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Newport Beach Man Claims $81 Million California Lottery JackpotNews Story
A 25-year-old Newport Beach man was identified Tuesday as the sole winner of last Wednesday's $81 million California SuperLotto Plus lottery jackpot.Colin McLean, who identified himself as a college graduate who works in the finance industry, said he planned to use some of the winnings to help victims of last month's tsunami. With everything going on in the world, I think it is inappropriate to gain notoriety for this [winning the Lottery]; I feel very blessed, and sense that God has given me an
Jan 20, 2005, 4:54 pm - Lottery News

Ex-cop told to lie to claim Illinois Lottery prizeNews Story
Ron Smith was surprised to learn in August that he was banned from claiming a $995 Illinois Lottery prize because he had been working a security job with the state agency that oversees horse tracks.He continued to be amazed a couple of weeks later when a Lottery staffer called and asked him if he wanted to travel to Springfield and claim the cash on an apparent wink-and-nod basis. A telephone message later left at his house told him he could get the cash in Des Plaines, closer to his Will County
Jan 18, 2005, 9:21 am - Lottery News

Lottery yields $6, new heart for Missouri manNews Story
Richard Silvey had never hit the jackpot with lottery tickets. Hed play Powerball and Missouri Lottery each week, occasionally winning a few dollars.And luck didnt abound when his defibrillator, which applies a brief electric shock to the heart to maintain a normal heartbeat, stopped working properly. Hed received the defibrillator in 1999 to correct his ventricular tachycardia, or rapid heart beat, but he started fainting from the failing defibrillator in November.So he checked into St. Lukes M
Jan 18, 2005, 7:35 am - Lottery News

Ohio man claims $20 million Super Lotto jackpotNews Story
The winner of a $20 million Super Lotto jackpot from Nov. 24 has come forward to claim the prize, said Mardele Cohen, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery Commission.Cohen said attorney Thomas W. Watkins claimed the prize at lottery headquarters Thursday on behalf of the ZSA Family Trust. The winners chose the cash option and the trust will receive $10 million before federal and state tax withholdings, Cohen said.The ticket holder picked the winning numbers of 8-13-21-26-31-41. The bonus ball was
Jan 14, 2005, 1:57 pm - Lottery News

Nebraska Powerball winner shares $30.9 million jackpotNews Story
A man who turned two one-dollar bills into a multi-million-dollar windfall in Nebraska has claimed the prize -- more than two weeks after learning he'd won.Steven Herber had one of three tickets that matched all of the numbers drawn December 22nd in the Multi-State Lottery Association's Powerball game.Tickets bought in Arizona and Pennsylvania also matched all six numbers, meaning the $30.9 million jackpot must be split three ways.Herber chose the cash option worth $5,662,888.20.After state and
Jan 13, 2005, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Arizona couple claims one-third of $31 million Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
No Hummer. No mansion. No fancy clothes. Tim and Donna Sindel of Mesa, Arizona have better plans for the $3.9 million after taxes they won in a recent Powerball drawing. Theyre going to invest it, the couple said during a news conference at the Arizona Lotterys Phoenix office. We had the fantasies buy this, buy that, said Tim Sindel, who retired three years ago after 27 years as a Phoenix police officer. I want this money to work for me. Now their parents will be more comfortable. Their gra
Jan 13, 2005, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Penn. woman wins $1 million with scratch-off lottery ticketNews Story
Donna Goeppert kissed a copy of her winning lottery ticket Wednesday, a day after the game had given her a big, fat, million-dollar smooch.Goeppert, a lifelong Bethlehem, Pennsylvania resident who plays the lottery religiously, scratched off a $1 million winner at Linden Food Market in the city. After taxes, she'll take home $750,000.''I'm still numb,'' Goeppert said Wednesday, standing next to her husband and mother at the Bethlehem Volunteer Fireman's Home Association, where she runs bingo twi
Jan 13, 2005, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Woman and two children claim $171 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Florence Ayers, a Jackson, Pennsylvania bookkeeper who claimed the $93.4 million lump-sum cash prize from a $171.4 million Powerball jackpot, knows how to keep a secret.Ayers, 69, was so tight-lipped for five weeks about the winning ticket that neighbors and her employer, Jack Basilon, were stunned Wednesday when the state Lottery announced she had won the second largest jackpot in Pennsylvania history. The drawing was Dec. 8.Ayers abruptly quit work two weeks ago after 20 years on the job, whic
Jan 13, 2005, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner evaded taxes, fined $375,000News Story
Jefferson, 71, won $12.5 million; admits to making out false invoicesThe winner of a CDN$12.5 million lottery prize who runs a benefit plan consulting firm is a little less rich today after admitting he fabricated expense claims and service invoices involving his business.Walter Jefferson, chief executive officer of Toronto-based Global Benefit Plan Consultants, pleaded guilty to five counts of income tax evasion in court this week and paid a fine of $375,000.Jefferson, 71, did not report income
Jan 12, 2005, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Couple claims $15.7 million Hoosier Lottery jackpotNews Story
A Rushville, Indiana couple on Monday claimed a $15.7 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot, 12 days after the winning numbers were drawn.Ryan and Mary Beth Emerson claimed the prize from the Dec. 29 drawing.Ryan Emerson said he had gone to a Speedway near his house to change a $50 bill and decided to buy a lottery ticket, which turned out to be the winner.He said he saw the newspaper headline that said there was a local winner of the drawing, but figured it wasn't him. Finally on Friday, he checked
Jan 11, 2005, 9:15 am - Lottery News