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Tiny village hits El Gordo lottery jackpotNews Story
A remote Spanish farming village today became several million dollars richer after each of its 25 inhabitants won a share of the top prize in the world's biggest lottery, El Gordo. The church bells rang in Rebollo de Duero, in the central Spanish province of Soria, as the handful of farming families celebrated their good fortune. Soria is one of western Europe's most sparsely inhabited regions, with many villages abandoned completely by their inhabitants over the past half century. I d
Dec 23, 2006, 8:54 pm - Lottery News

$5 lottery purchase yields $16.5 million for Ohio manNews Story
An Ohio man drove for three days with the winning $40 million dollar Mega Millions ticket tucked in the armrest of his car before realizing Monday it was worth more than $16 million after taxes. Sean Harper of Columbus said he forgot about the ticket until he went to purchase tickets for Ohio's Pick Four drawing on Monday. It had been in my armrest the whole time. I didn't believe it until the clerk showed it to me on the screen, Harper said, adding that he didn't even know the winning t
Dec 6, 2006, 10:42 am - Lottery News

Florida landscaper claims $9M Lotto jackpotNews Story
A Melbourne, Florida, landscaper from Costa Rica has come forward to claim his $9 million Florida Lotto jackpot. Feliciano Aragon purchased the winning ticket Tuesday at a Melbourne convenience store and was the lone player to match all six numbers, according to lottery officials. The winning numbers were 9-14-25-37-42-52. The ticket is the 31st sold in Brevard County to win the jackpot since the Lotto began 20 years ago. Aragon chose the one-time lump sum payment option for hi
Dec 3, 2006, 4:10 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery excitement: first Powerball jackpot winnerNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket this week in North Carolina is $74.5 million richer this morning. Powerball officials say one winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn Wednesday night was sold this week. That ticket was sold in North Carolina, although there is no word this morning where that ticket was purchased. The winning numbers were 2, 8, 9, 12 and 19, with the Powerball number of 25. The Power Play multiplier was 3. This is the first Powerball jackpot won w
Nov 30, 2006, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Ohio lottery numbers same as game scoreNews Story
Ohio State's 42-39 victory over Michigan also was lucky for players of the Ohio Lottery. Minutes after Saturday's game was over, the numbers 4-2-3-9 were drawn for the Pick 4 game. You know it happens, lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said Sunday. Bettors can play the game in a variety of ways. Anyone who played $1 and picked the 4-2-3-9 combination in order won $5,000. The odds of the numbers turning up in that combination were 10,000 to 1. The lottery paid a total of $2.19 milli
Nov 19, 2006, 6:22 pm - Lottery News

Illinois woman wins $7 million lottery jackpotNews Story
When Alberta James of Machesney Park, Ill. arrived home from work tired and soaked from the rain last week, she listened to a garbled message on her answering machine from her best friend about the Lottery. At the time, Alberta had no idea that her life was about to change. When I called my friend back she said, 'Oh my God, you're rich. One winner has a $7 million ticket they bought from Vince's, and I'm sure it's you!' said James. She didn't believe her friend: You dream about it, but you
Nov 18, 2006, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Huge Euro Millions lottery jackpot split 20 waysNews Story
Britain proved a good place to buy a lottery ticket this week as seven Britons won 6.75 million (US$12.8 million) each in the Euro Millions lottery draw on Friday. With no single ticket holder matching all five main numbers and the two Lucky Star numbers, the 123 million (US$233 million, 182 million) jackpot, which had been rolled over for an 11th time, was shared between 20 people across Europe. France had four winners, Portugal and Spain had three, Ireland had two while Belgium had on
Nov 18, 2006, 9:22 am - Lottery News

Couple claims share of 3rd biggest Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpotNews Story
We now know their names and how much they won. A North York couple are the stunned recipients of part of that huge Lotto 6/49 draw last week. Edwin and Esperanza D'Souza came forward Monday to admit it was their ticket that was sold in Ontario. Its value: an incredible $9.9 million. The entire jackpot, part of last Wednesday's draw, was $39.6 million, the third largest in Canadian lottery history. I'm cool as a cucumber, the 80-year-old admitted as he claimed the enormous check at
Nov 14, 2006, 9:45 am - Lottery News

$18 million Texas Lotto jackpot hit by one ticketNews Story
Somebody who bought a Texas Lotto ticket in an Angleton convenience store is worth $18 million, but neither the couple who sold the winning ticket nor the state lottery commission knows who it is. The winner has 180 days after Saturday's drawing to come forward to claim the jackpot, said lottery spokesman Robert Elrod. It's not uncommon for a winner to take several weeks to come to Austin to claim the prize, he said. We would like to know who it is, said Shuju Feng, who operates the Hand
Nov 14, 2006, 8:16 am - Lottery News

Single winner takes $7 million Illinois Lotto jackpotNews Story
A single winner has taken the $7 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game. The ticket sold in Loves Park was the only one to match all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's Lotto drawing. The next Lotto drawing will be Saturday night, and will feature a grand prize of $2 million. Wednesday night's drawing also produced 20 second-prize winners who matched five of the six winning numbers and will receive prizes of $1004 apiece. Another 1,048
Nov 9, 2006, 8:33 am - Lottery News