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NC couple married 70 years has weekly lottery tradition that finally paid offNews Story
For James and Maxine Hilliker of Lumberton, North Carolina, a tradition of playing the lottery together led to a $768,862 Cash 5 jackpot win a week before their 70th wedding anniversary. Our wedding anniversary is next week and today is my 90th birthday, said James after receiving the big check. I can't even believe this is real. I just can't believe it. For the Hillikers, playing Cash 5 together is a weekly tradition that has become a special part of their morning routine. We go to
Feb 3, 2020, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Nebraska weighing anonymity for lottery winnersNews Story
Winners of the Nebraska Lottery both big and small must step into the limelight to accept their prize under state law, a public reveal that can turn a stroke of luck into a potential curse. Notice of a winner can bring family, friends and newfound fourth cousins out of the woodwork to ask for a slice of the prize money, said Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth. Often, the publicity and unwanted fame can become too much for the jackpot winners, Brandt said, no matter how much money comes into their
Jan 28, 2020, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Credit risk manager claims record $70 million Lotto Max jackpotNews Story
A Canadian man is $70 million (US$53.7 million) richer after winning a record-breaking Lotto Max lottery jackpot in the Greater Toronto Area. I'm overwhelmed, excited, happy and shocked but mostly, I feel very, very blessed, winner Adlin Lewis said in a statement. The check, which is the biggest lottery prize in Canadian history, was presented to the 49-year-old credit risk manager at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Prize Centre in Toronto Monday. Lewis said he scanned his ticket
Jan 16, 2020, 8:30 am - Lottery News

One of the UK's first lottery millionaires reveals how she's lived off her $3.5 million winNews Story
UK National Lottery celebrates 25 years Includes video report Next week will mark a quarter of a century since the first National Lottery draw and to mark it, we have tracked down one of the first batch of millionaires it created. The first draw was broadcast live on the BBC on 19 November 1994, with it hosted by TV favourites Noel Edmonds and Anthea Turner. The first number drawn? 30. Followed by 3, 5, 44, 14 and 22 long before the relatively recent addition of numbers 50 to 59.
Jan 8, 2020, 8:07 am - Lottery News

After answering what he thought was a robocall, N.C. man learns he won $1 million lottery prizeNews Story
Malek Dabwan of Goldsboro got a call from lottery officials telling him he had won a prize, but he was skeptical at first, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. I thought it was a robocall for a minute, Dabwan told lottery officials of the phone call. But then you said my name and I got excited. He went to claim his prize Wednesday and found out he had won $1 million in the lottery's $300,000,000 Supreme Riches Second-Chance drawing, according to the lottery. His ticket w
Dec 14, 2019, 3:20 pm - Lottery News

Michigan woman learns she won $5M lottery prize while scrolling FacebookNews Story
A woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, says she had no idea she'd won a $5 million Lotto 47 prize until she was on Facebook the night after the drawing. I usually only buy Lotto 47 tickets when the jackpot gets over $10 million, said the player, who chose to remain anonymous. When I was at the store, I saw the jackpot was only at $5 million, but I decided to get a ticket anyway. The night after the drawing, I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a news station had posted that someone
Dec 4, 2019, 3:20 pm - Lottery News

Maryland man collects second big lottery prize in two yearsNews Story
A Maryland Lottery player followed up a big win two years ago with a $50,000 jackpot from a scratch-off ticket. The 52-year-old Glen Burnie man told Maryland Lottery officials he was at the Wawa convenience store in Glen Burnie on Saturday when he decided to buy some $500,000 Crossword scratch-off tickets. The man said his first two tickets were losers, so when he got to the third ticket he decided to just scratch off the prize check area and scan it with his phone. The ticket was a $50
Nov 15, 2019, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut man cashes in $21.3M lottery ticketNews Story
Connecticut's newest millionaire came forward Tuesday, cashing in a Lotto ticket worth a cool $21,365,302. William McLaughlin, of Danbury, claimed the top prize at Connecticut Lottery's headquarters in Rocky Hill. He purchased the $1 Lotto ticket, with winning numbers 1-9-10-15-41-43, at the Stop Shop on Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. McLaughlin's six-number match was worth $25.8 million the third-largest Lotto jackpot in the state's history. Because McLaughlin took a Cash Lump Su
Nov 13, 2019, 9:11 pm - Lottery News

Woman who won lottery before wedding wins again on anniversaryNews Story
A North Carolina woman who won a $50,000 lottery jackpot three days before her wedding scored another big win on her one year anniversary. Genia Harrell of Vanceboro told North Carolina Education Lottery officials her first brush with lottery luck came in October 2018, when she won $50,000 from a Powerball drawing. Harrell said she experienced a sense of deja vu when she scored a $5,000 prize from the Lottery's October Lucke-Rewards drawing. It's crazy, Harrell said. It's unbelievable.
Nov 8, 2019, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

Customer tips bartender with Powerball lottery ticket — and it wins $50,000News Story
A bartender in Missouri received the tip of a lifetime when a customer gave her a Powerball ticket that ended up winning $50,000. Taylor Russey, 33, told reporters Wednesday that a regular patron gave out Powerball tickets as part of his tip on Oct. 18 for her good service that evening at Bleacher's Bar in O'Fallon. He does this every now and then, and when he does, he still tips regularly, Russey said of the generous gentleman who has asked to remain anonymous. It's just something nice h
Oct 30, 2019, 4:00 pm - Lottery News