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Husband, then wife, wins lotteryNews Story
The Hills were excited when they won $5,000 from the Georgia Lottery. But excited doesn't begin to cover how they felt one week later, when they won again this time a $1 million prize. I was really ecstatic about the $5,000, Hill said, but then, boom! When I got this one I was just like, 'Wow, I can't believe this. My life is going to change for the better.' Karen Hill, a 34-year-old mother of two, bought the winning ticket for the World Class Millions instant game at City Chevron, 701 E
Jun 11, 2009, 10:30 pm - Lottery News

Georgia man wins lottery 3 timesNews Story
Figure the odds: Three winning lottery tickets one of them for $1 million all in the same day. Michael Warner, 61, of Grayson, Georgia, won the big prize playing the Georgia Lottery instant game World Class Millions, and topped off his winnings with $500 from another instant game, Extreme Green, and $20 from a third lottery ticket. I could hardly breathe, said the retired Lucent Technologies employee. I was just at the right place at the right time. On the afternoon of April 19, Warne
May 8, 2009, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Man plays same number on 20 lottery tickets, wins $90KNews Story
A North Carolina man has a knack for picking the winning number for Virginia Lottery drawings. The Virginia Lottery said Wednesday that Steve Granger of Henderson, N.C., won $90,800 in Sunday night's Pick 4 drawing by playing the same number combination, 5-1-1-7, on 20 tickets. Sixteen tickets each won $5,000 because Granger wagered exact order on them. The other four tickets each won $2,700 because he wagered 50/50 on them. Granger said if he has a feeling about a number, he'll play it
Apr 16, 2009, 9:57 pm - Lottery News

Indiana couple wins $50,000 prize for 2nd time playing same gameNews Story
An Indianapolis couple beat the odds when they claimed their second $50,000 Lucky 5 Hoosier lottery prize. Elinor and John T. Phillips of Indianapolis claimed the prize Thursday, less than five years after Elinor Phillips won $50,000 on the same game in 2004. Elinor Phillips said her heart fluttered when she heard the numbers for the Feb. 24 evening draw. Phillips said she and her husband play Lucky 5 Evening regularly. The retirees plan to use their winnings to pay down their mortga
Feb 27, 2009, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery investigates 21-time prize winnerNews Story
Is it unfair to investigate a player just because he plays a lot? The Colorado Lottery launched an investigation into a repeat winner and his self-described system for winning the Cash Five jackpot again and again. The real reason Tadeusz Krupa wins so often may have nothing to do with luck, skill or cheating. He may just play... a lot. Krupa splits his time between two modest homes. One houses his ex-wife and children in Brighton. The other is also the office for T D Polish Imports Exp
Jan 8, 2009, 1:48 am - Lottery News

Virginia man wins 11 times in one lottery drawingNews Story
James Peterson of Hampton, Virginia, doesn't make it a habit to buy so many tickets when he plays the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 game, but he made an exception last Saturday. I just had a feeling, he later said. He purchased 11 tickets for the Dec 13 drawing and he also purchased one ticket each for his two sons. All 13 tickets contained the same five numbers: 10-13-18-23-30. Each ticket won $100,000. Peterson's winnings came to $1.1 million. He purchased the tickets at three differe
Dec 17, 2008, 8:40 am - Lottery News

Wisconsin couple win in lottery -- again!News Story
The Mount Horeb couple who made headlines earlier this week because they held two of only four winning tickets sold in Wisconsin for Saturday's SuperCash drawing, turn out to have the other two as well. Verlyn Adamson, 69, and his wife, Judith, 69, of Mount Horeb, turned in the other two tickets and it turned out they are the only winners in Saturday's drawing and are now $1.4 million richer. Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage was surprised when the Adamsons held the first two winning tickets
Aug 22, 2008, 8:49 pm - Lottery News

Critics renew call for lottery inquiryNews Story
Critics say a public inquiry into the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is long overdue after police revealed they had no evidence to charge a former retailer who won 167 prizes worth $1.2 million over a nine-year period. There is a stink there, New Democrat justice critic Peter Kormos said yesterday, insisting a forensic audit of past winners first promised by lottery officials June 3 and again this week is not enough. It's not about the one retailer. It's about what has been going on
Jul 31, 2008, 9:35 pm - Lottery News

Member of "Watertown 34" wins lottery againNews Story
Athena Rush of Watertown, South Dakota, claimed the $200,000 Powerball prize she won in the drawing of November 10th. Rush matched the five white balls, but not the red Powerball to win the game's second prize. Rush missed the jackpot by one number, but said the excitement isn't any different than winning the jackpot. She would know. Rush was a member of The Watertown 34, the group of Minnesota Rubber workers that won a $50.9 million Powerball prize nearly five years ago. My feet still
Nov 27, 2007, 11:32 am - Lottery News