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Grocer, couple cash in on lotteryNews Story
Who says it's bad luck to be superstitious? Not Woon-Sook Chon of Flushing. The Korean-born owner of the Flushing-based Cherry Blossom food store stopped in at the Union Deli Grocery on 38th Street to buy a Korean newspaper and walked out not only with her paper, but also a $500,000,000 Extravaganza instant Lottery ticket worth $5 million. My niece told me of a dream she had the night before, said Chon, 49. In this dream, I was rich, she continued. I decided it was a good day to try my lu
Oct 8, 2009, 7:33 am - Lottery News

Book Review: The Lottery WarsNews Story
Review by Joshua Spivak, as published in San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2009 All you need is a dollar and a dream. This was the motto for New York Lottery's great ad campaign, and it truly captures the easy-money sales pitch that has turned the lottery into a nationwide success. And it's only growing. Dollars may be in short supply, thanks to the economic collapse, but the dream of instant riches endures. This is actually an old tale. In The Lottery Wars, Matthew Sweeney takes an incis
Apr 7, 2009, 6:39 pm - Lottery News

19-year-old from N.Y. wins $1M lottery prizeNews Story
Albion, New York, native Brittanie DeClerck dreams of owning her own pet shop someday; a dream she now wants to make real with part of the $1,000,000 top prize she won on an Emerald 8s scratch off ticket from the New York Lottery. The 19-year-old former dog groomer said she looks forward to seeing her dream come true. We all have our dream jobs, but not everyone gets to see that dream come true, said the future entrepreneur. This is my chance to make it happen. DeClerck credits her gr
Mar 18, 2009, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

Unemployed: Play the lottery or not?News Story
by Dan Weiser The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is worth an estimated $212 million. Right now, it is the largest lottery jackpot in the country, including the multi-state Powerball. In fact, it's the largest lottery jackpot in the world. The next drawing is Tuesday night and a winning ticket will bring riches to at least one person. $212 million dollars is the stuff dreams are made of, but in these uncertain times winning would be ... well, hard to put into words. The unemployment rate
Mar 2, 2009, 9:39 am - Lottery News

Man quits lottery pool, then wins with Quick PickNews Story
Mark Weir won a 2.7 million (US $5.3 million) Lotto jackpot, and then told the members of his former lottery pool, You won't get a penny . Father-of-two Mark, 45, hit the jackpot with a 1 Quick Pick ticket he bought in last Wednesday's UK National Lottery draw after failing to win anything for years in his office lottery pool. As he picked up his winnings yesterday, plastics factory machine operator Mark, from Darlington, Co Durham, said, The lads at work won't be getting a share.
May 28, 2008, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Man killed by train while looking at lottery ticketNews Story
A man is dead after being struck and killed by a train near Buffalo, New York, while examining a scratch-off lottery ticket. Police say 48-year-old Ronald Wittenberg of Lackawanna did not respond to the train's blaring horn as it approached him from behind as he walked between the rails. Wittenberg was returning from fishing with a friend shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Police were told he had his head down and was examining the lottery ticket. Wittenberg died from massive head and inter
May 18, 2008, 9:47 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky man thought he won lottery jackpotNews Story
Misreads symbols on scratch game card Stephen McGuire took a chance on his luck with big hopes and dreams. I was dreaming of getting out of debt being able to financially able to do more things with my family, he says. A dream McGuire thought became reality after finding this dollar sign in Lucky Loot part of the 100,000 dollar players club game. I scratched it off. I went through see I won ten dollars, scratched the last one off, I thought I won 100,000 dollars. My wife, thoug
Apr 30, 2008, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Record Irish Lottery win offers escape from hard lifeNews Story
The Cinderella-style magic of the Irish National Lottery was never more evident than on Cork's Bridevalley estate yesterday. The huge 16 million (US $22.1 million) Lotto jackpot won by Paul and Helen Cunningham and the dream lifestyle it can now offer them stood in stark contrast to the everyday challenges facing people in this most tight-knit of northside communities. Bridevalley is a proud area where everyone knows and watches out for everyone else and locals are deeply protectiv
Jul 30, 2007, 9:21 am - Lottery News

Georgia man celebrates $5 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A Columbus man has netted a win worth millions. David Huff, 46, won $5 million playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club. Circle K Stores #6678, 215 Fourth St. in Columbus, sold the winning ticket. The father of four scratched the ticket just outside of his car. What he discovered, Smith said, was unbelievable. I broke my glasses trying to look at the ticket, he said. I was sure of what I saw, so I had to take a deep breath. Smith, who likes to go fish
Jun 1, 2007, 1:17 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin couple wins $15.4M Megabucks lottery jackpotNews Story
The winners of the biggest Megabucks jackpot won in Door County were introduced Monday in Fish Creek. The shock of winning still hasn't gone away for the lucky couple. Nearly 30 years of playing the lottery made Pat and Chuck Stage occasional winners. Monday's trip to the Fish Creek BP made them multi-millionaires. Pat's played the same numbers for years but never heard them all on the news until two Wednesdays ago. She started checking the numbers, and I heard a blood-curdling scream,
Oct 31, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News