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Powerball winners have cause for thanksNews Story
The lottery-winning Holdingford lunch ladies have lots to be thankful for this year.Armed with recipes, the women are ready for the holidays. The 16 Holdingford school district employees won half of a $190.9 million Powerball jackpot in October. Since then, they've traveled to Hollywood, but they hope to have a relaxing Thanksgiving closer to home.Fifteen of the 16 opted to take the single-payment cash option, which was worth $2.1 million apiece after taxes. The other was still deciding between
Nov 28, 2003, 6:12 am - Lottery News

$10.5 mil. ticket rescued from trashNews Story
It appears that stinky, pesky garbage strike in Chicago last month wasn't so bad for everyone.For one Chicago family the strike was worth $10.5 million -- thanks to a misplaced lottery ticket and the piling-up garbage.Lottery officials said they will announce today that the winners of the Oct. 4 Illinois Lotto drawing -- a brother and sister from Chicago -- almost lost their ticket when they accidentally tossed it into the trash. Lucky for them, their mother found the ticket in the garbage, stil
Nov 26, 2003, 4:26 am - Lottery News

Longtime Florida Lotto Player Finally Hits $6 Million JackpotNews Story
I was crying and laughing, and my knees went weak when I realized I had won - Margaret Ann Welch, Florida Lotto Jackpot WinnerA custodian for the Brevard County School Board, who's been playing Florida Lotto since it started 15 years ago, today claimed the estimated $6 million Lotto jackpot from the Saturday, Nov. 15 drawing.Margaret Ann Welch, 50 of Cocoa, traveled to Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee this morning to collect her prize. She could have received her winnings in 30 annual inst
Nov 21, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News

$3M lottery win is ticket to retirementNews Story
Plumber from Denville can quit after 40 years, thanks to wife's lucrative Pick 6 Lotto purchaseAnytime Robert Hanson noticed that his wife, Karen, had purchased lottery tickets, he asked her the same question. Do I have to go to work tomorrow? asked Robert, a plumber for more than 40 years.Karen's answer was always yes. But not anymore.As of Nov. 3, Karen Hanson's lottery habit has her husband on his way to early retirement.The Hansons, Denville residents for more than 30 years, are the lates
Nov 20, 2003, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

Passing through, worker hits lottery for $100,000 at mallNews Story
With the holidays around the corner, everyone is looking for a little extra cash.One man from Hershey found it at a lottery dealer at the Schuylkill Mall on Oct. 3 and collected his winnings Thursday.David A. Irwin was making his final delivery of the day for Hess Trucking to the Dollar General at the mall last month when he decided to grab a bite to eat.I was headed for the Italian restaurant in the mall, and as I was walking by the lottery dealer, I remembered that I had some winning instant t
Nov 19, 2003, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Indiana Resident Claims $12 Million Powerball JackpotNews Story
A Muncie, Indiana man got the call of a lifetime recently.On the other end was a store clerk who told James Allen that he won a 12-point-eight million-dollar Powerball jackpot.Allen claimed his prize yesterday from a drawing held nearly two weeks ago, on November fifth.Allen says he lets his tickets accumulate and drops them off at a retailer to have the clerk scan for winners. He returns later to collect any prize money.Lottery officials say the clerk could have claimed the winning ticket with
Nov 18, 2003, 5:08 am - Lottery News

Michigan Man Claims Share of $70 Million Mega Millions JackpotNews Story
A Battle Creek, Michigan man has claimed his share of the November 11th $70 million Mega Millions jackpot.In Ro held one of three Mega Millions tickets to correctly match all six winning numbers in the Tuesday drawing -- good for a $23.3 million share of the prize.Ro opted to collect his prize in one lump-sum payment of $13,333,343, the present cash value of the jackpot prize before taxes, state lottery officials said Friday.He bought the winning ticket at the Centre Street Shell station in the
Nov 14, 2003, 8:27 pm - Lottery News

Airman Returned From Iraq Wins LotteryNews Story
An airman in the Pennsylvania National Guard, who served in the war in Iraq, is $100,000 richer, and he credits the number 13 for his winnings. I'm not superstitious at all. It's a coincidence that catches the eye, Dave Irwin said.It's a coincidence that has paid off for Dave, his wife, Brenda; 5-year-old daughter Cheyne; and 2-year old daughter Carly. Irwin finished 18 months of active duty with the Pennsylvania National Guard in late September, service that included two months on a classified
Nov 14, 2003, 4:50 am - Lottery News

Georgia man hits the Mega Millions jackpot twiceNews Story
A Georgia man held two of three winning tickets for a $70 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, good for a cash option prize of $26.6 million before taxes, lottery officials said.Stephen Cooke of Roswell, Georgia, a recently hired bus driver by Fulton County, said Wednesday that he didn't realize until he went to claim the prize that he had double-purchased the winning numbers for Tuesday's drawing.Cooke will share the $70 million jackpot with the owner of another Mega Millions ticket purchased
Nov 13, 2003, 5:31 am - Lottery News

NJ Woman Wins Cash 5 JackpotNews Story
A winning lottery ticket from the One Stop Shoppe on Corkery Lane landed a Monroe Township woman the claims to the Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot.Joan O'Brien played the birthdates of her children for a year in the state's Jersey Cash 5 game and on Oct. 29 it paid off.According to lottery Executive Director Virginia S. Bauer, O'Brien was the lone winner in the Oct. 29 drawing. Her prize was $166,152 --minus the 25 percent federal withholding tax. The winning numbers were: 01, 09, 20, 26 and 27.Since its
Nov 13, 2003, 5:24 am - Lottery News