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Man wins $7.2 million playing slots in friend's memory after funeralNews Story
A Michigan man went to Mississippi for a friend's funeral last week, and came back a multimillionaire. Tyler Morris, 73, drove with his wife to attend the funeral of his longtime friend Max Anderson, 86, on Feb. 15, and stopped by one of Anderson's favorite hangouts afterward: The Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi, Miss. He decided to play penny slots in honor of Anderson, who had often gone with Morris to the casino over the years, and always played the slots. Morris put his money on The Lor
Feb 21, 2013, 10:33 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner's body reburied after autopsyNews Story
The body of a West Rogers Park, Illinois, man who died of cyanide poisoning last summer after winning a million-dollar lottery was laid to rest again Monday, three days after his remains were exhumed for an autopsy as part of a homicide investigation. The scene at Rosehill Cemetery on Monday afternoon was in sharp contrast to Friday morning, when a throng of reporters and TV cameramen had massed outside an entrance gate as numerous Chicago police, Cook County medical examiner officials and ce
Jan 22, 2013, 9:33 am - Lottery News

Poisoned lottery winner's family reportedly didn't share his last mealNews Story
As relatives of a $1 million lottery winner who was killed with cyanide battle over his estate, sources say it appears the man's family did not share what could have been his fatal last meal. A police source tells MyFoxChicago.com that the night Urooj Khan died he was home with his wife, Shabbana Ansari, 17-year-old daughter, and father-in-law Fareedun Ansari. The source says Ansari prepared a traditional Indian meal for dinner, which Khan ate. Neither Ansari or Khan's daughter ate the mea
Jan 11, 2013, 7:48 am - Lottery News

Wife questioned in lottery winner deathNews Story
The widow of a West Rogers Park, Illinois, man who died of cyanide poisoning weeks after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot was questioned extensively by Chicago police last month after the medical examiner's office reclassified the death as a homicide, her attorney said on Tuesday. Authorities investigating the death of Urooj Khan also executed a search warrant at the home he had shared with his wife, Shabana Ansari, according to Steven Kozicki, her attorney. Ansari later was interviewed b
Jan 9, 2013, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner's death was blamed on natural causes — until a relative raised questionsNews Story
Urooj Khan had sworn off playing the lottery after he took an Islamic pilgrimage to the Middle East in 2010, but as he stood in a 7-Eleven near his home on Chicago's Far North Side this summer, he lost his will for a moment, handing over $60 to buy two instant-game tickets. After scratching off the second ticket, he leaped in the air, shouting over and over again, I hit a million! When Khan, 46, accepted an oversized check from Illinois Lottery representatives days later at the same store
Jan 7, 2013, 9:38 am - Lottery News

Woman found guilty of murder in lottery winner's deathNews Story
Includes video report A Florida woman was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the slaying of a lottery winner in central Florida. Dorice Dee Dee Moore showed no emotion as the verdict was read. Judge Emmett Battles sentenced her to mandatory life without parole for the murder and an additional minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years for using a gun in the commission of a felony. Battles called Moore the most manipulative person he had ever seen, describing her as cold, calculating
Dec 11, 2012, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Trial begins for man linked to double-murder by lottery ticketsNews Story
A Chicago man accused of fatally shooting a cashier and customer inside a Southwest Side convenience store in 2005 almost got away with it, but a trail that started with lottery tickets he'd purchased moments before the killings ultimately led police to him, prosecutors said Tuesday as the man's double-murder trial got underway. Timothy Fountain, 42, is charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the August 2005 shooting deaths of clerk Graciela Rodriguez, 37, and Nicholas Guerrero,
Oct 24, 2012, 7:35 am - Lottery News

Mich. lottery winner who kept collecting welfare found deadNews Story
A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the Michigan Lottery and was later convicted for still collecting state welfare died Saturday from an apparent drug overdose. Ecorse Police confirmed Saturday afternoon that Amanda Clayton, of Lincoln Park, was found dead at a residence on Sunnyside Street at 9 a.m. Shortly after winning the lottery in March, Clayton's story garnered national media attention when she revealed she was still collecting $5,500 from the state in food aid an
Sep 29, 2012, 10:24 pm - Lottery News

Michigan couple killed after lottery winNews Story
Police in Michigan are investigating the stabbing death of a couple, and family members believe they were killed over a winning lottery ticket. I just ask that if anybody know anything, just please. Because they didn't deserve this, my daddy helped the community. He would have done anything for anybody. They could just have got the ticket and left them alive, said the victims' daughter Tierra Evans. Evans believes a winning ticket proved unlucky for her parents William and Brenda. The
May 16, 2012, 1:58 pm - Lottery News

Court settles estate of Vancouver man who ran lottery ticket reselling firmNews Story
Almost four years after his death, the $20 million estate of Vancouver businessman Randy Thiemer has finally been wrapped up in court. Thiemer started a company named Can Win, which resold Canadian lottery tickets to foreigners. He got the idea after seeing an ad in a Vancouver newspaper offering Irish Sweepstakes tickets. It started at his kitchen table and progressed to a $100-million-a-year business, recalled Vito Nardulli, who worked for almost 25 years for Thiemer and was former v
May 7, 2012, 7:47 am - Lottery News