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16 Missouri coworkers split $1 million Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
Drilling company employees almost hit the jackpot By Kate Northrop A group of 16 coworkers from a drilling company in Missouri hit all five numbers in the Powerball drawing on Nov. 8, just one number shy of the $150 million jackpot. 16 employees at Pense Brothers Drilling Company in Fredericktown are sharing the luck and the wealth after winning a $1 million lottery prize in a Powerball drawing one month ago. At first, the group would play the lottery together every time the ja
Dec 10, 2021, 12:00 pm - Lottery News

Michigan man thinks lottery's notification of online win is a hoaxNews Story
These days people are conditioned to be suspicious of notifications of lottery wins that unexpectedly arrive, so one could be sympathetic when a Michigan man first thought his real winner alert was a hoax. The Kalamazoo man couldn't believe his luck. In fact, he didn't believe it at first. Gunther Hega, 57, matched four of the five white numbers drawn 1, 19, 31, 48, and 61 (the Powerball number was 6) in the July 27 drawing, while also playing the Power Play option to multiply his prize.
Aug 6, 2019, 1:55 pm - Lottery News

Hundreds expected at funeral of 'Lotto Angel' who gave away most of $10 million jackpotNews Story
Within an hour of winning the UK National Lottery jackpot, Barbara Wragg had already told husband Ray how she wanted to spend her winnings: give it to those in need. For the next 18 years, she was as good as her word. This former hospital worker who died last week gave away an astonishing 5.5 million (US$7.3 million) of her 7.6 million (US$10.1 million) windfall. Hundreds of individuals benefited from her generosity. In her home city of Sheffield, she became known as the Lotto Angel. S
Jun 1, 2018, 1:09 pm - Lottery News

Fake News: $451 million lottery winner Shane Missler NOT giving away $5,000 to retweetersNews Story
By Todd Northrop When a 20-year-old Florida man won a $451 Mega Millions jackpot earlier this month, the first thing he did was post a brief social media post. Now Internet scammers have mimicked him, and are creating numerous bogus social media accounts in an attempt to deceive people looking for a share of the loot. Shane Missler won the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot on January 5, 2018, but opted for a lump sum payment of $281.2 million instead of the full amount divided into 30
Jan 16, 2018, 10:05 am - Lottery News

Retired N.J. police chief scammed 95-year-old victim out of $29KNews Story
Former cop was himself scammed and trying to get his money back by joining scammers A retired New Jersey police chief pleaded no contest this morning to charges that he participated in a scam that cost a 95-year-old Northampton Township, Pennsylvania, man almost $29,000. Robert Ryan, 71, of Factoryville, PA, told Bucks County President Judge Jeffrey L. Finley that he, too, had lost $30,000 to a Jamaica-based lottery hoax and that his crimes were an attempt to recover his losses. He see
Sep 12, 2017, 9:51 am - Lottery News

South Florida musician gets prison term for lottery fraudNews Story
A South Florida musician who helped funnel money from elderly victims of a $500,000 lottery hoax was sentenced Tuesday to three years and five months in federal prison. Delroy Drummond, aka Top Banga, 26, of Hollywood and Miami Gardens, admitted he worked with allies who contacted seniors all over the U.S. and duped them into believing they had won a lottery prize. The victims were told they had to pre-pay several thousands of dollars in taxes and fees before their winnings could be turned
Jun 1, 2016, 8:07 am - Lottery News

Florida woman admits role in lottery fraudNews Story
A Broward County, Florida, woman pleaded guilty Monday to her role in a Jamaica-based telemarketing lottery fraud that targeted seniors in the U.S. Elizabeth Gonzalez, 25, of Hollywood and Miami Gardens, a nurse, pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud conspiracy charge in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. Her husband, Delroy Drummond, a musician who also goes by the name Top Banga, age 26, has been locked up has been locked up without bond since January. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
May 17, 2016, 7:54 am - Lottery News

California Lottery officials seized surveillance footage from store that sold Powerball ticketNews Story
Whoever bought the winning Powerball ticket from a Chino Hills, California, 7-Eleven remains a mystery, even to the store's owner. Balbir Atwal, who made national news last week when the public learned that his store had sold one of the jackpot-winning tickets, said he has no idea who the winner is. And he can't even look it up. Lottery officials seized the store's security camera footage and other materials that could contain clues about the winner's identity. California Lottery spokesman
Jan 20, 2016, 6:14 pm - Lottery News

Phony Powerball tickets flood social media in wake of $1.6 billion jackpotNews Story
A professional skateboarder showed his winning ticket for the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot on Instagram. Another man held an impromptu press conference in the parking lot of the Chino Hills 7-Eleven where the ticket was sold, claiming to be the winner. Then there was the poor nurse in Pomona, whose son text-messaged her a photo of her winning ticket, which led to a flood of media at her home and her work Thursday afternoon. But in the end, all were hoaxes. In California, lottery official
Jan 17, 2016, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Australian woman accidentally buys duplicate lottery ticket and wins twiceNews Story
A Melbourne, Australia, woman's forgetfulness has paid off to the tune of $835,149.68 (US$776,334) after she accidentally bought two entries in Saturday night's TattsLotto draw and won two division-one prizes. Each entry netted the woman in her 30s a division-one prize worth $413,810.74, and her cumulative winnings including cash from several other divisional prizes came to $835,149.68. The woman was told of her win on Monday, and initially believed the phone call from Tatts was a practica
Jul 23, 2013, 6:06 pm - Lottery News