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Employees hope to get a share of Texas Lotto winNews Story
El Paso store gets $1.45 million cutEmployees at the downtown El Paso gas station that sold Saturday's winning Texas Lottery ticket are anxiously awaiting to hear if they will get a cut from the share of the winnings given to the vendor. I think the morale would be very high if we did get some, said Sandra Lane, the gas station's assistant manager. I'm not greedy. I was thinking maybe $1,000, you know, or maybe $2,000. The bearer of the winning ticket with the numbers 9, 26, 28, 29, 40 and a b
Jun 21, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News

Maryland Couple Claims $109 Million Mega Millions Lottery JackpotNews Story
$109 million jackpot second largest ever in MarylandMaryland State Lottery officials today announced the winners of the $109 million, multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the second-largest award ever in Maryland.Wheaton residents Miguel and Maria Bonilla, who won the April 9 drawing, have elected to receive the winnings as a lump sum of $62,163,496.64. After state and federal taxes, the Bonillas will get nearly $42 million.Miguel Bonilla, a construction worker, purchased the lottery ticke
Apr 20, 2004, 2:09 pm - Lottery News

Man loses $41,000 in sweepstakes scamNews Story
A 28-year-old Franklin, New Jersey man got a letter in the mail indicating he had won more than $600,000 in Spain's El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery program. But over a two-week period, that Franklin man wound up withdrawing money from his bank account, taking cash advances on his credit card, borrowing from family and losing about $41,000 to the lottery scam.And police say it's unlikely the money will ever be recovered.Now the warehouse worker, who asked that his name not be used, is taking out a
Mar 5, 2004, 4:25 am - Lottery News

Can a lottery win make you happy?News Story
The first Euro Millions lottery draw takes place on Friday, with the prospect of multi-million pound jackpots. How do windfall winners come to grips with their newfound wealth - and does it make them happy? For the price of a newspaper and a chocolate bar, any one of us can buy into a multi-million pound dream. It is a dream that lottery operators are keen to sell to yet more of us with the launch of EuroMillions, a mega draw for the UK, France and Spain aimed at boosting our flagging interest i
Feb 12, 2004, 6:39 am - Lottery News

New lotto game hurts PowerballNews Story
Cobos Supermarket Assistant Manager Elizabeth Torres would like to attribute the slow Powerball-buying traffic in her Sunland Park store to the holidays, but she knows that across the state line a larger reason loomed. It's the Mega Millions. Their jackpot is pretty big, and people aren't coming from Texas as much, she said. We haven't seen the number of people that we normally see when the Powerball gets to this size. Tonight's Powerball jackpot, for which tickets are sold in New Mexico, is e
Dec 31, 2003, 7:35 am - Lottery News

Tuesday's Mega Millions Jackpot Raised to $155 MillionNews Story
Today, the 11-member group of Mega Millions announced Tuesday's jackpot would be worth an estimated $155 million, up $5 million from the previous estimated amount.No ticket matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball for Friday's drawing worth $125 million. Overall sales within the entire group prompted this morning's actions, said Texas Lottery Commission Executive Director, Reagan E. Greer. Bumping up the jackpot amount always creates excitement for players, and we expect this bump will do
Dec 29, 2003, 5:31 pm - Lottery News

Spain Holds $2.2B Christmas LotteryNews Story
The world's richest lottery spread $2.2 billion in Christmas cheer Monday throughout Spain, including to a village whose name means luck.Spaniards spent the morning glued to television sets and radios for the latest edition of a sweepstakes that goes back to 1812 and marks the official start of Spain's holiday season.For three hours, school children picked small, wooden balls out of two golden tumblers -- one for 5-digit lottery numbers and another for the corresponding prize.Known as El Gordo,
Dec 23, 2003, 5:26 am - Lottery News

Christmas El Gordo Online Lottery Sales End at MidnightNews Story
A last-minute flurry of excitement is expected at El Gordo Online, where sales end at midnight tonight for the world's biggest lottery draw.The El Gordo lottery, which is run by the government of Spain, is world-renowned for its massive drawing that happens around Christmas every year. El Gordo has one other large draw held in July, but the Christmas draw is by far the biggest.This year's Christmas drawing will award more than US$2 billion to almost 2 million winners.One of the most exciting as
Dec 18, 2003, 4:19 am - Lottery News

Lottery Event of the Year Happens in 10 DaysNews Story
It is awaited with all the excitement and ritual proper to the season. Spain's Christmas lottery is worth a record 1.75 billion (US$2.14 billion) to the winners this year, including 380 million (US$465 million) for El Gordo ( The Fat One ).The 2003 tickets, illustrated with a sentimental Nativity scene painted by Spaniard Pedro Berruguete (1445-1503), were put on sale as far back as July.Ever since, hairdressers' windows, cafe counters and fast-food fronts have been plastered with millions
Dec 12, 2003, 7:19 am - Lottery News

Lottery pays off for poor kidsNews Story
Children in one of Denver's oldest and poorest neighborhoods are getting a new playground, thanks in part to Great Outdoors Colorado. This project is very near and dear to the hearts of people who live in the Swansea neighborhood, said City Councilwoman Judy Montero, who represents the community. People have been working on this project since 1995. The GOCO board announced Monday it will award $200,000 toward the $427,000, two-acre playground and park, which is to be completed in about a year.
Dec 9, 2003, 4:53 am - Lottery News