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NJ Mega Millions lottery ticket due to expire Oct. 5News Story
New Jersey lottery players, check your wallet, clean out the drawers, dig into your pants' pockets because someone has a New Jersey Lottery Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 that will expire on October 5, 2013 if it is not validated. The Mega Millions ticket is a second tier winner from the October 5, 2012 drawing. The ticket was purchased at Wegman s, 55 Route 9 South, Manalapan in Monmouth County. The winning numbers for that drawing are 08, 09, 16, 32 and 39, with Mega Ball number 15.
Sep 11, 2013, 5:36 pm - Lottery News

NJ Mega Millions lottery winners claim $30M prizeNews Story
The anxiously awaited New Jersey Lottery winners from the May 31 Mega Millions drawing have come forward to validate their ticket and claim their prize at Lottery Headquarters. Darryl and Judith Smith from Mays Landing are the official winners of the $30 million jackpot prize. The camera shy couple sat across from their attorneys and completed the claims process with Lottery officials. Upon completion, Judith Smith smiled and said, We are thankful for the blessing and the opportunities tha
Jul 24, 2013, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

Laid off Oregon man wins $1 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop Laid off since May, Riley Gunn was driving his wife and kids home to their cabin in the woods in southern Oregon after registering for computer programming classes, when he pulled off the freeway to buy corn dogs for the kids. Knowing his wife would not approve because money was so tight, but feeling he was sure to win, Gunn said Tuesday he bought an $8 lottery ticket, letting the machine pick the numbers. When he checked online, he found he had won $1 million. Riley
Jan 16, 2013, 9:21 am - Lottery News

3 N.J. lottery tickets worth $700K about to expireNews Story
Picture this: You've been holding a winning lottery ticket worth $200,000 or $250,000 for nearly one year without claiming the prize. That is the head-scratching reality that has befallen three winning lottery tickets set to expire this month, including one that was sold in Eatontown, said Judith Drucker, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Lottery. A lottery winner has one year from the drawing to claim the prize. If a winner fails to do so, the money goes back into the lottery and may be
Dec 7, 2012, 7:03 am - Lottery News

Six $1 million lottery prizes won at same Louisiana storeNews Story
It's the biggest thing to hit Watson, Louisiana, since the new WalMart; granted, the new superstore opened Wednesday, but it's hard to overshadow an event like that. It's hard to believe, says Ingrid King as she sips sweet tea inside Rotolo's restaurant. Lottery officials say six different $1 million Mega Millions lottery prizes were won from tickets sold at a gas station in Watson, Louisiana. The winning tickets were drawn in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing. Louisiana Lottery offic
Apr 13, 2012, 7:37 am - Lottery News

After spat, wife gets winning lottery ticketNews Story
A Massapequa Park, New York, woman is $3 million richer after winning the jackpot in the New York State Lottery's Triple Million scratch-off game. And it was a spat with her husband, Rudy, that made them millionaires, Theresa Holzknecht, 48, said at a news conference Thursday morning in Garden City. She said their daughter Jessie, 12, had been grounded for staying out too late, but her husband caved in and let her hang out with friends. To make amends to his wife, Rudy Holzknecht went to p
Dec 16, 2011, 6:56 am - Lottery News

Ct. Lottery still looking for $254.2M Powerball winnerNews Story
The search is still on for the $254.2 million Powerball jackpot winning ticket for the November 2, 2011 drawing the largest prize ever won in Connecticut Lottery history. Lottery officials confirm that the winning ticket was sold in Fairfield County. Further details will not be available until the winner comes forward to make the unprecedented claim. The winning numbers on November 2 were 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play multiplier number was 4. The Conne
Nov 9, 2011, 9:37 am - 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

Panel eyes less pay for next Ark. lottery chiefNews Story
The Arkansas Lottery Commission hasn't begun its search for a replacement for outgoing Director Ernie Passailaigue, but the commission's chairman and a key legislative leader said Tuesday that whoever gets the job shouldn't expect the same paycheck. A day after Passailaigue resigned, the lottery commission's chairwoman and the co-chairman of the lottery's oversight committee said they didn't expect the next director to enjoy the same high salary. Passailaigue's $324,000 annual pay, along with
Sep 20, 2011, 8:40 pm - Lottery News

Changes coming to Powerball multi-state lottery game in JanuaryNews Story
Starting jackpots double to $40 million Better overall odds for more winners Ticket price will increase to $2 Changes coming Jan. 15, 2012 As Powerball prepares to celebrate its 20th year in 2012, the game is being redesigned to bring more value to its players. Jackpots will start at $40 million and the jackpot is being made easier to win. The overall odds of winning any prize are also easier, and there are more chances to win a prize of at least $1 million cash. The ticket pr
Jun 27, 2011, 5:15 pm - Lottery News