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Powerball payday comes for shop ownerNews Story
Officials from the S.C. Education Lottery made their way to Clover Shop Save on Thursday with a $50,000 check the store on U.S. 321 earned for its part in selling a winning Powerball ticket.A Concord, N.C., resident won half of a $221.5 million lottery jackpot on New Year's Eve. Norman Shue bought 20 tickets Dec. 31, about 12 hours before the drawing, in what turned out to be the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot ever.The other winning ticket was sold in York, Pa.State lottery director Ernie Pas
Jan 23, 2004, 8:55 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball winner loses more moneyNews Story
The winner of a record Powerball lottery jackpot and his money seem destined to part.For the second time in several months, Jack Whittaker's vehicle was broken into and thousands of dollars were taken.The latest incident occurred Saturday morning when someone broke the window of his SUV and took a bank bag from the front seat containing more than $100,000. The vehicle was parked at Whittaker's house in Scott Depot, West Virginia.In August, more than $500,000 in cash and checks got stolen from h
Jan 20, 2004, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $46 MillionNews Story
The jackpot keeps growing and hundreds of thousands of players keep winning cash prizes in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 394,159 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.7 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $46 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 21 drawing will be an estimated $25 million.The numbers dra
Jan 19, 2004, 7:37 am - Lottery News

$60 million? It's 'like an out-of-body experience'News Story
$60 million winner is just trying to 'comprehend'Becoming Pennsylvania's newest multimillionaire means Lisa Ensor will have a bigger wedding reception than she was planning and a larger investment portfolio.It also might mean a new car, a trip and a house.Ensor, 42, of York, yesterday had few definitive plans for the newfound fortune that comes with being one of two winning ticketholders in the New Year's Eve Powerball drawing.Ensor said she held off claiming her $60,149,751.49 lump-sum payment
Jan 16, 2004, 9:02 am - Lottery News

Machine Operator Claims $60.2M PowerballNews Story
An electronics plant worker came forward Thursday to claim half of the $221.5 million Powerball jackpot, more than two weeks after she bought the winning ticket.Lisa Ensor said she had kept the ticket in a safe-deposit box as she sought legal and financial advice. She did not share the news with most friends and family until Thursday, when she presented her ticket to Pennsylvania Lottery officials and opted for the $60.2 million cash payout. You can't imagine it's unbelievable, Ensor, 42, said
Jan 16, 2004, 6:10 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $37 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the rise again. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 331,569 players across the nation won a total of more than $3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $37 million.The cash option for the Saturday, January 17 drawing will be an estimated $20.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 12, 33, 40, 44, 50 and the Powerball was 40.
Jan 15, 2004, 5:56 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $29 MillionNews Story
The temperatures may be cold across the nation but Powerball is hot. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 398,598 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $29 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 14 drawing will be an estimated $15.7 million.The numbers drawn were: 2, 13, 19, 27, 50 and the Powerball was 5.
Jan 12, 2004, 6:44 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $21 MillionNews Story
One again, the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 327,513 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.5 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $21 million.The cash option for the Saturday, January 10 drawing will be an estimated $11.7 million.The numbers drawn were: 4, 7, 14, 18, 44 and the Powerball w
Jan 8, 2004, 5:21 am - Lottery News

Record lottery winner accused of making death threatsNews Story
The winner of the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history has been accused of threatening to kill the manager of a bar.Andrew Jack Whittaker, who won the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of threatening Todd Parsons, the manager of Billy Sundays Bar and Grill in St. Albans.Whittaker, who reportedly was banned from the bar, is accused of trying to hit Parsons and threatening to have the victim and his family killed, according to police
Jan 7, 2004, 11:36 am - Lottery News

N.C. Couple Claims Half of $221.5 Million Powerball PrizeNews Story
So where do two of America's newest multimillion-dollar lottery winners eat lunch to celebrate? Try the Steak n Shake.Norman and Deanna Shue went to the burger joint Thursday after finding out they had won half of Wednesday's $221.5 million Powerball jackpot. They wanted to claim the prize but couldn't because state offices were closed for New Year's Day.The construction project manager from Concord, N.C., and his computer-programmer wife can take $110.75 million over 30 years or an immediate l
Jan 2, 2004, 5:57 pm - Lottery News