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Lottery Millionaire Janitor Buys Track for School

Tyrone Curry recently gave his boss $40,000. The janitor and track coach, who became a millionaire five years ago thanks to a $3.4 million lottery ticket, sweeps the floors at Evergreen High School, just outside Seattle. He recently donated the large sum toward a new track for the school district. "Ten years ago, I said...

Winning Mega Millions Ticket Worth $312M Sold in NY

NEW YORK -- A New York lottery official says a winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $312 million has been sold at a variety store in Albany, N.Y. New York Lottery spokeswoman Carolyn Hapeman says the winning jackpot ticket for Friday's drawing was sold at Coulson's News Center. According to the Mega...

Grandma Buys Wrong Lottery Ticket and Wins $300,000

Maybe her fellow Kroger shoppers distracted her, or maybe she had half a mind on that night's dinner. Whatever the reason, retired Atlanta social worker Bobbie Ware, 84, bought the wrong lottery ticket from the vending machine. "I was upset," she told Georgia Lottery officials. "That wasn't the ticket that I meant to...

Patience Pays Off as Postal Workers Win Lottery

It pays to be patient -- and to stick together. Just ask 13 newly minted millionaires in Romulus, Mich. The current and retired postal workers have spent 12 years playing the lottery, The Detroit News reported. Twice a week, they would pool their cash and buy 65 Mega Millions tickets. Apart from a $10,000 prize in 2006,...

Single Father Finds Winning Lottery Ticket in Dresser Drawer

Shuffling through his dresser drawers while watching Sunday's NFL Bears-Packers playoff game, a Baltimore man found a couple of forgotten lottery tickets he bought last summer before leaving on vacation. "I figured that they were expired," the UPS driver told Maryland Lottery officials. He figured wrong. The lottery...

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Two Accused Of Collecting Welfare Benefits After Winning The Lottery

Two Massachusetts lottery winners have been accused of collecting welfare benefits.

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Euromillions Winners Alan And Kim Elliott Claim Â£1m Prize

A couple who forgot to check their lottery ticket for two months have finally claimed their Â£1 million EuroMillions Raffle jackpot.

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Feud Over Lottery Ticket Found In Trash Escalates

An Arkansas judge on Thursday ordered a new trial to decide who can claim a $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket prize, a little more than three weeks after he ruled that a woman who said she bought the ticket but mistakenly discarded it was entitled to the money.

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18 British EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle Winners Fail To Claim Their Cash - Could It Be You?

More than a dozen lucky lottery winners have failed to claim their millions.

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William And Brenda Evans, Detroit Couple, Killed Over Winning Lottery Ticket, Daughter Says

A Detroit couple allegedly killed in their home Sunday morning may have been murdered over a winning lottery ticket , according to Click On Detroit.

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06/01/12 Hit it on the dot with "Lotto on the Spot" this June Source: Access Washington Washington's Lottery today announced that its popular " Lotto on the Spot" promotion will return for the seventh consecutive year on Sunday, June 3, 2012.
06/01/12 House for Hope opens up for all to see Source: KSLA News 12 After about four months of construction, this year's House for Hope is done and ready for the public to take a tour.
06/01/12 Illinois Lottery picks new CEO amid management shakeup Source: Crain's Chicago Business The private consortium that runs the Illinois Lottery has brought in new management amid projections that first-year profits for the state will run short of expectations.
06/01/12 First Ticket Sold For St. Jude Dream Home Source: ABC - WBKO - Bowling Green KY Tickets went on sale Friday for the St.Jude Dream Home Giveaway.
05/31/12 Two Accused Of Collecting Welfare Benefits After... Source: The Huffington Post - Business Two Massachusetts lottery winners have been accused of collecting welfare benefits.