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Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in PennsylvaniaNews Story
A Powerball ticket that could pay $171.4 million over 29 years was sold in Pennsylvania, lottery officials said.The Pennsylvania Lottery did not say early Thursday where in Pennsylvania the ticket had been sold.The winner has 60 days from the date of claiming the prize to decide whether to take the $171.4 million annuity paid over 29 years or a lump sum of $93,428,155.06, Pennsylvania Lottery officials said.Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $100,000 each, and
Dec 9, 2004, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Canadian and U.S. officials shut down lottery scamsNews Story
Those enticing e-mails and telemarketing calls saying you have won some nation's lottery? They're bogus, folks. Guard your money.So who is falling for these scams? In most cases, trusting elderly consumers who see this as a chance to leave money to their kids.The scams have been hard to nail down because they work across national borders, raising jurisdictional hurdles.But U.S. agents now are working with their foreign counterparts to crack down on the frauds.Canadian and U.S. investigators said
Nov 19, 2004, 11:49 am - Lottery News

Powerball ticket sold in Iowa worth $14.4 millionNews Story
Employees of a western Iowa convenience store were waiting excitedly Sunday to find out which of their customers won the $14.4 million Powerball jackpot. I think it's wonderful, said Charlotte Hostetter, a clerk at The Jump Start convenience store in Carter Lake, a town of 3,248 people on the eastern edge of Omaha, Neb.It's the first time the store has sold a winning Powerball ticket, Hostetter said.The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 5, 20, 22, 36 and 42. The Powerball was 11.It was
Oct 18, 2004, 7:32 am - Lottery News

$214 million Powerball lottery ticket sold in DelawareNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Delaware has a secret worth $214.7 million dollars.And as eager as Wayne Lemons is to know who the lucky winner of Saturday's jackpot is, the state lottery director advises that mystery person not to rush into his office. Take a very deep breath, take another, wait and talk to the best lawyers and tax advisers, and put the ticket in a safe place, Lemons said Sunday. We believe in a situation like this with so much money involved, the winner should get g
Oct 11, 2004, 6:00 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin Couple Wins Hot Lotto JackpotNews Story
A Wisconsin couple on Thursday claimed the record $10.8 million Hot Lotto jackpot.Mary and Bob Mikkelson of Holmen, Wis., said they aren't sure what they'll do with their winnings from the Sept. 15 drawing. They chose to accept the cash option of $6.4 million.On the day of the drawing, the Mikkelsons crossed the border and bought lottery tickets at Saver Stop on Twilite Street in LaCrescent, Minn. Bob Mikkelson was an avid lottery player, but before entering the store, Mary Mikkelson decided to
Oct 1, 2004, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Student wins NY LottoNews Story
She's only 20, but a Queens college student can afford to throw herself one heck of a graduation party after hitting a $5 million lottery jackpot from a ticket she got from her dad.Baruch College senior Beenish Tariq and her family now are looking to trade their Flushing apartment for a big house on Long Island - with a Lexus and a sports car in the garage.But not before they pay those tuition bills. I had a mixture of feelings: shock, surprise, ecstasy, Tariq said yesterday at an announcement
Sep 15, 2004, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Lottery petition attacks computerized drawingsNews Story
A popular lottery Internet Web site is opposing a controversial industry trend head-on, in an attempt to eliminate computer-generated drawings from all US lottery games.Among the 41 states and the District of Columbia offering lottery games to the public, there are approximately 175 different lottery games. In almost every one of those games the player selects three or more numbers, and those numbers are compared against numbers randomly selected by the state lottery to determine who is the win
Aug 29, 2004, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Elderly California woman loses $250,000 to foreign lottery scamNews Story
The elderly Lodi woman answered her telephone just like anyone else would.A voice at the other end told her she'd won a lottery and that she'd soon get the first check in the mail. When the check arrived and proved that the lottery was legitimate, she was to send back a check to pay the taxes on her winnings.But then the foreign check didn't clear the woman's bank -- after she'd already sent off a real check of her own. The lottery officials said something had gone wrong, and they'd get another
Aug 27, 2004, 7:31 am - Lottery News

$84 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For GrabsNews Story
Summer may be nearing an end but Powerball is just starting to heat up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 534,432 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $84 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the country.The cash option for the Wednesday, August 11 drawing will be an estimated $45.3 million. The nu
Aug 9, 2004, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery tickets go on sale in MaineNews Story
Eric Moody used to go to New Hampshire to buy Powerball lottery tickets. Now he goes to his neighborhood store.On Friday, Moody was among the first people to buy Powerball tickets at Joe s Smoke Shop when they went on sale in Maine for the first time. Moody, 52, knows the odds of winning the jackpot are 120 million to 1, but he likes the huge payouts -- which can be 100 times higher, or even more, than the Tri-State Megabucks lottery. Set for life, right? The jackpot is $54 million this weekend,
Aug 2, 2004, 9:55 am - Lottery News