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Retired auto worker, 2 children claim $314M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A retired auto worker and his two adult children claimed a $314 million Powerball jackpot Monday after waiting two weeks to step forward. I know the world is going to turn upside down, said David Coterel, 65, of Riverside, Ohio. Coterel's daughter, Lynn Hiles, 46, said she has quit her job as a postal worker in Dayton, Ohio. Her 42-year-old brother, David Coterel, recently took a buyout from his job at an auto parts plant. Neither has any children, and their mother, Dorothy, died of canc
Sep 12, 2007, 5:32 pm - Lottery News

N.J. couple claims $82M lottery prizeNews Story
Villas, New Jersey, residents Sandra and John Belawsky today claimed their portion of the near-record $330 million jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing held on Aug, 31. They chose the cash option, to receive $48,615,187 before the 25 percent federal withholding tax. The Belawskys went to Lottery Headquarters to stake their claim to one of the largest lottery jackpots in North American history. Congratulations to the Belawskys, the winners of this incredible jackpot, said William T. Jou
Sep 7, 2007, 7:38 pm - Lottery News

4 tickets win $330 million lottery jackpotNews Story
The odds of winning the estimated $330 million Mega Millions jackpot were one in 176 million. But lottery officials said early Saturday that four people one each in Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia did just that. In addition to the grand prize winners from Friday night's drawing, 36 players matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. They will receive second prizes of $250,000 each. Another 215 players matched four numbers, plus the Mega Ball number - good for thi
Sep 1, 2007, 10:28 am - Lottery News

$325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery nears record highNews Story
Last night Mega Millions became the second United States lottery game in less than a week to cross the $300 million jackpot level. On Saturday one single ticket from Indiana scored a $314 million Powerball win, and now the lottery-playing public will get another shot at an even bigger prize. Because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $250 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball, the jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $325 million for
Aug 29, 2007, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Single winner in $314M Powerball lottery drawingNews Story
There is a winner. Powerball lottery officials say one winning ticket was sold for Saturday night's $314 million jackpot. It was purchased in Indiana. The pot had grown so huge because there had not been a big winner in any of the drawings since late June. Also winning big in the drawing were 36 lucky players who matched the first 5 numbers for a second prize win of $200,000. Winners of the second prize were from the following states: 2 from Arizona, 2 from Connecticut, 3 from W
Aug 26, 2007, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Book imagines low-IQ man winning $12 million in Washington lotteryNews Story
Seattle native Patricia Wood knows how winning a lottery can change a life. Her father won $6 million in 1993 in the Washington lottery. She also knows about the mentally disabled from having a former brother-in-law with Down syndrome, from working as a teacher and now as a Ph.D student at the University of Hawaii, focusing on education, disability and diversity. She has taken elements of those experiences to write her first novel, Lottery, about an Everett man, Perry Crandall, with an I
Aug 14, 2007, 11:18 am - Lottery News

Washington Lottery to give free gas for Quick PicksNews Story
Washington Lottery officials plan to give drivers some relief during a week in which AAA Washington said gas prices set a state record. On Friday, drivers who purchase $10 in quick pick Mega Millions tickets at three Safeway fuel centers in Washington are eligible for 10 free gallons of regular unleaded or diesel gasoline. We've worked ahead of time with police to provide a traffic plan, and there are going to be people out there managing traffic, lottery spokeswoman Jacque Coe said. La
May 22, 2007, 9:26 am - Lottery News

$19M N.J. Lottery jackpot goes unclaimedNews Story
The State of New Jersey became $10.8 million richer yesterday when no one came forward to redeem a lottery ticket worth that much from a Pick 6 drawing a year ago. Lottery rules give ticketholders a year to validate winning tickets. The owner of the one winning Pick 6 ticket from the April 24, 2006, drawing had until midnight last night to claim the prize but failed to do so. The ticket was sold at 24 Seven, a convenience store on Washington and Court streets in Newark. The numbers were 5-
Apr 26, 2007, 11:27 am - Lottery News

N.J. man hits jackpot: He's engaged to lottery winners' daughterNews Story
N.J. man will wed the daughter of a New Jersey couple who won half the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot. A Titusville, New Jersey, man has close ties with a New Jersey couple who claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot Monday. Tyler Sampson, a 1996 graduate of Titusville High School and owner of investment properties in the city, is engaged to the daughter of lottery winners Elaine and Harold Messner, sources said. The woman's name was not available for pub
Mar 22, 2007, 11:00 am - Lottery News

NJ couple claims other half of record lottery jackpotNews Story
A New Jersey couple claimed half of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot Monday and said they are retired effective immediately. Elaine and Harold Messner chose the cash option for the prize from the March 6 drawing in the multi-state game. They will receive $116,557,083 before the 25 percent federal withholding tax. We feel very fortunate and blessed, Harold Messner, 57, a general contractor who bought the winning ticket. This is that early retirement we've always dreamed of
Mar 20, 2007, 12:29 pm - Lottery News