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Army vet uses last 4 quarters to buy lottery ticket, wins $1.3M jackpotNews Story
A man who used his last four quarters to buy a lottery ticket at a Macomb County, Michigan, market won a $1.3 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot, according to the Michigan Lottery. The winner, whose name, age and hometown weren't released, is an Army veteran whose has been disabled since 2009 with a back injury, lottery officials said in a press release. The jackpot came at just the right time to help the man deal with undisclosed family issues and to help his four children, the press release s
Oct 31, 2012, 6:22 pm - 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

$337M Powerball winner prowls Internet for a 'big and beautiful' womanNews Story
After winning a whopping $337 million, Donald Lawson might seem like something of a catch, but take a closer look at the Powerball Lottery winner from Michigan and most women might think twice before going on a date with him. The self-confessed 'hillbilly' is single and looking for love on the Internet with the nickname 'Dinodadog' and the promise to 'please a women any way she wants'. On dating websites he claims he is 'stocky' and is seeking a woman who is: 'Big and beautiful, Curvy, Ful
Sep 20, 2012, 9:41 am - Lottery News

'Robot' to replace Michigan Lottery readersNews Story
It's the end of the line for the three people who read the lottery numbers on Detroit TV. WWJ Newsradio 950's Sandra McNeil reports Aggy Usedly, Beth McCleod and Darryl Wood will no longer announce the winning numbers on TV. Usedly said she and the two others who read the numbers got the word a couple of weeks ago and it came as a surprise. Our contract was up September 29th and our union rep had been contacting this gentleman in Lansing about getting together to renew the contract and
Sep 14, 2012, 3:54 pm - Lottery News

Michigan Senate bill lets lottery winners remain anonymousNews Story
Michigan winners of multistate lotteries such as the Lapeer man who won a $337 million Powerball jackpot could choose to remain anonymous, under a bill that passed a state Senate committee Thursday. Sen. Tory Rocca, R-Sterling Heights, said publicity surrounding such windfalls makes winners too vulnerable to scam artists and violent criminals, not to mention grasping third cousins. The reasons range from the mundane to the fatal, Rocca said. Not only are there relatives popping out of the
Sep 14, 2012, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Michigan railroad engineer claims $337M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A 44-year-old Michigan railroad engineer said he quit his job and told familly members to do the same when he learned he had won the third-largest winner's share ever for a U.S. lottery drawing. Donald Lawson was accompanied by his two daughters and his mother, whom he jokingly called Mama Warbucks, when he was introduced as the winner of the multi-state Powerball lottery on Friday. I'm a millionaire now, but I'll still eat at McDonald's, Lawson told a news confer
Aug 31, 2012, 3:38 pm - Lottery News

The Lottery Office is closed until Monday but speculation in Lapeer rages onNews Story
Michigan is suddenly a richer place this weekend, first with all that Olympic gold coming in from London, and now with the wining ticket to the Powerball Lottery purchased by someone at a Michigan gas station. Local residents may be hoping it wasn't someone passing through to Toledo or Indianpolis. In the meantime in the town of Lapeer in Michigan's thumb the wait continues for the ticket purchaser to surface. It just happens to be Lapeer Days their three day summer festival in the sleepy tow
Aug 18, 2012, 11:06 pm - Lottery News

$337 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold at gas station in small Michigan cityNews Story
Includes video report Update: Cash value was second-highest ever for any US lottery game Update 2: Cash value reported by MUSL was wrong! Actually $224.6 million. By Todd Northrop, with wire reports A gas station in a small Michigan city is buzzing with excitement after the state lottery announced Thursday that a $337 million jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold there. The Michigan Lottery said the ticket was sold in Lapeer, about 45 miles north of Detroit. There wasn't immed
Aug 16, 2012, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

Mich. lottery winner to plead guilty to felony firearm chargesNews Story
Man previously under fire for claiming welfare benefits after lottery win A Williams Township, Michigan, man who had nearly $1 million in cash two years ago and is now destitute and charged with four firearm-related felonies is set to accept a plea deal in Bay County Circuit Court. Leroy N. Fick, 60, is scheduled to make his plea before Circuit Judge Kenneth W. Schmidt at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 4. Court records show that prosecutors have offered to dismiss two counts of felony firearm if Fick
Jul 26, 2012, 8:38 am - Lottery News

Michigan lottery winner convicted of welfare fraud gets probationNews Story
The Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who made national headlines for continuing to accept food stamp benefits after winning $1 million on a Michigan Lottery game show was sentenced today in Wayne County Circuit Court to nine months of probation. Amanda Clayton, 25, won the money on the show Make me Rich! last year and took home more than $700,000 after taxes. She was charged in April with two felony counts of welfare fraud failure to inform for not alerting the state Department of Human Services
Jul 24, 2012, 4:51 pm - Lottery News