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Ohio man wins lottery, beaten and robbed at local barNews Story
Includes video report An Ohio man is in the hospital recovering, after he says he was brutally beaten and robbed. The 57 year-old is now fighting back and wants the men behind the crime to be arrested and put behind bars. David Williams is in fair condition at Grant Medical Center. He says he recently won some money from a local bar, and when he went to pick it up, a guy asked him for a ride home. That's when he was beaten. I thought the guy was going to kill me. I truly thought
Oct 7, 2013, 11:13 am - Lottery News

Dallas Cowboys continue partnership with Texas LotteryNews Story
Includes video report Texas Lottery players and Dallas Cowboys fans have one more reason to celebrate football season with the latest version of the Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game. The fifth version of the $5 game offers more than $29 million in instant prizes including 12 top prizes of $100,000. To date, the Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game has resulted in $184 million in sales with $125 million in prizes awarded to winners. Players who do not win instantly can enter their tickets into
Sep 27, 2013, 10:42 am - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery kicks off new 'Hit or Miss' gameNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop For Illinois Lottery players one thing is certain: they would be hard-pressed to claim their lottery is boring. After a string of game changes and new games that stretches back a year to when the My3 game was introduced, the Illinois Lottery is today revealing its latest new game: Hit or Miss. The new game is nearly identical to a Texas Lottery game called All or Nothing, in which players choose 12 numbers out of a pool of 24, and prizes are det
Sep 22, 2013, 11:24 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner to send sales clerk on vacationNews Story
Includes video report The grateful winner of a Mega Millions lottery prize has promised to give $10,000 to the clerk who sold him a winning ticket so her family can take trip to their home of South Korea. Sue Park, 54, the owner of Howards Mini Mart in Bakersfield, Calif, says Max Coronado her favorite customer comes to play the lottery three times a week, each time proposing that if he wins, they will go to Korea to start a Taco Bell together. Of course, I thought he was just playing
Sep 13, 2013, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Convicted murderer Dee Dee Moore denies killing lotto winnerNews Story
Includes video report Dee Dee Moore, the woman who was convicted of murdering Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, said in an interview from prison that she was not guilty and blamed her legal team for her guilty verdict. I would never harm another human being, Moore said. I would never hurt nobody! I like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and Disney! Moore, 41, sat down for an interview in a cell block cafeteria at the Lowell Correctional Institute in Ocala, Fla., where she is se
Sep 10, 2013, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery adds new feature to numbers gamesNews Story
'Fireball' feature now on sale Includes video report By Todd Northrop On Sept. 1, Illinois Lottery retailers will begin offering a new, optional feature called Fireball to its long-standing Pick 3 and Pick 4 daily draw games. The new play option provides a chance to obtain more winning combinations. The standard Pick 3 and Pick 4 games remain the same, as does the drawing schedule (seven days a week, twice a day) and game ticket price (starts at 50 cents). Beginning Sunday, Sep
Sep 1, 2013, 11:49 am - Lottery News

Teammates fool Diamondbacks player with lottery prankNews Story
Includes video report Each Sunday when he is in town, Diamondbacks mental skills coach Peter Crone sits with pitcher Wade Miley and the two scratch off some lottery tickets. Earlier this year, Crone was talking with Diamondbacks reliever J.J. Putz, and the pair discussed what it would be like if they could pull a prank on Miley by convincing him that he actually won. Peter and I were talking one day and decided, 'Hmmm, that might be kind of funny,' Putz said. Fellow reliever Will Ha
Aug 19, 2013, 6:37 am - Lottery News

Meet the "Ocean's 16" N.J. Powerball WinnersNews Story
One winner is daughter of Senator who wrote the N.J. Lottery law Includes video report Among the 16 co-workers who came forward today to claim their piece of a $448 million Powerball jackpot were a woman who lost her home in Superstorm Sandy and the daughter of the man who is credited as the father of the New Jersey lottery. The group of Ocean County Vehicle Services Department employees, dubbed the Ocean's 16, cheered for each other as they were introduced for the first time today
Aug 13, 2013, 7:18 pm - Lottery News

Doorman who won $5 million lottery pot is battling lung cancerNews Story
Includes video report He became New York City's most famous doorman when he won a $5 million lottery jackpot. Now he's fighting to live. Lotto winner Richie Randazzo has been battling lung cancer for the past six months, and is taking another gamble by forgoing surgery. It's the luck of the draw, Randazzo, 49, told The Post from his home in Gravesend, Brooklyn. This time I crapped out, but that's OK. I woke up the next day, and I've been waking up ever since. You can't keep an A
Aug 12, 2013, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Minnesota man claims share of $448M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report Paul White's family gave him grief for years when he said he'd win the lottery one day. On Thursday, he showed them to the tune of $86 million. White, a project engineer from suburban Minneapolis, came forward Thursday as one of three winners in the $448 million Powerball jackpot, one of the largest in American history. White showed up at the Minnesota lottery headquarters to claim a replica check made out for $149 million. Because White picked the instant-cash opt
Aug 8, 2013, 5:47 pm - Lottery News