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Oregon man wins lottery millionsNews Story
A 37-year-old Medford construction worker claimed his prize from a $21.7 million Megabucks jackpot Monday and promptly went into seclusion.Deron Hammond needed a couple days to contemplate the future after winning the second-largest prize in Megabucks history, said Ray Martin, a spokesman for the Oregon Lottery. He kind of shied away from publicity, Martin said.But Hammond didnt shy away from Mondays presentation ceremony in Salem, where seven friends and family members accompanied him as he
Dec 18, 2003, 4:13 am - Lottery News

Royal Palm Beach man claims Lotto winningsNews Story
If Charles J. Lonsdale is as nice a guy as his suburban West Palm Beach neighbors say he is, the old adage about where such folks place in the race of life is off by millions.Off by $7,612,503, to be exact. And 22 cents.That's how much the 52-year-old Lonsdale claimed Wednesday as one of three winners of Saturday's $40 million Lotto drawing in Tallahassee. Lonsdale bought his winning ticket at the BJ's Wholesale Club off State Road 7 north of Southern Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach. He and his wi
Dec 18, 2003, 4:04 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Couple Fighting Medical Problems Wins Lottery JackpotNews Story
Pair Pledge Portion Of Winnings To Medical ResearchThere's a good reason why a Kentucky couple did not come forward immediately after it was reported that someone had purchased a winning Lotto South ticket worth $21 million.And the reason makes it seem like the couple was deserving of such a break.Shirley and Rudolph Yearby waited the extra day to become millionaires because Rudolph spent Monday tethered to a kidney dialysis machine. The retired mail carrier, 52, has diabetes, while his wife, 47
Dec 17, 2003, 4:16 am - Lottery News

Fort Lauderdale trucker hits the jackpotNews Story
Florida's newest millionaire is a Fort Lauderdale truck driver, a habitual lottery player whose stepdaughter figures the $1 million in winnings may just get him even. He's been buying them his whole life. This is just all the money he's spent on them, said Kandice Marks, whose stepfather, Donald Ritacco, was driving back from Tallahassee on Monday.Ritacco, 48, bought his $10 ticket for the Florida Lottery's $1,000,000 Cash Spectacular scratch-off game Thursday at a Marathon gas station on Sta
Dec 16, 2003, 5:35 am - Lottery News

Punter wins $30 million jackpotNews Story
A punter from the NSW far north coast is $30 million (US$22.3 million) richer after winning the entire first division in last night's Powerball - the equal-biggest lottery win in Australia. (Editor: Australian Powerball, not the US multi-state Powerball)But NSW Lotteries said the ticket holder from the coastal town of Yamba, who won the major prize with a $12.70 (US$9.43) computer-generated ticket, wanted to remain anonymous.Last night's win follows the first - and controversial - $30 million P
Dec 12, 2003, 6:02 am - Lottery News

It can happen... from broke to lots of bucksNews Story
James Gatzke was struggling with depression, and living off handouts and charity, with only his seven cats for company, when he hit the jackpot.Three weeks ago, the unemployed 44-year-old was eating beef stew out of a can, and scraping by on food and cash donations from neighbours and charities.His water and power supply had long been cut off, he hadn't worked since August when he was laid off from his job as a cab driver, and he hadn't bathed in months. All I wanted for Christmas was to have di
Dec 11, 2003, 4:59 am - Lottery News

Woman says rude customer led to windfallNews Story
A New Milford, Connecticut supermarket cashier says a rude customer turned out to be worth $25,000 to her.Loretta Morris says a disgruntled customer who asked for a $5 scratch-off lottery ticket last Tuesday told her to stick the ticket when he was asked for an ID.Morris says she took the ticket back and at the end of her shift, she decided to just buy the ticket instead of putting it back and having a loose ticket in the store.She took it home and after scratching off the little present and C
Dec 10, 2003, 7:20 am - Lottery News

$4 million winner lays low after jackpotNews Story
Luck runs in the Davis family, but the way its Lottery winners keep quiet, you probably wouldn't know it.Edward Davis of Ashland, Massachusetts has been lying low since hitting a $4 million Lottery jackpot Friday, but he bought a round of drinks for everyone at the American Legion James O. Carey Post No. 77, where he scored his winning ticket. I've been a nervous wreck. I haven't slept in three days, Davis said.Davis, who is wary of media interviews, said his brother was a $2 million winner fiv
Dec 2, 2003, 4:34 am - Lottery News

McDonald's janitor wins $3 million, but won't quit night shift jobNews Story
A janitor who won $3 million in the lottery doesn't plan to quit his night shift job at McDonald's.Kissun Lal of Burnaby, B.C., discovered that he'd won in Wednesday's Lotto 6-49 draw when he picked up a copy of the newspaper near the end of his shift. Everyone at work told me to go home right away, but I wanted to finish my shift, said Lal Thursday as he picked up his cheque. I did dventually go home and calmly made some coffee, had a shower and waited for my family to wake up. When his daught
Nov 28, 2003, 6:27 am - Lottery News

Ill. couple who resuce ticket from trash claim $10.5 million prizeNews Story
The Chicago area's garbage strike was a nuisance for many, but now it smells sweet to two lottery winners who had mistakenly thrown their $10.5 million ticket in the trash.Chicago resident Ezekiel Zeek Garnett, 27, and his sister, Karen, 24, bought an Illinois Lotto ticket Oct. 4 in Niles but threw it out without checking the numbers. Their mother then heard that a ticket sold in Niles was a winner, and she checked the trash with her daughter.Thanks to the nine-day garbage strike last month, t
Nov 28, 2003, 6:23 am - Lottery News