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2 charged in theft from Powerball lottery winnerNews Story
Two men were charged Tuesday with stealing $100,000 from the winner of the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history.Brian Christopher Hillabold and David Michael Fewell, both 20, were jailed on charges of breaking into Jack Whittaker's sport utility vehicle Jan. 17. The vehicle was parked outside Whittaker's home.Authorities began investigating the pair after learning they spent $7,000 to $8,000 on clothing in a department store.The men told police that a third person took the money and
Mar 24, 2004, 4:31 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball Winner Sued for Sex-Related AssaultNews Story
A female worker at Tri-State Racetrack Gaming has accused Jack Whittaker, the winner of the largest single lottery jackpot in history, of assault and battery.Charity D. Fortner, a floor attendant at the Nitro track, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Whittaker, alleging he forced her head toward his pants while he gambled at the track in March 2003.Fortner alleged Whittaker, who hit the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was gambling at the track with a female friend when the inc
Mar 11, 2004, 5:29 am - Lottery News

You want the other Jack; he's got the millionsNews Story
The other Jack Whittaker of West Virginia -- the one who wasn't arrested on drunken driving charges last weekend, whose money wasn't stolen outside a strip club and who definitely didn't win $113 million -- wishes the Jack Whittaker of lottery fame would behave.Not that Jack Whittaker of Princeton, W.Va., is one to pass judgment on anyone's personal life.It's just that every time the other Jack Whittaker gets into one of those embarrassing legal scrapes, the non-famous Jack Whittaker gets hit wi
Jan 30, 2004, 6:54 am - Lottery News

Powerball Record-Holder Arrested for Drunk DrivingNews Story
The man who won the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history is in trouble again.Jack Whittaker, who hit the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was charged Sunday with drunk driving - just weeks after being charged with trying to assault a bar manager.Whittaker said he was on his way Sunday afternoon to Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming when he pulled off of Interstate 64 because of the treacherous weather. I'm nowhere near intoxicated, Whittaker told a local television stat
Jan 26, 2004, 12:18 am - Lottery News

Winning a big lottery not without its own costNews Story
If Donald Trump won the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot, he could lasso the windfall like a seasoned financial cowboy, invest his winnings, and fly off to a luxurious ski trip with his playmate of the month.But what about the guy in blue jeans beaming into a news camera with an oversized lottery check?That Average Joe might want to enlist in Susan Bradley's lottery boot camp for instant millionaires. Really rich people do play the lottery, but nine out of 10 times it's someone who's more aver
Jan 3, 2004, 9:10 pm - Lottery News

Multi-state jackpots could bring holiday cheerNews Story
Just in time for the holidays, the nation's two multi-state lottery games have jackpots that have grown to thresholds that usually produce frenzied buying.The Mega Millions game, played in eleven states, now has a jackpot of $100 million dollars for Tuesday night's drawing.The Powerball game, played in 24 states, Washington D.C., and the Virgin Islands, is now sporting a top prize of $137 million dollars for Wednesday's drawing.If all this seems eerily familiar, that may be because last December
Dec 22, 2003, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner temporarily shuts down philanthropic Web siteNews Story
Powerball winner Jack Whittaker has temporarily shut down his philanthropic organization's Web site to allow staff to catch up on thousands of requests for financial help, an employee said Tuesday.Whittaker established the Jack Whittaker Foundation after winning the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas Day, the largest undivided jackpot in the game's history. The Scott Depot resident was a millionaire businessman before he claimed his winnings as a $113 million cash option.The foundatio
Oct 22, 2003, 3:38 am - Lottery News

Whittaker in news againNews Story
First he gave her a $100 Christmas present for making his favorite breakfast biscuits. Then, after winning a $315 million Powerball jackpot, Andrew Jack Whittaker helped her buy a $123,000 house.A happy story, except that, now that they know a sex offender lives in their neighborhood, Moss Creek subdivision residents arent so thrilled with the February purchase Whittaker made for C L Super Serve clerk Brenda Higginbotham.Earlier this week, residents found fliers stuck in their doors notifying th
Aug 29, 2003, 11:27 am - Lottery News

Club Manager, Girlfriend Accused of Stealing Powerball Winner's MoneyNews Story
The manager of a strip club and his girlfriend were arrested Thursday for allegedly drugging a Powerball jackpot winner and stealing $545,000 of the winner's money. Authorities said Jeffrey Caplinger and Misty Arnold drugged Jack Whittaker with an unidentified substance Monday night before Caplinger took the money from Whittaker's vehicle as it idled outside the club, the Pink Pony. Caplinger and Arnold are accused of hatching the alleged scheme after Arnold saw the multimillionaire retrie
Aug 8, 2003, 2:46 am - Lottery News

Powerball Winner Offers 'No Excuses' for IncidentNews Story
A Powerball winner who has donated more than $3 million of his record winnings to churches was drinking at a strip club when $545,000 was stolen from his sport utility vehicle, police said Tuesday.Jack Whittaker said he hopes the incident will not affect the Jack Whittaker Foundation, which he established to help charities operated by the Church of God and other causes. He also said he wanted to remind the media and the public that he is a private citizen. I'm simply a businessman who has seen h
Aug 5, 2003, 4:07 pm - Lottery News