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California Couple Claims Half of $42 Million Lottery PrizeNews Story
A Redding, California couple will hold a press conference today in which their $21 Million California SuperLotto Plus prize from last Wednesday's drawing will be announced.The winners, who chose the cash option, will receive a lump sum payment of $11,533,457.04 (before a 25% Federal Withholding is taken out).The winning ticket was purchased at the Circle K on Hartnell Avenue in Redding, California. The winning numbers were 17, 47, 44, 29, 2 and Mega number 5.The Circle K store will receive a co
Mar 5, 2004, 10:23 am - Lottery News

Deputy Retires After Claiming Lottery JackpotNews Story
A veteran Ventura County sheriff's deputy retired a little earlier than planned Thursday after discovering he had purchased one of two winning tickets in this week's $42 million California Super Lotto Plus drawing, winning half the jackpot.Deputy Robert M. Arnold, 52, a fixture in Santa Clara Valley law enforcement for more than two decades, called in his immediate resignation Thursday afternoon, shortly after confirming that he was a lottery winner. His machine-generated numbers were 2-17-29-44
Mar 5, 2004, 4:32 am - Lottery News

Woman loses $2,800 in lottery scamNews Story
A pair of con artists took advantage of a 64-year-old California woman Friday afternoon, stealing $2,800 of her savings on the promise of splitting a $125,000 winning lottery ticket with her, her granddaughter says.Such lottery scams are not uncommon in Gilroy; a few people fall victim every year, according to police. Elderly people are usually the targets, especially elderly Hispanics who might be more inclined to feel sorry for someone who claims they cant cash a winning lottery ticket because
Mar 5, 2004, 4:14 am - Lottery News

$28.5 million lottery jackpot remains unclaimedNews Story
Going ... going ... not quite gone.The mystery winner holding the missing jackpot lottery ticket from the Sept. 10 California SuperLotto Plus drawing has until March 8 -- that's Monday -- to claim the $28.5 million prize. After that, the money goes into the public schools pot. We've been wondering for over six months, said Mona Sanders, the California Lottery sales representative for the San Lorenzo store that sold the winning ticket. Someone asks every day if the winning ticket has been tur
Mar 2, 2004, 5:57 am - Lottery News

Calif. lottery 'winner' didn't buy ticketNews Story
The rags-to-riches story of Jaime Chavez Ramos has a new plot: He has signed over a $10 million SuperLotto jackpot to Benjamin Garcia, whom Ramos identified as his cousin.Four days after telling reporters that he was an instant millionaire, Ramos, who lives in the Fresno area, told lottery officials that Garcia actually paid the $1 for the winning quick-pick ticket at Church Market in Calwa.He then signed documents that legally turned the jackpot over to Garcia, said Norma Minas, a Lottery spoke
Mar 1, 2004, 3:57 am - Lottery News

Fresno resident wins $10 million Calif. SuperLotto Plus jackpotNews Story
Fresno is home to California's newest multi-millionaire. Jaime Chavez won Wednesday night's $10 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot with a ticket he bought in a local convenience store.Jaime Chavez wasted no time in turning in his winning ticket at the lottery office in north Fresno. He's the only one in California to pick all six numbers in Wednesday's SuperLotto Plus drawing worth $10 million.Chavez won it all with a one dollar quick pick purchased at the Church Market at Church, near Maple, in
Feb 6, 2004, 6:42 am - Lottery News

Nimitz Sailor wins $6.5 million in California lottoNews Story
There was a time when Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Don Burdette and his family struggled from paycheck to paycheck in order to pay their bills. Now, those struggles are gone.Burdette, a 23-year-old Sailor aboard San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), won the California Lottery Jan. 14 and split a $13 million dollar jackpot with one other Californian. We both decided to take the lump sum up front instead of in payments, said Burdette. After splitting the money and taxes were deduc
Jan 30, 2004, 6:51 am - Lottery News

Self-service machines coming for Texas Lottery gamesNews Story
The Texas lottery is joining the high-tech revolution.Lottery officials plan to install about 1,000 ATM-like machines at retail outlets across the state that will dispense tickets for such games as Lotto Texas, Mega Millions and Cash Five. The machines will not only sell tickets, but they will also be able to scan tickets from previous drawings and tell players whether they have won any money. We think the players will like them, said lottery spokesman Bobby Heith. You can purchase your ticket
Jan 29, 2004, 6:12 am - Lottery News

She's Won Millions but Has No Grand PlansNews Story
She's just won the $88 million California SuperLotto Plus jackpot, but Pamela Bazan says no one should expect to see Ferraris in her Rossmoor driveway or to catch her on a diamond shopping spree at Tiffany Co. And there certainly will be no private jets whisking the retired bookkeeper and her husband off on a round-the-world adventure. We're painfully careful people, Bazan said. But I wouldn't mind looking into a nice cruise, as long as it's not during hurricane season. Bazan, 55, bought her
Jan 6, 2004, 3:45 am - Lottery News

One Ticket Won $88 Million SuperLotto Plus JackpotNews Story
Lucky Ticket Sold in Seal BeachOne ticket won Saturday night's California SuperLotto Plus jackpot of $88 million by matching all six numbers -- 5, 9, 13, 16, 21 and Mega Number 4.The ticket was sold in Seal Beach and will be worth $88 million. If the winner chose the cash option, the ticket will be worth roughly $44,000,000 (before taxes). If the winner chose the annual payments, the winner's payment will begin at $2.2 million and graduate to more than $4.48 million by the 26th year (before a
Jan 5, 2004, 6:09 am - Lottery News