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Toddler picks out winning NY lottery ticketNews Story
This little girl has the Midas touch. Two-year-old Anaya Hussain picked the New York Poker ticket that made her mother an instant millionaire. She touched it, an excited Afsheen Ahsan said Tuesday as she and eight other Lottery winners collected their winnings. If she didn't touch it, I wouldn't have taken it. She's lucky. A stay-at-home mom from Bay Ridge, Ahsan said she had just popped into the Top Convenience store in Brooklyn on Jan. 30 when her daughter reached over and placed he
Mar 14, 2012, 7:40 am - Lottery News

NY woman wins $1M a year for lifeNews Story
It was a Hanukkah miracle! Long Island mom Yuliya Lankri said her husband's holiday gift of a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket will pay $1 million a year for life with a guarantee of at least $20 million. Miracles happen, and they happen on Hanukkah, and I believe in that, beamed Lankri, 37, of Valley Stream, at a press conference called by the state Lottery Commission in late January. The stay-at-home housewife and mother of three said her husband, Gabriel, 46, bought the $30 Win $
Feb 8, 2012, 9:18 am - Lottery News

CA couple expecting first baby wins $208M lottery jackpotNews Story
San Jose, California, resident Daniel Bruckner visited relatives in New York for the holidays last month and came home with quite a souvenir: a $208 million winning lottery ticket. A Silicon Valley financial analyst swept in Friday to collect a $208 million windfall after buying a single Mega Millions ticket last month at a Long Island supermarket. The couple will return home to San Jose, Calif., with an after-tax windfall of $101,440,236. They are happy for themselves, but I think it'
Jan 14, 2012, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

Ruling by Justice Dept. opens a door on online gamblingNews Story
2012 may the year of widespread Internet lottery ticket sales The Justice Department has reversed its long-held opposition to many forms of Internet gambling, removing a big legal obstacle for states that want to sanction online gambling to help fix their budget deficits. The legal opinion, issued by the department's office of legal counsel in September but made public on Friday, came in response to requests by New York and Illinois to clarify whether the Wire Act of 1961, which prohibits
Dec 25, 2011, 2:33 pm - Lottery News

After spat, wife gets winning lottery ticketNews Story
A Massapequa Park, New York, woman is $3 million richer after winning the jackpot in the New York State Lottery's Triple Million scratch-off game. And it was a spat with her husband, Rudy, that made them millionaires, Theresa Holzknecht, 48, said at a news conference Thursday morning in Garden City. She said their daughter Jessie, 12, had been grounded for staying out too late, but her husband caved in and let her hang out with friends. To make amends to his wife, Rudy Holzknecht went to p
Dec 16, 2011, 6:56 am - Lottery News

N.Y. man will use lottery winnings for retirementNews Story
A $1 Sweet Million ticket paid off big for a Port Jervis, New York, father of two who won a $1 million jackpot. Chris Johnston, 49, and his family were presented with the token giant check Thursday by the New York Lottery's Gretchen Dizer. He said he's going to use a majority of his $660,300 lump sum payment for retirement but will treat his family and himself first. As far as the future, I see a beach and warm weather, Johnston said. Johnston used a combination of birthdays from his w
Nov 18, 2011, 9:22 pm - Lottery News

8 winners claim $23.5M in jackpots at NY Lottery Halloween partyNews Story
A Bronx mom dressed as Snooki, a sanitation worker in bunny ears and a babysitter wearing a rainbow hat went trick-or-treating Monday to fetch a load of money. Eight New York Lottery winners were invited to a Halloween shindig they'll never forget, taking home a total of $23.5 million in jackpots. It's not going to change my life, but it's going to change my lifestyle, said city sanitation worker Clayton Wint, 51, of Brooklyn, who picked up an oversized check for nearly $1 million at the
Nov 1, 2011, 4:42 pm - Lottery News

Irish NY lottery winner's estranged husband wants halfNews Story
Patricia Daly, an Ireland native from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, struck gold with a Quick Pick in the New York State Lottery in January but now faces a battle to hold onto her winnings, with her estranged husband launching a legal bid for what he claims is his rightful share. (See Long Island waitress wins $21.5M Lotto jackpot, Lottery Post, Jan. 28, 2011.) Daly, 40, is a single mother of three who emigrated to New York in 1995. She was one of eight players who won a combined $32.5 million, cl
Sep 7, 2011, 4:30 pm - Lottery News

3 men accused of scamming lottery winner out of $3MNews Story
Three men are accused of scamming a $3 million New York lottery winner out of his fortune by convincing him he would face deportation if he tried to collect his prize, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe. Atif Ali, 28, of Spring Valley, Riaz Khan, 45, of Monroe, and Mubeen Ashraf, 23, of Monroe are charged with first-degree grand larceny. The scam, Zugibe said, started on Feb. 3, at 11:30 p.m., when the victim bought New York State Lottery tickets at a convenien
Sep 2, 2011, 9:50 am - Lottery News

Millions in lottery jackpots expire every yearNews Story
If you are the ticket holder for the winning Massachusetts Mega Millions consolation prize with the numbers: 2, 7, 10, 16 and 29, we have some bad news for you. You have just missed your chance to claim $250,000. The jackpot expired Wednesday. In six more days, on Aug. 3, a $900,000 jackpot is in danger of becoming little more than wishful thinking for some unlucky winner in Florida. ABC News have found at least six other jackpots ranging from $10,000 (two in Arizona expiring Aug. 8 and Au
Jul 29, 2011, 9:31 am - Lottery News