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Man wins big in Tennessee lotteryNews Story
Russell Burks of Shelbyville, Tennessee garnered a $100,000 prize recently to join a list containing the four highest prizes paid by the Tennessee Lottery to date.Also buying and scratching off their Jackpot tickets to net $100,000 were Deborah Baker of Lascassas, John Leegan of Big Sandy and Willis Pulley of Brentwood.Kym Gerlock, Tennessee lottery communications director, said Burks had specifically requested no interviews and wished to not have any additional information provided to the media
Mar 5, 2004, 4:18 am - Lottery News

One jackpot winner in Michigan WinFall drawingNews Story
One ticket matched all the Michigan Lottery WinFall numbers drawn Wednesday to win a jackpot of more than $5.4 million.The winning ticket matched the numbers six, 11, 14, 17, 22 and 25. It was sold at a Farmer Jack supermarket in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park, the Michigan Lottery said.The last time a player matched all six numbers to win the twice-weekly WinFall drawing was July 16, 2003. The jackpot is disbursed to players matching three or more numbers once it exceeds $5 million.Forty-eigh
Mar 4, 2004, 4:37 am - Lottery News

Massachusetts awards lottery prize to rightful ownerNews Story
For someone who said she only had $400 to her name before yesterday, Erika Schmitt is smiling at 35 times that amount after finally getting the $14,000 she won playing a Lucky Stars lottery game. This is a lot for me, Schmitt said yesterday after Joseph Sullivan, director of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, handed her a check. I'm going to get a haircut and a car. The 18-year-old Westborough resident waited more than a month for the money because a Westborough store clerk allegedly
Mar 4, 2004, 4:19 am - Lottery News

Luck, Be a Lady, Madame, and SenoraNews Story
Inspired by American lotteries like Mega Millions, outfits in Spain, Britain, and France have joined forces to woo European bettorsViviane Leconte isn't one to bet on the ponies -- too complicated to be much fun, in her view. But two weeks ago, Leconte, a 58-year-old receptionist in Paris, finally found her gambling Valhalla with the launch of Euro Millions, the first pan-European lottery, and won $400 on her first try. It's so easy, she beams.After more than a decade of research, three nation
Mar 1, 2004, 4:21 am - Lottery News

Calif. lottery 'winner' didn't buy ticketNews Story
The rags-to-riches story of Jaime Chavez Ramos has a new plot: He has signed over a $10 million SuperLotto jackpot to Benjamin Garcia, whom Ramos identified as his cousin.Four days after telling reporters that he was an instant millionaire, Ramos, who lives in the Fresno area, told lottery officials that Garcia actually paid the $1 for the winning quick-pick ticket at Church Market in Calwa.He then signed documents that legally turned the jackpot over to Garcia, said Norma Minas, a Lottery spoke
Mar 1, 2004, 3:57 am - Lottery News

8 GM workers to share $12 million Texas lottery prizeNews Story
Debra Hicks never had much luck until 10:12 p.m. Wednesday.For years, she bought lottery scratch-off tickets, dropped a few dollars on football pools and went to Las Vegas for vacation. But she never won big until she and seven co-workers at the General Motors plant in Arlington struck a $12 million Lotto Texas jackpot. I've always felt unlucky, she said from work Thursday. My time finally came. Ms. Hicks can now boast about being a lottery winner, but she and her colleagues don't get the tit
Feb 27, 2004, 4:36 am - Lottery News

Red Apple Workers Still Wait for Mega Millions Lottery WinnerNews Story
Customers bringing jokes about the lottery could expect a tough crowd at the Red Apple Country Store.Chances are, the employees have already heard it.Somebody, somewhere, holds a special ticket that could bring an end to the wisecracks.A week ago today, the Red Apple sold the second-most valuable individual lottery ticket in history.The winner of the $239 Mega Millions Jackpot, drawn Saturday, still has yet to come forward, meaning the comical copycats still are prowling.Were having a lot of the
Feb 27, 2004, 4:26 am - Lottery News

3rd time of 'almost lucky' still pays $175,000News Story
A Virginia couple has hit five of the six lottery numbers three timesSome people may say matching five of six numbers in the lottery falls short of being lucky. A Bedford County couple would disagree.Enos and Linda Blankenship of Thaxton, Virginia have had five of six winning numbers in the lottery - three times.Most recently they matched five of six numbers in the Mega Millions drawing on Feb. 20. The lone winning ticket for the big jackpot - $239 million - hasn't been claimed.The Blankenships
Feb 26, 2004, 5:02 am - Lottery News

Rebecca Paul Says Tenn. Lottery Should Reach Funding GoalNews Story
Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul said at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday the lottery should reach its goal of raising $88 million for education the first year, and may have some left over for preschool education.She said the lottery has brought in $141 million in a month and five days, including $30 million that will go toward its education fund.She said lotteries typically fall off substantially after the initial excitement, but she said Tennessee's has stayed very popular.Ms. Pau
Feb 26, 2004, 4:46 am - Lottery News

$175,000 Mega Millions lottery win helps pair greet babyNews Story
Kathy L. Dailey, the Shortsville, New York woman who won a second prize worth $175,000 in Fridays record $239 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, wasted little time seeking anonymity.She called us on Sunday morning and said they had won and asked us not to tell anybody, said Mary Lou Abbott, manager of the Manchester Mart where the ticket was sold.Abbott said she talked again late Monday afternoon with Dailey and her husband, Clifford who purchased the ticket.The couple, who have two children
Feb 25, 2004, 4:26 am - Lottery News