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Florida Lottery Seeks Winner Of July 23 Fantasy 5News Story
$61,000 Ticket Sold At Pembroke Pines Convenience StoreThe Florida Lottery is looking for the winner of an unclaimed Fantasy 5 ticket worth $61,796.56.Officials say someone bought the winning ticket for the July 23 drawing at the 7-Eleven store at 7090 Hollywood Blvd. in Pembroke Pines.The winning numbers on that ticket are 09-12-15-22-33.The 180-day time limit to claim the prize expires at midnight on Jan. 19th.Lottery officials said the ticket can be validated at any store selling Florida Lott
Jan 8, 2004, 5:13 am - Lottery News

Media Battle in the Mega Millions Jackpot DisputeNews Story
Lottery Post presents a selection of photos and descriptions in the struggle over the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot.Two women one with a ticket, one tearfully without lay claim to a $162 million lottery jackpot Tuesday, triggering a legal dispute that could come down to finder's keepers or fraud.Elecia Battle went to police Monday with the teary story of a lottery ticket lost outside a convenience store, and a small crowd with flashlights soon gathered in the snowy parking lot in search o
Jan 6, 2004, 8:23 pm - Lottery News

Woman Sues to Block $162 Million PayoutNews Story
A hospital worker came forward Tuesday and collected a $162 million lottery jackpot, and another woman who told authorities she bought the winning ticket but lost it has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt any payout to the winner.Rebecca Jemison, 34, of suburban South Euclid, turned in the ticket for the 11-state Mega Millions jackpot at Ohio Lottery headquarters. The lottery validated it Tuesday as the sole winning ticket for the drawing.The woman with the competing claim, Elecia Battle, filed a l
Jan 6, 2004, 5:03 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Woman Claims Lottery Prize, Denies Ticket LostNews Story
An Ohio woman on Tuesday collected a $162 million Mega Millions lottery prize, saying the winning ticket was in her hands all along and had not been lost, as another woman had claimed.Rebecca Jemison, 34, of South Euclid, Ohio, near Cleveland, produced the winning ticket and was awarded the prize. She elected to take a one-time $94 million payment rather than collecting the larger amount over a number of years.The jackpot in a multi-state drawing had gone unclaimed since Dec. 30. On Monday news
Jan 6, 2004, 1:07 pm - Lottery News

She's Won Millions but Has No Grand PlansNews Story
She's just won the $88 million California SuperLotto Plus jackpot, but Pamela Bazan says no one should expect to see Ferraris in her Rossmoor driveway or to catch her on a diamond shopping spree at Tiffany Co. And there certainly will be no private jets whisking the retired bookkeeper and her husband off on a round-the-world adventure. We're painfully careful people, Bazan said. But I wouldn't mind looking into a nice cruise, as long as it's not during hurricane season. Bazan, 55, bought her
Jan 6, 2004, 3:45 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery To Launch 21 Days EarlyNews Story
Rapid Startup Means Millions More For Education, Officials SayTennessee Lottery President CEO Rebecca Paul on Monday announced the first lottery tickets will go on sale Jan. 20 - a full three weeks earlier than originally anticipated.In moving up the Lottery's launch date from the original date of February 10, Paul said additional ticket sales will generate millions more dollars in college scholarships for Tennessee students this year. All the pieces are in place for a successful early kic
Jan 6, 2004, 3:39 am - Lottery News

Vermont woman is first Tri-State Megabucks jackpot winner of 2004News Story
How's this for a great start to the New Year: Madelyne Wight of Vergennes, Vermont claimed $2,084,503 in cash this morning after she correctly picked the winning numbers in the December 31 Tri-State Megabucks drawing.Ms. Wight learned of her good fortune when she logged onto the Vermont Lottery¹s web site. I sat staring at the screen for 20 minutes with tears rolling down my face said the Vergennes resident. I had to call the toll-free number to make sure there was no mistake. I even
Jan 5, 2004, 2:58 pm - Lottery News

Winning a big lottery not without its own costNews Story
If Donald Trump won the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot, he could lasso the windfall like a seasoned financial cowboy, invest his winnings, and fly off to a luxurious ski trip with his playmate of the month.But what about the guy in blue jeans beaming into a news camera with an oversized lottery check?That Average Joe might want to enlist in Susan Bradley's lottery boot camp for instant millionaires. Really rich people do play the lottery, but nine out of 10 times it's someone who's more aver
Jan 3, 2004, 9:10 pm - Lottery News

$175,000 Mega Millions Ticket DisputeNews Story
Two traders for the Chicago Board Options Exchange filed a police complaint Friday against a trading clerk who they claim pocketed their $175,000 Mega Millions lottery ticket this week.But a family friend says she doesn't believe the clerk, whom she has known for 22 years, could have stolen anything. She's a very honest, trustworthy person, said Carole Masterson, whose brother is the father of the clerk's two children. I don't think she'd do something like this. She's not stupid. Traders, iden
Jan 3, 2004, 9:08 pm - Lottery News

New Year Brings New Start for $2.1 Million Wash. Lotto WinnerNews Story
Bellevue man dreams of new home, new business, new life for his familyIt's business as anything but usual for Phuc Nguyen of Bellevue as the New Year begins. Nguyen, 30, just completed a two-year apprenticeship as a painter and dreams of starting his own house-painting business. Who knows, it may be his own home that gets painted first. Nguyen plans to use some of the prize money from his $2.1 million Lotto Jackpot-winning ticket to open his own business and open the door to a new home and a
Jan 3, 2004, 8:14 am - Lottery News