery officials and opted for the $60.2 million cash payout. You can't imagine it's unbelievable, Ensor, 42, said
Jan 16, 2004, 6:10 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery Announces Retirement of Super 6 LottoNews Story
Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced the last Super 6 Lotto drawing will take place on Tuesday, January 27, 2004. Super 6 has been a great game for the Pennsylvania Lottery, generating more than one billion dollars in sales over the past five years, said Lottery Executive Director Ed Mahlman. Recently, however, interest in Super 6 has decreased, as Powerball has established itself as Pennsylvania's premier jackpot game. Mahlman said the Lottery plans to distribute of the remaining Su
Jan 12, 2004, 6:27 am - Lottery News

Penn. Match 6 Lotto Rules FinalizedNews Story
Lottery Post presents a summary of the rules for the new Pennsylvania Match 6 Lotto game.The Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue, under the authority contained in section 303 of the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. 3761-303), added Chapter 872, relating to the new Match 6 Lotto game.PurposeMatch 6 Lotto is designed to give players the opportunity to win up to four prizes in each game.For a $2 purchase, the player gets a ticket containing three sets of six numbers, the numbers in each of these sets ra
Jan 2, 2004, 8:17 pm - Lottery News

Convenience store sells winning PA Powerball ticketNews Story
Holder of ticket sold at store near York will split $221.5 million with S.C. winnerA Powerball ticket whose owner can claim half of a $221.5 million New Year's Eve jackpot was sold at a convenience store outside York, officials said yesterday. Our employees are riding really high right now, because they know somebody on the staff sold the winning ticket, said Scott Hartman, the president of Rutter's Farm Stores, a chain of 51 convenience stores. The ticket sold at the chain's Arsenal Road store
Jan 2, 2004, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Clover, S.C. store sold winning lottery ticketNews Story
S.C. town waits for Powerball winner to come forwardAs people drove past the tidy mill houses in town and the mobile homes on the outskirts of town Thursday, they couldnt help but wonder: Is somebody in one of those homes holding the $110 million ticket?One of two winning tickets in the $221.5 million Powerball lottery was sold Wednesday morning at Clover Shop and Save, about four miles below the state line. (The other winning ticket was bought in Pennsylvania.)As of late Thursday, no one had co
Jan 2, 2004, 9:03 am - Lottery News

Three Lottery Winners Wait to Step ForwardNews Story
Someone who buys lottery tickets in this Cleveland suburb is going to have a prosperous new year. Ditto for ticket buyers in Pennsylvania and South Carolina.A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $162 million was sold at a convenience store here, said Mardele Cohen, an Ohio Lottery spokeswoman. It was the only ticket in the 11-state jackpot that matched all the numbers in Tuesday night's drawing.The winning numbers were 12, 18, 21, 32 and 46. The Mega Ball number was 49.By the time lottery office
Jan 2, 2004, 9:01 am - Lottery News

$221.5 million Powerball prize split between two ticketsNews Story
Two winning tickets, one purchased in Pennsylvania and the other in South Carolina, will split the Powerball New Year's Eve jackpot worth $221.5 million.Thirty players correctly matched the five white numbers and won $100,000 each.Better-than-expected sales caused the jackpot to jump from the estimated $210 million to $221.5 million.The winners will have to decide if they want a 29-year, 30-payment annuity or the cash option worth $60.1 million each. They have 60 days after their ticket is vali
Jan 1, 2004, 2:42 am - Lottery News

Dreamers, schemers line up for Powerball jackpotNews Story
The two buddies with whom Frank Martin used to play the lottery may have given up hope of ever hitting it big, but the 65-year-old Upper Darby resident says hes not about to throw in the towel anytime soon -- especially with tonights Powerball drawing at $210 million. They dropped out, they got discouraged, he said as he purchased $20 worth of Powerball tickets Monday afternoon at Clifton Heights Beverage. But Im staying the course, Im going to hang in there. And Martins plans if he does strik
Dec 31, 2003, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Lottery sales spiking as Mega Millions jackpot reaches $155MNews Story
$155 million Mega Millions drawing is tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern TimeToday might not be the best day to stop at a convenience store for a quick cup of coffee.The Mega Millions jackpot was still growing Monday night, hitting $155 million. The multistate lottery is in New York and 10 other states.The huge jackpot has attracted regular customers plus those enticed to spend an extra dollar this week. I don't play regularly, said Sean Sweeney, 18, of Oakdale Drive in Elmira, a clerk at the Conveni
Dec 30, 2003, 5:34 am - Lottery News