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'Albany Seven' Claim $319 Million Mega Millions Prize

Seven very lucky New York state workers stepped forward today to claim their share of a $319 million Mega Millions prize, one of the state's largest lottery jackpots ever. The winners, a group of co-workers in upstate New York, appeared at a news conference together in Albany, where they each received a check from last...

Mega Millions Jackpot: What Would Twitter Users Do With the Cash?

Tonight, one lucky person could win one of the biggest U.S. lottery prizes ever. The Mega Millions jackpot, which hasn't been claimed since Nov. 9, is now up to $355 million. That's just $35 million shy of the nation's record prize, a $390 million jackpot handed out in 2007. The winner of tonight's drawing -- if...

Ex-W.Va. Sheriff Nabs $79 Million Lotto Jackpot

(Aug. 24) -- A 63-year-old grandfather of three who served two terms as a county sheriff and cares for a disabled sister has won a $79 million Powerball jackpot, the third largest in West Virginia Lottery history. "I feel like the luckiest man in the world," William R. "Randy" Smith said Monday at a presentation ceremony,...

Lottery Winner Gets $6 Million Surprise

(Nov. 11) - Retired corrections officer Norris Henry thought he had scored a nice five-digit, second-place lottery win. He thought wrong. His ticket was actually a first-place, seven-digit winner -- worth $6 million. "I was expecting a nice prize, but not $6 million," he told the New York Lottery. Henry, 76, spent...