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$17 million California lottery winner claims prizeNews Story
Bakersfield, California, now knows which of its citizens won $17 million over the weekend playing the lottery. A Bakersfield mother of five, who was about to be evicted after her home went into foreclosure, has no reason to worry about finding her next home. Teresa Serrano hit the jackpot, winning $17 million. Her daughters were overcome with emotion and tears of joy for their mother, who got her first job in the United States picking tomatoes at age 13. I can't believe it. I'm still i
Apr 5, 2012, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Firefighters donate lottery winnings to help colleagueNews Story
A group of Albuquerque, New Mexico, firefighters who became Mega Millions winners this week said they're donating money to help save the life of one of their own. In between fighting fires and saving lives, some firefighters found time to sprint to Circle K and get some mega millions tickets, and that effort paid off. Firefighter Jed Hyland said he had the winning ticket in hand when the numbers were announced. Of course, with it being one day before April Fools' and firefighters being wh
Apr 5, 2012, 8:45 am - Lottery News

World's biggest lottery jackpot won by three ticketsNews Story
Winning Mega Millions lottery tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland Final jackpot total of $656 million will be split three ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Friday night by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland. Since early Wednesday morning, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot was raised three times in as many days, and by the time all the sales were totalled at draw time, the
Mar 31, 2012, 8:56 am - Lottery News

New Mexico ticket wins Powerball's first $1M second prizeNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop Last night the Powerball multi-state lottery held its first draw using its new prize structure, and a New Mexico Lottery player has the distinction of winning the first non-multiplied second-prize ticket worth $1 million. The winning ticket matches the white ball numbers of 6, 29, 34, 44, and 50. The ticket missed the red Powerball of 28 for the night's $80 million jackpot. This is the nation's first $1 million Powerball prize following Sunday's
Jan 19, 2012, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

1 ticket sold in Connecticut wins $254.2M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Powerball's biggest cash value in 5 years Powerball's biggest jackpot in 18 months $254.2 million was up for grabs Wednesday night. It was won by a single ticket sold in Connecticut that matched all the numbers drawn: 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play number was 4. The cash prize, about $150 million, was the biggest in five years. Just missing, by failing to match only the Powerball, were tickets in a dozen states. One in Arkansas is worth $1 million fo
Nov 3, 2011, 9:47 am - Lottery News

$245 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increasedNews Story
Largest Powerball jackpot in more than a year By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $245 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 13th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $146.2 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Po
Oct 30, 2011, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Workers win the lottery one day after being laid offNews Story
Group of manufacturing employees will split $7 million prize Includes video report In Canada, a group of employees at an Ottawa manufacturing plant say they won the $7 million Lotto 6/49 prize Wednesday, the same day their company announced massive layoffs. Eighteen employees at SMART technologies including 10 who got layoff notices on Wednesday were part of the group of winners, according to Colin Willard, one of the ticket holders. Willard, who worked at SMART for seven years, was
Aug 16, 2011, 10:10 pm - Lottery News

Ark. lottery winner busted for drug traffickingNews Story
Includes video report A past $100,000 winner of Arkansas' lottery was indicted today for allegedly being the kingpin of a major crystal methamphetamine operation. A federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment against Daniel Dano Henry Jr. of Austin and 19 others, capping a five-year investigation that was dubbed Operation Big Winner last fall after Henry claimed a $100,000 lottery prize on Sept. 24. The organization that prosecutors allege Henry led dealt 5 to 10 pounds of crysta
Jun 15, 2011, 8:50 am - Lottery News

N.M. lottery celebrates anniversary, tackles challengesNews Story
Amid revenue shortfall, officials launch new campaign to boost ticket sales New Mexico Lottery officials this month are celebrating the 15th birthday of the lottery program with a special anniversary scratcher ticket and a new ad campaign. Amid a revenue shortfall and the possibility that the lottery's scholarship money could be out of cash by 2014, the celebration is bittersweet. This is a new era for us because we don't know how many people are going to play the lottery from now on,
Apr 25, 2011, 7:27 am - Lottery News

N.M. acts to save Lottery scholarship fundNews Story
A lottery-financed college scholarship program is running out of money, and lawmakers are looking for a fix that won't hamper efforts to encourage young New Mexicans to attend universities and colleges in the state. The scholarship fund could be depleted by 2014 if nothing is done in the Legislature this session and tuition rates continue to rise sharply, according to the latest state projections. The Senate Education Committee unanimously endorsed a measure Wednesday that would shore up t
Feb 11, 2011, 9:30 am - Lottery News