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Longtime Florida Lotto Player Finally Hits $6 Million JackpotNews Story
I was crying and laughing, and my knees went weak when I realized I had won - Margaret Ann Welch, Florida Lotto Jackpot WinnerA custodian for the Brevard County School Board, who's been playing Florida Lotto since it started 15 years ago, today claimed the estimated $6 million Lotto jackpot from the Saturday, Nov. 15 drawing.Margaret Ann Welch, 50 of Cocoa, traveled to Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee this morning to collect her prize. She could have received her winnings in 30 annual inst
Nov 21, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News

Powerball Grows to $33 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up again.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 298,624 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.2 million in prizes in America's Game. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $33 million.The cash option for the Saturday, November 22 drawing will be an estimated $17.8 million. The numbers drawn were: 16, 26, 36, 42, 47 and the Powerball
Nov 20, 2003, 1:35 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $16 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $16 million.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $12 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were three second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, each matching all five lotto numbers, but not the Mega Ball. Those tickets are worth $175,000.Twenty-two players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each
Nov 19, 2003, 4:59 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $25 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 303,827 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.1 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $25 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, November 19 drawing will be an estimated $13.4 million.The numbers drawn were: 8, 20, 22, 32, 52, and the Powerball was
Nov 17, 2003, 5:15 am - Lottery News

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

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to Estimated $70 MillionNews Story
The excitement is growing in the game with the largest jackpot in North America.Mega Millions players won nearly $3.6 million in Friday's drawing. That includes eight tickets that each won $175,000.None of the 405,355 winning tickets matched all six numbers to win the jackpot. So the jackpot for the Tuesday, November 11, 2003 drawing grows to an estimated $70 million.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 06-18-23-26-30 and the Mega Ball number was 31.Those eight tickets that won Mega Milli
Nov 10, 2003, 5:10 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $60 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $60 million.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $50 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.Four second-prize winners matched all five Lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number from Tuesday night's drawing. The tickets are each worth $175,000.Sdventeen players -- none with tickets bought in Michigan -- matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball n
Nov 5, 2003, 5:52 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery to End Change GameNews Story
Lottery Post ExclusiveThe Michigan lottery will be ending the Change Play lottery game within two weeks.According to Stepheni Schlinker, Michigan Lottery Director of Public Relations, the last drawing of the Change Play game will take place on November 16.The game is being dropped from the Michigan Lottery game lineup because of poor sales. Sales dropped off over time, Schlinker said. When the game started in October 2002, it was selling about $400,000 per week. By September sales were down
Nov 4, 2003, 7:47 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $50 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $50 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $42 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were five second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing. Those tickets are each worth $175,000.Twenty-four tickets, including two sold in Michigan, matched four of the five lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball number. Each is worth $5,000.The winning numbers from F
Nov 3, 2003, 6:49 am - 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