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N.J. weighs keeping lottery winners anonymous
So you've won the lottery and suddenly you find you have a bunch of new relatives. Distant cousins. A long-lost half-sister. New Jersey lawmakers are looking to protect state lottery winners from potential moochers and scammers by allowing them to remain anonymous. Only a handful of states permit lottery winners to keep their good fortune private, although some allow winners to put their money into trusts, allowing them some degree of anonymity. A bill before the state Senate State Gove
Feb 21, 2019, 5:37 pm - Lottery News

N.J. woman wins $2M from gift scratch-off lottery ticket from dad, takes family on vacation
By Todd Northrop A New Jersey woman who received scratch-off lottery tickets as a gift from her father won big when one turned out to be worth $2 million. Melissa Spagnola, of Little Silver, won the top prize for the 100X The Bucks ticket her father bought at Wawa, located at 210 Georgetown Wrightstown Road in Wrightstown (Burlington County), state lottery officials said Tuesday. Spangola said she doesn't buy tickets for herself, only for family members like her parents who are long-tim
Jan 15, 2019, 11:28 am - Lottery News

NJ Lottery Pick 6 ticket worth $29.5M sold at liquor store
A 10-month drought without a Pick 6 New Jersey lottery winner ended Monday night when someone hit the $29.5 million jackpot. The lucky ticket was bought at Eddy's Wine Liquors on Avenue C in Bayonne, state lottery officials said Tuesday. If the winner chose the cash option the prize is $20.87 million before taxes are deducted. Monday's winning numbers were 9, 12, 15, 18, 27, and 34. The XTRA number was 3. The jackpot climbed through most of 2018 since a lucky player won a $9.6 million j
Dec 18, 2018, 9:43 pm - Lottery News

NJ Pick 6 lottery jackpot climbs to highest amount in 14 years
$25.2 million grand prize to be drawn Thursday The jackpot for the New Jersey Lottery's Pick 6 drawing has quietly climbed to $25.2 million making it the largest prize the game has offered in more than 14 years. That may seem like a paltry sum compared to the multi-state Powerball and Mega Millions games, which now have minimums jackpots of $40 million. But the odds of winning the Pick 6 jackpot are much better at about 1 in 14 million compared to Powerball (1 in 292 million) and Mega Mill
Nov 7, 2018, 8:01 pm - Lottery News

NJ man's broken hip turns into lottery riches
A New Jersey man literally got a lucky break when he joined a $1 million-winning lottery pool at a local hospital after breaking his hip while walking to buy a ticket. Earl Livingston, 87, of Blackwood, New Jersey, was walking to the store Tuesday to pick up a lottery ticket when he fell and broke his hip. He was taken to Jefferson Stratford Hospital, where he shared his story with staff members. He told them he was on his way to buy a lottery ticket and he was disappointed that he didn
Oct 30, 2018, 10:55 am - Lottery News

NJ Lottery Pick 6 jackpot jumps to 9-year high
$21.3 million up for grabs Monday By Todd Northrop With the multi-state Mega Millions and Powerball lottery games stealing players' attention these days, New Jersey's popular Pick 6 game has been quietly rolling to levels seen around once a decade. When nobody won Thursday's Pick 6 drawing, the new jackpot for Monday, Oct. 15 was set at $21.3 million. It is the largest New Jersey Pick 6 jackpot since a $24.3 million jackpot was won on Jun. 4, 2009, making the current jackpot the largest
Oct 12, 2018, 10:47 am - Lottery News

N.J. family that won $429 million lottery jackpot is 'praying' it forward
When Pearlie Mae Smith and her seven adult children won a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot in 2016, they promised to give 10 percent of their winnings the largest jackpot ever won in New Jersey to their church and to help others. Almost immediately, the Trenton family donated a portion of their winnings to set up the Smith Family Foundation to dole out grants to charities that support their mission to give back to the community. They view their windfall as a way to uphold their strong faith a
Oct 1, 2018, 10:30 am - Lottery News

NJ Lottery Pick 6 jackpot highest in 4 years
$16.7 million drawing tonight By Todd Northrop New Jersey Lottery Acting Executive Director James Carey is urging New Jersey Lottery players to get their Pick 6 game tickets as early as possible in advance of the Thursday, September 13 drawing for the $16.7 million jackpot. This is the largest Pick 6 jackpot since June 2014, and the fourth largest in 10 years. The jackpot has been growing since February 19, 2018 and is ready to be won soon by a lucky New Jersey Lottery player. The lotte
Sep 13, 2018, 8:28 am - Lottery News

Four NJ companies roll out sports betting as NFL season kicks off
On the day the National Football League season kicked off, four gambling companies either began offering sports betting in New Jersey or announced plans to do it soon. The Tropicana casino said Thursday that it had reached a deal with William Hill Race Sports Book to offer sports betting in the near future. No timetable was given for the launch. Hours later, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement said Caesars casino began online and mobile sports betting, but the casino said later i
Sep 7, 2018, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Free lottery ticket wins N.J. woman $1K a week for life
A New Jersey woman who bought a lottery ticket with a buy-one-get-one free coupon she clipped from a newspaper ended up winning a big Cash4Life Prize. Carole Halleran got what turned out to be a second-prize ticket while purchasing coffee for her husband at ShopRite in Wayne, state lottery officials said Monday. Halleran's ticket for the April 19 drawing matched five numbers but not the Cash Ball, meaning it's worth $1,000 a week for life or the cash option of $1 million. She chose the c
Jun 27, 2018, 10:08 am - Lottery News