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Idaho man is state's first Hot Lotto jackpot winnerNews Story
Plans to give portion to Wounded Warrior Project Steve Colson found out Wednesday morning that he won $3.4 million in the Idaho Lottery's Hot Lotto game. His ticket matched all five numbers and the Hot Ball, making Colson the first jackpot winner in Idaho Lottery history. Colson, a sixth generation Idahoan, is a retired U.S. Army veteran with 22 years of service, according to lottery officials. Colson plans to take a one-time cash lump sum prize of $2.6 million. With the winnings, he pl
Jun 29, 2012, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

Weeks from losing house, couple wins $7M lottery jackpotNews Story
A semi-retired security guard and a social worker from Desert Hot Springs claimed a $7 million lottery jackpot on Monday. John Estrada, 65, randomly selected the SuperLotto Plus winning numbers 8, 19, 20, 21, 41 and Mega number 3 on Saturday at a Chevron mini-mart on Palm Avenue south of Desert Hot Springs after his shift as a part-time security guard. That night, he and his wife, Patricia, 54, saw their numbers drawn for the jackpot. We checked the numbers many, many, many times and t
Dec 29, 2009, 9:16 am - Lottery News

Lottery fever hits Tennessee & Georgia: both states have jackpots over $200 millionNews Story
Lottery Fever hits folks in Tennessee and Georgia as both states celebrate jackpots over $200 Million. The Tennessee Lottery Powerball is up to $250 Million and the Georgia Lottery Mega Millions hits $207 Million. While the odds of hitting that jackpots are slim... As they say...it only takes a dollar to win.... Atul Patel calls to a customer who just bought a lottery ticket, Thank you ma'am. Good Luck. Patel says lottery ticket sales at Harry's Citgo on Hixson Pike have been steady
Aug 19, 2009, 10:42 pm - Lottery News

Alaska lottery assault leads to 3-year sentenceNews Story
The man accused of attacking the winner of Alaska's biggest lottery with a metal pipe or rod pleaded guilty this week to a reduced charge of second-degree assault, a prosecutor said. Brandon Hughes, a 20-year-old from the Los Angeles area, was sentenced to three years in prison under a plea bargain, said prosecutor Clint Campion. Hughes will be eligible for parole and time off for good behavior, which is usually about one-third of the sentence. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Patrick McK
May 20, 2009, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Infamous Alaska lottery winner attackedNews Story
Apparently not a robbery attempt, policeman says The man who won Alaska's first half-million-dollar lottery was attacked on a downtown Anchorage street yesterday afternoon with a tire iron or metal pipe, according to police. Police say Alec Ahsoak, 53, was attacked when a man approached him to ask if he was the man who won the $500,000 jackpot. Whether the attack was motivated by Ahsoak's winning the lottery or the widely distributed reports that he is a three-time convicted sex offende
Jan 14, 2009, 3:11 pm - Lottery News

Sex offender wins Alaska lottery that aids sex abuse victimsNews Story
The winner of the $500,000 Alaska lottery to benefit a nonprofit that aids victims of sexual abuse is himself a convicted sex offender. Alec Ahsoak, 53, came forward to claim his winnings on Saturday, said lottery organizer Abe Spicola, who owns Lucky Times Pull Tabs in Anchorage. He said he was going to buy a house and said he was going to donate part of it to God, and you know charity, Spicola said. Specifically, Ahsoak said he planned to give $100,000 of the jackpot to Standing Toge
Jan 11, 2009, 3:54 pm - Lottery News

Alaska lottery fundraiser hits the jackpotNews Story
With a half-million-dollar payoff as the lure, a lottery of unprecedented scale in Alaska has proven immensely popular, with tickets selling out in shops across the state as the initially scheduled drawing time approached Wednesday evening, according to organizers. In the end, though, late-arriving ticket stubs from the Bush prompted organizers to postpone the drawing a week. But liquor stores, pull-tab parlors and restaurants in nearly 30 communities had already sold about 130,000 tickets
Jan 1, 2009, 11:41 pm - Lottery News

Man with terminal illness wins 20-year annuity lottery jackpotNews Story
In December, Wayne Schenk was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A month later, he was a millionaire. The 50-year-old tavern owner from Naples, New York, won a million dollars in a New York state lottery scratch-off game. But the Marine Corps veteran doesn't expect to be around to collect all his winnings. To do that, he would have to live 20 years. His doctors have given him a year to live, at most. Under lottery rules for the High Stakes Blackjack game he won on January 12, the jack
Feb 1, 2007, 6:50 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner claims simplicity is key to happy lifeNews Story
Jim Hall from Troy, New York says he's the same man he was before he hit the New York Lottery for $65 million five years ago. I'm still the same miserable (SOB) I always was, he said as we kicked back on his porch on a wet Friday night.Jim is a big man with a deep voice and lifetime memberships in the National Rifle Association and Safari International. He's got the firepower to prove it.But there's a softness the laid-back 67-year-old can't hide. You can see it in the house Jim and Vivian, his
Jun 14, 2005, 1:06 pm - Lottery News

Lucky Man Wins Second Vehicle Prize from Scratch-Off Lottery GameNews Story
Perhaps John Demaria's next lottery prize will be a garage.The 71-year-old Elyria, Ohio resident won a 2004 Cadillac Escalade with an instant lottery ticket in 2003. Tuesday, he turned in a winning ticket for a 2005 Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster motorcycle.Those prizes come on top of $3,700 he has won playing Pick 4 and the kicker on Super Lotto tickets.With more than 40 instant games to choose from, it's common for people to win more than once, lottery spokeswoman Karen Russo said. But Demaria
Apr 21, 2005, 11:57 am - Lottery News