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Florida man claims $6 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
A trip to Publix netted a North Port man $6 million. Even after buying the winning ticket, Ronald Tourville forgot to check the numbers. He had forgotten about his tickets until Sunday night when he opened his wallet and saw them. He then logged onto the Florida Lottery's Web site to check his numbers and discovered he was the winner. According to lottery spokeswoman Shelisha C. Durden, Tourville, 48, claimed the estimated $6 million Florida Lotto jackpot. Instead of accepting payments ove
Sep 12, 2006, 8:51 am - Lottery News

16 nurses split $6 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
Sixteen Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center employees apparently are $6 million richer after picking all six of Saturday's winning Florida Lotto numbers. The employees, who have not yet been identified, purchased the only winning ticket at the 7-11 at 12100 Three Oaks Parkway in Estero. Margaret Chabris, spokeswoman for 7-11 stores, said a regular customer picked up the winning ticket on behalf of the employees and the group is planning to speak with the media after they pick up thei
Sep 5, 2006, 11:03 am - Lottery News

Mysterious $49 Million Mega Millions Winner Claims PrizeNews Story
The waiting is over for Maryland residents waiting to discover who bought a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $49 million in the July 18th drawing. Well, sort of. The mystery winner walked into Lottery Headquarters Monday morning. Accompanied by his wife, a family friend and his lawyer, the nervous winner showed Lottery officials the $49 Million ticket from the July 18th Mega Millions drawing. The winner, who wished to remain anonymous, is from Prince Georges County, MD. The teary-e
Aug 23, 2006, 1:02 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winners advised to be wise with wealthNews Story
What begins as a fountain of fortune can quickly become a puddle of pennies. Lottery winners, like the Plymouth Sargento Cheese plant workers who claim to have won the $208.6 million Powerball prize, must be careful to avoid losing their luck, say local financial advisers. Winners first should find a good attorney and financial consultant, said Larry Goebel, owner and president of the Goebel Planning Group. Advisers and attorneys can help people determine whether to take the money in incre
Aug 9, 2006, 11:57 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $40 million Florida Lotto jackpotNews Story
For a brief moment, one of the two men who run Food R Us convenience store in Palm Springs, Florida, had their hands on a slip of paper worth $40 million. Then they passed it to one of their customers. The small, neighborhood store on Congress Avenue sold the sole winning ticket for Saturday's Florida Lotto jackpot. The winning numbers passed through our hands, said Raj Sam Savdas, who managers the store with Nicholas Azavedo. We are wishing them good luck. We have a lot of good cu
Aug 7, 2006, 10:45 am - Lottery News

Wisconsin factory workers win $208M Powerball lotteryNews Story
About 100 cheese factory workers in the Wisconsin town of St. Cloud have been celebrating because they say they're $208 million richer now. Wisconsin state lottery officials say no one has officially stepped forward to claim Saturday's Powerball jackpot. But a large contingent of employees from Sargento Cheese tells WITI-TV in Milwaukee they have the winning ticket locked in a safe somewhere. It's not clear when the group will try to redeem the ticket. Lottery spokeswoman Jessica Iver
Aug 7, 2006, 9:46 am - Lottery News

$204 Million: Saturday Powerball JackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot in the world; $164 million more than second-largest jackpot The Powerball jackpot continues to grow to unbelievable heights. The multi-state game's $204 million jackpot is $164 million more than the next-largest worldwide lottery jackpot Florida Lotto's $40 million grand prize. (Both games will conduct their drawings tomorrow at 11:00 PM Eastern Time.) Even though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday, three lucky tickets in DC, Iowa, and North Carolina ea
Aug 4, 2006, 4:10 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot won ... againNews Story
For the sixth time in eleven weeks the Mega Millions jackpot was won, this time for $31 million. The string of winning jackpots is great for those who prefer to spread the wealth, but disappointing for huge jackpot hunters. Not that $31 million is a small sum of money, but it's not what the inventors of Mega Millions envisioned when they constructed the game with 176 million-to-1 odds of winning. The other Mega Millions jackpots recently won include: $49 million on July 18th $23 mill
Aug 2, 2006, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Raised to $178 MillionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, two lucky tickets in Arizona and Connecticut won $800,000 each with Power Play. A total of 837,855 players across the nation won more than $9.1 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $178 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, August 2nd drawing will be an estimated $81 mill
Aug 1, 2006, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Winner of $45M N.Y. Lotto jackpot to be revealed todayNews Story
A Broome County woman who bought a Lotto ticket in Brooklyn won a $45 million jackpot a county record. The New York Lottery is scheduled to identify the winner this morning. Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Mauer said the woman bought the ticket June 28 at David's Check Cashing in New York City. The winning numbers were announced the same night. The woman's winnings will eclipse the record $25 million won in 1998 by Binghamton resident William Yonkoski, a carpenter who bought his ticket a
Aug 1, 2006, 8:26 am - Lottery News