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NY brothers claim $5M win from '06 lottery ticketNews Story
Two brothers kept quiet for six years about the $5 million winning lottery ticket they'd bought at their parents' store in Syracuse. Andy N. Ashkar, 34, of Camillus, and his brother, Nayel N. Ashkar, 36, of Cicero, came forward March 1 of this year to claim the $5 million top prize in the $500,000,000 Extravaganza scratch-off game, lottery officials said. That was 11 days before the prize would've expired. It's unusual, highly unusual, lottery spokeswoman Carolyn Hapeman said Tuesday o
Oct 17, 2012, 9:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cover-up alleged in Arkansas LotteryNews Story
An irate lottery player claimed in county court that Arkansas Lottery officials tried to keep him quiet about flawed lotto tickets. In a class action, the man says that the security director of the Arkansas Lottery Commission offered him a bizarre assortment of Lottery merchandise and asked him to keep quiet about flawed tickets, so the Lottery would not lose money while it had the tickets reprinted. Lead plaintiff Rick Tomboli sued the Arkansas Lottery Commission and its top officials, in
May 2, 2012, 9:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland Mega Millions winners claim prize anonymouslyReply
Well I think they had to disclose some general information about them or their money would have been tied up in a lawsuit with the McDonald workers. This was an unusual situation due to our friend with the pink swine hat so some creative modifications had to be made. If they were 100% anonymous, people would think the McDonalds woman won it and too many problems would have continued. And it is not the same thing as having your name visible to every stranger. While people in house may have a gues
Apr 10, 2012, 5:24 pm - Artist77 - Lottery News

$356 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears recordReply
Some states list that info on their websites, but I can give you a pretty good estimate without checking. For starters we already know that a lot of people play lucky numbers, and for a lot of people that means significant dates. Then there's the math. According to lottorreport,com the last two drawings sold 78,423,325 and 111,282,952 tickets. The odds of winning the 2nd prize are 1 in 3,904,701, so dividing sales by odds tells us that we would have had 20 and 28.5 winners if all the tickets
Mar 24, 2012, 11:23 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Idaho's biggest lottery winner knew he would winReply
Thanks for the welcome, haymaker. Your explanation makes sense. It's always interesting to see an actual winning ticket (or an enlarged copy of one) and since this article about Brad Duke was focused on his winning ticket I wanted to see it. And then to see the unusual labeling of the lines, especially on a really big jackpot winning ticket was reallly wierd. Thanks again for the welcome and response.
Feb 21, 2012, 9:00 am - maxamillion - Lottery News

47 people pick winning Fantasy 5 numbersReply
The odds are 1 in376,992 that you will pick 5 out of a possible 36 numbers. I just smelled my play slip and my tickets. Nothing unusual except for the pasta sauce I dripped when serving dinner this evening. Let me put it this way. I don't believe most of what I see on the internet, watch on TV and little of what I hear from neighbors. However, I do have faith that the Lottery is random. If I didn't, it would make no sense at all for me to buy a ticket, right? I'm curious. What advant
Mar 22, 2011, 10:52 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

Lottery winner goes from rags to riches to ragsReply
Typical? There have been over 220 Powerball jackpot winners. I only know of two that have had problems with their lives (other than the occaional paint chip on the Maybach). The press loves to tell stories of lottery winners who have problems. Many of these big winners actually won prizes in the hundreds of thousands and do quickly go through it. You are not likely to see a big story on the thousand of winners who buy a new home, send their kids to college, start a business, take lots
Aug 22, 2007, 12:45 pm - chuck32 - Lottery News

Georgia Trucker Claims Half of Record $390 Million Lottery JackpotReply
I also figured Whodeani was being sarcastic. However, ya never know on this board, since there are a few members who make very unusual comments. As far as the man being a country bumpkin goes - he's now a very, very rich country bumpkin. Unlike most employers nowadays, the lottery fairy doesn't run a background check on your education before selling you a ticket! I think he sounds like a nice guy who just got excited and was in shock. Anyway, just because someone lives in a small town in
Mar 10, 2007, 12:02 pm - justxploring - Lottery News

At least 2 lottery winners will split record $370 million jackpotReply
Thanks for the reception... If it was me... I would form a blind trust and let my attorney take care of it!...if, I had the winning ticket...which I don't!!! The reason for my earlier post was that we are a lotto retailer and some of our customers were very upset with the fact that the smaller winning tickets could not be cashed until after 11 am. I realize this is unusual, but, I don't understand why they can't share some information with us vendors. It seems to me that they could do b
Mar 7, 2007, 2:49 pm - justclayton - Lottery News

AMAZING: Minnesota man wins back-to-back lottery jackpotsReply
Good for him!! I'd love to win just one $25,000 jackpot. The odds of winning one Northstar Cash jackpot is about 1 in 170,000. Regarding a pick-5 game: the odds shown for Florida Fantasy 5 which has 36 numbers is 1:377,000 The average jackpot is $250,000. Sometimes one person wins, but often there are 3 or 4 winners. Obviously, the population here makes a difference, since there have been as many as 15 or 20 winners (although that's unusual) splitting one jackpot, especially if the
Feb 15, 2007, 1:37 pm - justxploring - Lottery News