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The local TV star who rigged the lotteryNews Story
Shortly after 7pm on April 24th, 1980, millions of Pennsylvanians watched intently as a third and final ping-pong ball shot up the tube of a machine on live television. And there you have it, exclaimed the station's beloved announcer, Nick Perry. Today's Pennsylvania lottery daily number: 6-6-6! As the cheesy music faded and the lights dimmed, Perry implored lucky ticket holders at home to claim their prizes: If you've got it, come and get it! What the public didn't know was that Per
Oct 18, 2019, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

'You assume all the money noise stops when you finally have it'News Story
What would you do if you suddenly came into a large amount of money? Would you upgrade your home and invest the rest, putting just a little aside to build a shelter for orphaned orang-utans, just as you once said you would? Actually, you're far more likely to drive a succession of sports cars into swimming pools a visual representation of the proverbial car crash your life is likely to become as you fritter away your cash bonanza. A study at Vanderbilt University in the US found that lottery
Oct 14, 2019, 9:19 am - Lottery News

It turns out money can kind of buy happiness after allNews Story
Does winning the lottery even make you happier? For a long time, researchers said no. Research hadn't found any conclusive evidence that people who won large sums of money were happier afterward. There was even some evidence they were worse off. This fact became widely known, partially because it's so appealing to many people. It's nice to think that life satisfaction isn't just about how much money you have, that other things matter more, that we can't solve all our problems with a sudden in
Sep 30, 2019, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Lottery millionaire still lives in a trailer in MaineNews Story
It's not an extravagant life, certainly, but it makes him happy. So when he recently won big playing the Maine State Lottery not just once, but twice, for a total of $1.1 million within a single four-month period he didn't see much sense in changing things up, even after the money started rolling in. The rolls of lottery winners might be filled with tales of lives altered following sudden riches, but Bobby Stuart's has remained exceedingly constant. Ain't nothing really different, he s
Sep 27, 2019, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner plans to breathe new life into historic neighborhood that time forgotNews Story
Fort Lauderdale is a long way from Memphis. But lottery winner-turned-developer Miguel Pilgram, 50, wants to bring a little Memphis Blues to Fort Lauderdale's historic Sistrunk Boulevard. And that's not all. His three-phase plan representing a total investment of $19 million would transform the area like never before, establishing a performing-arts hub meant to revitalize a neighborhood that time forgot. Pilgram, a dynamic entrepreneur who spent his childhood in Memphis, has already
Sep 15, 2019, 10:25 am - Lottery News

CT Lottery workers 'getting the job done' despite agency upheavalNews Story
Editorial by Rob Raczka and Mark Negralle As state employees and union stewards at the beleaguered Connecticut Lottery Corporation, we will be the first to tell you it's extraordinarily difficult to work in an environment described by our colleagues in an internal survey as fear-based, toxic and North Korea-like. It angers us that controversy and scandal have tainted our agency and generated a seemingly endless stream of news stories exposing the questionable practices of some senior mana
Sep 1, 2019, 12:38 pm - Lottery News

From the lottery to Nobel prize: meet workers who make life-changing phone callsNews Story
For 12 years now, Anita Pires has been working at the call center for Camelot, the company that runs the UK's national lottery. She is one of a staff of 30 who answer calls from potential lottery winners, checking their numbers for prizes that range from 5 to the multi-millions. In 2009, I had one of my biggest winners, who won 45m, she says. Even I couldn't believe it. We only get an automated prompt just before they're put through; it's always very exciting. The claimants are in shock and don'
Aug 28, 2019, 9:41 am - Lottery News

What's it like to suddenly become rich?News Story
We've all daydreamed about an unexpected windfall that would change our luck. But what's it really like to come into money? Meet five people who did. Desiree Home: lottery winner, 1,000,000 (US$1.2 million) Our routine was always the same. Wayne, my husband, would pop into the post office on his way to work to get our lottery tickets, and he'd get up early the morning after the draw and check the numbers. He'd forgotten to check the Tuesday night Euromillions till the Thursday. Anyway,
Aug 7, 2019, 2:51 pm - Lottery News

The women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per yearNews Story
Click here to win a free trip to Iceland! ... Enter to win a 2019 Ford F-150! ... Share a photo on Twitter and win a lifetime supply of Hershey's Kisses! Spend enough time online, and you'll come across some kind of contest or sweepstakes offering you a chance to win a prize. Most of us brush these off as dangling carrots veiled corporate attempts to collect our data and court free advertising. The odds of actually winning seem miniscule. But a community of avid sweepers claim to have mast
Jul 15, 2019, 1:36 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin Powerball winner surprises random mom with $200 gift card on Mother's DayNews Story
Includes video report A Franklin Park, Wisconsin, mother shopping Sunday at Target walked out with more than just the diapers on her list. A young man she had never met before handed her a $200 gift card and told her he just wanted to bless a mom on Mother's Day with something unexpected. With everything kind of going on in the world, and you just hear so much negative news, I really just wanted people to feel inspired and feel like you know, hey maybe I can do something too to spread
May 14, 2019, 11:57 am - Lottery News