Ohio woman's wish to take pressure off her partner comes true
By Kate Northrop
After an Ohio couple came up with a code phrase they'd use in case they'd ever won the lottery, and when one of them won a $1 million prize, it went by the wayside.
An Ohio man said his wife manifested a $1 million prize when she vowed to win the lottery to take pressure off him because of his long hours at work.
Husband and wife Brian and Kimberlin always dreamed of winning the lottery together. In case they'd ever won, they agreed that the code phrase to break the news to each other would be: "Meet me at Fricker's."
A California lottery player who nearly forgot about his $20 Powerball ticket won the amount he predicted at the counter prior to purchasing his ticket.
An Ohio couple who played the lottery together for years bought a $50 ticket on a whim and watched it pay off to the tune of $15 million, the greatest win they've ever shared.
Former Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief appeared in a Travis County courtroom on Friday, as state officials continue to hash out the results of a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot purchasing event.
A group of Pennsylvania small business owners are urging their fellow lottery retailers to boycott Pennsylvania Lottery sales after the state's recent removal of skill games left them scrambling to make up lost revenue.
A Jamaican national has been sentenced to time in federal prison for his role in a years-long lottery telemarketing scam that preyed on at least 115 people.
The Ohio Lottery is due for a major upgrade to its gaming technology and machines this month, which will replace over 90,000 pieces of lottery equipment statewide.
A UK man didn't believe his wife had won £1 million (US$1.3 million) in the lottery considering she had just pranked him with a fake win two weeks earlier.
