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Indiana man takes home third major lottery winNews Story
Claimed $1 million prize Thursday Roger Douglas is, in a word, lucky. The Fort Wayne, Indiana, man took his third trip to the Hoosier Lottery claims office Thursday, this time to turn in the grand-prize winning ticket for the Million Dollar Holiday Scratch-off. Douglas has previously won two other major lottery prizes: In 2001, he won $250,000 on a Hoosier Lottery Polar Express Scratch-off, and in 2006, he won $25,000 on a holiday raffle game. The odds are so against winning in the
Nov 22, 2013, 7:40 pm - Lottery News

Indiana $1 million Powerball prize goes unclaimedNews Story
The champagne wishes and caviar dreams of the person in Indiana holding April's winning Powerball ticket will officially remain just those wishes and dreams, if not a nightmare after failing to claim their $1 million prize. Indiana's 180-day window for lottery winners to come forward came to a close Monday for the unlucky soul who purchased the lucky ticket in the April 10 drawing at the Circle K in Jeffersonville. It is rare, but not unheard of, that a prize of such magnitude goes unclai
Oct 11, 2013, 9:28 am - Lottery News

$1 million southern Indiana Powerball prize to expireNews Story
Winning ticket purchased in April at Circle K in Jeffersonville Do you remember what you were doing April 10 of this year? If you were in Southern Indiana six months ago and purchased a Powerball ticket, you might want to drag out your spring jacket and check the pockets. A $1 million Powerball prize won in the Hoosier state in the April 10 drawing is about to expire. The ticket was purchased at Circle K at 3830 Hamburg Pike in Jeffersonville, Ind., just across the Ohio River from Louisvil
Oct 1, 2013, 7:41 pm - Lottery News

7 state lotteries join forces for multi-state raffleNews Story
Tickets on sale Sept. 8 by Todd Northrop Seven United States lotteries will offer a first-of-its-kind multi-state raffle that goes on sale in about a week. Called the Multi-state Millions Raffle (and possibly other names in the participating states), it's guaranteed to hand out $1 million prizes just how many depends on how many of the $10 tickets are sold in the participating states. All of the lotteries are looking for new ideas and new games and new things to do to generate reven
Aug 30, 2013, 4:34 pm - Lottery News

Salon lottery winners settle disputeNews Story
You'd think it should be an enjoyable time, winning the lottery, said Lucy Lewis-Johnston, but it hasn't been the case at all. Lewis-Johnston is one of eight Indianapolis hair stylists who fought over one winning ticket. They were all part of a lottery pool last February at Lou's Creative Styles, the salon Lewis-Johnston owns. (See Hair stylists spar over $9.5M Hoosier Lotto jackpot, Lottery Post, Feb. 22, 2013.) The woman who bought the ticket said the winner was one she bought for h
Aug 22, 2013, 6:34 am - Lottery News

Indiana woman has second major lottery winNews Story
A Princeton, Indiana, woman is the latest to claim the Hoosier Lottery's Lucky Millionaire prize her second major lottery win. Connie Cottingham claimed her $1 million prize Aug. 9 after buying the winning scratch-off ticket at Chuckles Food Mart in Princeton. It was her second trip to Hoosier Lottery Headquarters: In 2008 she won $500,000 from a Dazzling Diamonds scratch-off she bought from Evansville Moto Mart in Evansville, Ind., WRTV-TV reported. I was shocked. I had to get my glasses
Aug 15, 2013, 3:55 pm - Lottery News

Want to be on TV? Hoosier Lottery searches for on-air draw talentNews Story
Hoosier Lottery drawings are back on the air in Indiana. The Hoosier Lottery and FOX59 in Indianapolis are conducting a statewide talent search to cast on-air draw talent for soon-to-be on the air Daily 3 and Daily 4 live TV drawings. Those interested in representing the Lottery are encouraged to submit auditions online at hoosierlottery.com or FOX59.com. The Hometown Host contest is a great way for budding celebrities or adult journalism students to represent a Hoosier institution and ga
Jul 26, 2013, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Indiana math teacher wins $100,000 from free lottery ticketNews Story
A Fort Wayne, Indiana, high school math teacher won $100,000 on a free Hoosier Lottery scratch-off ticket that she received at a Mad Ants game. Holly Vogel, who has season tickets to the Mad Ants games, was in the Hoosier Lottery Lucky Section during a game back in March. She, along with around 100 other fans, received a Hoosier Lottery prize pack with free scratch-offs. The Mad Ants are an NBA Development League team based in Fort Wayne. Vogel's prize pack contained a $100,000 taxes pa
May 31, 2013, 2:36 pm - Lottery News

Hair stylists spar over $9.5M Hoosier Lotto jackpotNews Story
There is a developing prize fight over a $9.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot. An Indianapolis, Indiana, hair stylist says she won it all, but her co-workers say they pooled their money to buy the winning ticket, and they should split it. Now that jackpot is frozen until further notice. Eight stylists from an east side hair salon were feeling lucky when they chipped in on a work pool last week. One of those stylists bought the tickets for the group and then tickets for herself. When those wi
Feb 22, 2013, 4:06 pm - Lottery News

Life after winning the lotteryNews Story
Haven't we all dreamed about winning the lottery at least once? It happened to Roy and Barb Hamer of Leesburg, Indiana. They hit the jackpot and it was BIG. Barb says we checked our ticket, my eyes went blank, he looked at it and said, 'oh, my god! they all match!' There was some initial confusion over how much money they won. We thought, we'd only won ten million. We thought we were poor millionaires, Barb Hamer said with a laugh. But in fact, the Hamers won $41.5 million playing
Nov 9, 2012, 7:49 am - Lottery News