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Birthdays Yield $100,000 Lottery Win After Ticket Rescued From TrashNews Story
When Daniel Brooks, Jr., a HVAC Technician from Shelbyville, Tennessee, purchased his $100,000 winning Powerball ticket, he did so by choosing numbers that were all birthdays and ages of his family members. When he and wife Robin came into the Nashville district office on Thursday to claim their prize, they brought their children so the family could experience the big dvent together.Brooks purchased his winning ticket in late April at the Han-D-Food Market, located at 1629 Bradyville Road in Mur
May 7, 2004, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $205 MillionNews Story
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $205 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $205 million dollar jackpot would rank as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever, and the 9th largest lottery jackpot of all time.The cash option for the Saturday, May 8 drawing will be an estimated $107.3 million.There were no P
May 6, 2004, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Four of 16 Lottery-Winning Lunch Ladies Have Left KitchenNews Story
Four of the 16 Holdingford, Minnesota school employees who won half of a $190 million Powerball jackpot in October have left the school.Susan Breth says she'll leave her job as part-time cook at the end of the school year. She joins Barbara Nelson, Donna Lange and Alice Kobylinski in retirement.Kobylinski was a custodian for the district. The rest were cooks.The group won the lottery after years of chipping in a quarter each to play every payday. Despite their millionaire status, most of the wom
May 6, 2004, 7:27 am - Lottery News

Powerball $170 Million Drawing TonightNews Story
Players around world are waiting for the numbers to be drawn in the $170 million Powerball drawing, which takes place tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Some facts about tonight's drawing: $170 million jackpot would rank as the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever. It would also rank as the 14th largest lottery jackpot ever. This is the largest current lottery jackpot in the world. The estimated cash option is $90.4 million. The draw on Wednesday night will be the 15th draw of this
May 5, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News

Connecticut firefighter wins $2.6MNews Story
Litchfield, Conecticut resident James Lynch beat the odds when he became $2.6 million richer, winning the states Classic Lottery jackpot on April 13.Lynch, of South Street, is a battalion chief with the Waterbury Fire Department. According to his co-workers, Lynch is still employed by the department. Area residents say Lynch and his wife Jacquelyn have children within the public school system.Approached about the prize Monday night, Lynch said he had no comment. Classic lottery tickets can be p
May 4, 2004, 7:03 am - Lottery News

$2.5 million Illinois lottery ticket expiresNews Story
Somebody out there just lost $2.5 million.That's how much an Illinois Lotto ticket sold in a Calumet City liquor store on May 3, 2003, was worth -- until 5 p.m. Monday. Now it's worth nothing because the one-year time limit to cash the ticket has passed.The ticket, with the numbers 03-23-28-29-38-42, was sold at Torrence Liquors, 616 Torrence Ave. in the south suburb.If you find it in your wallet or drawer, maybe the liquor store will buy you a drink. Lottery agents collect their 1 percent fee (
May 4, 2004, 6:59 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $170 MillionNews Story
Powerball will dominate conversations around the water cooler this week. That's because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $170 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $170 million dollar jackpot would rank as the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.The cash option for the Wednesday, May 5 drawing will be an estimated $90.4 million.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 964,485 players ac
May 3, 2004, 10:52 am - Lottery News

Virginia lottery winner badly in debtNews Story
Suzanne Mullins used her lottery winnings as collateral for a loan in 1998Eleven years after becoming a millionaire through the lottery, a Roanoke, Virginia woman has seen her fortune turn to debt.A circuit court judge ruled last week that Suzanne Mullins owes $154,146.50 in defaulted payments to a Florida company that gave her a loan six years ago with her lottery winnings as collateral.It seems an unlikely outcome for someone who once purchased a lottery ticket worth $4.2 million.But as with o
May 3, 2004, 9:43 am - Lottery News

Ohio Man Wins $22 Million Lottery JackpotNews Story
A retired aircraft industry worker from Columbus, Ohio was the sole ticketholder of a winning $22 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot earleir this month, the Ohio Lottery announced Wednesday.Marvin Wallace, who is single, opened his newspaper on April 8 and learned that he held the winning ticket for the previous evening's jackpot.He claimed his jackpot on Tuesday in the lottery's Columbus regional office, according to the agency.Wallace, the father of two daughters and a son, said that he thinks h
Apr 29, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News

Florida man claims $1 million Mega Money prizeNews Story
An Estero, Florida man has beaten the odds 1 in 2,986,522 to be exact to win the Florida Lotterys $1 million Mega Money jackpot.John H. Winkeljohn, 73, flew to lottery headquarters in Tallahassee with his wife on Wednesday to claim the prize.Lottery officials said Winkeljohn chose the one-time lump sum payment of $738,527.65. He could not be reached for comment Wednesday.Winkeljohn purchased Fridays winning ticket at the Publix at 5991 Pine Ridge Road in Naples, opting for the computerized Quick
Apr 29, 2004, 7:39 am - Lottery News