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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

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $42 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $42 million Tuesday night.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $35 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. Those tickets are worth $175,000 each.Sixteen players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000 each.The winning numbers from Tuesday's
Oct 29, 2003, 4:22 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery Unveils "Big Sleigh Giveaway"News Story
Missouria Lottery players can start celebrating the holidays early with the Big Sleigh Giveaway promotion. Players will have a chance to win a 2004 Lincoln Aviator , travel certificates, home furnishings, big-screen televisions and cash in the promotion, which runs from Nov. 1 through Jan. 9, 2004. This promotion is very similar to last year's holiday promotion, said Jennifer Kempker, promotions manager for the Missouri Lottery. Players really liked the variety of prizes, so this year we a
Oct 28, 2003, 6:00 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $35 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $35 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $28 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were four second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing, including one in Michigan, who matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball. Those tickets were worth $175,000.Twenty-six players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball numbe
Oct 27, 2003, 5:13 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball Tickets Sold In Indiana and MinnesotaNews Story
Powerball paid off big Saturday night for two winning tickets; one sold in Indiana and one sold in Minnesota. The winners will split a $190.9 million jackpot.The $190.9 million dollar jackpot is the tenth largest jackpot in lottery history. It ranks as the sixth largest Powerball jackpot ever.Each ticket holder will have to decide if they want the $95.4 million 29- year annuity or the cash option worth $49.7 million. The ticket holders will have 60 days after the tickets are validated to make th
Oct 26, 2003, 1:55 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $190 MillionNews Story
Fourteen Powerball players across the nation were just one ball shy of winning the world's largest current lottery jackpot Wednesday night. The ball those players were missing was the Powerball.Powerball is the most exciting and well-known lottery game in the world, just ask the nearly one million players that collected cash prizes Wednesday night.There were no jackpot winners but 930,975 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.7 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one c
Oct 23, 2003, 4:02 am - Lottery News

Texas to start Mega Millions in time for holidaysNews Story
Lottery officials are hoping to jingle all the way to the bank this holiday season, as Texans for the first time will be able to buy tickets in their state for the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing.Tickets will be on sale Dec. 3. The first drawing in Texas is targeted for Dec. 5.Jackpots start at $10 million and have averaged $42.3 million over the past year. But lottery officials in Texas and 10 other states that participate anticipate a much larger bounty.The Texas Lottery Commission e
Oct 23, 2003, 3:53 am - Lottery News

Powerball players clamor for shot at $162 millionNews Story
Jo Pictor has been playing the lottery regularly since 1986 and is still hopeful that the next drawing will call her lucky numbers. Last year, I played in 11 states, Pictor, 80, said. If I win, the grandkids will be very happy because they will each get a new car. The Westsider bought three Powerball lottery tickets Monday afternoon in Santa Teresa, beating the rush of ticket buyers eager for a chance at winning an estimated $162 million jackpot.Wednesday's drawing will be the 15th since the j
Oct 21, 2003, 4:09 am - Lottery News

New Jersey woman claims $12 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A Monmouth County woman has claimed a $12 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot.Cindy Wilson had the only winning ticket for the Oct. 7 drawing, lottery officials said Monday. Wilson, a Neptune Township resident who works as an engineer, was attending a business meeting in Tampa, Fla., when she checked her ticket against the winning numbers printed in a newspaper.Needless to say, they finished the meeting without me, Wilson said in a prepared statement issued Monday by the New Jersey Lottery.Wi
Oct 21, 2003, 3:58 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $162 MillionNews Story
The biggest current lottery jackpot in the world is getting bigger.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 839,469 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.7 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 $162 million. That would rank as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven months that Powerball has c
Oct 20, 2003, 4:22 am - Lottery News