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Kansas lottery player keeps winningNews Story
Louis Guebara has good luck. In the year 2000, the Topeka resident won two big Kansas Cash jackpots. He won an $181,000 jackpot in May and a $130,002 jackpot in November. Now, he can add the title of $20,003 2by2 winner to his list of winnings. People ask me 'why I am so lucky?' and I just tell them that Im lucky because I keep on playing, Guebara said.Guebara, 78, is retired from Santa Fe, which is now Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Guebara worked for the railroad for 42 years. He
Aug 26, 2004, 3:04 pm - 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

Lottery winner's life to be chronicled on BBCNews Story
A Redditch, Worcestershire (UK) man who scooped the jackpot on the National Lottery is set to have his life story re-told as part of a special documentary.Phil Kitchen's rags-to-riches tale will feature in a BBC programme focusing on the life of lottery winners since their windfall, as part of the game's 10th anniversary celebrations.Mr Kitchen won 1.8 million (US$3.3 million) in the Lottery in 1999, but rather than living the high-life, the win sent him spiralling into a lifestyle of neglect.M
Jul 30, 2004, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner enjoying lifeNews Story
Donald Boo-boo Smith is, in his own words, a Greenwich original. At 60 years old, the Chickahominy native has never had a telephone -- let alone a cell phone -- or used a credit card. He has not owned a car since the late 1960s. Until recently, he had never opened a bank account. I'm living my life the way I want to, Smith said over coffee yesterday at the Plaza Restaurant on Railroad Avenue, where he can be found most mornings. I don't live for the Joneses. Instead, Smith said he has spent
Jul 29, 2004, 1:48 pm - Lottery News

Man wins lottery two days after divorce from cheating wife finalizedNews Story
Until last Saturday, 2004 had been the worst year of Randy Fletchers life.On a cold mid-January day, the 29 year old Brownstown resident took a half-day off of work due to a severe case of diarrhea, only to find his wife of four years, Tara, in bed with a neighbor.Two months later, he wrecked his mint-condition 1956 Chevy that he had spent three years carefully restoring when a deer ran out in front of him.May brought even more heartache; Fletchers 12 year-old German Shepherd Molly was diagnosed
Jul 26, 2004, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Lucky Iraq vet scratches way to lottery richesNews Story
Just back from a tour of duty in Iraq, a Norwood, Massachusetts National Guardsman was welcomed home by Lady Luck - netting $140,000 a year for life from a state Lottery scratch ticket. John A. Morrissey, 42, says the Massachusetts Lottery Lifetime Spectacular windfall will blast him out of bankruptcy, and help put his daughter through college. I always had faith that I'd hit it big, Morrissey said in an exclusive Herald interview. And hit it big is just what he did after stopping by his neigh
Jul 21, 2004, 9:29 am - Lottery News

Man whose house burned down wins lotteryNews Story
A Virginia man who lost all of his belongings when his house burned down during Hurricane Isabel last year has won a $150,000 lottery prize. Lot of problems gone, said Sherbie Tucker, who works for Teamsters Local 822 in Norfolk.Tucker bought his $5 winning ticket Friday from Tom and Jerry's Quick Stop in Smithfield. There were four Friday Night Poker tickets in the state with the top prize of $150,000.Tucker is the second winner, according to Virginia Lottery officials. The other two prizes ha
Jul 14, 2004, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery win caps a life of serviceNews Story
Much of her life, Geraldine Williams was an invisible servant to others, wiping clean their dirt, scrubbing their floors, emptying their trash.She cleaned the houses of those who can afford to have others take care of their domestic chores. For 15 years, she cleaned three office and academic buildings on the campus of University of Massachusetts at Lowell.Co-workers said Williams left surfaces spotless. Friends and neighbors say she brought the same energy to helping others, from senior citizens
Jul 12, 2004, 9:38 am - Lottery News

$290 million jackpot stirs mega-dreamsNews Story
Merchants expect last-minute rush for lottery ticketsForget about yachts and mansions. If Paula Jacksons lucky numbers fall tonight, the first thing she plans to do is put her feet up.I would just relax, take a few months off, and chill out, said Jackson, a mother of three who lives in Southfield, Michigan and works as a waitress.Id get a car, a house, and all that later on. But right now, Im tired. I just need a break more than anything.Tonights drawing can buy a lot of leisure time.The Mega Mi
Jul 2, 2004, 8:40 am - Lottery News

Florida man claims $6 million Lotto prizeNews Story
A hairdresser became a millionaire after buying a winning Lotto ticket on a camping trip.Florida Lottery officials said 45-year-old Tim Clements purchased the ticket that won Saturday's prize when he went on a camping trip with friends in the Brooksville area.Although Clements won $6 million, he opted to take his winnings in one lump sum of $3,365,827.67, lottery officials said.His lucky numbers were 5-17-34-35-36-41.Clements could not be reached Monday night. He told lottery officials he'll inv
Jun 22, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News