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Michigan lottery club claims $1.85 million Lotto 47 jackpot after playing together for 20 years
Lottery crew finally lands a big prize By Kate Northrop A lottery club finally got their windfall after playing together for 20 years, taking home a $1.85 million Michigan Lottery Lotto 47 jackpot. It's been a long ride for the Lunch Bunch Crew lottery club, but a sweet one nonetheless, after they finally scooped up a Lotto 47 jackpot worth $1.85 million. A co-worker and I started a lottery club about 20 years ago, the club's representative told the Lottery. There are currently
Jul 13, 2022, 7:15 pm - Lottery News

Massachusetts man wins $100,000 prize with a free lottery ticket
Sometimes the best things in life are free By Kate Northrop A Dorchester resident is $100,000 richer after he received a free promotional lottery ticket for the Massachusetts Lottery's Mass Cash draw game. To Stevie Allen, winning $100,000 must feel even sweeter considering the ticket he won with was given to him for free. On Monday, Allen visited the Norwood Shell gas station on Walpole Street in Norwood and purchased a $5 ticket for The Numbers Game, a twice-daily draw game t
Oct 6, 2021, 5:21 pm - Lottery News

Washington Lotto ticket generated with two identical quick picks
Mitch Tracy beat the odds with a recent lottery ticket, but it didn't turn him into a millionaire. Tracy purchased the $1 ticket at a lottery machine in Spokane, Wash., and opted to let the Quick Pick feature choose his numbers. As he was walking away, he realized he'd been given the same numbers twice. You're supposed to get two lines for a buck, and both lines were the same numbers, Tracy said. Officials say the odds of that happening are about one in 14 million, which is double t
Apr 1, 2019, 8:44 am - Lottery News

California woman, 77, wins $37M lottery with Quick Picks
A 77-year-old retired Salinas hospital worker and regular lottery player will collect $21.2 million in cash after winning Saturday's $37 million SuperLotto drawing. Mitsuko Higashi presented her golden ticket at the Lottery's Hayward office and opted for the cash payment Monday. Higashi told Lottery officials she's been playing regularly for 25 years, always buying her tickets at Las Lomas Market Gas on San Juan Grade Road in Salinas, where the winning ticket was purchased. She was too sic
Apr 6, 2010, 8:21 am - Lottery News

Man quits lottery pool, then wins with Quick Pick
Mark Weir won a 2.7 million (US $5.3 million) Lotto jackpot, and then told the members of his former lottery pool, You won't get a penny . Father-of-two Mark, 45, hit the jackpot with a 1 Quick Pick ticket he bought in last Wednesday's UK National Lottery draw after failing to win anything for years in his office lottery pool. As he picked up his winnings yesterday, plastics factory machine operator Mark, from Darlington, Co Durham, said, The lads at work won't be getting a share.
May 28, 2008, 8:57 am - Lottery News

$1 Quick Pick nets lottery riches
Windfall will include numerous taxes before state cuts final check Kenneth Parsons, 59, of Live Oak, Florida, last week turned in the winning Mega Money ticket at the Florida Lottery's Tallahassee headquarters. Parsons opted to forego monthly payments from the $800,000 annuity jackpot and instead opted to take a lump sum payment of $549,646. Before Parsons can enjoy his riches, however, the Internal Revenue Service requires the Florida Lottery withhold 25 percent from each prize greater
May 5, 2008, 9:54 am - Lottery News

Lottery Post for iPhone earns Apple 'Staff Pick'
Lottery Post, the world's largest community of lottery players, today announced that the new iPhone Edition of its popular Web site was awarded a Staff Pick by Apple. The iPhone, built by Apple, is a combination cell phone and handheld computer. It went on sale June, 2007, and has sold over 5 millions units. Apple claimed Thursday that the iPhone currently makes up 28% of the smartphone market. The iPhone is an ideal platform for lottery results and other lottery-related content, said Tod
Mar 7, 2008, 12:59 pm - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery winner roundup (Dec. 2007)
Some of the big wins Georgia Lottery players have claimed in the past month. Lawrenceville man redeems Win for Life ticket worth $52,000 A Lawrenceville man is celebrating a lottery win after checking a ticket he purchased two months ago. Garth Cole, 46, matched all six winning numbers in the Oct. 24 Win for Life drawing and won $1,000 a week for a year. Shell Food Mart, 1095 Duluth Highway in Lawrenceville, sold the winning Quik Pik ticket. Winning numbers from the Oct. 24 Win for Li
Dec 16, 2007, 4:14 pm - Lottery News

Washington Lottery to give free gas for Quick Picks
Washington Lottery officials plan to give drivers some relief during a week in which AAA Washington said gas prices set a state record. On Friday, drivers who purchase $10 in quick pick Mega Millions tickets at three Safeway fuel centers in Washington are eligible for 10 free gallons of regular unleaded or diesel gasoline. We've worked ahead of time with police to provide a traffic plan, and there are going to be people out there managing traffic, lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe said. La
May 22, 2007, 9:26 am - Lottery News

SoCal family claims $112M Mega Millions lottery jackpot
A Southern California family claimed their winning ticket Wednesday in the $112 million Mega Millions lottery drawing. Robert Stafford and his adult children, Robert Jr. and Cynthia, said they bought a $2 quick-pick ticket from a Hawthorne market for Friday night's drawing. Their purchase became the fifth winning Mega Millions ticket sold in California. I'm just so excited, I'm happy. It's a dream come true, Cynthia Stafford said with a wide smile and a giggle. The family chose t
May 19, 2007, 10:22 am - Lottery News

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