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Virginia woman who previously won $100,000 in lottery wins $1 million in a different gameNews Story
Lightning strikes twice, better the second time around By Kate Northrop Lightning struck twice for one Virginia woman, who won $1 million on a lottery scratch-off within three years of winning a $100,000 prize in another game. Gayla Guishard did it again, except this year's $1 million win is even more impressive than the $100,000 lottery prize she scooped up in 2021. It was quite the scene at the Race Way gas station on Carrollton Boulevard in Carrollton, where Guishard had found
Mar 25, 2024, 7:21 am - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in historyNews Story
Powerball jackpot simultaneously offers massive wealth By Todd Northrop For the eighth time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash value of $525.8 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the time the drawing kicks off Tuesday n
Mar 23, 2024, 8:31 am - Lottery News

Woman from Cambodia using Maryland Lottery tickets to learn English wins $100,000News Story
The real goal is to expand vocabulary, winning is just a bonus By Kate Northrop A Maryland woman originally from Cambodia who uses lottery tickets to help her learn English won a $100,000 prize while doing so. Not only did an anonymous Maryland lottery player gain a richer vocabulary from scratch-off tickets, but she's $100,000 richer thanks to the unique method too. There are countless reasons why lottery players gravitate toward certain scratch-off games. Maybe it's the shiny,
Mar 22, 2024, 3:00 pm - Lottery News

Illinois stay-at-home mom wakes up to a crying baby and $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpotNews Story
Mother wakes up to a crying baby and a lifechanging amount of money By Kate Northrop An Illinois woman woke up to the sound of her crying baby in the middle of the night but found it rather difficult to fall back asleep once she also found out she won a $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot. Every parent knows that tending to a crying infant in the middle of the night is not easy, but what if you woke up to a million dollars too? This is what happened to one Illinois stay-at-home
Mar 14, 2024, 8:07 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky man out of debt for the first time in his life, thanks to $150,000 lottery winNews Story
A Kentucky man was reduced to tears after winning a six-figure lottery prize that paid off his mortgage and all his other debts. While he was checking out on February 9 at a store in Louisville, Charles Stallard decided to add one more item to his shopping cart: a lottery ticket that can pay fifty times the cash amount that's revealed. Stallard scratched off the $5 ticket in his truck, revealing a 50x symbol meaning the listed winning prize on his ticket would get multiplied by 50. W
Mar 6, 2024, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Limited-edition "Jaws" scratch-off lottery tickets coming soon to MassachusettsNews Story
Celebrates 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's classic movie By Todd Northrop The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission is making waves by announcing a limited-edition scratch-off lottery game inspired by the iconic movie Jaws. Set to launch on March 26, the new game offers players a chance to win big while reliving the suspense of the classic film. Jaws scratch tickets will be priced at $10 each. When players scratch off the ticket, they have the opportunity to win up to $1
Mar 1, 2024, 7:23 am - Lottery News

N.C. doctor to use $757,000 lottery win to support his campaign for U.S. Congress seatNews Story
A North Carolina man who won $757,000 in the lottery last week said he plans to spend part of it in his already-declared campaign for a seat in the U.S. Congress. Dr. Josh McConkey, a physician and colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, bought using a ticket using Online Play, matching all five balls in the Cash 5 drawing for a $1.5 million jackpot, according to a Monday news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery. McConkey, of Apex, split the jackpot with another lucky ticket
Feb 13, 2024, 8:02 am - Lottery News

Trucker drove to Texas only to find out that he won $1M in Virginia Lottery's Millionaire RaffleNews Story
Time to plan a return trip! By Kate Northrop A Virginia trucker drove all the way to Texas only to find out there that he was holding onto a winning ticket worth $1 million for the Virginia Lottery's New Year's Millionaire Raffle. Berhane Meharena didn't check his Virginia Lottery raffle ticket until he was in Texas, and it was there that he discovered that he would have to drive all the way back to Virginia to claim it not a bad tradeoff. He was in his truck when he decided to c
Feb 6, 2024, 10:46 am - Lottery News

Two Massachusetts lottery winners claim $1 million prizes in same game 25 minutes apartNews Story
Might as well take the photo together! By Kate Northrop Two Massachusetts lottery players bumped into each other while they each claimed a $1 million prize from the same game within 25 minutes of each other. Less than half an hour apart on Fri., Jan. 26, two lottery winners stopped by Massachusetts Lottery headquarters in Dorchester to independently claim a $1 million prize from the same scratch-off game. It was an unplanned occurrence, but it was momentous enough for the two pla
Feb 2, 2024, 7:17 am - Lottery News

Illinois man runs back into store to give owner a hug after winning $3 million in the lotteryNews Story
That guy is going to win someday. By Kate Northrop An Illinois man who won $3 million in the lottery while sitting in his car deliberately ran back into the store he bought his winning ticket at to give the owner a big hug. An Illinois man with a big heart won a big prize in the Illinois Lottery last week, finally scooping up a $3 million prize on a scratch-off after years of trying. Having just helped welcome his new grandson into the world, the lottery pri ze was the second wo
Jan 30, 2024, 10:41 am - Lottery News