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Last-minute lottery ticket wins $254 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
A retired electrician and World War II veteran is the winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever sold in Missouri worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars. Jim Wilson II's, 84, and his wife, Shirley, say they will share the money with three sons. One of those sons, Terry Wilson, who said he hasn't had a vacation in 30 years, likely will be headed to Australia for some rest and recreation. Jim Wilson came forward Monday to claim the winning prize from last Wednesday's drawing, said
Jan 29, 2007, 5:26 pm - Lottery News

$254 million Powerball lottery ticket richest ever in MissouriNews Story
The winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever sold in Missouri worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars bought the ticket at a suburban St. Louis grocery store, state lottery officials said Thursday. One person matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday - 9, 19, 29, 42, 53 and the Powerball number 17. The winner of the $254 million prize had not yet come forward. The ticket was sold at the Dierbergs grocery store on Tesson Ferry Road in south St. Louis County. We're very excited,
Jan 26, 2007, 10:39 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery holds drawing for 1st Anniversary RaffleNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Saturday held the drawing for its new raffle-style game, which, judging by the title, will happen once a year. This limited-time-only game features a top prize of $250,000 and several smaller prizes, including two second-tier prizes of $50,000 and 300 third-tier prizes of $500. The full list of prize-winning numbers is available at: https://www.lotterypost.com/ok-lottery-raffle-2007.asp Only 200,000 $5 tickets were available for purchase. With every ticket pu
Jan 21, 2007, 6:27 pm - Lottery News

$17 million in Ohio Lottery scratch prizes unclaimedNews Story
Ohioans won $17 million and never bothered to collect their prizes. The Ohio Lottery says that's the amount that went unclaimed from instant scratch-off tickets during the fiscal year that ended in June. Players have about six months to redeem winning tickets, and officials say about one out of every 50 was never cashed in. Unclaimed prize money is kept in the pot to pay off winners who do come forward. Lottery spokeswoman Mardele Cohen says if you have a scratch-off and aren't sure w
Jan 15, 2007, 2:18 pm - Lottery News

Winning $122 million lottery ticket sold in TexasNews Story
Someone who bought a ticket in Amarillo for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing is about $72 million richer. The ticket bought at a western Amarillo convenience store matched all five numbers and Mega Ball number drawn last night for the $122 million jackpot. That dollar figure applies only if the winnings are paid out over 26 annual payments and Texas Lottery Commission spokesman Bobby Heith says the ticket buyer opted for a cash-value option. That means a cash payout of just more th
Jan 10, 2007, 2:18 pm - Lottery News

First Penn. Lottery Raffle $1 million prize claimedNews Story
A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man has become the first to claim a $1 million top prize from the Pennsylvania Lottery's Dec. 30, 2006, Millionaire Raffle drawing. John Maier of Churchville presented his winning raffle ticket at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County. After examining the ticket and executing other propriety security measures, Lottery officials today confirmed that it was one of the five top-prize winning tickets from the Dec. 30 Millionaire Raffle drawing. The fi
Jan 10, 2007, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery Millionaire Raffle results drawnNews Story
The winning numbers have been selected in the South Carolina lottery game that is going to make four instant millionaires. Carolina Millionaire Raffle is a raffle-style game with a limited number of $10 tickets. With only 1,000,000 tickets available for the raffle, Carolina Millionaire Raffle offers 1 in 250,000 chance of winning a $1 million prize. The full list of winning numbers is posted online at Lottery Post: https://www.lotterypost.com/sc-lottery-raffle-2007.asp The drawing
Jan 9, 2007, 9:08 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery Millionaire Raffle numbers drawnNews Story
The Michigan Lottery has drawn the winning numbers for what could arguably be considered its hottest-selling game ever. 500,000 Millionaire Raffle tickets sold out in about one week by players hoping to win $1 million. The tickets went on sale Sunday, November 12, 2006 were quickly snatched up by Lottery players. All winning numbers are posted at: https://www.lotterypost.com/mi-lottery-raffle-2007.asp Millionaire Raffle has five prizes of $1 million; 10 prizes of $100,000; and 750 p
Jan 3, 2007, 10:48 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery raffle game sells fewer tickets than hopedNews Story
Countdown to Millions, Maryland's raffle-like lottery, didn't sell as many tickets as lottery officials had hoped, and the drawing was delayed one day to sell more. At $20 apiece, they were the most expensive tickets ever. The Maryland Lottery held its drawing Monday night for Countdown to Millions new game featuring the Maryland Lottery's best odds ever at winning $1 million. The lottery sold about 325,000 tickets, short of the lottery's 420,000-ticket goal, said lottery spokeswoman Carol
Jan 2, 2007, 2:36 pm - Lottery News

Mother of 4 among Florida Lottery raffle winnersNews Story
The Florida Lottery raffled of 10 tickets worth $1 million Monday as part of their Holiday Millionaire Raffle. Lottery computers picked 130 winning numbers from the 1.25 million tickets for $20 each sold in its first-ever raffle. Twenty tickets are worth $100,000 and holders of the other 100 tickets can claim $10,000. Michelle Strother, of Deltona, was one of the winners to claim the $1 million prize. The mother of four said she was elated when she heard the news. People at wor
Jan 2, 2007, 12:38 am - Lottery News