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$100,000 lottery ticket to expire WednesdayNews Story
A Powerball ticket purchased in Gary, Indiana is worth $100,000 until Wednesday, Hoosier Lottery Officials said.A store here sold one of the 86 Match 5 winning tickets on June 18. But the Gary ticket is the only one that has yet to be claimed, said lottery spokesman Drew Griffis on Thursday.Winners have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize, but to collect this six-figure payout, the winner will have to travel to lottery headquarters in Indianapolis.The winner chose 5, 8, 10
Dec 9, 2005, 9:21 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery director expects multi-state game by JulyNews Story
The director of the North Carolina lottery says that state will likely offer its first lottery games by April 5th and may play in the one of the multistate jackpot lottery games by July.Director Tom Shaheen said yesterday that he doesn't know if North Carolina will join Powerball or Mega Millions, the two national lottery games.Mega Millions is played in Virginia and eleven other states.Shaheen says his top priority is hiring a staff that eventually will number 200 to 300 employees. Another prio
Dec 7, 2005, 10:09 am - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery Winner Found Dead in Her Geodesic DomeNews Story
A woman who won a $65.4 million Powerball jackpot with her husband five years ago was found dead at her home overlooking the Ohio River, where she had apparently been for days before anyone found her, police said.Virginia Metcalf Merida's son discovered her body Wednesday. Police were awaiting autopsy and toxicology results before announcing a cause of death.When the woman and her husband, Mack Wayne Metcalf, won the jackpot, they told lottery officials they were going their separate ways to ful
Nov 28, 2005, 6:23 am - Lottery News

Oregon Powerball winners deny making demands for interviewsNews Story
The Powerball jackpot winners from Southern Oregon say they have been unfairly portrayed in the national media.The claim came after The New York Post reported that Steve and Carolyn West of Medford and Bob and Frances Chaney of Jacksonville demanded amenities such as a private jet, Broadway tickets and a limousine tour in exchange for an exclusive interview on the NBC Today show. The two couples won a record $340 million Powerball jackpot on Oct. 19.But a spokesman for the family told the Medf
Nov 14, 2005, 9:48 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winners talk about hitting the jackpotNews Story
Remember the Powerball winners from southern Oregon? Well, they almost didn't win.When Carolyn West's parents asked her if she wanted to go in on a Powerball ticket, her husband told her not to waste her money. She didn't listen to him, and it turned out to be a decision worth millions. I told my wife we never win at that, let's go up to Seven Feathers and play some blackjack and have a good evening, but she has a mind of her own so she whispered to her dad and mom, 'go ahead, we'll go in with
Nov 8, 2005, 2:28 pm - Lottery News

Winners of $340 million Powerball lottery step forwardNews Story
The answer to a multi-million dollar mystery has been revealed.For nearly three weeks Americans have been wondering who in Oregon won the $340 million dollar Powerball jackpot drawn on October 19.Well, now we know it was Steve and Carolyn West and Frances and Bob Cheney of Jacksonville, Ore. The two couples are splitting the largest Powerball jackpot in history.And it's staying all in the family, Frances and Bob are Carolyn's parents and the first to realize they'd won. That night, I got on the
Nov 8, 2005, 2:05 pm - Lottery News

Oregon Powerball winner will finally be announcedNews Story
A Milton, West Virginia, native living in Oregon claims he won the $340 million Powerball lottery jackpot, according to his sister in Milton.Sylvia Neal said at first she didn't believe her brother, Robert Chaney, 72, when he called her the night of the drawing and said he was not only a millionaire, but a multimillionaire. You hear these things; you know it is true, but it did not sink in, Neal said. It is beginning to sink in. I feel at peace. We have always been close. He is a wonderful per
Nov 5, 2005, 10:15 am - Lottery News

USA Mega adds lottery game start datesNews Story
An Internet web site offering information about the United States' largest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball, today introduced a new feature for players seeking start dates for both games.USA Mega (www.usamega.com) added the dates that Mega Millions and Powerball tickets went on sale in each state offering either game. In addition, historical information is provided for prior versions of each game.Both games began under different names and offered different drawing and priz
Nov 4, 2005, 7:30 pm - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Raytown, Mo.News Story
A ticket sold at a grocery store in suburban Kansas City matched all six numbers in a Powerball drawing to win a $36 million jackpot, the Missouri Lottery said.The winning numbers in the multi-state game were 6, 11, 14, 27 and 41, with 38 as the Powerball and 5 as the Power Play multiplier.Susan Goede, a Missouri Lottery spokeswoman in Jefferson City, said the winning ticket was sold at Cosentino's Apple Market in Raytown. She said the ticket-holder has 180 days to claim the prize by bringing it
Nov 3, 2005, 2:00 pm - Lottery News

Rumors of minor’s lottery buy unfoundedNews Story
Oregon lottery officials said Monday there's no truth to reports that they're investigating whether a 17-year-old bought a $340 million Powerball lottery ticket believed to belong to a Medford family.Representatives from the state Attorney General's Office and the Oregon Lottery Commission denied a Portland television station's report that they are looking into allegations that a minor bought the ticket reportedly held by local landscaper Steve West. We have no reason to believe a 17-year-old pu
Nov 1, 2005, 11:11 am - Lottery News