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Arizona man claims other half of record Powerball jackpotNews Story
Remains anonymous Looming tax increases prompt hasty claim Fallout from the looming fiscal cliff has drifted into the Powerball arena. A man who lottery officials announced Friday has claimed his half of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot, decided to collect the winnings now and not next year because of the financial uncertainty posed by the nation's ongoing financial impasse. The man, who is in his 30s from a wealthy Phoenix suburb, decided to remain anonymous after he bought $10
Dec 8, 2012, 9:17 am - Lottery News

Apparent Arizona winner captured on video the moment he learned of winNews Story
Several store customers and clerk saw winning ticket, verified winning numbers Apparent winner purchased ticket in Arizona but checked ticket in Maryland Includes video report A man, who appeared to be a construction or highway worker, walked into a Prince George's County, Maryland, Exxon Thursday afternoon and according to witnesses walked out a multi-multi-millionaire. Employees and customers at Marlboro Village Exxon are still buzzing from the remarkable scene they witnessed this
Nov 30, 2012, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery launches new gameNews Story
Weekly Winnings replaces outgoing Ca$h 4 game By Todd Northrop The Arizona Lottery announced a new draw game called Weekly Winnings, which launches Saunday, Sept. 23, and offers a top prize of $1,000 per week for an entire year, taxes paid. Weekly Winnings has a prize structure unlike any other draw game currently being offered. With each ticket, players will have the chance to win up to six times. A top prize winner can select a payout of $1,000 per week for a year or a lump sum payme
Sep 23, 2012, 8:58 am - Lottery News

$102 million lottery winners - 17 years laterNews Story
Includes video report Playing Powerball tonight? You may want to hear what a Phoenix woman has to say she won Arizona's biggest Powerball jackpot nearly 20 years ago. On March 4th, 1995, part time secretary Shirley Pence stopped by a 7/11 store near 24th Avenue and Greenway in Phoenix to buy a Powerball quick pick ticket. Turned out she had a winner. Oh we just grabbed each other and held each other, she said. And I cried and shook. Don, a self employed house painter, and his wife
May 23, 2012, 10:02 am - Lottery News

Six $1M Powerball tickets claimed by one Arizona winnerNews Story
Winner stays anonymous The Arizona Lottery announced today that all six $1 million Powerball second prize tickets won in Arizona from the drawing on Wednesday, April 25 have been claimed by one person. The six $1 million winning tickets were purchased by one Glendale resident at the QuikTrip located at 6702 W. Glendale Ave. in Glendale. The winning numbers were 4, 25, 29, 34, and 43, with Powerball number 29. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, claimed the six tickets over the c
May 9, 2012, 8:03 pm - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery creates millionaire in 2012 raffleNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Arizona Lottery conducted its seventh raffle drawing Thursday, awarding more than $3 million in total cash prizes, including one $1 million grand prize. A special Early Bird drawing on Dec. 1 awarded $5,000 each to 20 lucky players. The winning numbers for the raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Arizona Lottery Results page. Any ticket that won an Early Bird prize was still eligible to win any of the prizes in the main raffle drawing on Jan. 5. Only 300
Jan 6, 2012, 11:26 am - Lottery News

State lotteries get creative to drive higher salesNews Story
The Arizona Lottery has spent four years ramping up efforts to get players to part with a dollar. It raised its average jackpot by 8 percent and introduced pricier scratch-off games that cost from $5 to $20 but yield bigger winnings, up to $1 million. The tickets now come in brighter colors on thicker paper, and more of them get displayed in bigger cases to catch the eyes of would-be winners lining up at grocery and convenience stores. The lottery also increased its advertising budget by roug
Dec 12, 2011, 8:05 am - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery sales hit record levelsNews Story
People in Arizona are spending record amounts of money on lottery tickets, a sales surge that is surpassing that of other states. In a recent national comparison of state lottery sales, Arizona ranked first out of 43 states and the District of Columbia in percentage increase from fiscal 2009 to 2010, according to the trade publication La Fleur's Magazine. In fiscal 2011, which for Arizona ended June 30, the Lottery sold $584 million in tickets, its most ever. However, the Arizona Lotter
Aug 19, 2011, 8:15 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

US Marine wins $1 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A United States Marine from Yuma, Arizona, has won $1 million in the Arizona Lottery's $100 Million Cash Spectacular Scratchers game. It was an honor to award this prize to an active-duty Marine, a man committed to serving America as a member of our Armed Forces, said Jeff Hatch-Miller, executive director of the Arizona Lottery. We were all thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate this winner, and to know this win will positively impact his life. According to lottery officials, the
May 19, 2011, 6:36 pm - Lottery News