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Lucky NJ man wins third major lottery prizeNews Story
The start of the New Year appears to be a lucky time for Mike Ducker. In the last week of December 2013, the year he started playing the lottery, he won $20,000 on a 20X Cash scratch-off ticket. Then just a couple weeks later, in January 2014, he claimed another $20,000 playing the same game. But those cash prizes pale in comparison to the $200,000 he recently won playing the $500 Frenzy game. On Tuesday, Carole Hedinger, executive director of the New Jersey Lottery, presented Ducker, a Br
Jan 20, 2016, 8:09 am - Lottery News

Dutch court rules woman who won lottery during divorce can keep it allNews Story
A woman who won a 2.1 million (US$2.3 million) lottery prize during a divorce has no obligation to share it with her ex-husband, according to a Dutch court decision published on Tuesday. The Amsterdam District Court ruling said the couple had listed the shared assets they wished to divide at the time they filed for divorce on Oct. 20, 2014, though the divorce was not formally granted until June 2015. The woman won the Post Code Lottery on New Year's Day 2015. The man had argued that he and
Dec 29, 2015, 2:13 pm - Lottery News

Iowa man denied $100,000 lottery win because he's underageNews Story
A Des Moines, Iowa, man is facing a charge of underage gambling after he collected a $100,000 Iowa Lottery prize this summer. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says 20-year-old Jobie Boals-Watters brought the winning Mega Crossword instant scratch game ticket to lottery headquarters in Clive on July 30. At the time, he provided us with information and everything seemed to be on the up and up and the prize was claimed, Neubauer said. While it's illegal for someone under 21 to purc
Dec 24, 2015, 8:39 am - Lottery News

Friday the 13th is lucky day for Ohio lottery playerNews Story
For the first time since 2013, a winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket has been sold in Ohio, lottery officials announced early Saturday. Friday the 13th was actually a lucky day for one Ohio ticket-holder who matched all six numbers drawn Friday evening to win the estimated $200 million top prize. The cash value is $121 million. The ticket was purchased at Blendon Drive Thru in Westerville, about 16 miles north of Columbus, lottery spokeswoman Sandra Neal said. She didn't yet know the iden
Nov 14, 2015, 7:55 am - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery launches new poker-themed gameNews Story
Replaces the retired Weekly Winnings game By Todd Northrop Arizona Lottery players now have a new evening draw game to play featuring a playing card theme is proving to be very popular throughout North America. The new $2 lotto game called 5 Card Cash is modeled after the popular poker-themed games found in several state and provincial lotteries throughout the United States and Canada. While most Arizona Lottery games either have the opportunity to win instantly, or in a daily drawin
Oct 5, 2015, 10:40 am - Lottery News

Florida man wins $10M lotto jackpot with fortune cookie numbersNews Story
A Florida man who won a $10 million lottery jackpot claims the lucky numbers came from a fortune cookie. Richard Davis, 66, of Boca Raton, said he only occasionally plays the lottery, using the same five sets of numbers one for each time he visited the eatery that came from fortune cookies he received from a North Carolina restaurant, he told the Florida Lottery. Out of the five tickets he bought recently, he learned one was the winner of the Florida Lotto game jackpot at a Publix grocery
Sep 17, 2015, 9:33 am - Lottery News

Idaho woman claims second big lotto prizeNews Story
For the second time in just three months, Misty Adams collected a big check from the Idaho Lottery. The Idaho Falls resident claimed her $250,000 prize at the lottery office in Boise Wednesday. She won by playing the lottery's scratch game Super Jumbo Bucks. Earlier this spring, she claimed a $200,000 winning ticket on the scratch game Winter Wonders. When I won $200,000 last May, I told people it was once in a lifetime, Adams said. To win twice in a year, that's unbelievable! I'm stil
Aug 17, 2015, 3:05 pm - Lottery News

Rural Kansas couple wins $9.85 million Hot Lotto jackpotNews Story
When Stephen Harrod checked his Hot Lotto ticket in the early morning on July 2nd to find out the prize amount, the convenience store clerk couldn't believe her eyes. She scanned (the ticket) and she went 'oh my,' Harrod said as he recounted the story later that afternoon at the Kansas Lottery headquarters, 128 N. Kansas Ave. She got her glasses and wrote it down on a piece of paper and gave it to me. I said, 'no way.' The computer showed Harrod had hit the $9.85 million Hot Lotto jackpo
Jul 10, 2015, 8:01 am - Lottery News

Illinois postal worker wins $4 million lottery prizeNews Story
An Elgin, Illinois, man has won a $4 million lottery prize after purchasing a ticket from Lundeen's Liquors in St. Charles. Michael Stetar, 54, has been a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service for the past 17 years. He buys a lottery ticket weekly and won big after trying his luck on a new game. He was on a break when he went into Lundeen's Liquors, 610 East Main St. in St. Charles, to get a snack and saw the Golden Casino ticket. I feel luckier when I play a new game so
Jun 29, 2015, 6:07 pm - Lottery News

Virginia man claims three $1 million prizesNews Story
A Chesterfield, Virginia, man has cashed in three Mega Millions lottery tickets worth $1 million each. Don Wilson, Virginia newest millionaire, said money does not turn him on. It's just money. There is stuff in life that is so much more important than money. Money takes away some concerns and things, but money is not going to add anything of value to your life. Just stuff, Wilson said. Wilson said the winning numbers 2, 9, 11, 22, 23, with Mega Ball number 12 were a combination of fam
Jun 10, 2015, 3:51 pm - Lottery News