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Lottery frenzy makes Rosenberg store a winnerNews Story
A corner convenience store in Rosenberg, Texas that reigns as the lottery-selling champion in the Houston area was buzzing Tuesday, selling tickets to eager customers hoping to claim the biggest prize in the Mega Millions drawing since Texas joined the multistate lottery.A steady stream of traffic trying to cash in on the $155 million jackpot pulled in and out of Rudy's Stop Shop, at FM 1640 and Damon, a brown brick facade with a small lot of only half a dozen parking spaces.A line of regular
Dec 31, 2003, 7:19 am - Lottery News

Big lottery jackpot spurs border rushNews Story
Perry Graves didnt cross the state line from North Carolina to Virginia just to play the lottery.Im up here to win the game! the Reidsville man said.He was not alone.Many Tar Heels flocked across the Virginia line and plunked down cash for a chance at the $155 million jackpot in tonights multistate Mega Millions game. The drawing will be at 11 p.m.The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 135,145,920, but that didnt stop the steady stream of customers at Peoples General Store, just a mile and a h
Dec 30, 2003, 5:45 am - Lottery News

Jobless man presents missing NIS 7 million (US$1.6M) lottery ticketNews Story
The mystery of the identity of the sdventh winner in the NIS 50 million (US$11.4M) lottery held two weeks ago was solved Monday, when a man from the south came to Mifal Hapayis national lottery center in Tel Aviv and presented the winning ticket.The ticket, bearing the seven winning numbers that came up in the December 15 drawing, was bought in Eilat and netted its owner some NIS 7 million (US$1.6M). Married with three small children, the sdventh winner, in his 40s, has been unemployed for the p
Dec 30, 2003, 5:43 am - Lottery News

First Tennessee Games RevealedNews Story
Tennessee lottery players may have a chance at $1 million in prize money even before the Ping-Pong balls start popping up for the state's big money drawings this spring.Yesterday lottery President and Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Paul unveiled Tennessee Millionaire along with three other scratch-off ticket games that will go on sale in February, officially launching the drive for funding college scholarships through lottery sales.''At about 10:30 p.m. last night, we printed our first lottery
Dec 30, 2003, 5:30 am - Lottery News

Millionaire antsyNews Story
Lottery winner wants to land himself a full-time jobHe's got a million reasons to retire, but the idea of sitting back and relaxing in his plush new west-side home is driving lottery winner Donald Majore to distraction.That's why the 60-year-old former truck driver's new year's resolution is to find a new job behind the wheel - after discovering stacking supermarket shelves wasn't for him. Winning was a nice feeling but after I quit my job I went to work at the supermarket to keep fit, he said.
Dec 29, 2003, 5:06 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $3 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Sunday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Middleburg, officials said.A total of 121 tickets matched five numbers to win $3,053.50; 6,490 tickets matched four numbers for $46; and 109,200 tickets matched three numbers for $3.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 5-10-12-18-22-48.No ticket in the Fantasy 5 game matched all five winning numbers, the Florida Lottery s
Dec 29, 2003, 4:58 am - Lottery News

Lottery's $125M Pot Stirs CityNews Story
Visions of sugarplums - and sweet greenbacks - were dancing through the heads of New York lottery players on Christmas as they rushed to buy tickets for tonight's $125 million Mega Millions jackpot. When I see a big pot I definitely jump in, said Michael Santos, 32, one of countless lottery players who hope Christmas comes one day late this year. I don't think I'll win, but it sounds nice, he said as he scooped up 10 tickets at a Westbury, L.I., bodega.No one had all six numbers in Tuesday's $
Dec 26, 2003, 3:53 am - Lottery News

$315M Lottery Winner Shuns AttentionNews Story
$315M Lottery Winner Andrew Whittaker Says He Wishes He'd Been Quieter About Hitting JackpotThe letters never stop. Requests, pleas, hard-luck stories, tales to break your heart: thousands of them, enough to fill hip-high filing cabinets that line three conference-room walls in Andrew Jack Whittaker's new office.They come by the dozens, day after day, though it has been a year since Whittaker won the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history $314.9 million, payable in an after-tax lum
Dec 26, 2003, 3:50 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $3 million Florida LottoNews Story
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Thursday.The winning ticket was bought in the city of Campbellton, officials said.A total of 47 tickets matched five numbers to win $8,093; 4,002 tickets matched four numbers for $77; and 85,399 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Wednesday: 01-20-21-23-26-36.Three winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $85,469.27 each, the Florida Lottery said
Dec 26, 2003, 3:41 am - Lottery News

$100 million jackpot boosts demand for lottery ticketsNews Story
Abel Ybarra looks at the $1 Mega Millions lottery ticket that he purchased Monday night as an investment, not a waste of money.Just like the stock market, you keep putting money in until you make a nice profit, Ybarra said, as he held his ticket outside the Supertrak convenience store in east Arlington. Buying cigarettes and beer is wasting money, said Ybarra, a warehouse inventory worker. If I win, I would have become a millionaire on a $1 investment. State lottery officials expect 3 million
Dec 23, 2003, 5:32 am - Lottery News