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Veterans shut out of Illinois vaccine lotteryNews Story
It's just a slap in the face to any veteran. By Kate Northrop Illinois is making headlines after it was revealed that thousands of veterans won't be eligible to enter the All In For The Win incentive lottery for a shot at the millions of dollars being awarded to vaccinated individuals. Ever since Ohio announced its Vax-a-Million lottery to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, states have been coming out with their own lotteries left and right. However, the lotter
Jun 21, 2021, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Covid nurse to buy home in Caribbean after winning the lotteryNews Story
Much deserved win for medical worker who served throughout the pandemic By Kate Northrop A nurse who worked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is planning a move to the Caribbean after winning 10,000 (US$14,000) a month for a year in the National Lottery's Set For Life draw game. Teresa Robinson, 65, of Woodbridge in Suffolk has been a nurse for 35 years, but after a particularly grueling year working through the COVID-19 pandemic, she is set to retire on a Caribbean island with her partn
May 7, 2021, 12:20 pm - Lottery News

First-time lottery player wins $100K after dreaming about it the night beforeNews Story
One dream leads to another as winner sets sights on medical school By Kate Northrop Many lottery players have found that it pays to follow your gut or listen to the voice in your head, especially when it comes to you in the form of a dream. The premonition of one of North Carolina's most recent lottery winners is as straightforward as they come, and it led to a $100,000 win. Last Saturday, Kaila Moore of Durham dreamt that she bought a scratch-off ticket. Having never played the lottery
Sep 8, 2020, 2:29 pm - Lottery News

Masks: The new lotteryNews Story
Japanese electronics maker holds a lottery for the commodity after buyers flood the e-commerce website By Kate Northrop A new sort of lottery is brewing in Japan. Electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. has adopted a new method of selling its popular face masks via a lottery. Unsurprisingly, Japanese hospitals, stores and consumers alike have found it difficult to acquire masks due to shortages and increased demand during the Covid-19 crisis. Sharp originally only shipped masks to medical
Apr 24, 2020, 2:22 pm - Lottery News

Lottery bill is likely dead in Alabama legislatureNews Story
It appears the latest attempt to create an Alabama state lottery will die, killed this time not by special interests but, instead, coronavirus. The Alabama legislature still has about half of its 30 allotment of meeting days remaining, but also faces a mid-May deadline to end the session that began in early February. All meeting days must take place within a 105 day span. COVID-19, and the restrictions it has caused, will probably kill most most of them. It's not only Representative Ste
Mar 25, 2020, 8:10 am - Lottery News

Man battling cancer wins $200,000 lottery on his last day of chemotherapyNews Story
The North Carolina lottery commission shared a heartwarming story about a cancer survivor who got lucky in more ways than one after snagging a winning scratch-off ticket. Ronnie Foster, of Pink Hill, North Carolina, found out that he'd won a $200,000 lottery prize as he made his way to his final cancer treatment, according to the NC Education Lottery. I was already happy because it was my last round of chemo, Foster, who's battling colon cancer, said in a statement Sunday. Winning this ma
Oct 28, 2019, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Grocery store employee wins $9M lottery, immediately quits jobNews Story
Includes video report Plenty of Californians spent their hard-earned money on Super Lotto tickets hoping to be Saturday night's lucky winner. Woodland Raley's assistant store team leader Toni Jones said she always joked with her employees if they won the jackpot. When it gets to 37, 38 million, people will pull together. And I've always joked, 'Oh great, if you guys win when you're on, call in tomorrow,' Jones said. Never did I think that I would have ever somebody do that! Well, o
Sep 6, 2019, 3:20 pm - Lottery News

Maine man wins 2nd large lottery prize in as many yearsNews Story
Peter Alley is a little overwhelmed after winning $500,000 in the Maine State Lottery last month, his second large lottery payout in less than two years. The Bar Harbor resident received a check for $355,000 after taxes were withheld, Maine State Lottery spokeswoman Angie Helton said. Alley purchased the winning ticket, for the $20 instant scratch-off game $500,000 Payout, at a Portland convenience store. The odds of winning the maximum award of $500,000 are 137,143 to 1, according to t
Jul 15, 2019, 12:45 pm - Lottery News

Two Mexico lotteries set to mergeNews Story
In a bid to reverse its deficit Mexican lottery La Loter a Nacional para la Asistencia P blica (Lotenal) will merge with the other state lottery Pron sticos para la Asistencia P blica (Pron sticos). Lotenal which owes $540m in back taxes will merge with Pron sticos as it responds to the challenge set by President Andr s Manuel L pez Obrador, said the agency's director, Ernesto Prieto Ortega. It is a question of this decentralized body returning to the purpose for which it was founded in 1
Mar 11, 2019, 8:56 am - Lottery News

Homeless man dives into dumpster to retrieve lottery ticket worth $4.82MNews Story
By Todd Northrop A homeless Michigan man who realized he won the state's Lotto 47 game dived into a dumpster to retrieve the winning ticket. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, was one of two people who split the $9.64 million jackpot with the winning $1 ticket he bought for the Oct. 10 drawing. He bought the winning ticket, worth $4.82 million, at the B D Mini Mart at 32 West Munger Road in Munger. I have been playing the same numbers on Lotto 47 for more than two years, the man s
Nov 19, 2018, 8:29 am - Lottery News