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Undercover lottery investigation tests store clerks' honestyNews Story
If you end up with a winning lottery ticket, you'll end up with the cash... right? A television investigative program recently traveled to various states testing the honesty and integrity of lottery store clerks in correctly informing customers of their winning lottery tickets. What they discovered was a mixed bag: although some clerks correctly identified wins for their customers, many did not. In fact, several attempted to basically steal their customer's winnings by telling them their l
Sep 7, 2010, 9:32 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $133M sold in Calif.News Story
Morro Bay liquor store to get $665,000 commission A $133 million lottery jackpot is more than the stuff of daydreams for one customer of a Morro Bay, California, liquor store. Bottle Liquor and Deli at 999 Main St. in Morro Bay sold the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, the only jackpot winner in Friday's 41-state drawing, according to the California Lottery. The winning numbers: 4-10-26-32-41 and Mega 31. The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot, according to the lottery: 1 i
Aug 30, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Increased California Lottery payouts spur salesNews Story
Californians who play lottery Scratcher games have apparently noticed a new and not unwelcome change in the way some of the games are structured: They win more. As a result, they're playing more. Scratcher sales leaped by $55 million in June, the first month that a new law allowed lottery officials to increase the percentage of revenues returned in prize money. Officials are confident that trend will continue. In its budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, the Lottery Commission p
Jul 6, 2010, 9:03 am - Lottery News

Seven arrested in underground lottery stingNews Story
Seven people are facing felony bookmaking charges after authorities say they were operating an illegal lottery out of four markets in San Pablo and Richmond, California. Authorities say the lottery was broken up after a sting operation led by the California Lottery's Security and Law Enforcement Division. Investigators say the seven suspects sold homemade tickets to buyers who were placing bets on numbers in an actual California Lottery game. Lottery spokesman Bill Ainsworth says though
Jun 11, 2010, 8:08 am - Lottery News

Anonymous winner claims $23M Calif. lottery jackpotNews Story
Plus, one winner claims three $205K prizes A lucky California retiree who doesn't want to be named bought a SuperLotto ticket last week worth $23 million. The man brought the winning ticket Thursday afternoon to the lottery's office on Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa. According to a news release from the California Lottery, he said he didn't know he had a winning ticket until he saw the numbers being read on TV in the morning. Plans for the money include paying off his house and traveling, t
Jun 6, 2010, 5:08 pm - Lottery News

L.A. TV employee wins $266M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Winning ticket was sold at a Hawaiian barbecue restaurant His wife wanted KFC. But a Southern California man insisted on barbeque. After Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, he can have all the barbeque he wants. It was during Gilbert Cisneros' visit to L L Hawaiian Barbecue at 8760 Washington Blvd. in Pico Rivera that the winner of the estimated $266 million Mega Millions jackpot, bought his ticket. The numbers in Tuesday night's multi-state Mega Millions draw were 9, 21, 31, 36, 43
May 6, 2010, 7:18 am - Lottery News

California Lottery cancels 'Millionaire' TV showNews Story
The television game show that made Snow White a multimillionaire is going off the air. California Lottery officials are canceling the lottery's weekly Make Me a Millionaire game, citing poor ratings. The last episode is July 3. Launched in January 2009, Make Me a Millionaire was supposed to be a lively, entertaining promotion for the state lottery. It replaced The Big Spin program, which lasted for more than 20 years. Last August, Natalie Marston, 22, who plays Snow White at Disneyland,
May 5, 2010, 8:57 am - Lottery News

One Calif. lottery ticket wins $266M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A single ticket matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's $266 million Mega Millions drawing, but unless you bought your ticket in California, you can keep on dreaming. That single West Coast player won the largest lottery jackpot in the United States this year after purchasing the jackpot-winning ticket at L L Hawaiian Barbecue in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera. The winning numbers for the drawing were 9, 21, 31, 36, and 43, with a Mega Ball number of 8. The Megaplier number wa
May 5, 2010, 7:32 am - Lottery News

California woman, 77, wins $37M lottery with Quick PicksNews Story
A 77-year-old retired Salinas hospital worker and regular lottery player will collect $21.2 million in cash after winning Saturday's $37 million SuperLotto drawing. Mitsuko Higashi presented her golden ticket at the Lottery's Hayward office and opted for the cash payment Monday. Higashi told Lottery officials she's been playing regularly for 25 years, always buying her tickets at Las Lomas Market Gas on San Juan Grade Road in Salinas, where the winning ticket was purchased. She was too sic
Apr 6, 2010, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner gives away millionsNews Story
Practitioner of visualization and meditation techniques won $112 million As twists of fate go, Cynthia Stafford has been dealt some doozies. In 1999, Stafford's younger brother was killed in a car accident, and the state of California placed his five children in foster care. Cynthia would have none of that: She applied for?full custody of her nieces and nephews, ages 3 to 10, and though the state initially fought her, Stafford prevailed and became an instant mother to five children a full-
Apr 1, 2010, 8:45 am - Lottery News