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Girl spots discarded winning lottery scratcher, donates winnings to Thanksgiving food driveNews Story
In this season of giving thanks, one student from Missouri shows what generosity is all about. When one young lady from Independence, Missouri, found a financial windfall, she gave it to others in need, overlooking her own needs. Phoebe Brown, 7, says she knew exactly what she'd found, and how best to use it. The second grade student from Sycamore Hills Elementary School in Independence was shopping with her mother at the Hy-Vee store on U.S. Highway 40 at Noland Road on November 9th, when
Nov 23, 2016, 7:36 am - Lottery News

N.H. supermarket donates lottery commission to charityNews Story
A New Hampshire grocery store that sold a mammoth winning Powerball ticket announced Tuesday that it is donating its commission to local charities that work with children or hunger. A ticket that won a jackpot of $487 million was sold at the Hannaford Supermarket in Raymond, N.H., in late July, Hannaford said in a statement. A month later, the winner of New Hampshire's all time largest Powerball jackpot has yet to claim the prize. The supermarket was due a $75,000 commission because of the
Sep 1, 2016, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner's gift will help small Missouri communityNews Story
Includes video report A town in Missouri is celebrating its new state-of-the-art fire facility, but the community's lottery millionaires are humble about what they did to make it happen. The building, which took more than a year to build, houses both the ambulance service and the community's fire trucks. The project would not have happened if fire volunteers hadn't twice saved Mark Hill's father's life. My wife and I were able to pay them back, Hill said Hill and his family won n
Jun 27, 2016, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Homeless man helped by lottery winner arrested for failing to register as sex offenderNews Story
A homeless man who was given a warm bed and some loving care by a Massachusetts lottery winner was arrested Thursday for failing to register as a sex offender. Glenn Williams, 59, was picked up by police at a first-floor apartment on Parker Street in the West End where he was staying with another woman, police spokesman Detective Capt. Steven Vicente said. A Wareham detective called New Bedford police prior to Williams' arrest, said Vicente, who didn't know details of the call. But he conf
Feb 22, 2016, 9:20 am - Lottery News

Massachusetts woman spent lottery winnings to help homeless manNews Story
A Massachusetts woman won the lottery, and quickly spent all the reward money to help a homeless man on Saturday. After her selfless act, Sofia Lorena also set up a GoFundMe for Glenn Williams, the homeless man she met just seconds after winning $200 on a scratch ticket, she said. The crowdfunded charity has already raised more than $1,900 in less than 24 hours for Williams, who encountered Lorena on Saturday night while standing in the frigid cold in Wareham. Lorena, a single mother of
Feb 16, 2016, 5:33 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Powerball winner target of $10M lawsuit by local pastorNews Story
Marie Holmes, North Carolina's $188 million Powerball lottery winner, is back in the news again. This time Holmes is not spending millions of dollars on bailing her boyfriend, Lamarr Hot Sauce McDow, out-of-jail for the fourth time, but a pastor is allegedly suing her for $10 million for reneging on a verbal contract. The 27-year-old mother of two took home a $127 million lump sum payment following her lottery win in February, 2015. (See N.C. Powerball lottery winner claims share of jackpo
Feb 15, 2016, 9:01 am - Lottery News

NC's biggest lottery winner, who faced drug charges soon after win, gives nearly $700k to churchNews Story
A North Carolina lottery winner who was arrested on drug charges just months after she won $188 million earlier this year has given her church nearly $700,000, an attorney says. Marie Holmes, age 26, a single mother of four young children, snagged North Carolina's biggest lottery jackpot in March and took a lump sum payment of $127 million from the Powerball win. The first thing she promised was to tithe or give a tenth of her winnings to charity, a press release from Ruth Sheehan with th
Nov 29, 2015, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Man to donate $14 million casino jackpot to churchNews Story
By Todd Northrop A Las Vegas man who put $20 into a slot machine hit a jackpot Sunday afternoon worth $14 million, and he's donating it all to his church. The man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, said he's not a regular gambler and he was just playing the slot machines at Rampart Casino with a friend when he won the massive prize. Although the winner did not publicly disclose his name, he did pose for a photo holding a giant check. The check for $14,282,544.21 was made out to Rampar
Dec 2, 2014, 5:39 pm - Lottery News

Irish Lottery winner giving away $44 million fortuneNews Story
A Northern Ireland woman who won 34 million (US$45.4 million) in the EuroMillions lottery is giving away a whopping 33 million (US$44.1 million). The big-hearted Strabane woman Margaret Loughrey plans to keep just 1.25 million (US$1.7 million) of her massive fortune. Since the windfall she's been handing out money to help people in need and has already parted with 17 million (US$22.7 million). Margaret, who was unemployed when she won the massive jackpot, says she wants to use another 16 m
Aug 12, 2014, 3:59 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winners share their good fortuneNews Story
In walked the Bondurant multimillionaires. She wore a sweatshirt, he a Chicago Bears jacket. They sat down and ate deli slices of ham with their hands off paper plates. Mary Lohse hit the $202 million Powerball jackpot 18 months ago, the second-biggest lottery win ever in Iowa, which kept her husband, Brian, from hunger. What's on your if-I-win list? Unhook the phone, run off and begin life as a full-time consumer? The Lohses kept the same telephone number they've had for 14 years, beca
Mar 24, 2014, 8:21 am - Lottery News