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2 NY Powerball winners of $170M being introducedNews Story
New York Lottery officials say they'll present checks worth more than $170 million to two upstate New York winners of two recent Powerball drawings. New York Lottery is holding a news conference at a 11 a.m. Friday in downtown Albany to present a $48.8 million check for a winning ticket sold in Wilton, Saratoga County, and a $122 million check for a winning ticket sold in Catskill, Greene County. Lottery officials say the winners, New York's first in the multi-state lottery, will be introd
Feb 11, 2011, 10:15 am - Lottery News

$29M lottery jackpot 12 years in makingNews Story
Postal workers each paid $10 a week into Mega Millions Perseverance and planning ahead with a storm bearing down on the region paid off for a group of postal worker friends, who came forward Friday to claim their $29 million jackpot. We'd been playing for so long, I felt we had to win sooner or later, said Hosea Person, 48. He and 12 others from the priority mail processing center in Romulus had bought Mega Millions tickets for 12 years before hitting it big Feb. 1. Hosea and his wife,
Feb 6, 2011, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Christmas Day Powerball lottery winner claims $48.8M jackpotNews Story
The winner of a $48.8 million Christmas Day jackpot has come forward to claim the prize, New York Lottery officials confirmed Thursday. Carolyn Hapeman, a New York Lottery spokesperson, said the ticket-holder came in on Tuesday afternoon to claim their prize more than a month after it was sold at the Stewart's Shop at 4208 Route 50 in Wilton, New York. Hapeman declined to identify the winner until the verification or auditing process of the ticket has been completed. That process, because
Feb 4, 2011, 10:05 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket fetched from drawer wins $250,000News Story
A Baltimore, Maryland, man who wanted a break from Sunday's NFL playoff games decided to dig up some old lottery tickets and one of them happened to be worth $250,000. Maryland Lottery officials said the man bought the lucky Mega Millions ticket in August just before he left for a vacation. I was watching the playoff game (Sunday) and happened to go into my dresser drawer, said the man, whose name wasn't released by the Lottery. I figured they were expired. He took the tickets to a ne
Jan 26, 2011, 7:57 am - Lottery News

N.Y. laundromat sells $122M Powerball lottery ticketNews Story
You never know, do you? Some lucky Powerball player just hit a $122 million jackpot at the Clothespin Laundromat in Catskill, New York. Though laundromat owner Bahasu Patel wasn't sure who won, rumors have already begun to spread around town. Somebody said the guy at the tobacco shop had won, he said, but when someone went to check they said he hadn't. Two other people Patel spoke with also thought an employee at Smoker's Choice on Central Avenue had won Saturday night's Powerball
Jan 24, 2011, 9:06 am - Lottery News

$190M Idaho lottery winner sorts out her new lifeNews Story
Holly Lahti burst into the spotlight a week ago in a feel-good story about a single mother who won a $190 million Mega Millions jackpot. Then came the mugshot: a thin young woman with disheveled brown hair, sporting a black eye and cuts and bruises on her face and neck. It turned out she was separated from a man who court records indicated had abused her, and now has a possible claim to some of the money through a quirk in Idaho law. Lahti, 29, went underground with her two daughters immed
Jan 22, 2011, 11:31 am - Lottery News

Clerk's lottery ticket error wins woman $1 millionNews Story
Pamela Ivey won $1 million in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery after a store clerk accidentally added the game's multiplier feature to her ticket, which quadruples the amount the player can win. Ivey, who bought the ticket in Georgetown, Ky., didn't ask for the Megaplier, which doubled the price of her ticket from $5 to $10, but she took it anyway. I glanced at her name tag and it said Susan and I thought, 'Oh Susan, don't do that to me,' Ivey said. The usual winnings for the seco
Jan 13, 2011, 7:50 am - Lottery News

Idaho woman claims 2nd half of $380M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A 29-year-old mother of two and former bank worker from northern Idaho has claimed the remaining half of a $380 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials and others said Wednesday. Holly Lahti, of the small town of Rathdrum, will split the second-largest lottery jackpot in history with Jim and Carolyn McCullar of Ephrata, Wash. The McCullars appeared at a news conference last Thursday to announce they'd won half the jackpot, or $190 million. Lahti wasn't
Jan 12, 2011, 11:33 pm - Lottery News

With more money, more problems? Managing a windfallNews Story
A chance to split a $380 million jackpot. Where's the problem in that? Sure the money will change the lives of the Mega Millions lottery winners, but it's imperative that they have a sound financial plan. Failure to map out a strategy for their winnings could lead to misery. A retired man in Washington, Jim McCullar, claimed his prize on Thursday, while the Idaho ticket holder has yet to surface. The delay in coming forward after Tuesday's drawing means the winners are likely following
Jan 10, 2011, 11:43 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery winner recounts epic winNews Story
Includes video report No, Carolyn, it's not a heart attack. It's a fortune. The man who bought one of two winning tickets in the $380 million Mega Millions lottery frightened his wife when he woke her Tuesday night to share the life-changing news. I was pale, shaking. She thought I was having a heart attack, retiree Jim McCullar recalled. When his wife, Carolyn, asked if he was OK, he replied: I'm perfect. On Thursday, the couple and their adult children stepped forward to publi
Jan 6, 2011, 7:42 pm - Lottery News