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Penn. newsstand sells $4.2M winning lottery ticketNews Story
Ann Marie Bossard couldn't speak. She had just scanned one of her regular customer's lottery tickets, and the number that came up was the largest she'd ever seen for a payout at Anthracite Newsstand in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: More than $4.2 million. I was putting tickets in, they said 'no winner,' 'no winner.' This came out, it said 'winner.' I couldn't say anything, she said Tuesday. Bossard said the customer buys tickets twice a week for different games. He bought the Match 6 lot
Oct 27, 2011, 7:00 am - Lottery News

PA lottery prize worth $350,000 to expire Sept. 29News Story
Unclaimed, jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket was sold in Carbon County Time is running out for the holder of a jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Cash 5 ticket worth nearly $350,000 from the Sept. 29, 2010, drawing to claim the prize. The ticket and prize will expire one year from the date of the drawing. The deadline for claiming this prize is just two weeks away, and we hate to see prizes go unclaimed said Todd Rucci, Lottery Executive Director. I encourage players to check closets, wallets, c
Sep 16, 2011, 1:08 pm - Lottery News

Lotteries hit record profits last yearNews Story
Lottery sales are strong, but there are points of weakness By Todd Northrop Government-sponsored lotteries are continuing their broad expansion as income-producing entities, as many lotteries reported record profits in the last fiscal year. Reports of record profits from the lotteries come despite continuing high unemployment and an economy that has been flat or downward-trending for the past two years. Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich says he believes the lottery does well in a bad econo
Jul 25, 2011, 1:19 pm - Lottery News

Two get probation in scheme to avoid taxes on lottery winNews Story
A pair of men who conspired to hide from the tax man that one of them won $500,000 in the lottery were each sentenced to two years of probation Tuesday. Pennsylvania convenience store owner Charig R. Patel and frequent lottery player Kendrick D. Francis each admitted to conspiracy to defraud the IRS and making a false statement on a tax return in March and faced up to three years in a federal prison. However, attorneys for each of the men argued to Chief District Judge Gregory M. Sleet tha
Jul 13, 2011, 9:25 pm - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionairesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page. Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with only 500,000 of the $20 tickets available for purchase. Each of the game's $20 tickets offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million. There was one drawing on July 9, 2011 to sele
Jul 9, 2011, 10:26 pm - Lottery News

PA Lottery raffle ticket worth $1M set to expire this weekNews Story
Time is running out for the holder of a Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle ticket worth $1 million from the July 10, 2010, drawing to claim the prize. The ticket and prize will expire one year from the date of the drawing, but because that date falls on a Sunday, it must be presented a bit sooner. This is the only one of the four $1 million winning tickets sold in last July's Millionaire Raffle drawing to remain unclaimed, said Drew Svitko, Lottery interim executive director. We know
Jun 29, 2011, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner charged in tax conspiracyNews Story
In February 2008, Kendrick D. Francis won a 10,000-to-one bet on the Pennsylvania Lottery's Big 4 game for a payday of $532,000. But, federal prosecutors in Delaware said, that apparently wasn't enough for Francis, a Wilmington resident, who then conspired with a convenience-store operator to hide his winnings and make it appear a number of other people had won instead to avoid federal taxes. This month, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Delaware filed felony conspiracy and tax evasion charge
Jan 26, 2011, 4:01 pm - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionairesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page. Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with only 500,000 of the $20 tickets available for purchase. Each of the game's $20 tickets offers a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning $1 million. There was one drawing on Jan. 2, 2010 to sele
Jan 2, 2011, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Unclaimed Pa. lottery prize worth $50K to expireNews Story
Time is running out for a Pennsylvania Lottery winner to claim a $50,000 prize. The winning Quinto ticket from Dec. 10, 2009, was sold at Jean's in Schuylkill County. Lottery officials noted Monday that the ticket and prize expire one year from the date of the drawing. That's in less than two weeks. The ticket correctly matched all five numbers drawn in exact order: 6-6-4-3-1. The prize is $50,000, minus 25 percent in federal taxes. Expired prizes remain in the lottery fund. They're
Nov 30, 2010, 6:33 am - Lottery News

Shop owner sells himself winning lottery ticketNews Story
A shop owner in western Pennsylvania has sold himself a winning $1.8 million lottery ticket and as the seller of the ticket, he'll get an extra $10,000. Ron Rea owns Tobacco World stores in Uniontown and Belle Vernon. He bought the winning ticket for the Nov. 18 Match 6 Lotto drawing at the Belle Vernon store. The Match 6 lotto game returned to the Pennsylvania Lottery games on June 3rd and since then it has produced two jackpot winners. This is also the second largest Pennsylvania Lottery
Nov 25, 2010, 8:57 am - Lottery News