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Ohio man becomes an instant millionaireNews Story
A Grafton, Ohio man instantly turned a $5 investment into $1 million at an Ohio gas station and convenience store on Sunday morning.Rodney Coker, 44, who has worked as a crane operator at Elyria Foundry Co. for more than 20 years, won $1 million in the Ohio Lottery's Thanks a Million instant scratch-off game. It was cardiac arrest, Coker said yesterday.Coker comes into the Citgo at 879 Main St. in Grafton about twice a day, store owner Hazel Rowe said, adding that he just walked in, bought the
Mar 30, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Powerball Reaches $31 MillionNews Story
March may be winding down but the action in America's favorite lottery game is heating up. More people are playing, and more people are winning Powerball.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 335,493 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in America's Game.North Dakota players got their first taste of Powerball this week. Tickets went on sale for the first time Thursday morning and Saturday night's drawing produced more than 7,000 cash prize winn
Mar 29, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Clerk admits stealing winning lottery ticket from studentNews Story
A former gas station clerk has admitted stealing a winning lottery ticket worth $20,000 from a college student, telling her it was only worth $100.Antoine Y. Reiche, 34, told a Westboro District Court judge on Friday that he took the Lucky Stars ticket.Prosecutors recommended a sentence of one year of probation and a restraining order that would prohibit him from having any contact with the victim, Erica Schmitt. Judge Michael Brooks did not impose a sentence, halting the case after Reiche's att
Mar 29, 2004, 4:33 am - Lottery News

Store owner to appeal jury's lottery decisionNews Story
A store owner plans to appeal a jury's decision that he pay $1.3 million to a lottery winner who said the owner failed to warn him about a jackpot cap.John Struna regularly bought multiple tickets with the same numbers for the Buckeye 5 game at Convenient Food Mart in Cleveland. In October 2001, he chose the winning combination, which he had played on 52 tickets.The game's prize is $100,000, so Struna thought that amount would be multiplied by 52 for each of his winning tickets, giving him $5.2
Mar 26, 2004, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $25 MillionNews Story
Powerball is offering more of everything this week. More winners, more prizes being won; and starting Thursday, more people will be able to play America's favorite lottery game.On Thursday morning, lottery players in North Dakota will be able to play Powerball for the first time. Including North Dakota, Powerball is now played in 25 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tennessee will begin selling Powerball tickets this summer.There were no Powerball jackpot winners W
Mar 25, 2004, 5:23 am - Lottery News

Alleged high-tech roulette scam "easy to set up"News Story
An alleged high-tech roulette scam that saw three people walk out of a London casino with 1.3 million recently sounds too implausible even for a movie plot.But a physicist who developed a technology-based system that famously beat the wheel in the 1970s has told New Scientist that in theory it would have been fairly easy to carry out with a little know-how and the right tools.Two men and a woman were arrested on 16 March after raking in a huge win over two evenings. Suspicious casino staff are
Mar 25, 2004, 5:20 am - Lottery News

Store clerk arrested, accused of stealing scratch-off lottery ticketsNews Story
Captured on video: A lottery player busily playing scratch-off games.Captured in handcuffs: The same lottery player who illegally scratched off almost $500 worth of tickets without paying for them.Robert Lee King, 41, of 14860 Indigo Lakes Circle, North Naples, was arrested and charged with grand theft in connection with his unlucky gambling spree earlier this month.Collier County sheriff's deputies arrested King on Tuesday after a co-worker at the Shell/Site station at 5606 Tavila Circle turned
Mar 25, 2004, 5:00 am - Lottery News

2 charged in theft from Powerball lottery winnerNews Story
Two men were charged Tuesday with stealing $100,000 from the winner of the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history.Brian Christopher Hillabold and David Michael Fewell, both 20, were jailed on charges of breaking into Jack Whittaker's sport utility vehicle Jan. 17. The vehicle was parked outside Whittaker's home.Authorities began investigating the pair after learning they spent $7,000 to $8,000 on clothing in a department store.The men told police that a third person took the money and
Mar 24, 2004, 4:31 am - Lottery News

Nebraska Senators to allocate lottery winningsNews Story
Somewhere, someone who bought a lottery ticket in Papillion, NE in January is sitting on $100,000 The prize money - for a ticket matching all but one number in the Jan. 21 Powerball drawing - has yet to be claimed. And the late July deadline to cash in is nearing.Every year, more than $2 million in winning lottery tickets are unclaimed, said Tom Harre, financial consultant to the Nebraska Lottery Division.After 180 days, the money reverts to the lottery division - an inadvertent gift from the o
Mar 23, 2004, 4:49 am - Lottery News

Persistence pays off for Tennessee lottery playerNews Story
Winner of $50,000 Jumbo Bucks jackpot to donate portion for cancer researchShirley Martin says she's spent about $10 a day on lottery tickets since the games started in January. On Sunday night, her persistence paid off - big time.The Benton County, Tennessee woman won $50,000 in the scratch-off game Jumbo Bucks, buying her winning $2 ticket at the Tiger Mart in Bruceton, where she used to work.When the games first started, Martin got hooked after winning $6 on a scratch-off ticket. It just ke
Mar 23, 2004, 4:32 am - Lottery News