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New York man wins $10 million after buying lottery ticket every day for decadesNews Story
By Todd Northrop A 66-year-old man who's played the lottery his entire adult life is the newest lottery millionaire in New York. Michael Marks has been playing the lottery in the same store every day since the 1960s. That persistence paid off when he won a $10,000,000 prize on a $10,000 a Week for Life scratch-off ticket he bought while grabbing coffee at A-Plus in the Sunoco gas station at 17 N. Central Ave. in Hartsdale. This is my store, Marks told the New York State Lottery. I c
Sep 25, 2018, 9:28 am - Lottery News

Woman given lottery ticket for graduation gift wins $2,000 a month for lifeNews Story
By Todd Northrop Imagine starting life after graduation with a $2,000 a month head start. That's exactly what one Connecticut woman did. 22-year-old Anissa Dellaripa of South Windsor, Connectiucut, was given a $1 Win for Life Ticket for graduation and it paid off in a big way. My dad often buys me scratch tickets for fun, Dellaripa told lottery officials. He gave me this one and said, 'Here, scratch it.' The ticket cost only a dollar. Dellaripa scratched the ticket and couldn't bel
Sep 15, 2018, 8:54 pm - Lottery News

Sales halted for Iowa Lottery scratch gameNews Story
Sales are being stopped for one of the Iowa Lottery's $5 instant-scratch games. The Lottery says it has received reports from players that Cash Wheel game tickets have been misprinted. We take seriously our responsibility to provide our players with accurate information and quality products, Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich said. And while we have only received two reports of difficulties after more than 720,000 tickets have already been distributed in the 'Cash Wheel' game, we are removing th
Sep 13, 2018, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Colorado man wins lottery for third time in 17 monthsNews Story
Includes video report A Colorado man has won the lottery for the third time in a year and half for a total of $1 million. The Colorado Lottery said a Colorado Springs man, identified only as Paul G., won a total of $1 million from three scratch tickets since March 2017. $750,000 of his winnings come from second-chance drawings. The Colorado Lottery said Paul won $250,000 on a Thrilling Crossword scratch ticket in March 2017, then on Aug. 14, 2018 he won $500,000 on a second chance drawi
Sep 5, 2018, 11:15 am - Lottery News

Police break up scratch-off lottery ticket burglary ringNews Story
Authorities have arrested three San Jose, California, men and are seeking at least one other suspected of breaking into Bay Area businesses to steal lottery scratch-off tickets. Belmont police Capt. Patrick Halleran said his agency cracked the crime ring with help from the Burlingame, Menlo Park, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, and San Jose police departments and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. The suspects would break into closed businesses in the early morning hours and steal large quan
Aug 17, 2018, 1:07 pm - Lottery News

How North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets are distributedNews Story
What would you do if you won the lottery? And what if you could figure out a system that would help you win it? Pat Jackson thought perhaps someone had done that when she read about a couple that won a $10,000 scratch-off prize and then a $1 million scratch-off prize on the same day in different counties. Jackson, who lives in Charlotte, became curious about the distribution of the thousands of scratch-off tickets that are sold at nearly 7,000 locations across the state. So she posed a
Aug 8, 2018, 8:29 am - Lottery News

New Illinois Lottery game to help families of fallen officersNews Story
A new Illinois lottery game will generate money to help the families of police officers killed or severely hurt in the line of duty. Lawmakers overwhelming approved legislation to create the new scratch-off lottery game earlier this year. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed it into law on Monday. Money from the game will go to three designated police memorial funds. It will be used to build memorials and parks, hold annual memorial commemorations, provide scholarships to the children of fallen or inj
Aug 1, 2018, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

S.C. woman wins $250,000 on wrong lottery ticket — and is giving it awayNews Story
A South Carolina woman showed some kindness when a convenience store clerk sold her a lottery ticket that was different than the one she asked for, but bought the ticket anyway. She was rewarded. The wrong ticket turned out to be the right one, and the Greenville woman won $250,000, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery. The unnamed woman purchased the winning ticket at the Red Robin Foods on Woodruff Rd. in Greenville County. It was a long-shot jackpot, as the unidentified
Jul 17, 2018, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Maryland man wins $50,000 after friend checks discarded lotto ticketNews Story
A Maryland man who unknowingly struck gold with a scratch-off also hit the jackpot with his choice of friends, as the lotto player's pal alerted him to the big win after he had discarded the ticket. The 67-year-old Baltimore County man routinely travels up and down Belair Road to purchase instant tickets for games that still have unclaimed top prizes, he told the Maryland lottery. Most recently he bought a Gold scratch-off ticket at Nikki's Discount Liquors in Baltimore, but thought he ha
Jul 9, 2018, 9:04 am - Lottery News

Montana woman wins lottery twice in one dayNews Story
Winning the lottery once was exciting for Cheyenne Long of Kalispell, Montana, but winning it twice in one day was unbelievable. Long won a total of $77,000 playing Power Play Gold Crossword, a Montana Lottery Scratch ticket, according to a press release from the Montana Lottery. Long bought her first ticket on the morning of July 1, and was happy to find out that she had won $2,000. But then she had a gut feeling to buy more of that ticket. So later that day when she was in Havre, she
Jul 7, 2018, 8:52 am - Lottery News