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UK Lottery Winner Nearly BrokeNews Story
A former dustman who won a 9.7 million (US$17 million) Lottery jackpot has reportedly spent almost his entire fortune within 18 months on extravagant houses, cars and gold bling jewellery.Michael Carroll, 21, who was recently convicted of cocaine possession, has only 500,000 left, it is claimed.He has bought four homes, a holiday villa in Spain, two convertible BMW cars, quad bikes and a stake in a football club. Sources close to him claim Carroll has also wasted untold thousands on alcoho
May 14, 2004, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Powerball $100,000 Winner Plans To Build HomeNews Story
Like many people across Tennessee, Matthew and Carolyn Hemby of McMinnville watched closely as the Powerball jackpot numbers were drawn on Saturday, May 8. Matthew, an employee of Federal Mogul, said he and his wife play the Lottery games regularly and on this occasion they were hoping to win the $212 million jackpot.Matthew said the family jumped up and down laughing when they realized they had won $100,000 and that they knew instantly what they planned to do with their winnings: Build a new ho
May 12, 2004, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery win energizes Pennsylvania neighborhoodNews Story
Not often is a middle-aged woman seen hopping in public, yet there was Mary Ann Seems, bouncing on her toes yesterday in a , her fists quivering in post-lottery fever. This is so exciting! exclaimed Seems, 47, of Titusville, N.J. I don't care who it is; it's in our neighborhood! Seems lives just across the Delaware River from Washington Crossing, where a Cumberland Farms store last week sold the richest winning lottery ticket so fare in Pennsylvania history.Annuity value: $213.2 million.Cash o
May 11, 2004, 7:24 am - Lottery News

Australian Man Wins Lottery Three Times in One NightNews Story
For a Sydney grandfather, it was third time lucky and second time and first.The 60-year-old bought three tickets at three separate stores all with the same numbers for a Saturday night Lotto draw and was among 20 winning tickets for the top prize, lottery officials said Monday.The three tickets scooped a total of 494,326.44 Australian dollars (US$346,028). Had he only bought one ticket as he originally planned he only would have won A$183,083.86.The winner, whose identity was not released, bough
May 10, 2004, 10:29 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner's dreams live on after his deathNews Story
Despite a troubled past, James Craig's family said he had started to turn his life around long before he struck it rich and won a $9.7 million Indiana Lotto jackpot earlier this year. My brother had been incarcerated for petty (non-violent) crimes, but he used that time to better himself in many ways; especially through education, which helped get him paroled three years ago, said Ruth Craig.Craig said her brother earned both associate and bachelor degrees in business while he was enrolled in t
May 10, 2004, 6:37 am - Lottery News

Winning lottery ticket photocopy upheld in appealNews Story
An Alberta court has upheld a decision ordering the Western Canada Lottery Corp. to award Calgarian Valerie Murphy $100,000 after she lost her winning ticket.According to an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling, Ms. Murphy lost the ticket when her wallet was stolen. She still had a photocopy of the original, but that wasn't good enough for the lottery corporation, which rejected her claim.The lottery corporation admitted the copy of the front side of the ticket was genuine, but argued the two differen
May 10, 2004, 6:34 am - Lottery News

Burglar wins lottery, but keeps day jobNews Story
Carlos Sola decided to keep his job after he won a Georgia Lottery jackpot $1,000 a week for life.His occupation? Burglar.In April 2002, Sola was awaiting trial for stealing $40,000 in coins and jewelry from an Austell home when he hit it big in the Win For Life scratch-off game.Cobb County Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram took note of his good fortune and allowed a plea deal that included three years in prison, provided the first $40,000 of his winnings went to repay his victims.So when Sola
May 8, 2004, 1:59 pm - Lottery News

Michigan man wins $1 million lottery jackpot twiceNews Story
Russell Tanner better stay inside during a thunderstorm, because if somebody has a chance of being struck by lightning, it's him.The 78-year-old Dexter resident won his second $1 million scratch-off lottery game last week the only known two-time winner of the game in Michigan.The retired custodian and factory worker who still lived in a manufactured home following his June 2002 winning ticket, said he was stunned to win again. I couldn't believe that I could be so blessed. It just feels great to
May 7, 2004, 4:44 pm - Lottery News

Birthdays Yield $100,000 Lottery Win After Ticket Rescued From TrashNews Story
When Daniel Brooks, Jr., a HVAC Technician from Shelbyville, Tennessee, purchased his $100,000 winning Powerball ticket, he did so by choosing numbers that were all birthdays and ages of his family members. When he and wife Robin came into the Nashville district office on Thursday to claim their prize, they brought their children so the family could experience the big dvent together.Brooks purchased his winning ticket in late April at the Han-D-Food Market, located at 1629 Bradyville Road in Mur
May 7, 2004, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Four of 16 Lottery-Winning Lunch Ladies Have Left KitchenNews Story
Four of the 16 Holdingford, Minnesota school employees who won half of a $190 million Powerball jackpot in October have left the school.Susan Breth says she'll leave her job as part-time cook at the end of the school year. She joins Barbara Nelson, Donna Lange and Alice Kobylinski in retirement.Kobylinski was a custodian for the district. The rest were cooks.The group won the lottery after years of chipping in a quarter each to play every payday. Despite their millionaire status, most of the wom
May 6, 2004, 7:27 am - Lottery News