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Praying mom wins $9 million lottery jackpotNews Story
Gloria Aguda was on the verge of losing her home to foreclosure and couldn't afford a trip to the doctor. Depressed, the 50-year-old Fountain resident prayed for help. Last week those prayers were answered when she matched all six numbers in the Colorado Lotto drawing for a $9 million jackpot. My heart was pounding so bad, said Aguda, a single mother of two adult sons who has worked two jobs to support her family. The family struggled to make ends meet as Aguda also studied to become a
Nov 27, 2007, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

Will the Michigan Lottery shut down tomorrow?News Story
If the Michigan government shuts down because legislators are unable to agree on a new state budget, the Michigan Lottery will suspend operations at the end of the business day on Sunday. All lottery ticket sales, validations and prize payments will be suspended. Drawings will be held for tickets sold prior to the shutdown. Players with advanced wagers will be able to check their numbers in newspapers and on the Lottery Post Web site, www.lotterypost.com/results/mi. Players with winning ti
Sep 29, 2007, 5:49 pm - Lottery News

Charges against wife of Powerball lottery winner droppedNews Story
Powerball winner's wife clear after paying of child support arrearage A judge on Wednesday dismissed a felony charge against the wife of Powerball jackpot winner David Edwards. Boyd Circuit Judge Marc I. Rosen granted a request by County Attorney Phillip Hedrick to drop a criminal non-support charge against 32-year-old Shawna Edwards. Hedrick told the judge Edwards had paid off her child support arrearage about $17,000 and was current on her monthly payments. Those were the conditio
Aug 31, 2007, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winners give backNews Story
Powerball winners Steve and Carolyn West and Frances Chaney create foundations to help children, veterans and the poor Powerball winners Steve and Carolyn West and Frances Chaney are giving away portions of their multi-million-dollar prize to benefit local children and other worthy causes. Both the West Family Foundation and the Robert Frances Chaney Family Foundation seek to support nonprofit organizations that serve poor children and families in Southern Oregon. We'd been in some o
Aug 17, 2007, 3:57 pm - Lottery News

NJ man 'shocked' by $1 million lottery winNews Story
Eliyahu Oliker often travels to delis and convenience stores around the area, selling small items, including lighters, popular at such shops. He happened to be in Bardonia last week when he bought a $1 Million Dollar Duck scratch-off ticket at Don Alvaro, a convenience store. I scratched it off and I saw that I won, Oliker, 68, recalled yesterday as he claimed his million-dollar prize at the New York Lottery's regional office in Fishkill. I was in shock. I'm still in shock. Oliker a
Aug 9, 2007, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Couple nearly victims of lottery scamNews Story
A Francestown, New Hampshire, couple already living on the edge came close to financial ruin after almost getting sucked into what authorities suspect was a foreign lottery scam. We thought the check was our answer to a lot of prayers, said Susan Gadwah, who received notice through the mail last week she was a $450,000 winner in a Canadian lottery, along with a check for $4,700 to cover non-Canadian residency tax deducted from her winnings. When she went to a Goffstown branch of Bank o
Jul 30, 2007, 10:53 am - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery sweepstakes winner collects $20M prizeNews Story
Judith Zahn, 59, of Hatfield today claimed the winning $20 million ticket in the Massachusetts Lottery's Star Spangled Sweepstakes drawing on Wednesday. Zahn, a nurse at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, received a $14 million check today after deducting for taxes, said Beth Bresnahan, spokeswoman for the lottery. The lucky winner received the check at the Lottery's headquarters in Braintree. She appeared with her husband Steve, 56, a 26-year patrolm
Jul 5, 2007, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Lawyer in $315 million lottery lawsuits ordered to pay fineNews Story
A lawyer representing three people who sued their co-workers seeking a share of their $315 million lottery win was ordered Tuesday to pay a nearly $382,000 fine. Orange County Judge Michael Brenner ordered attorney Mark H. Williams to pay the seven lottery winners after determining he pursued the lawsuits knowing the allegations lacked merit. The amount was the equivalent to legal fees incurred by the Lucky Seven, who pooled money to buy the winning Mega Millions multi-state lottery tick
Mar 22, 2007, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Indiana Lottery privitization takes big step forwardNews Story
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the state lottery took a major step forward Tuesday when a key Senate fiscal panel narrowly approved the proposal. The 7-5 vote came after educators and business leaders lined up to support leasing the Hoosier Lottery to a private operator in exchange for $1 billion toward a life sciences initiative and scholarships meant to keep smart Hoosier kids in Indiana. One Republican joined the four Democrats on the committee to vote against the measure
Feb 21, 2007, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Cancer victim struggles to get $1 million lottery prize in lump sumNews Story
On Jan. 12, Wayne A. Schenk thought he was the luckiest man alive. A month earlier, he'd been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. But on this afternoon, the 51-year-old Marine veteran was hanging out with his buddy Domonick Gallo, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather in their hometown of Naples, N.Y., by indulging a favorite ritual: scratching off lottery tickets. One of Schenk's $5 High Stakes Blackjack tickets hit it big, winning the $1 million prize. It was more than enough money
Feb 19, 2007, 9:33 am - Lottery News