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Traditional lottery ticket Christmas gift turns into $3M winNews Story
A family Christmas tradition of giving Connecticut Lottery tickets turned into a $3 million win. Santa arrived with a $3 million gift recently from the Connecticut Lottery's Dec. 25 Mega Millions drawing. The ticket was sold at Avenue News in Bristol and claimed on Feb. 1. The prizes were claimed in four separate blocks of $750,000 under four entities: Christmas 2018 Revocable Trust out of Bristol Christmas 2018 2 Revocable Trust out of Plainville Christmas 2018 3 Revocable Trust out o
Feb 8, 2019, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

Nurses donate Mega Millions winnings to co-workers in needNews Story
Includes video report The nationwide buzz over the recent $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot was a temporary high, but the excitement at Mercy Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO, continued weeks after the drawing. A lottery pool of 126 nurses working at the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) had hoped to win it all and while they didn't get the jackpot, they did have some luck. We never thought in a million years we would win anything at all, and then we came one number away from
Nov 29, 2018, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Lottery flub pays off: Michigan co-workers win $1MNews Story
A Mega Millions mistake by an office employee is paying off for her and 20 of her Ottawa County coworkers. The Michigan Lottery says the Bus Busters lottery club won $1 million during the historic Mega Millions drawing on Oct. 23. All 21 winners work for SoundOff Commercial Vehicle Solutions in Hudsonville. The lottery club's representative said they pooled their money for lottery tickets, with their boss matching the amount for a total of $212. However, the woman who volunteered to bu
Nov 8, 2018, 8:21 am - Lottery News

NJ man's broken hip turns into lottery richesNews Story
A New Jersey man literally got a lucky break when he joined a $1 million-winning lottery pool at a local hospital after breaking his hip while walking to buy a ticket. Earl Livingston, 87, of Blackwood, New Jersey, was walking to the store Tuesday to pick up a lottery ticket when he fell and broke his hip. He was taken to Jefferson Stratford Hospital, where he shared his story with staff members. He told them he was on his way to buy a lottery ticket and he was disappointed that he didn
Oct 30, 2018, 10:55 am - Lottery News

The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 2)News Story
Just after 11 PM on February 15, 1992, a lottery ball machine at the Virginia State Lottery HQ spit out 6 winning numbers on live television: 8... 11... 13... 15... 19... 20. In the coming days, officials would find out that one person had secured not only the $27,036,142 jackpot, but 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes collectively worth another $900k. What unfolded next was the strangest, most improbable lottery tale in history one involving thousands of international
Aug 27, 2018, 6:56 pm - Lottery News

The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 1)News Story
Just after 11 PM on February 15, 1992, a lottery ball machine at the Virginia State Lottery HQ spit out 6 winning numbers on live television: 8... 11... 13... 15... 19... 20. In the coming days, officials would find out that one person had secured not only the $27,036,142 jackpot, but 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes collectively worth another $900k. What unfolded next was the strangest, most improbable lottery tale in history one involving thousands of international
Aug 20, 2018, 7:29 pm - Lottery News

Wells Fargo lottery winners poker-faced as they return to workNews Story
Customers strolling into a South San Jose Wells Fargo this morning had no idea that millionaires would be cashing their checks. The branch, near Snell Avenue and Branham Lane, was all smiles as clients expressed surprise and joy for the tight-lipped winners of the $543 Mega Millions jackpot working inside. The Wells Fargo workers are the 11 winners of a half-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot won in July. The California Lottery did not publish their identities, but the press quickly figu
Aug 7, 2018, 12:00 pm - Lottery News

California office pool claims $543 million Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop The California Lottery says last month's $543 million Mega Millions jackpot was won by 11 members of an office pool that played on a whim. A Lottery statement Friday says Roland Reyes and the others showed up at its Hayward office on the east side of San Francisco Bay the day after the July 24 draw. The members declined to say where they work, other than that it is in the financial industry and they plan to keep their jobs despite winning $47.5 million each. It was
Aug 3, 2018, 2:59 pm - Lottery News

Here's what N.J. family that won $429M jackpot is doing with its moneyNews Story
A year ago this month, the Smith family's lives changed in an instant when they won the $429.6 million Powerball jackpot. The family of eight matriarch Pearlie Mae Smith and her seven adult children didn't throw away the money on expensive new houses or luxury sports cars or write checks willy-nilly to the dozens of long-lost friends and relatives who came out of the woodwork. Sure, they treated themselves, but from the beginning, they knew they wanted to do something meaningful with their
May 31, 2017, 4:11 pm - Lottery News

Long Island friends win $8.3M lottery jackpotNews Story
Two friends from Lido Beach, New York, won $8.3 million in the Lotto drawing on March 18, the New York State Gaming Commission announced Wednesday. Longtime friends Randi Bernstein, 63, and Elizabeth Kelly, 56, both of Lido Beach in Nassau County, New York, collected $8.3 million in winnings. The friends who plan to share the profits matched all six numbers of the Lotto drawing on March 18. Bernstein, an Avon rep and mother of two, said she's going to use the money to pay for some of the p
Apr 27, 2017, 9:53 am - Lottery News